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The call for applications for Being Human Festival 2024 has been extended! To enable as many people as possible to participate in this year's festival, we have extended the deadline for the Festival Event (unfunded) pathway to 5pm, Thursday 18th July. Further details on how to apply, and answers to some frequently asked questions, are available on our website: https://www.beinghumanfestival.org/get-involved
Call for Submissions: Metropolitan Museum Journal
On 20 June, the Birkbeck Institute for the Study of Antisemitism is hosting a lecture where author and independent scholar Spencer Sunshine will discuss the history of America's contemporary white supremacist and neo-Nazi movements.
Abstract submissions are invited for PERCIVAL: the first conference dedicated to the work of American author Percival Everett ever held in the UK. Everett Studies is at a key stage of its development, and 2024 represents a pivotal moment in Everett’s career generally. This conference will take place on Friday the 6th of December 2024 at King’s College London. It seeks to accelerate the growing research interest in Everett’s work in the UK through collaboration with international scholars (particularly from the US and France) who have worked on or taught Everett for decades.
Asynchronous short course on Multimodality and American Literature
Registration is now OPEN for the 2024 Teaching American Studies Network Symposium on “Decoloniality: Difficulties and Multiplicities”. The symposium will take place in person / hybrid at the University of Warwick on 9 July 2024. Keynote Speaker: Dr Jonathan Ward, Lecturer in Race and Diversity Studies at King’s College London, and creator of The Abolitionist Curriculum. The full programme and all details are available on our website: https://baas.ac.uk/community/teaching-as/
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