Re-Examining American Literature Student Symposium (REAL)

Re-Examining American Literature Student Symposium (REAL)

Description: Landmark works such as Appandurai’s The Social Life of Things (1986) suggest that there has been an increasing interest in material objects in aesthetic and literary theory: things are no longer relegated to anthropological study of material...

California as the Epicenter of Social Sciences

Description: California occupies a central position in American studies and has inspired countless papers and books from its admission to statehood up to the present. While other U.S. cities and regions have in the past attracted the attention of social scientists on...
BAAS Conference 2025 – University of Hertfordshire

BAAS Conference 2025 – University of Hertfordshire

Description: The BAAS Annual Conference 2025 Call for Papers is now live.  We invite submissions for the 70th Annual Conference for the British Association for American Studies (BAAS) at the University of Hertfordshire, which will be held between 23rd and 25th April...
BAAS Conference 2025 – University of Hertfordshire

2025 BAAS Awards

2025 BAAS Awards Description: Each year, BAAS offers a growing list of awards, prizes, teaching assistantships, and research assistant awards, supporting the development of American studies in Britain. The 2025 Awards are now open to submissions. Descriptions of our...