THE EAAS POSTGRADUATE TRAVEL GRANTS – CALL FOR APPLICATION
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THE EAAS POSTGRADUATE TRAVEL GRANTS - CALL FOR APPLICATION
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CFP: “We the People”, Annual Conference of the Irish Association for American Studies (IAAS), 24-26 April 2025, Trinity College Dublin
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The annual conference of the Irish Association for American Studies will take place at the Long Room Hub in Trinity College Dublin on 24-26 April 2025. We welcome papers on the theme of “We the People” from all disciplines in American Studies. Abstracts of c. 300 words for 20-minute papers, along with an author bio of c. 100 words, should be submitted by attachment to conference@iaas.ie by Friday, 14th February 2025. Joint proposals for three-person panels are also invited. Further details are available at https://iaas.ie/iaas-annual-conference/
THE EAAS POSTGRADUATE TRAVEL GRANTS
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The European Association of American Studies offers two types of travel grants for early career scholars of American Studies. The application deadline (receipt of the application) is April 15th, 2025.
CFP: Across Oceans and Borders: conference on European migration
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The conference aims to provide a comprehensive view of the migration of Europeans from their continent, with an emphasis on Czech emigration to the United States. Another goal is to explore this topic through the lenses of cultural aspects, social issues, and the perspectives of personalities from expatriate communities. Attention will also be given to migration waves and individual migration within Europe and beyond.
Invitation to apply for a flexible research fellowship at the University of Iowa
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Enjoy a research stay at the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies at the University of Iowa. Fellowships offer $2000 and health insurance, as well as an office and access to our libraries, etc. Very flexible in terms of dates and activities: from two weeks to a semester, with no obligations or disciplinary restrictions. Researchers and creators of any rank, from graduate students to full professors, can apply. The application deadline for Fall'25 fellowships is February 15. https://obermann.uiowa.edu/obermann-international-fellowships
“50 Years after the Fall of Saigon: Colonialism, Interventionism, and Critical Refugee Studies”
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Fifty years after the fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975, how should we reconsider the geopolitical, cultural, and intellectual legacies of the Vietnam War? How have Vietnam War literature, cinema, and culture been given renewed urgency and critical vitality in recent years by alternative narratives and visions of the conflict and its aftermaths? How have these voices and perspectives raised new questions on the ethics of warfare, the culture industry, and the politics of representation and contributed to fields such as critical refugee studies?
CfA PhD Grants 2025 – Graduate School of North American Studies at Freie Universitaet Berlin
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The Graduate School of North American Studies at Freie Universität Berlin invites applications for its three-year doctoral program (Deadline: Jan 31, 2025). Applications for 2 one-year doctoral grants (funding period 2025-2026) for the qualification period (core curriculum) and 2 four-year DAAD scholarships funded via the Graduate School Scholarship Programme (GSSP) can now be submitted online at https://www.jfki.fu-berlin.de/en/graduateschool/application/application_procedure/index.html
CfP Metamorphoses in Contemporary Literature
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We are delighted to announce the conference "Metamorphoses in Contemporary Literature" to be held at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz from May 22nd-24th 2025, organized by Carolin Jesussek, Berenike Jakob, and Franziska Rauh. The conference includes an ECR networking event in the form of a creative writing workshop with Anelise Chen, author of the hybrid memoir Clam Down (2025). A reading by Chen is to be included in the conference program. We are inviting those interested to submit their abstracts by January 31st.
CFA: Audrey Flack Short-Term Fellowship, Smithsonian American Art Museum
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The Audrey Flack Short-Term Fellowship at the Smithsonian American Art Museum supports a one-month residency for a predoctoral, postdoctoral, or senior scholar who is researching a topic in American art and who resides, works, or attends school outside of commuting distance from Washington, D.C. Researchers whose personal circumstances (i.e., financial constraints, employment conditions, care-giving responsibilities, or other limitations) preclude them from participating in longer-term residencies are encouraged to apply. Application deadline: February 1, 2025.
WEBINAR LECTURE “Canadian Indigenous Women – Trauma and Resilience Throughout the Centuries”
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THE HELLENIC ASSOCIATION FOR AMERICAN STUDIES INVITATION TO A WEBINAR LECTURE
Book Release: Redrawing the Western: A History of American Comics and the Mythic West
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University of Texas Press has released Redrawing the Western: A History of American Comics and the Mythic West, authored by William Grady. Redrawing the Western charts a history of the Western genre in American comics from the late 1800s through the 1970s and beyond. Besides tracing the history, forms, and politics of American Western comics in and around the twentieth century, Grady offers an original reassessment of the important role of comics in the development of the Western genre, ranking them alongside popular fiction and film in the process.
