BAAS Call For Nominations 2024
The BAAS Call For Nominations for the upcoming election is now open! Please see below for full details.
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The BAAS Call For Nominations for the upcoming election is now open! Please see below for full details.
The European Journal of American Culture is currently soliciting short articles for a new series about ‘Teaching American Culture’. We want to publish short pieces – around 1 to 3,000 words – that engage with some aspect of teaching American culture in its broadest sense.
The University of Grenoble Alps in France will be organizing a two-day conference on the upcoming US presidential elections on October 24 and 25, 2024.
The British Association of American Studies (BAAS) are seeking three conference assistants to help with the running of this year’s Digital Conference. This is our second conference to be hosted entirely remotely, and will be held online 10-12 April 2024.
The editors of The Routledge Companion to Gender and the Sixties have been commissioned by Routledge to to draw together original contributions from scholars, artists, activists and others who can offer insights into gender issues and the 1960s. We welcome abstracts from scholars in any relevant discipline, working on any aspect of gender globally during the period of the 1960s.
Awards season is in full swing, but there's still time to submit applications for the Teaching Awards, Essay Awards, and more! We're also looking for panel volunteers, so please get in touch! (two awards), to encourage your students to submit essays for the Schools, Undergraduate, and Postgraduate Essay Prizes
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