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‘The people favored and the people oppressed’: The Unequal Struggle for Equality and Rights in America The deadline for submissions is 22nd August 2025. Please send proposals including a title, an abstract of no more than 250 words and a short biography of no more than 300 words to David Malcolm at david.malcolm@baas.ac.uk.
A history of how the freethought movement fought to maintain a secular United States.
September 4–5, 2025 on Zoom. Focused on US American imaginaries related to digital and screened narratives and deal with the ways in which screens and digital interfaces influence, construct and disseminate identities, and that examine how these representations shape and reflect societal perceptions of the self, the other, and even AI. We accept proposals that look at texts across popular culture media, including film, graphic narratives, TV series, genre literature, music, games, social media, podcasts, and mocku/documentary.
The European Association for American Studies Biennial Conference will be held in Bologna, September 1-4, 2026. The conference theme is Visions of Freedom: 1776-2026. The call for papers strongly encourages submission of complete panel proposals (3-4 to presenters with a chair). The conference will be in person with a limited number of online panel slots available. Submissions for a poster exhibition are also invited. Deadline for submission: 15 October 2025. https://site.unibo.it/visions-of-freedom/en
Women in American Studies Network is seeking a new Chair or Co-Chairs to carry on the crucial work of this network in the current Transatlantic political climate. Please submit your EoI to womenamericanstudiesnetwork@gmail.com by 1 September 2025. .
BAAS members with an interest in American literature are invited to join the international Paul Auster Society.
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