Events
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.... Description: Epitomizing America’s quest for the frontier, California stands island-like in the collective imagination of North America. Its location on the edge of the western world, and its history at the margin of the dominant discourse on the United States up... 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... Description: This year’s conference invites papers on any topic relating to histories of women and gender non-conforming people in the Americas, but encourages proposals for papers, panels or roundtables that explore the subject of emotion. How do we reflect on, train... Description: The SASA committee hereby invites proposals for papers exploring all aspects of and approaches to the history, cultures and politics of the Americas. SASA recognizes a broad definition of the Americas and includes any topic situated within North, South or... 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... Description: We would like to share our call for proposals to attend and present your research at the upcoming World Social Science Association Conference. The World Social Science Association is comprised of scholars across many disciplines in the social sciences and... Description: Ever since Steven Russell, Wayne Wittanen, and J. M. Graetz, three MIT employees who fantasized about bringing Edward E. Smith’s (1890-1965) Skylark novels (1915-1966) to the big screen, developed Spacewar! (1961), one of the first digital games created... 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...21st-century United States: A Historical Assessment
California Dreaming. Visions, Spaces, and Shadows from the Golden State
Re-Examining American Literature Student Symposium (REAL)
The Society for the History of Women in the Americas (SHAW) 2025 Conference
26th Annual Conference of the Scottish Association for the Study of America
2025 BAAS Awards
First Nation, Indigenous Studies and American Indian Students Section | World Social Science Association Conference
International Conference on Victorian and American Myths in Video Games
56th Congress of the French Association of American Studies (AFEA)
