Croatian Association for American Studies (CAAS) announces a Call for Papers for the 6th Annual Workshop in American Studies to be held in Zadar, Croatia, 15-16 June 2018. This year’s topic of the CAAS American Studies workshop focuses on representations of age and ageing in American society and culture. We are delighted to announce that our guest speaker is Prof. Dr. Roberta Maierhofer (University of Graz), a renowned ageing studies and American studies scholar. Click for more details. [click to continue…]
Anafora, an international journal published by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Osijek, invites contributions for the upcoming special issue 5.1 on popular literature or any other manifestation of popular culture. The final deadline for issue 5.1 is March 1, 2018. [click to continue…]
This year’s American Studies Workshop in Zagreb proposes as its central concern the question of the meaning of the past, understood as a living history, and its interaction with the practice of American Studies. The workshop will take place at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences on May 14, 2016. The deadline for proposals is March 15, 2016.
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The Heidelberg Center for American Studies invites applications from Ph.D. students in the field of American Studies or related research areas for this annual one-week conference that provides young and aspiring scholars with the opportunity to present and discuss their Ph.D. projects in front of an international audience. HCA has a limited amount of travel stipends available; accommodation is also taken care of by the HCA. Deadline: November 15. Complete call for papers can be found on the HCA website.
Submissions are invited for papers for a special 2-day conference on Transnational and Transracial Adoption in North American Culture to be held at the University of Turku, Finland, August 27-28, 2015. The theme of the conference reflects the increasing attention that has been paid to this field in recent years. To what extent does the process of international adoption reflect imperious inequalities around the world, or can international adoption and the personal experiences of international adoptees today be seen more positively as what has been called the richness of “adoptive being” ? [click to continue…]
Concentric, a journal for literary and cultural studies published by the Department of English, National Taiwan Normal University, is inviting submissions for its March 2016 issue. This special issue attempts to further the inquiry into the dynamic nature of memory cultures by forging dialogue between mnemonic contexts in/about Asia and those in Europe, North America, Australia, etc. the deadline is June 30, 2015. More details on the journal website.
The European Association for American Studies invites submissions for its biennial Rob Kroes Publication Award for an unpublished book-length manuscript. the deadline has been extended to 7th November 2014. [click to continue…]
The next biennial conference of the European Association for American Studies will take place in Constanta, Romania from 22nd to 25th April, 2016.The EAAS conference will be hosted by our colleagues at Ovidius University in Constanta, with the local support of the Romanian Association for American Studies. To highlight the range and diversity of American Studies in Europe the EAAS is issuing an open call for proposals for the 2016 conference.
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The English Department of the University of Sarajevo will host an American Studies Symposium on Saturday, March 22, 2014. We invite you to join us for a full day of theme-based sessions and discussion groups, with ample opportunities to present a range of approaches, and to exchange reactions, impressions, and suggestions. [click to continue…]
European Association for American Studies invites students from all EAAS member states to contribute to this conference by either offering a poster presentation, or by presenting a 15-minute paper. Group (poster) presentations are welcome too. Potential themes may include but are not restricted to the following: domestic conflicts; slave revolts; race, class, gender and religious conflicts; the USs involvement in international wars from the (pre-)colonial times to the present; WWI and II; the Marshall Plan; cultural diplomacy; the Cold War; Vietnam; the First Gulf War; Afghanistan; 9/11; Iraq; the war on terror, and the war on drugs; violent responses to immigration and the militarization of the U.S.-Mexico border; the past / present role of the U.S. in the international community (UN, International Court of Justice, International Criminal Court, NATO); representations of justice, conflict, war in literature, film, and other media; war as cultural misunderstanding; war trauma, etc. [click to continue…]
