Events

21st-century United States: A Historical Assessment

Description: In 1941, Henry Luce referred to the 20th century as “the American century,” highlighting the United States' emergence as a global superpower and providing a celebratory concept that embodied both national narratives and international perceptions of U.S....

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 culture, but...

2025 BAAS Awards

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...

56th Congress of the French Association of American Studies (AFEA)

56th Congress of the French Association of American Studies (AFEA)

Description: The term “resistance” has recently made a comeback in the United States. It was used during Donald Trump’s presidency to refer to those who opposed his policies: the hashtag #TheResistance was first embodied in the January 2017 Women’s March and later...