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Latest News and Events

    The Society for the History of Women in the Americas (SHAW) 2026 Conference: Call for Papers

    The Society for the History of Women in the Americas (SHAW) welcomes proposals for its annual conference, hosted by the University of Toulouse Jean Jaurès.

    University of East Anglia: Leverhulme Trust ECF

    UEA: 2026 call for the Postdoc Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship.

    BAAS Annual Conference – Glasgow 2026

    The College of Arts & Humanities and Andrew Hook Centre for American Studies at the University of Glasgow are delighted to invite submissions for the 71st annual British Association for American Studies conference at the University of Glasgow, to be held from Thurs 9th to Sat 11th April 2026. We look forward to welcoming the international American Studies community to our beautiful West End campus.

    CFP – Beyond the American Western: Picturing the Far West in Global Comics

    A call for papers for an edited collection, provisionally titled: Beyond the American Western: Picturing the Far West in Global Comics. The collection seeks to gather a range of focused and broad/panoramic studies that together offer a richer understanding of the vibrancy and diversity of the Western genre in comics from around the world. The deadline for proposals is Sunday 14th December 2025.

    CFP – Citizens Abroad and the International Order: Theory and Practice

    On 7 April 2026, Maynooth University will be hosting the ‘Citizens Abroad and the International Order: Theory and Practice’ workshop. Organised by Dr. Lewis Defrates and Dr. Jennifer Chochinov, the conference will focus on the past and present treatment and experiences of foreign nationals abroad. The workshop is honoured to have Professor Engin Isin as they Keynote Speaker to deliver a paper on Extraterritorial Citizenship. The CFP is open until 21 December 2025 and is looking to attract interested contributors from a variety of disciplines, time periods, and geographic regions.

    NEW BOOK – The Care of Foreigners: How Immigrant Physicians Changed US Healthcare

    How did South Asian doctors become essential to US health care?

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