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    Call for Applications: EJAS Co-Editor for Web Presence

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    The European Association for American Studies (EAAS) invites applications for the position of Co-Editor for Web Presence of its journal, the European Journal of American Studies (EJAS). Founded in 2006, EJAS is a peer-reviewed, quarterly, English-language journal that publishes interdisciplinary research on all aspects of American studies. The appointment will begin on 1 October 2026. The Co-Editor for Web Presence will receive a modest annual stipend.

    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.

    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?“

    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. 

    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.

    EAAS Officer Elections 2024

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    Dear EAAS members I hope this message finds you well, and it was really great to see so many of you at our biennial conference in Munich.  It is my great pleasure to share with you exciting news about the Officers of our association.

    JLIC Special Issue 10.1 | Experimental Literature and Intermedial Relations

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    The latest issue of the Journal for Literary and Intermedial Crossings, "Experimental Literature and Intermedial Relations", guest edited by Hannah van Hove and Tessel Veneboer, is out!

    CFP – International Conference at Le Mans University, France in association with The Philip Roth Society and The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

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    Roth Unbound: Transcultural signposts from Goodbye Columbus to Nemesis Roots and Routes in Philip Roth’s Works

    Call for Papers: BAAS Postgraduate Symposium at the V&A: Transatlantic Connections and the ‘Special Relationship[s]’

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    The 2026 BAAS Postgraduate Symposium invites proposals from postgraduate researchers at all levels and across all disciplines on the topic of Transatlantic Connections and the ‘Special Relationship[s]’. By using the term ‘Special Relationship[s]’, we intend to explore the relationship between not only the US and the UK, but also between the US and other countries. We invite panels and individual papers on this theme and encourage you to interpret it as broadly as you wish, including any aspect of the US’s transnational cultural, political and literary connections, influences or contrasts.

    Call for Papers: International PhD Seminar in American History / American Studies (Middelburg, The Netherlands) 25-27 November 2026

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    The Roosevelt Institute for American Studies (RIAS) calls for proposals to participate in our upcoming International PhD Seminar, taking place 25-27 November 2026 in Middelburg (Netherlands).

    Steering Committee for the EAAS Postgraduate and ECR Network!

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    We are happy to announce the newly elected Steering Committee of the EAAS Postgraduate and ECR Network for the next 2 years!

    Ireland and America: After the Good Friday Agreement (23 October 2026 Online Conference)

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    Much has been written about the United States role in securing the Good Friday Agreement. Less is known and documented about the ongoing efforts the US has made to ensure the success of the peace process. US intervention in Northern Ireland has taken various forms. America’s standing as a neutral but supportive partner waned under the Biden administration. Strains in the relationship have also emerged under President Trump given Sinn Fein’s refusal to engage with his administration. This conference seeks to examine US intervention in Ireland in the Post-1998 period.

    America at 250: Narratives of Resistance and Change International Symposium

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    As the United States celebrates the 250th anniversary of its Declaration of Independence, at a time of perceived challenges to its promises of freedom and equality, this symposium invites a multidisciplinary reflection on the narrative strategies used to represent past and contemporary interpretations of experienced scenarios of crises, resistance and change. The Symposium is particularly interested in the connections between contemporary political, social and cultural fractures and previous experiences of confrontation of opposing visions of the collective national project, which also teste

    American Shorts 2026

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    Call for Papers for “American Shorts 2026” (international conference on American short forms). “American Shorts 2026” will take place on October 29-31, 2026, at the School of Arts & Humanities of the University of Lisbon, Portugal. American Shorts 2026 webpage: https://sites.google.com/view/americanshorts2026 Submission deadline: 10 June, 2026

    (De)Constructing Identities: Inclusive practice of naming. Graduate Conference Call for Papers

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    Abstract proposals are welcomed for (De)Constructing Identities: Inclusive practices of naming. The Graduate Conference is organized by the Ph.D. Programme in Foreign Languages and Literatures of the University of Verona and will take place on 2-3 December 2026 in Verona, Italy.

    American Literature & Playable Experiences – Online Workshop (Multimodal Research & Reading Group)

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    Workshop Title: Walden, a game: Turning Literary Ideas into Playable Experiences

    Call for Proposals for AmLit – American Literatures

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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 cutting-edge scholarship on contemporary developments in American literatures. AmLit provides a platform for both established and emerging scholars, fostering discussions on how literary texts from North, Central, and South America engage with and narrativize key cultural transformations such as digitization, migration, globalization, trans- and interculturality, as well as visuality and intermediality.

      Book announcement: The American Archipelago

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        A new edition of Oscar Handlin's classic anthology, 'This Was America' (1949), has been published by Open Book Publishers.

        Berlin’s Confidential Evaluation of American Universities: The Conrad Report (1897) (Hamburg: BoD, 2026).

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          Berlin’s Confidential Evaluation of American Universities: The Conrad Report (1897). Hamburg: BoD, 2026. Print editions (March 2026): ISBN: 978-3-6951-1863-2 (hardcover) – [available in Europe only - € 24,95] ISBN: 978-3-6951-0153-5 (paperback) – [available globally - € 21,95] E-Books (April 2026): ISBN: 978-3-6957-9353-2 (ebook - ePUB) - € 9,99 ISBN: 978-3-6957-9661-8 (ebook - ePUB) - € 9,99

          Call for Papers | Netherlands American Studies Association 2026 Conference: American Protest Cultures: Protest, Dissent, and the Cultural Politics of the United States| 4–6 November 2026, Radboud University (Nijmegen)

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          The Netherlands American Studies Association invites submissions for its 2026 annual conference, "American Protest Cultures: Protest, Dissent, and the Cultural Politics of the United States," to be held 4–6 November 2026 at Radboud University (Nijmegen). The conference welcomes interdisciplinary work on protest, dissent, activism, media, memory, environment, labor, gender, race, Indigenous sovereignty, digital mobilization, and related topics in U.S., hemispheric, transnational, and comparative perspectives. Submission deadline: Friday, 8 May 2026

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