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"This acid-tongued, profoundly sad and hilarious, tragic-gonzo adventure trip through a seductively deranged country feels out the grim landscape of the great American derailing of the 2020s. It invents, with a growing number of other shining books, a passionate pragmatic genre to approach a soft revolution devoted to well-being, creativity, equity, sustainability, and solidarity."—Kathleen Stewart, author of A Space on the Side of the Road: Cultural Poetics in an "Other" America

The MeCCSA Postgraduate Network is pleased to invite postgraduate researchers and creative practitioners to submit proposals for the 2026 MeCCSA PGN Conference, hosted by the Department of Film, Theatre & Television at the University of Reading.

The College of William & Mary is delighted to host the 24th annual Transatlantic Studies Association conference, to be held from Monday 13 July to Wednesday 15 July 2026. This year's topic is “American Democracy and Statecraft: Transatlantic Relations at the 250th." Abstract submission deadline is 24 April 2026.

Join us for a panel discussion exploring the dynamic exchange of theatrical ideas between the United Kingdom and the United States. Chaired by actor, filmmaker and Fulbright-John Wood LAMDA awardee, Ramsden Madeus, with playwright, screenwriter and Fulbright Scholar, Ade Solanke, and historian of Black Theatre, Kate Dossett, the panel will examine how transatlantic collaboration has shaped performance, production, and cultural narratives on both sides of the ocean.

Meet one of the editors of the EUP series "Interventions in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture" at BAAS Glasgow 2026.

BAAS and the Journal of American Studies are pleased to announce that they will be recruiting for the following roles at JAS in Summer 2026, for start dates of 2 January 2027. All appointments are for a four-year period.