Summer School 2025: “New Mobilities and Grounding Engagements”
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Format: online course which will take place via Synchronous Distance Education.
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Latest News And Events
Spring 2026 Obermann International Fellowships at the University of Iowa
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The Obermann International Fellowships is a program designed to support international scholars who are interested in pursuing research and creative work in residence at our Center, at the University of Iowa. It offers dedicated space, time, and funding for interdisciplinary scholars to collaborate on innovative research. Applicants must be active researchers at an accredited institution of higher learning outside of the United States or independent researchers/artists with a track record of excellence based outside of the U.S.
Call for Papers “Democratic Experiments: Central Europpe and the United States” (Budapest, 7-9 May 2026)
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"Democratic Experiments: Central Europpe and the United States" (7-9 May 2026). On the occasion of the Semiquincentennial of the United States, Andrássy University Budapest will organize a symposium on the relationship between Central Europe as a region and the United States. Please find the call for proposals here: https://www.andrassyuni.eu/uploads/esemeny/851-andrassy-democratic-experiments.pdf Walter Grünzweig Andrássy University Budapest
Society for the History of Women in the Americas Annual Conference, Leeds, 11 July 2025
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The Society for the History of Women in the Americas welcomes attendees to the 2025 annual conference, co-hosted by Leeds Beckett University and the University of Leeds. This year's theme is emotion: How do we reflect on, train and engage the emotional aspects of our research? How can histories of emotion deepen our understanding of historical events? And how is the archive or the classroom an emotive space?
Call for Applications: Partial Funding for Salzburg Global Seminar American Studies Program (17-20 September, 2025)
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Excellent early career researchers may apply for partial funding (1600 Euros) for the 2025 Salzburg Global Seminar American Studies Program “What Next for the U.S.? What Next for America in the World?“
NOVA Winter Doctoral Symposium
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We are pleased to announce the third edition of the Winter Doctoral Symposium, to be held on the 10th and 11th of November 2025, at NOVA University Lisbon. This symposium intends to bring together doctoral candidates and early-career researchers from various academic fields to discuss their work or other topics related to literatures and cultures in English. This Doctoral Symposium is organized by fellow doctoral students and early career researchers, creating a platform for networking, academic event organization, and sharing experiences within a supportive and collaborative environment.
Justice and Morality in the North American Context
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TAACS 2nd International Conference on Justice and Morality in the North American Context The Tunisian Association for American Cultural Studies (TAACS), in collaboration with the Research Lab École et Littératures and the English Department at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of Sousse, is pleased to announce its Second International Conference on Justice and Morality in the North American Context. Dates: October 23–24, 2025 📍 Venue: Faculty of Arts and Humanities of Sousse Contributors are encouraged to send an abstract of 300 words to justice.morality25@gmail.com before July 15 , 2025.
EAAS Women’s Network Recruiting New Steering Committee Members
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The EAAS Women’s Network Steering Committee is looking for two members to join our team. You can check out the network’s duties and history here: https://women.eaas.eu/about/. In order to apply, please send us: Your academic CV, including contact information (telephone and email) for two references, such as former or current colleagues A letter of motivation indicating how you see yourself contributing to our Steering Committee Application materials are due by Sunday, June 15, 2025 and can be submitted to eaaswomensnetwork@gmail.com.
WiN journal issue: “The Gendered Anthropocene”
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We are pleased to announce a call for papers for the fifth issue of WiN, an open access journal published by the Women’s Network of the European Association of American Studies. Following the Sixth Biennial Women’s Network Symposium held at Karlstad University in April 2025, we are looking for submissions that explore the gendered anthropocene. Please submit articles, together with a bio note of approximately 150 words, by October 15, 2025, to eaaswomensnetwork@gmail.com.
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE – AMERICA AND THE WORLD IN THE SIXTIES: MULTIDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES ON AMERICAN FOREIGN RELATIONS DURING THE KENNEDY AND JOHNSON ADMINISTRATIONS (1961-1969)
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Dear colleagues, Please find a Call for Papers below for our international conference on American foreign policy entitled “AMERICA AND THE WORLD IN THE SIXTIES: MULTIDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES ON AMERICAN FOREIGN RELATIONS DURING THE KENNEDY AND JOHNSON ADMINISTRATIONS (1961-1969)”, which will be held at the University of Versailles-Saint Quentin, France, October 22-24, 2025. Please, find the Call for Papers attached. The CfP deadline for submissions (abstract and biography) is next Friday, May 15. Best regards, Sandrine Ferre-Rode & Alexandra Boudet-Brugal
CFP: “Games & Game Studies Beyond Postmodernism” International Conference, University of Konstanz, 4-5 September 2025
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This two-day conference seeks to explore games and game studies in relation to contemporary culture’s transition beyond postmodernism. We invite speakers to question, in particular, how the presently dominant cultural sensibility structures the ways in which games (both digital and non-digital) are created, played, and analysed. We welcome contributions from a range of disciplines and backgrounds, including game studies, media studies, literary studies, interart studies, cultural studies, philosophy, aesthetics, sociology, and beyond. Deadline for applications: 1 June 2025.
