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    Graduate Journal aspeers Calls for Papers on “American Spaces of Resistance” by Oct 19, 2025

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    aspeers, the first graduate-level peer-reviewed journal of European American studies, encourages fellow MA students from all fields to reflect on the diverse meanings of “American Spaces of Resistance.” We welcome term papers, excerpts from theses, or papers specifically written for the nineteenth issue of aspeers by October 19, 2025. If you seek to publish work beyond this topic, please refer to our general Call for Papers.

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    Hemingway in Toronto – 2026 Hemingway Society Conference

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    The Hemingway Society invites proposals for the 21st International Hemingway Conference, exploring Hemingway’s ties to Toronto and his broader literary legacy.

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    International Conference – Making Sense of America – Conversations on Matters & Methods

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    International Conference– Making Sense of America – Conversations on Matters & Methods Co-organized by Mahshid Mayar & Philipp Leonhardt Venue: Department of American Studies - University of Innsbruck - Austria Date: 2-3 July 2026

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    Five positions as doctoral research associates (m-f-d), Research Training Group “Politics of Enlightenment” (Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany)

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    The Interdisciplinary Centre for European Enlightenment Studies (IZEA) at Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg is offering 5 part time (65%) positions as part of the “Politics of the Enlightenment” Research Training Group 2999 as a Research Associate (m-f-d) for a fixed term of up to 4 years, starting from 01.04.2026.

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    CFP for the 2025 BrANCA Symposium in Paris, Dec. 12-13 — “Borders and Ethno-Nationalism: The State of/in Americanist Studies in the Long Nineteenth Century”

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    The British Association of Nineteenth-Century Americanists, is happy to invite proposals for its biannual symposium, which will take place Dec.12-13, 2025 at Université Paris Cité, France, and virtually. Gathering outside the UK for the first time is an invitation to ponder collectively what it means to be a nineteenth-century Americanist today in a world of resurgent borders and identities. The Symposium will include a plenary roundtable inviting European and UK Nineteenth-Century Americanists to share their thoughts about the current state of play of 19th-century American literary studies.

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    An edited collection on the WNBA

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    Abstracts are sought for an edited collection on the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA). We especially encourage submissions from scholars of various backgrounds, cultures and nationalities, to provide a unique perspective on this open, diversified and progressive organization. Chapter proposals (roughly 300-500 word abstracts) and a short bio are due to August 15, 2025. The potential authors will be notified about acceptance by August 20, 2025.

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    CFP: EAAS 36TH BIENNIAL CONFERENCE IN BOLOGNA

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    It is our pleasure to invite you to the EAAS 36th Biennial Conference in Bologna on September 1-4, 2026! See below for the Call for papers.

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    BAAS PG Symposium CFP

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    The 2025 BAAS Postgraduate Symposium invites proposals from postgraduate researchers at all levels and across all disciplines that address the diverse interpretations, possibilities and liminality that can be found in the depictions and theorisation of America’s (un)equal past and/or future. We invite panels and individual papers on the topic of The Unequal Struggle for Equality and Rights in America. We encourage you to interpret the theme as broadly as you wish and welcome contributions from all realms of American Studies.

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    CFRs: “Women and Health in the 19th-Century Transatlantic World” (Madeira, Dec. 4-6)

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    It is our pleasure to share with you the promising range of papers that successfully made it into our roster for the Madeira conference on "Women and Health in the 19th-Century Transatlantic World" (Dec. 4-6). We would now like to solicit responses for these papers. Please propose your responses by July 25 at the latest. You will find all instructions and also a list of the papers and the set responses to date in the enclosed file of abstracts. We hope that this will enable more of you to join the conference and to share your transatlantic perspectives.

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    Full Professorship (W3) of North American Cultural History (Chair) at Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (LMU)

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    The Faculty of Languages and Literatures at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) invites applications for a Full Professorship (W3) of North American Cultural History (Chair) commencing on October 1, 2027. The successful applicant will take a leading position in the field of North American Cultural History and contribute to the wider field of LMU interfaculty research networks.

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    Professorship (W2) (6 years/tenure track) of North American Cultural Studies at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) in Munich

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    The Faculty of Languages and Literatures at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) in Munich invites applications for a Professorship (W2) (6 years/tenure track) of North American Cultural Studies commencing on October 1, 2027. Applicants should represent the field of North American Cultural Studies in a transnational and transcultural perspective and with an international orientation in both research and teaching.

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    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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    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.

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    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

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    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?

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    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?“

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    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.

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    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.

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    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. 

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    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.

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    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

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    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.

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