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Upcoming celebration and symposium in Liverpool on Sat 4th May, for the bicentennial birth of tap dancer William Henry Lane ('Master Juba), who received fame across both sides of the Atlantic! More info and tickets below, and expressions of interest / calls for participants who may wish to speak, participate, or get involved in any parts of the celebration are very welcome - please contact us at CelebratingMasterJuba@gmail.com. Celebrating Master Juba: 200 Years On The bicentennial birth of tap dancer William Henry Lane Saturday 4th May – 12:30-9:30pm

This monograph offers the first comparative examination of American and New Zealand fiction writing, taking the Pacific War as a locus point. It utilizes postcolonial theory, island studies, and trauma theory to determine the extent to which ideologies traceable to the Second World War continue to manifest in fiction writing. In light of current discussions surrounding Christopher Nolan's film Oppenheimer, Chapter 5's focus on novelizations of the Manhattan Project story is especially timely.

The Teaching American Studies Network invites proposals for a one-day symposium to be held at the University of Warwick on 9 July 2024. The theme for the 2024 Symposium is “Decoloniality: Difficulties and Multiplicities”.

Registration for this year’s Digital BAAS conference will be closing on Tuesday, so if you haven’t registered, please do as soon as possible! Digital BAAS will be held entirely on Discord, an interactive online server that offers opportunities for networking, socialising, and sharing ideas informally, as well as more formal research-sharing. Attendees will be able to listen to panels, chat with colleagues, and form new connections all in one space!

Confidence man and canny operative, charlatan and manipulator--William A. A. Carsey emerged from the shadow of Tammany Hall to build a career undermining working-class political organizations on behalf of the Democratic Party. Mark A. Lause’s biography of Carsey takes readers inside the bare-knuckle era of Gilded Age politics.

Since its establishment as an academic research field in the U.S. in the late 1970s, public history has grown significantly, serving as a vital tool for examining contemporary issues, community memories, and conflicts at both scholarly and practical levels. USAbroad invites public history or public history-related contributions investigating US compelling past(s), heritage, memories, and socio-economic fractures. Please submit your abstract (500 words max) and your CV (2 pages max) to usabroad@unibo.it by May 5, 2024. Successful applicants will be notified by May 15, 2024, at the latest.