EAAS Statement on Recent Developments in the United States Affecting Academic Freedom and International Collaboration
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April 2025 The European Association for American Studies (EAAS) brings together national and joint-national American Studies associations from across Europe. As a scholarly community, we are deeply committed to fostering cooperation and communication across a wide range of academic disciplines. As an organization, the EAAS does not endorse any political agenda. Rather, we actively promote the exchange of ideas and strive to ensure fair representation of diverse perspectives and intellectual approaches within our field. It is in this spirit that we express our concern about recent developments.
Call for Papers 2025 Australian and New Zealand American Studies Conference Melbourne November 26-28
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ANZASA is pleased to announce its biennial conference to be held November 26 - 28, 2025, on the campus of the University of Melbourne, as part of the 2025 Congress of the Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS). We invite scholars, educators, and practitioners from across the disciplines to submit proposals that engage with this year's theme ‘Democracy and Resilience’ or with other topics within the field of American Studies.
Engaging Ethics in Engaged Research: An Interactive Workshop at BAAS Conference 2025
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This 90-minute interactive workshop is facilitated by JMC Anderson and Nadia Joseph, creative and heritage practitioners with experience of working with academic researchers. Together we will explore what works, what goes wrong and what we need to learn to do better when designing and carrying out ethical engaged research. This in person workshop takes place on 24 April as part of the British Association for American Studies annual conference at the University of Hertfordshire. https://baas.ac.uk/conferences/baas-2025-university-of-hertfordshire-23-25-april-2025/
Call for Applications – $1,000 Prize for a Publication on Cultural Diplomacy
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Announcing the inaugural round of the Dick Arndt Prize for an Outstanding Work on Cultural Diplomacy. This is a new prize and we look forward to our friends helping us make it known to as wide an audience as possible.
CFP: America and the World in the 1960’s
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We are pleased to inform you about an upcoming international conference on American foreign policy in the Sixties. The event will take place at the University of Versailles-Saint Quentin / Paris Saclay, France, October 22-24, 2025. Please, find attached our call for papers. Sincerely, Alexandra Boudet-Brugal & Sandrine Ferre-Rode Université de Versailles Saint Quentin / Université de Paris-Saclay
ARIAH Announces New Board, Member Directory, and Newsletter
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The Association of Research Institutes in Art History (ARIAH) is a consortium of research institutes dedicated to the study of arts and material culture. The consortium supports the future of art history and related disciplines through partnership, dialogue, grant making, and advocacy for scholars. ARIAH is pleased to announce the appointment of a new Board of Directors; a searchable member directory for prospective fellows; and a monthly e-newsletter to share jobs, opportunities, and updates from its twenty-seven member institutes. Learn more at www.ariah.info.
CALL FOR PROPOSALS – AmLit – American Literatures – Diamond Open Access Journal
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We invite proposals from prospective guest editors interested in curating a special issue for AmLit – American Literatures, a Diamond Open Access journal dedicated to publishing cutting-edge scholarship on contemporary developments in American literatures. We welcome proposals for special issues featuring five high-quality essays, alongside potential book reviews. Contributions should engage with fictional, non-fictional, and graphic texts within the fields of U.S. American, Canadian, and Latin American literary studies. We invite potential guest editors to submit a detailed proposal!
Special Issue of PJAS (2027) – Call for Papers
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Dear Members of EAAS, We are happy to announce Call for Papers for the Special issue of the Polish Journal for American Studies (2027) - Myth in Contemporary American Literature and Culture.
Professorship in North American Literature Studies at the University of Freiburg
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The University of Freiburg announces a W3 Professorship in English Philology (North American Literature Studies), to succeed Prof. Dr. Sieglinde Lemke at the Faculty of Philology in the Department of English. The successful candidate will be expected to represent the field of North American Studies with a focus on North American literatures.
CFP *EXTENDED DEADLINE*: “We the People”, IAAS Annual Conference, 24-26 April 2025, Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin
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The IAAS annual conference will take place in Trinity College Dublin on 24-26 April 2025. The new deadline for receipt of abstracts is 15 March 2025. Please send proposals for 20-minute papers on the theme of “We the People” to conference@iaas.ie (Joint proposals for three-person panels are also invited.) Keynote speakers: Prof. Emerita Joanna Bourke (Birkbeck, University of London) and Dr Aaron Hunter (Trinity College Dublin)
Doctoral Scholarship in North American History, History of the Americas, or Transatlantic History
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The Graduate School Language & Literature at Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (Germany) offers a doctoral fellowship for excellent international students wishing to pursue a doctoral degree in North American History, History of the Americas, or Transatlantic History (up to 4 years) at LMU's Amerika-Institut. The fellowship is fully funded by the German Academic Exchange Service’s Graduate School Scholarship Program (DAAD/GSSP).
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