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    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!

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    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.

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    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.

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    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)

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    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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    “What Ever Happened to Gary Cooper”?: 21st Century American Television and the Rise of MAGA

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    The pilot episode of HBO’ s The Sopranos aired on January 10, 1999. The narrative is shaped by the initial meeting between Tony (North Jersey mob boss) and his female therapist, Dr. Melfi. Tony begins therapy by lamenting his feeling of displacement in American life: “I’d been thinking: it’s good to be in a thing from the ground floor. I came in too late for that, I know. But lately I’m getting the feeling that I might be in at the end. That the best is over.” Melfi’s response is sympathetic: “Many Americans, I think, feel this.” As the conversations advances, Tony’s frustration builds unti

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    CfP for a Special Issue on “African American Environmental Narratives in the Anthropocene: Vulnerability, Resilience, Resistance”

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    Call for Papers for a Special Issue of the Journal Zeitschrift für Anglistik und Amerikanistik (ZAA) “African American Environmental Narratives in the Anthropocene: Vulnerability, Resilience, Resistance” Edited by: Matthias Klestil & Claudia J. Ford If you would like to contribute a paper to this special issue, please send a 300-word abstract and short bio by 24 March 2025. Authors will be informed of acceptance by mid-April 2025. Completed articles of 5000-6000 words including notes and bibliography will be due by 1 October 2025.

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    EXTENDED DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: Asynchronous short course on Multimodality and Anglophone Narratives – Spring cycle

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    An asynchronous 6-week course is offered by the Center for Education and Lifelong Learning and the Multimodal Research and Reading Group of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh), Greece.

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    Call for Papers, “Queer Journeys” International Conference, University of Innsbruck, 14-15 November 2025

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    International Conference: “Queer Journeys in North American Literature and Culture,” University of Innsbruck, November 14-15, 2025 This two-day conference will consider the diverse ways in which journeys undertaken by LGBTQ+ people have been represented in North American literature and culture, as well as how queer journeys interact with and impact social structures, transnational relations, and cultural forms. We welcome papers that analyze queer journeys in and across a range of media (including literature, film, television, performance, video games, and other digital media).

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    Asynchronous short course on Multimodality and Anglophone Narratives – Spring cycle

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    An asynchronous 6-week course is offered by the Center for Education and Lifelong Learning and the Multimodal Research and Reading Group of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh), Greece. The course title is: Multimodality: Print and Digital Anglophone Narratives (3,5 ECTS).

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    CfA Research Training Group 2806 Literature and the Public Sphere

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    The research training group 2806 “Literature and the Public Sphere in Differentiated Contemporary Cultures” at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, fund-ed by the German Research Foundation, is offering 11 Doctoral Positions (m/f/d) (65%, E-13 TV-L) for a duration of three years respectively, starting 01.10.2025.

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    American Studies Conference in Ukraine “United States: Politics, Society, and Culture – 2025 (In Memoriam of Professor Borys Honchar, 1945–2015)”

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    American Studies scholars and students are welcome join the conference "United States: Politics, Society, and Culture – 2025", March 6-7, 2025, at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Ukraine) and online via Zoom. Apply by February 21, 2025. Details: https://fulbright.org.ua/en/conference-2025-e/

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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/

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    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.

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    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

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    “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?

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    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

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    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.

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    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.

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    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

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    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.

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