Events
Description: In the winter of 1776, Thomas Paine published Common Sense, one of the defining texts of the North American movement for independence from the British empire. In this incendiary, revolutionary pamphlet, Paine coupled his famous denunciation of monarchy... Justice and Morality in the North American Context Description: The legal maxim Fiat justitia ruat caelum, or “let justice be done though the heavens fall”, holds the belief that justice must be realized despite all the odds. Yet the term “justice” is rooted in the... Description: The Society for the History of Women in the Americas (SHAW) invites proposals for its upcoming 2025-26 seminar series, showcasing innovative research on the histories of women, gender, and sexuality across the Americas. We encourage submissions that... Description: Our in-person conference is back with a focus on the notion of un/belonging and the re/shaping of US Americanness, intended as a diverse constellation of national understandings that construe individual and collective identities. Recent socio-political... Description: The virtual conference will focus on US American imaginaries related to digital and screened narratives that highlight the medial aspect of the screen as intermediary and/or work to construct identities. In an era when screens dominate and mediate... Submission guidelines: All authors of papers, including joint papers, must be AEDEAN members. For round tables and workshops, all participants must be AEDEAN members. If any participants are not members at the time of submission, they will have the opportunity to... Description: Few authors have been as decisively influential in contemporary popular culture as Edgar Allan Poe. His influx can be seen, explicitly or implicitly, in different media, such as comic, music, drama, cinema, and TV; but he is also present in amusement... Description: We welcome papers exploring the interactions between American texts/authors and actual cartographic documents, from the 15th century to the present day. Possible topics may include (but are not limited to): Maps as tools of knowledge: how texts position...
Common Sense at 250: Legacies of democracy from Paine to today
TAACS’ Second International Conference
Gender and History in the Americas Seminar Series, 2025-26
Frontiers and Un/Belongings in US American Culture
Virtual conference “Digital Projections and Screened Identities in US American Culture”
48th AEDEAN Conference
IV Edgar Allan Poe Spanish Association (EAPSA) International Conference
International Symposium on Maps in American Literature, 15th-21st c.
