The Journal of American Studies, BAAS’s flagship publication, is one of the longest-running and most respected area studies journals in the world. Its purpose is to critique and interrogate the…

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Exploring over 300,000 records, Rachel Bright’s project is the first meta-analysis of the peoples, places, and processes of how legal Britons were identified, made, or denied across Britain and its em...

2026 Annual Conference of the Archives and Records Association (UK & Ireland)

Dickens’s views of slavery were shaped by a journey he made around the US.

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The intriguing history of Dickens's London, showing how tourists have reimagined and reinvented the Dickensian metropolis for more than 150 years Tourists have sought out the landmarks, stree...

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Dr Michael Collins, Reader in American Studies in the Department of English, has been elected as Chair of the British Association for American Studies (BAAS).