Call for Editors: Critical Insights in American Studies Series at Edinburgh University Press
We are inviting expressions of interest for a new Co-Editor of the ‘Critical Insights in American Studies’ series, formerly the BAAS Paperbacks series.
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We are inviting expressions of interest for a new Co-Editor of the ‘Critical Insights in American Studies’ series, formerly the BAAS Paperbacks series.
The Winter 2026 edition of the Schools newsletter is now available to read.
The School of Advanced Study is pleased to announce two calls for applications for funding grants – one for Being Human Festival 2026, and the Centre for Public Engagement Practice in Arts and Humanities' new Collaboration and Innovation Grant. Both grants are open to researchers at universities and eligible research organisations across the UK to collaborate with local community and cultural partners to create exciting and innovative public engagement projects. The grants foreground arts, humanities and social sciences research and encourage novel approaches to public engagement.
This year we are running an Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI essay) competition open to all year 12 and 13 students across the UK. Essay Question: As the United States marks 250 years, how should historians assess the nation’s progress toward the truths that its Declaration of Independence holds to be self-evident? Answer with reference to ONE of the following themes: a) disability, b) gender c) race. Key Dates Entries open: Monday, 16 February Entries close: Friday, 15 May Winners announced: Monday, 6 July
"Interventions in Nineteenth-Century American Literature and Culture", a book series published by EUP, is looking for new projects to consider. If you would like to have an informal conversation with one of the series editors, Andrew Taylor, at the Glasgow BAAS conference, please email him to arrange a time/date (andrew.taylor@ed.ac.uk).
Join biographer Nicholas Boggs and Bernardine Evaristo for the launch of a new biography centring the personal relationships that shaped James Baldwin's life and work.
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