The European Association for American Studies invites submissions for its biennial Rob Kroes Publication Award for an unpublished book-length manuscript.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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EAAS reminds all Members / Members of the National Associations of the approaching deadline for submitting books to the 2014 American Studies Network Book Prize competition. The Prize will be presented at the EAAS Conference in The Hague. [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…]