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This summer the New Voices in Postcolonial Studies Network is collaborating with the University of Westminster to host the first iteration of the American Dream / American Nightmare Conference. This conference is concerned with the fantastical and the horrific in the American context, exploring the best and worst of life and experiences in North America/Turtle Island across disciplines. We are currently seeking submissions for 15-20 minute oral presentation as well as A3 poster presentations based on the theme with a deadline of March 28th at 5PM GMT.

This two-day conference will consider the diverse ways in which journeys undertaken by LGBTQ+ people have been represented in North American literature and culture, as well as how queer journeys interact with and impact social structures, transnational relations, and cultural forms. We welcome papers that analyze queer journeys in and across a range of media (including literature, film, television, performance, video games, and other digital media). We particularly invite interested participants to approach the subject from intersectional and transnational perspectives.

It is evening. Tom Wingfield is smoking in the alley outside the apartment where he grew up. Through a window, he watches his mother and his sister. Tonight is one of those nights you remember forever. Tonight, someone special is coming to dinner. Tonight, there will be a dance. Tonight, you might fall in love. Tonight, everything could change. This is Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie, the American masterpiece about staying and about leaving, directed by Artistic Director Jay Miller (★★★★★ The Flea, ★★★★★ The Crucible, ★★★★★ This Beautiful Future).

In advance of the 2025 AGM (which will be held at the University of Hertfordshire on Thursday April 24th 2025), elections will be held for various posts on the British Association for American Studies Executive Committee. Deadline for nominations: March 24th 2025 (see more for further instructions).

The Scottish Association for the Study of America (SASA) was formed in 1999 to encourage the study of the Americas in Scotland. This year, SASA’s annual one-day conference will take place at the University of Edinburgh on March 1, 2025. Registration is now open.

For the upcoming School of English Postgraduate Colloquium at the University of Sheffield on Friday 30th May, we aim to examine and engage with notions of ‘Archive and Preservation’. This conference seeks to explore unconventional archives and methods of preservation in numerous forms within the humanities. We encourage submissions from postgraduate researchers from all disciplines of English, or from the faculty of Arts and Humanities (if relevant). The deadline for submissions is 5pm on Friday 14th March.