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This year, alongside our usual practice of accepting…

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This year, alongside our usual practice of accepting…

This year, alongside our usual practice of accepting work in any area of American Studies, we aim to have two key strands:

⭐ ‘1955’

⭐ ‘American Studies Today’

We are also strongly encouraging formats beyond the traditional three-paper panel 💡

🚨It’s here! 🚨 The #CFP for BAAS 2025…

🚨It’s here! 🚨

The #CFP for BAAS 2025 is now live.

We’ll see you in April at University of Hertfordshire 👋

Deadline: 22nd November 2024

More details ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/baas-2025

❗The call for applications for Heidelberg Center’s Spring…

❗The call for applications for Heidelberg Center’s Spring Academy is still open – see below for more details! View post on X

#cfp 🔴⚪️🔵 https://x.com/Faulkner_UK/status/1838551648295067987

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Also available: 2025-2026 Betsy James Wyeth Fellowship -…

Also available: 2025-2026 Betsy James Wyeth Fellowship – a residential opportunity at Smithsonian American Art Museum & National Museum of the American Indian that seeks to foster new scholarship on Native American art.

Deadline: 15th October 2024. See above link to apply.

📯 #cfa – Scholars from any discipline who…

📯 #cfa – Scholars from any discipline who are researching topics relating to U.S. art, craft, and visual culture are encouraged to apply for a 2025-2026 Fellowship at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Deadline for applications: 15th October 2024

https://tinyurl.com/art-cfa

📯 #cfp – How does breath shape poetic…

📯 #cfp – How does breath shape poetic form? American Comparative Literature Association (ACLA) are seeking paper proposals for their panel “Breath Poetics”.

Deadline for proposals: 14th October 2024

https://tinyurl.com/breath-cfp

💬 The BAAS Teaching American Studies Network is…

💬 The BAAS Teaching American Studies Network is marking the start of the academic year with an informal networking event – ‘Coffee and Catchup’.

☕️ Join us on 2nd October, 2pm BST, on Zoom

https://baas.ac.uk/news-and-events/2024/09/teaching-american-studies-network-coffee-and-catchup-2-october-2-3-30-via-zoom/

📯 #cfp – Special Issue of the Journal…

📯 #cfp – Special Issue of the Journal of Right-Wing Studies: “The Far Right in US History”

Deadline for abstracts: 1st November 2024

https://tinyurl.com/far-right-cfp

BAAS Development Fund 💰 Scholars are invited to…

BAAS Development Fund 💰

Scholars are invited to apply for grants of up to £2000 to support a range of activities in #AmericanStudies, including:

• Conferences & events

• Schools outreach

• Diversity & inclusion initiatives

• More!

Apply here: https://tinyurl.com/devfundbaas