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SAAM will welcome 20 fellows for the 2025–26 academic year. Among this year’s cohort are four senior scholars, two postdoctoral fellows, twelve predoctoral fellows, and two Smithsonian Artist Research Fellows. Utilizing the Smithsonian’s vast collections, they will research the impact of music on the visual arts, works of craft produced by Black artists and artisans, artist-built environments in landscapes slated for urban development, and more. A directory of appointees with project abstracts is available at https://americanart.si.edu/search/fellows?content_type=fellow&begin_year=2025.

The Arthur Miller Online Teaching and Learning Center www.amotlc.com  warmly welcomes contributions that reflect diverse perspectives on teaching Arthur Miller’s works. Submissions may include, but are not limited to: Innovative teaching practices Comparative literature approaches Interdisciplinary lesson plans Thematic explorations (e.g., gender, memory, trauma, politics, migration) Classroom experiences Student projects and reflections Resources for teaching Miller in non-Anglophone contexts

Call for Papers: (RE)IMAGINING SYMBIOSIS BETWEEN HUMANITY AND NATURE Issue’s Editors: Mieke Bal, ASCA, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. E-mail: mieke.g.bal@gmail.com Peggy Karpouzou, Associate Professor of Theory of Literature, Faculty of Philology, School of Philosophy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. E-mail: pkarpouzou@phil.uoa.gr Nikoleta Zampaki, Postdoctoral Researcher, Faculty of Philology, School of Philosophy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. E-mail: nikzamp@phil.uoa.gr

Join us for The Edith Wharton Summit, a gathering dedicated to new research, dynamic conversations, and immersive experiences. Set against the backdrop of The Mount, Wharton’s beautifully preserved estate in Lenox, MA, the Summit offers a unique opportunity to engage with fresh perspectives on Wharton’s life and work, and explore the legacy of one of America’s most remarkable and enduring authors from the place she called home. 4 June- 6 June 2026. CFP submission deadline 1 October 2025.

In Progress: A Graduate Journal of North American Studies is seeking submissions for its upcoming Summer 2026 issue. In Progress is a peer-reviewed online journal based at the English Department of Leibniz University Hannover, Germany. It provides a space to publish excellent work written by graduate students in Anglophone literary, cultural, and media studies, focusing in particular on the field of North American Studies.

The Teaching American Studies Network (TASN) was founded in 2020 and is the only UK-based scholarly network focused on HE pedagogical practice in American Studies. Now that TASN is firmly established, it is an excellent opportunity for a new Lead to take the network into its next phase. We are looking for a new Lead (or co-Leads) for the Teaching American Studies Network. We are also seeking to add new members to our steering group, which guides the network’s activities and supports the network Lead.