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The British Association for American Studies was founded in 1955. It exists to promote, support and encourage the study of the United States.

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Green BAAS is the environmental and sustainability network of the British Association for American Studies (BAAS). We have recently published our climate action plan.

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Welcome

The British Association for American Studies was founded in 1955. It exists to promote, support and encourage the study of the United States in the Universities, Colleges and Schools of the United Kingdom, and by independent scholars. It welcomes all those engaged in or connected with the study of the United States.

The website is the hub of the BAAS community with information on our awards, annual conferences, schools’ liaison work, calls for papers, publications, job listings, related networks and a media contacts database through which we share our expertise. On these pages you can find BAAS news, resources and links, as well as information on our committee structures. We welcome communication from our members and from anyone interested in the work we do to promote the study of the United States in the UK.

2024 BAAS Climate Action Plan

Green BAAS is the environmental and sustainability network of the British Association for American Studies (BAAS). It was founded in 2019 to respond to increasing concerns about the environment and the United States’ relationship to climate change, and to consider and direct the changes that BAAS can make to contribute to collective global climate action. We have recently published our climate action plan.

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The BAAS Awards

Each year, BAAS offers a growing list of awards, prizes, teaching assistantships, and research assistance awards. In recent years, we have added a new essays award for students of colour at school, undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and, in light of the climate crisis and our commitment to promote low-carbon research practices, we transformed the travel assistance awards into research assistance awards, offering the possibility of hiring research assistants to pursue archival research remotely.

Find out more about the BAAS Awards and how to apply, on our BAAS Awards Page.

Latest News and Events

In Memoriam: Trevor Burnard

BAAS is sorry to inform its members that Professor Trevor Burnard (Director of the Wilberforce Institute at the University of Hull) has died from cancer at the....

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Summer 2024 BAAS Newsletter

The latest edition of the BAAS Schools Newsletter is now available. It sees leading scholars and teachers in American Studies share their latest research and....

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New book – The Founder’s Curse (Johns Hopkins University Press, ISBN 9781421448886)

How James Monroe, fifth President of the United States, impacted the rise, fall, and rebirth of political parties in the early American....

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Every week, BAAS sends out a mailing of Calls for Papers, Fellowship and Job Opportunities, and all Events of interest in American Studies scholars in Britain and beyond. These events are also posted here on the BAAS website under our News & Events section.

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