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Taking into consideration recent developments toward a Planetary Cultural and Literary Studies, this special issue of The European Journal of American Studies aims to rethink and recontextualize the American project not through the homogenizing impulses of the global sublime but through the decentered relationality of planetarity—the act of “making our home unheimlich or uncanny” (Spivak 74). Potential contributors should send a 500 word abstract and a short biographical note to dominik.steinhilber@uni-konstanz.de and florian.wagner@uni-jena.de by December 31, 2024.

Hi, Please find attached the CFP for an international conference entitled "After November 5th: The Challenges to U.S. Democracy in the Era of Trumpism," which will take place at the Chicago University in Paris (France) on January 23 & 24, 2025. Paper proposals (which should include the title of the paper, author(s), and a 10-line abstract) must be submitted before October 2, 2024, to the following address: USdemocracyjan25@gmail.com. Acceptance will be notified by October 21, 2024. Thanks!

All environmental humanists broadly conceived are invited to join us for the launching event of the 2024-2025 GREEN BAAS Online Roundtable Series: Writing in/for the Environmental Humanities. This free online roundtable will be held on zoom on Thursday 12 September, 4pm BST. Conceived with the needs and questions of ECRs in mind, this session brings together five experienced scholars who edit journals and/or book series about the environmental humanities to share with us their reflections on the field and the challenges and opportunities of writing in/for the environmental humanities.

In Black Elders, Frederick C. Knight explores the experiences of African Americans with aging and in old age during the eras of slavery and emancipation.

Mark Rifkin explores how the construction of family as a white liberal institution of race-making drives US settler-colonial violence.

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