Each year the British Association for American Studies holds an annual conference to gather the American Studies community together to share new and emerging research, discuss pedagogy, impact, and knowledge exchange, and provide networking opportunities for scholars at all career stages.
You can find out more about our upcoming and previous academic conferences on the pages below.
Upcoming Conferences
Digital BAAS 2027 – Date TBC
We are excited to announce the British Association for American Studies’ 72nd Annual Conference, our third to be hosted entirely remotely. More details to follow. Follow the link below for our statement on Digital Conferences. (Image caption: Public Domain stock photo – Downtown Chicago Marina City CornCob Sky Scrapers Released by Matt Hobbs via publicdomainarchive.com, sourced from: Wikimedia Commons)
Find Out MorePast Conferences
BAAS 2026 – University of Glasgow 9-11 April 2026
The 2026 Annual Conference was held at the University of Glasgow. (Image Caption: Glasgow University, Detroit Publishing Co. 1905. Courtesy of Library of Congress.)
Find Out MoreBAAS 2025 – University of Hertfordshire 23-25 April 2025
The American Studies community came to Hatfield between 23rd and 25th April 2025 for the 70th Anniversary BAAS conference. (Image Caption: Woman Suffrage Birthday Cake, Harris & Ewing (1916). Courtesy of Library of Congress.)
Find Out MoreDigital BAAS 2024
The British Association for American Studies’ 69th Annual Conference was our second to be hosted entirely remotely.
Find Out MoreBAAS 2023 – Keele
The 68th annual British Association for American Studies conference took place at Keele University between April 12 and April 14, 2023.
Find Out MoreBAAS 2022 – Hull
The 67th annual British Association for American Studies conference took place at the University of Hull, between the 21st and 23rd of April 2022. Building on the successes of the 2021 Digital Conference, the Hull conference took place as a hybrid event.
Find Out MoreDigital BAAS 2021
Digital BAAS 2021 was the association’s first Annual Convention to be hosted entirely remotely.
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