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Our in-person conference is back with a focus on the notion of un/belonging and the re/shaping of US Americanness, intended as a diverse constellation of national understandings that construe individual and collective identities. The conference invites reflections on the multimodal representations of the notions and issues at hand in popular culture and discourses, focusing on the intrinsic diversity of belonging, inclusionary/exclusionary identities, supremacist as well as disenfranchised experiences of US Americanness. We look for evolving notions of belonging and unbelonging, situating the

The History Department at the University of Sussex is seeking to appoint a Lecturer in US History (Education Focused) for a fixed term position (10 months). You will contribute to a range of modules in nineteenth- and twentieth-century History and American Studies, including delivering specialist options in twentieth-century US history and politics, and the history of the Civil Rights movement. You will deliver lectures, seminars and dissertation supervision, support students, and engage in marking and assessment.

The Eccles Institute for the Americas and Oceania at the British Library wants to hear from all researchers of the USA about their use (or not!) of the British Library's collections. It's your Library, so have your say!

Ulster-Americans: Ulster Immigrant Life in an American City Tenement, 1840-1910. A collaborative AHRC-funded PhD opportunity between Queen's University Belfast and National Museums Northern Ireland. Deadline 21st May 2025.

The Rise and Fall of King Coal: American Energy Transitions in an Age of Markets, 1800–1940, By Mark Aldrich is history of the dynamic role of coal in the energy landscape of the United States during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

BAAS 2025 will take place this Wednesday 23rd - Friday 25th April at University of Hertfordshire. Register here: https://baas.ac.uk/conferences/baas-2025-university-of-hertfordshire-23-25-april-2025/