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The British Association for American Studies is pleased to maintain a list of news and events from across the American Studies community.

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    TAACS’ Second International Conference: Justice and Morality in the North American Context

    The Tunisian Association for American Cultural Studies (TAACS) is pleased to announce its upcoming international conference, "Justice and Morality in the North American Context", to be held at the University of Sousse, Tunisia. This interdisciplinary event invites scholars in American Studies to interrogate the evolving relationship between legal frameworks and moral imperatives in North American history, politics, media, and culture. By engaging with themes such as resistance, race, environmental justice, and Indigenous perspectives,we aim to foster rich, interdisciplinary dialogue.

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    Call for Papers: Gender and History in the Americas Seminar Series, 2025-26

    The Society for the History of Women in the Americas (SHAW) welcomes submissions for its Gender and History in the Americas Seminar Series, 2025-26

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    American Dream/American Nightmare Conference

    The American Dream/American Nightmare Conference is hosted in collaboration with the University of Westminster and is concerned with the fantastical and the horrific in the American context, exploring the best and the worst of life and experiences in North America/Turtle Island across various fields. The conference is taking place on Thursday 3rd July (online) and Friday 4th July (in-person at the University of Westminster, London). This years schedule includes roundtables/panels on topics such as 'Indigenous Horror on Turtle Island', 'Poetics of Resistance', and 'The Dystopia'.

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    Call for Applications: Oxford Centre for Life-Writing: Global Majority and Underrepresented Writers’ Programme 2025–26

    https://oclw.web.ox.ac.uk/global-majority-and-underrepresented-writers-programme The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing (OCLW) at the University is delighted to announce that the call for applications for the inaugural Global Majority and Underrepresented Writers’ Programme (2025–26) is now open.

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    CFP virtual conference | Digital Projections and Screened Identities in US American Culture

    The virtual conference will focus on US American imaginaries related to digital and screened narratives that highlight the medial aspect of the screen as intermediary and/or work to construct identities. In an era when screens dominate and mediate virtually every aspect of our lives, the construction and performance of digital identities have become key to understand contemporary popular culture.

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    FOR THE FUTURE: A REFLECTION ON THE LEGACY AND TIMES OF FREDRIC JAMESON 

    ONLINE SEMINAR FOR THE FUTURE: A REFLECTION ON THE LEGACY AND TIMES OF FREDRIC JAMESON  18:00-19:30 on Wednesday 21st May 2025

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