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    26th Annual Conference of the Scottish Association for the Study of America

    The 26th annual conference of the Scottish Association for the Study of America (SASA) will convene on March 1, 2025. The SASA committee invites proposals for papers exploring all aspects of and approaches to the history, cultures, societies and politics of the Americas. The day before the conference, on Friday, February 28 we will be holding our bi-annual Postgraduate Workshop. We will announce more details in due course. The conference and workshop will be hosted at the University of Edinburgh.

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    Our Jackie: Public Claims on a Private Life by Karen M. Dunak

    "Critically analyzing the media mania surrounding each new phase in Jackie's life, Dunak nimbly parses contemporary journalism and academic evaluations to present a cogent social interpretation and nuanced portrait of one of the most influential and persistently misunderstood women in American history." ~Booklist

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    The Great Power of Small Nations: Indigenous Diplomacy in the Gulf South by Elizabeth N. Ellis

    "Path-breaking. The Great Power of Small Nations offers new perspectives on war, colonialism, and Indigenous nation-building. To understand the Gulf South and the empires that sought to claim it, Ellis demonstrates, we must understand America’s deep and ongoing Native history." ~Christina Snyder, Pennsylvania State University

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    U.S. Studies Online – Call for editors

    USSO is looking for two new editors! Come join our friendly team of PG and ECA editors. Apply to be our new Co-Editor or Book Reviews Editor by 5pm on Tuesday 12 November.

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    Call for Papers for a Special Issue of the journal Ex-Centric Narratives

    Call for Papers (Issue 9, Dec. 2025) Ex-Centric Narratives: Journal of Anglophone Literature, Culture and Media Please submit your abstracts by December 31, 2024, for any of the following two parts PART I Theme: Culture War and/as Myth within and beyond America ABSTRACTS should include: - title - author(s) - author contact information - affiliated institution - brief bio - 4-5 keywords PLEASE SEND YOUR EMAILS/ABSTRACTS TO: • Dr. Aikaterini Delikonstantinidou (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece) Email: aidel@enl.uoa.gr • Dr. Noelia Gregorio (UNIR-Universi

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    The Society for the History of Women in the Americas (SHAW) 2025 Conference: Call for Papers

    The Society for the History of Women in the Americas (SHAW) welcomes proposals for its annual conference, co-hosted by Leeds Beckett University and the University of Leeds on 11th July 2025.

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