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

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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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Call for Nominations

In advance of the 2023 AGM (which will be held at Keele University on Thursday April 13th 2023), elections will be held for a number of posts within BAAS. Nominations are open now.

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BAAS 2023 – Keele

Registration for the 2023 British Association for American Studies Annual Conference has now opened! The conference takes place at Keele University from April 12 to 14, 2023

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BAAS Awards 2023

We welcome submissions for the 2023 BAAS Awards. Each year, BAAS offers a growing list of awards, prizes, teaching assistantships, and research assistance awards.

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Thinking of joining the British Association for American Studies? Find full details of what membership of the association includes and how you can registered and purchase your membership.

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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.

Submit to the BAAS Weekly Digest

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.

If you have an item you’d like to submit to the weekly digest, please click below to complete our submission form.

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

Individuality and Community in Mid-Century American Culture (1945-1968)

CFP: Individuality and Community in Mid-Century American Culture (1945-1968) One-day symposium, October 27, 2023 We seek papers that address the topic of....

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CFP POLLEN 2023: Rights, sovereignty, and emerging technologies in global environmental governance

We are excited that POLLEN 2023 will be held in person in Durban and are looking forward to seeing many people there. In the time between our original....

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Masterclass: American Democracy in the Spotlight

A Masterclass by Prof. Bennet Gershman at Birmingham City University on 30th March at 5.30 pm. The Centre for American Legal Studies at Birmingham City....

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BAAS 2023 Annual Conference

We are delighted to announce details of the 67th annual British Association for American Studies conference at Keele University, which will be held between April 12 and April 14, 2023. We are also excited to announce Prof. Richard Blackett (Vanderbilt) and Prof. Louise Siddons (Southampton) as keynote speakers.

We look forward to welcoming the international American Studies community to our beautiful campus. Keele is located a short distance from Stoke-on-Trent, historically renowned for its pottery production. Building on the successes of the past two conferences, the Keele conference is currently planned as a hybrid event.

Registration for the 2023 British Association for American Studies Annual Conference has now opened! Visit the conference page to find out more.