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Latest News and Events

    CANCELLATION OF BAAS / US EMBASSY SMALL GRANTS PROGRAMME

    BAAS regrets to announce that the BAAS / US Embassy Small Grants Programme has been cancelled. 

    26th Annual Conference of the Scottish Association for the Study of America – University of Edinburgh – March 1, 2025

    The Scottish Association for the Study of America (SASA) was formed in 1999 to encourage the study of the Americas in Scotland. This year, SASA’s annual one-day conference will take place at the University of Edinburgh on March 1, 2025. Registration is now open.

    CFP: ‘Archive and Preservation’, Postgraduate Colloquium, University of Sheffield

    For the upcoming School of English Postgraduate Colloquium at the University of Sheffield on Friday 30th May, we aim to examine and engage with notions of ‘Archive and Preservation’. This conference seeks to explore unconventional archives and methods of preservation in numerous forms within the humanities. We encourage submissions from postgraduate researchers from all disciplines of English, or from the faculty of Arts and Humanities (if relevant). The deadline for submissions is 5pm on Friday 14th March.

    Sand Rush: The Revival of the Beach in Twentieth Century Los Angeles

    Join Michell Chresfield (Cornell), Katharina Motyl (Mannheim), Oussema Othmeni (Sousse), Myka Tucker-Abramson (Warwick), and author Elsa Devienne (Northumbria) in conversation about her recent, award-winning book Sand Rush: The Revival of the Beach in Twentieth-Century Los Angeles. We'll be talking, among other things, about what the iconic and much filmed shoreline of a coastal metropolis can tell us about the urban past, present, and future.

    2025 Barringer/Monticello Teacher Award NOW OPEN

    Secondary school teachers (particularly those covering A-level modules in US history) are invited to apply for the Barringer/Monticello Teacher Award. A collaboration between BAAS, the Thomas Jefferson Foundation (TJF), and the International Center for Jefferson Studies (ICJS), the award provides full funding to attend the Monticello Summer Institute, a week-long immersive, professional development programme that provides educators the opportunity to research and learn at Monticello in Charlottesville, VA. Closing: 14 March 2025

    SASA PG Workshop 2025

    SASA's 5th biennial postgraduate workshop will be held at the University of Edinburgh on February 28th, 2025. Covering topics such as pedagogy practices, alternative careers and the academic job market the workshop hopes to support students studying any aspect of the history, literature and/or culture of the Americas.

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