The British Association for American Studies is pleased to maintain a list of news and events from across the American Studies community.
The items below include news from BAAS itself and submissions from other institutions and organisations. You will find posts organised by category below. Each week, the news and events submitted to BAAS, are included on the Weekly Digest mailing. You can sign up to receive the weekly mailing by completing this form.
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The Department of American Studies at the University of Nottingham is sad to report the death of its Emeritus Professor of Modern American Literature, Pete Messent, one of the founders of the Department and a well-known and widely respected figure in the American Studies community in the UK, Europe and the US.
The co-editors of JAS are pleased to share this collection of our most downloaded articles - published in the last year, and across the journal as a whole - from the past year.
We are inviting expressions of interest for a new Co-Editor of the ‘Critical Insights in American Studies’ series, formerly the BAAS Paperbacks series.
The Winter 2026 edition of the Schools newsletter is now available to read.
The School of Advanced Study is pleased to announce two calls for applications for funding grants – one for Being Human Festival 2026, and the Centre for Public Engagement Practice in Arts and Humanities' new Collaboration and Innovation Grant. Both grants are open to researchers at universities and eligible research organisations across the UK to collaborate with local community and cultural partners to create exciting and innovative public engagement projects. The grants foreground arts, humanities and social sciences research and encourage novel approaches to public engagement.
This year we are running an Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI essay) competition open to all year 12 and 13 students across the UK. Essay Question: As the United States marks 250 years, how should historians assess the nation’s progress toward the truths that its Declaration of Independence holds to be self-evident? Answer with reference to ONE of the following themes: a) disability, b) gender c) race. Key Dates Entries open: Monday, 16 February Entries close: Friday, 15 May Winners announced: Monday, 6 July
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