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

British Association for American Studies

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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 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.

Latest News and Events

CFP One-Day Symposium “Trump/Brexit, ten years on: US/UK political theatre under the strain of contemporary instability”

Sorbonne Université and Université Gustave Eiffel are pleased to announce a one-day symposium focusing on contemporary US/UK political theatres, to be held....

International Symposium: Maps in American Literature (ENS de Lyon, April 1-3, 2026)

Maps in American Literature: 15th-21st c. ENS de Lyon, France. Keynote speakers: Martin Brückner (U. Delaware), Sarah Sense (independent artist), Caroline....

Stages Across the Atlantic: Theatrical Exchange, Past, Present & Future

Please join the Eccles Institute for the Americas and Oceania, the Fulbright Commission, and the London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art for a panel....