Multimodal Poetics in Contemporary Fiction: Design and Experimentation in North and Central American Texts, by Thomas Mantzaris
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Multimodal Poetics in Contemporary Fiction explores contemporary fiction from a multimodal perspective, shows how technological advancements in the digital era have informed contemporary print-based literary production, and offers an understanding of design as a significant resource for narrative content in literature.
Special Edition of Journal of Transnational American Studies (JTAS): Global Reflections on the U.S. 2024 Elections
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The Journal of Transnational American Studies would like to publish a series of brief Reflections on the U.S. 2024 Elections in a Global Context. I would love you to consider contributing something. These pieces are short — up to 1500 words. Your insights into the election in comparative perspective are welcome (and on any of the areas listed below) Your thoughts would be of great interest to JTAS readers
Symposium: Contemporary Poetics, Communities, and Publics | Inaugural European Association of American Studies Poetry Network Symposium University of Göttingen | May 16-17, 2025
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This symposium is organized by the Poetry Network of the EAAS and aims to bring together readers, writers, and scholars of poetry. Please reach out if you have any questions. Conference Organizers: Lucy Cheseldine (University of York); Gulsin Ciftci (University of Münster); Andrew Gross (University of Göttingen); Philip McGowan (Queen’s University Belfast)
Symposium: America 2024: A Crossroads for Democracy? 18 November 2024, University of Chicago in Paris
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The US Pol research team, a group of French academics working on American politics, is delighted to announce its post-election symposium, which will take place on November 18 2024, at the John Boyer Center, at the University of Chicago in Paris. You will find the symposium program attached. Francoise Coste, for the US Pol team
21st-century United States: A Historical Assessment (University Paris Cité, Nov. 2025)
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Please find the call for papers for the international conference "21st-century United States: A Historical Assessment" to be held at University Paris Cité in November 2025.
Call for Papers for a Special Issue of the journal Ex-Centric Narratives
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Call for Papers (Issue 9, Dec. 2025) Ex-Centric Narratives: Journal of Anglophone Literature, Culture and Media Please submit your abstracts by December 31, 2024, for any of the following two parts PART I Theme: Culture War and/as Myth within and beyond America Contributions: Length of abstract: 150-180 words. Part II Theme: Anglophone Literature, Culture and Media Contributions: Length of abstract: 150-180 words. YOUR ABSTRACTS for either PART I or PART II should include: - title - author(s) - author contact information - affiliated institution - brief bio - 4-5 keywords
CALL FOR PAPERS: SMI/ICTMD-IE Postgraduate Conference
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Deadline: Friday 8 November 2024 Email: smi.ictmd.2025@gmail.com The Society for Musicology in Ireland (SMI) and the Irish National Committee of the International Council for Traditions of Music and Dance (ICTMD-IE) are pleased to announce their annual joint postgraduate conference will take place at Trinity College Dublin on Thursday 16 and Friday 17 January 2025.
Remembering Flannery O’Connor 100 Years after Her Birthday: Transnational, Intersectional and Multidisciplinary Approaches – Second Call for Papers
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Toruń, 25-26 March 2025 Onsite and Online Sessions The year 2025 will mark the centenary of Flannery O’Connor’s birth (1925-1964). This widely acknowledged American author of Irish origin is part of not only American but also world literary heritage. For several decades, her novels, short stories, essays and letters have posed a challenge to critics, readers, editors and translators alike, not to mention common readership.
Call for contributions to a special issue of EJAS
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CFP for contributions to the Winter 2025 special issue of EJAS, "Transatlantic Flows: Cross-Cultural Interfaces between the U.S. and Europe, 1945 to Present"
Contemporary maternal subjectivities on the page and on the screen – Call for Papers for an edited collection
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We are seeking contributions for an edited volume that explore the complexities of maternal subjectivity in contemporary literature (broadly defined), visual art, digital media, video games, social media, AI as well as in film and on television. We invite interdisciplinary submissions anchored in literary and cultural studies that engage primarily with Anglophone contexts but we also welcome comparative analyses of motherhood in various cultures and backgrounds.
NEW DEADLINE – Call for Panel Contributions: “Framing America: Visual Narratives and Transnational Exchange Across the Centuries”
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NEW DEADLINE: We invite submissions for presentations (approximately 15 minutes) from scholars interested in visual culture, transnational studies, and American studies. Contributions can focus on historical or contemporary practices and may employ theoretical approaches from visual studies, cultural theory, media studies, or performance studies.
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