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Proposals are welcome for RIAS Vol. 20, Fall-Winter (2/2027), "Digital Americas: Global Perspectives on American Narratives Online". Guest-edited by: Olga Ackroyd and Sara Riccetti Selim Staff Editor: Gabriela Vargas Cetina (Call open until June 30th, 2026)
The executive board of the Hemingway Society welcomes preliminary proposals from teams who wish to host our 2028 international conference.
The Irish Journal of American Studies (IJAS Online) is seeking a new Reviews Editor; to apply, please see https://ijas.iaas.ie/reviews-editor-2026/ Please send all applications and/or enquiries to irishjournalofamericanstudies@gmail.com by midnight on Friday March 13, 2026.
Job advert for a 3-year post-doctoral fellowship in American Studies at Cambridge, application deadline 19th March 2026 https://www.sel.cam.ac.uk/jobs/Keasbey-Isaac-Newton-Fellowship-in-American-Studies-2026
In this public lecture at the Birkbeck Institute for the Study of Antisemitism, Michael Berkowitz (University College London) reveals the elusive story of Jewish Hollywood’s role in World War II. He will explore the work of Jewish writers, directors and others, including Leo Rosten, George Coker and Stanley Kramer, the movies they created and why. In doing so, he will also consider the question of antisemitism in moviemaking in the United States during the war against Nazism.
2026 marks 90 years since the publication of William Faulkner’s masterwork, Absalom, Absalom! (1936). Widely considered the greatest Southern novel of all time and among the most influential literary works of the twentieth century, the ninth Faulkner Studies in the UK colloquium celebrates Absalom, Absalom!’s incalculable influence upon global literature.
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