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Sorbonne Université and Université Gustave Eiffel are pleased to announce a one-day symposium focusing on contemporary US/UK political theatres, to be held on Friday 6 November 2026. Abstract submission deadline is 15 May 2026.
Maps in American Literature: 15th-21st c. ENS de Lyon, France. Keynote speakers: Martin Brückner (U. Delaware), Sarah Sense (independent artist), Caroline Wigginton (U. Mississippi)
Please join the Eccles Institute for the Americas and Oceania, the Fulbright Commission, and the London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art for a panel discussion on how theatrical ideas and talent have flowed across the Atlantic, shaping performance styles and cultural narratives in the UK and US on 16 April.
"USAbroad: Journal of American HIstory and Politics" is inviting submissions for its 10th issue titled "Playing Politics: Sport, Power and Conflict in U.S. History". We seek articles that analyze sport as a political arena in its own right - one that has both reflected and actively shaped struggles over power, rights, and belonging. Please send your abstract and CV by April 7, 2026.
While encompassing the study of US American cultures broadly intended, the conference aims at examining the evolution of their contemporary manifestations and possible futures. As the sociocultural and geopolitical landscapes in the United States are in rapid transformation, they give rise to new forms of expression, resistance and identity formation, characterizing how different. We seek to foster debate and critical analysis in relation to the popular culture imaginaries of possible futures and hope, as well as cultural expressions that represent a distorted and polarized present.
"In an era when trusting medical advice is highly politicized, framed too often as the antithesis of engaged critique, Imagining Health recovers a tradition of literary realism that advanced health equity by holding progressive optimism accountable. Halpern makes a significant contribution to multiple fields, especially American literary realism, the history of medicine, disability studies, and bioethics." - Don James McLaughlin, University of Tulsa
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