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“[A] tribute to the Girl Scouts that probes the organization’s controversies as well as its successes. . . . [Farrell’s] research tackles uncomfortable truths . . . [and] contains copious historical tidbits that will intrigue Girl Scouts aficionados.”—Publishers Weekly
The genocidal war in Gaza alongside the acceleration of ethnic cleansing of the West Bank could not occur without full US and UK support. And yet American Studies in the UK has been largely silent. This symposium aims to put Palestine back at the centre of our theorisations of the history, culture, literature, and political economy of American Empire, theorise its current absence in UK American Studies, and catalyse practical (and utopian) change, from creating collective syllabi to building Palestine solidarity networks, and transforming our professional organisations and universities.
The Margaret Fuller Society is pleased to sponsor a panel on "Trouble and Recovery: Health in Margaret Fuller’s Life and Society" for the upcoming Thoreau Society Annual Gathering in Concord, MA, July 8-12, 2026. The words of our title, “Trouble and Recovery,” encompass both obstacles to health and its restoration, in Fuller’s personal life or the family and society within which she lived, in body or “head and heart,” whether descriptive or metaphoric in significance.
The American Politics Group has extended its deadline for its call for papers to December 10th for the annual conference at the University of east Anglia from 7th to the 9th of January.
Is US imperialism back? Did it ever go away? Join us at the British Library on 8 December for a discussion of the place of empire in US culture and geopolitics. British Library Eliot Room | Monday 8 December, 18.30-19.30 Free | Reserve a place by emailing eccles-institute@bl.uk
Invitation to launch event for: Emotionally Engaged: A Toolkit for your Archival Journey:
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