Promoting, supporting and encouraging the study of the United States since 1955

  • Follow BAAS RSS Feed
  • Follow BAAS on BlueSky
  • Follow BAAS on Threads
  • Follow BAAS on YouTube

British Association for American Studies ☰

×

News & Events

Join BAAS

The British Association for American Studies is pleased to maintain a list of news and events from across the American Studies community.

The items below include news from BAAS itself and submissions from other institutions and organisations. You will find posts organised by category below. Each week, the news and events submitted to BAAS, are included on the Weekly Digest mailing. You can sign up to receive the weekly mailing by completing this form.

To submit content to appear on this page and to be included in our Weekly Digest mailing, please submit your content to us by completing the submission form.

Latest News and Events

    HOTCUS Winter Symposium: The United States and World War II: Impacts and Legacies at Home and Abroad University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham – February 21, 2025

    The HOTCUS Winter Symposium 2025 will reflect on the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and the significant impact of the war on American life, history, and culture. The symposium will take place at the University of Gloucestershire's FCH Campus in Cheltenham on Friday 21 February 2025, with keynote speaker Prof. Thomas Guglielmo of George Washington University presenting on 'Divisions & Quotients: The Aftermaths of US Military Racism during World War II.

    Read More

    Article in the Conversation about American Studies

    Dr Sarah Trott has published an article in The Conversation about the necessity and timeliness of American Studies.

    Read More

    Green BAAS special issue of New Area Studies

    Just published: a Green BAAS special issue of New Area Studies, Environmental American Studies.

    Read More

    New Book: American Laughter, American Fury

    Humor and the Making of a White Man's Democracy, 1750–1850

    Read More

    BAAS How To Series Continues

    The fourth episode of the BAAS How To series has been released! In this video, Sian Round talks to Dr Nicole Gipson, Associate Editor of the Journal of American Studies, about writing an academic book review.

    Read More

    Applications for US-UK Fulbright Global Challenges Teaching Awards Open Now

    Together with the American Association of Colleges and Universities, the US-UK Fulbright Commission is excited to welcome applications from UK and US HEIs for the Global Challenges Teaching Awards. If you teach a course tackling some of the world's most urgent issues—Climate Action, Disinformation & Misinformation, Health Inequality, or Peace & Justice—we're looking to take your lessons global through collaborative online international learning/virtual exchange. Applications close on 10th March, so start your application today!

    Read More

Current page: 46 All pages 136

Submit Your News and Events

We encourage you to submit content for the BAAS Weekly Digest, which will also appear on this page. Each week the digest is emailed out to our full list of subscribers and includes information on upcomming events, conferences, job opportunities, call for papers and more. You can submit your item to the digest, by clicking the button below.