Teaching American Studies in Britain: Perspectives and Possibilities (ed. Megan Hunt and Lydia Plath) is out now! Purchase, read open access, or come to one of our launch events.

The Centre for Indigenous and Settler Colonial Studies' (CISCS) Fiction and Poetry Reading Group is set to reconvene in November 2026! For this iteration of the group, we will be discussing 6…

Join Research Fellow Carmen Andall-Woodroofe for a recipe zine-making workshop that unearths food histories in Britain’s former Caribbean colonies. In this

The Heidelberg Center for American Studies (HCA) invites applications for its annual Spring Academy on American Culture, Economics, Geography, History, Literature, Politics, and Religion to be held…

SHAW invites expressions of interest to join its steering committee. The vacancies are for Chair and Membership Secretary.

The deadline for submitting an application to the BAAS Development Fund is approaching on 1st October 2026.: BAAS invites scholars in any field of American Studies to apply for grants of up to two…

Call for Papers: Geographies of Horror Department of English Studies (University of Zadar) in collaboration with The Society for the Study of the American Gothic (SSAG) Keynote speaker: Jeffrey…

BAAS exists to promote, support, and encourage the study of the United States including in Colleges and Schools across the United Kingdom. We recognize that educators in this sector play a crucial…

Fearless Fiction uses experimental literature to change the way we see ourselves, our neighbours, and our world. Join us as we read, wrestle with, and revel in David Foster Wallace’s postmodern…

Join us for the British Library's American Writers’ Week (28 September – 2 October), presented in association with Festival America, Vincennes, France. Par

The British Association for American Studies (BAAS) is seeking two Conference Managers to oversee the planning and running of its 72nd Annual Conference. This is its third to be hosted entirely…

Staging the Archive’s latest project has produced an exciting new education resource: Working with teachers, theatre-makers, researchers and the British Library's Learning and Curatorial Teams we…

In April 2026, The House of Lords International Relations and Defence Committee published its report, ‘Adjusting to New Realities: Rebalancing the UK-US Pa

The BAAS community has been deeply saddened by the death of Professor Jason Arday. We stand with Professor Arday’s family, friends, students, colleagues and all who mourn him during this difficult…

The British Library Eliot Room | Thursday 17 September, 18.30-19.30 | Free, no booking required

Uppsala University’s Swedish Institute for North American Studies (SINAS) is offering visiting grants for 1–2 PhD students within the humanities and social sciences for a 2–4 week stay in Uppsala…

The BAAS Development Fund supports activities relating to American Studies research, pedagogy, or career development; and the development of networks or other organisations that support American…

In Progress is a peer-reviewed online journal based at the English Department of Leibniz University Hannover, Germany. For our Spring 2027 issue, we invite submissions from MA students in North…

The purpose of this year’s virtual conference is to open a space for the analysis of the ethical principles (or lack thereof) that seem to guide the construction, circulation and reception of public…

On Thursday 3 September, from 5pm-7pm, at the Brig Cafe in Birmingham, join UK American Studies Against the Genocide for an event on mobility justice and empire, featuring Dr. Dani Abulhawa…

The BAAS Development Fund supports activities relating to American Studies research, pedagogy, or career development; and the development of networks or other organisations that support American…

Tue 25 August | 13.00-14.00 | The British Library Foyle Room | Free | Part of the Eccles Institute's lunchtime talks series, two Visiting Fellows explore the Jumbie Dance of Montserrat, and Native…

The Scottish Association for the Study of America (SASA) is thrilled to announce that this year’s Ellen Craft Essay Prize is now open for submissions. The Ellen Craft Essay Prize is intended to help…

This two-day symposium at Howard University, home of the Black Press Archives, will convene scholars, journalists, archivists, artists, and students to critically examine the past, present, and…

Thu 20 Aug | 13.00-14.00 | The British Library Foyle Room | Free | Part of the Eccles Institute's series of lunchtime talks, Donna Morrow discusses how Edward S. Curtis photographed Native North…

This CfP invites contributions exploring graphic medicine as a methodological resource in medical/health humanities, with a focus on comics-based practices as methods of inquiry, collaboration and…

We invite proposals under the theme of: “Narratives of Enslavement and their Legacies” Applicants are invited to propose innovative research exploring any element of the relationship between…

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Submit your research by Sept. 15 to the Met Journal

Thu 6 Aug | 13.00-14.00 | British Library Foyle Room | Free | Part of the Eccles Institute's series of lunchtime talks, Carmen Ávila discusses the life of Indigenous Mexican ruler Lady Six Monkey,…

Promoting, supporting and encouraging the study of the United States since 1955

We invite proposals under the theme of: “Narratives of Enslavement and their Legacies” Applicants are invited to propose innovative research exploring any element of the relationship between…

Welcome back to The Talk! Today’s episode features an inspiring and thought-provoking conversation with Dr Gwenetta Curry, a Reader at the Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and…

The 2026 BAAS Postgraduate Symposium invites proposals from postgraduate researchers at all levels and across all disciplines on the topic of Transatlantic Connections and the ‘Special…

The Society for the History of Women in the Americas (SHAW) invites proposals for its upcoming 2026-27 seminar series, showcasing innovative research on the histories of women, gender, and sexuality…

Welcome back to The Talk! Today’s episode features an inspiring and thought-provoking conversation with Dr Gwenetta Curry, a Reader at the Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and…

The British Association for American Studies invites applications for the following positions at the Journal of American Studies:  All appointments will commence on 2 January 2027, and are for four…

The British Association for American Studies invites applications for the following positions at the Journal of American Studies:  All appointments will commence on 2 January 2027, and are for four…

The British Association for American Studies invites applications for the following positions at the Journal of American Studies:  All appointments will commence on 2 January 2027, and are for four…

The British Association for American Studies invites applications for the following positions at the Journal of American Studies:  All appointments will commence on 2 January 2027, and are for four…

The British Association for American Studies invites applications for the following positions at the Journal of American Studies:  All appointments will commence on 2 January 2027, and are for four…

The British Association for American Studies invites applications for the following positions at the Journal of American Studies:  All appointments will commence on 2 January 2027, and are for four…

Marianne Moore: An International Conference, 15-17 April 2027, University of Cambridge Call for papers deadline: 1 September 2026 Exactly 100 years after Moore herself visited Cambridge, the purpose…

Submit to the Metropolitan Museum Journal (vol. 62, published December 2027)

On 2nd July, UCL will be hosting a Graduate Workshop on Early America. All are welcome to join, and it will be followed by the Commonwealth Fund Lecture by Eliga Gould.

This panel explores speculative fiction in US culture as a critical lens for examining power, history, and futurity across literature, film, television, and digital media. Drawing on Cultural…

Co-sponsored by the Black Press Research Collective at the Center for Africana Studies at Johns Hopkins University and the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center at Howard University. This free two-day…

Much has been written about the United States role in securing the Good Friday Agreement. Less is known and documented about the ongoing efforts the US has made to ensure Northern Ireland’s…