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American Studies @ Northumbria

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The official Bluesky account of the Northumbria University American Studies Research Group.

American Studies @ Northumbria @nuamstudies.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Many congratulations to our colleague @elsadevienne.bsky.social who received her British citizenship in a ceremony in Manchester last week! (approved by King Charles and Noel Gallagher) 🎉 📃🍾 🥂

Elsa at her citizenship ceremony (second from left, holding certificate) with UK flag and portrait of King Charles in the background.

Elsa receives the Mandate of Heaven in Manchester, standing outside next to a large portrait of Noel Gallagher at an awards ceremony.

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American Studies @ Northumbria @nuamstudies.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

This Thursday (26.06, 3pm BST), GREEN BAAS (@officialbaas.bsky.social) will be hosting a double book launch via Zoom - ‘Energy for What? Ideas and Ideologies in US environmental history’ - featuring our colleague Rebecca Wright (@rebwright.bsky.social). Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Poster for the GREEN BAAS double book launch event, "Energy for What? Ideas and Ideologies in US Environmental History," Thur 26 June, 3-4pm GMT.

Featured authors: Rebecca K. Wright (Moral Energy in America) and Pollyanna Rhee (Natural Attachments).

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American Studies @ Northumbria @nuamstudies.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Congratulations to our colleague Dr Elsa Devienne (@elsadevienne.bsky.social) on winning the Arthur Miller Institute First Book Prize (awarded by BAAS/UEA's Arthur Miller Institute of American Studies) for 'Sand Rush: The Revival of the Beach in Twentieth-Century Los Angeles' (OUP, 2024).

Cover of Elsa Devienne's "Sand Rush" available now from OUP.

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