*DEADLINE EXTENDED* Coming of Age in 1950s’ America: Literature, Culture, and Film
Updated deadline for submissions: March 31, 2024 Contact: sanna.melin@univ-nantes.fr Event date: June 19, 2024 Location: Online
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Updated deadline for submissions: March 31, 2024 Contact: sanna.melin@univ-nantes.fr Event date: June 19, 2024 Location: Online
The TSA is a broad network of scholars who use the ‘transatlantic’ as a frame of reference for their work in a variety of disciplines, including (but not limited to): history, politics and international relations, and literary studies. All transatlantic-themed paper and panel proposals from these and related disciplines are welcome. Submissions are invited for the 2024 Annual Conference to be held in Lancaster, UK, 8-10 July.
We are thrilled to open registration for this year’s Digital BAAS conference, April 10-12, 2024! Over the course of our three-day programme, we’ll be welcoming speakers from across the globe, representing the most innovative scholarship in American studies
The Collaborative Research Centre “Structural Change of Property” and the Southern Historical Association’s International Graduate Network invite postgraduate scholars to a workshop at the University of Erfurt in Germany entitled “Racial Capitalism in the Southern United States during the Civil War and Reconstruction Era", to be held on June 13th.
The day after this important primary contest, this panel discussion with academics and journalists will reflect on the US presidential primary results and give their predictions for the general election.
Proposals are now being accepted for papers for the thirty-fourth “annual” Southwest Art History Conference (SWAHC). The conference will be held in Taos, New Mexico, October 9-11, 2024 (Wednesday-Friday). Papers should be 20-30 minutes in length and generally include visuals. Topics should be relevant to the art and artists of the Southwest or the American West and their place in the broader framework of American art history and visual culture. Deadline 19 May 2024.
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