The NASA annual conference will be held at University of Utrecht on October 31 & November 1, 2024. The two-day conference will feature innovative research and approaches exploring the intersections between the topics of protest movements, radical culture and resistance,…
Vacancy: 2 Full PhD Scholarships at the RIAS
Project: “In the Shadows of Slavery: Free Black Citizenship and Democracy in Antebellum America” The RIAS is pleased to offer 2x full PhD scholarships within the project “In the Shadows of Slavery: Free Black Citizenship and Democracy in Antebellum America,”…
Call for Papers! The Uncanny States of America: Encountering the Planetary (EJAS Special Issue)
Editors: Dominik Steinhilber (University of Konstanz), Florian Wagner (University of Jena) 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…
Call for Papers! The Mississippi: Soundings on America’s Arterial River
Edited by A. Robert Lee and Chad Weidner Introduction and Scope: The Mississippi River, often regarded as America’s central artery, has been instrumental in shaping the nation’s geography, culture, and history. This edited volume, The Mississippi: Soundings on America’s Arterial…
Two Internship Opportunities at the U.S. Mission to the Netherlands
The U.S. Mission to the Netherlands maintains and strengthens the diplomatic ties between the United States and The Netherlands. Not just in The Netherlands, but all over the world, U.S. Mission employees strive to protect and promote U.S. security, prosperity,…
Environmental Activism, Indigenous Survival, and Settler Colonialism in theUnist’ot’en Camp’s Resistance against the Coastal GasLink Pipeline, with Laura de Vos
Thursday 26 September 9:15-11:00 in Hetta Mohr 0.26 Hosted by the Futures of Native American Studies atLeiden, North American Studies, LUCAS, and theJEDI fund. In this workshop, Laura de Vos (Radboud Univ.) will present their research with Marije van Lankveld…
Student workshop and public reception with Tommy Orange!
On Wednesday, September 25 2024 a student workshop, followed by a public reception, will be held with Native American novelist Tommy Orange at Leiden University! Student workshop: P.J. Veth 0.07 14:45 –15:15 Registration and coffee with the author 15.15 –…
Call for Papers: Heidelberg Center for American Studies 22nd Annual Spring Academy Conference
Heidelberg, Germany, 24-28 March, 2025 The twenty-second HCA Spring Academy on American Culture, Economics, Geography, History, Literature, Politics, and Religion will be held from March 24-28, 2025. The Heidelberg Center for American Studies (HCA) invites applications for this annual one-week…
Hate in the Homeland: The Fate of Democracy in a Radicalizing World
October 15, 2024, 8PM – 10PM PAKHUIS DE ZWIJGER, PIET HEINKADE 179, AMSTERDAM Buy tickets here for the event. “What would it take to ensure that everyone feels at home in the country where they live? Who gets to claim…
New Editor-in-Chief Netherlands American Studies Review (NASR)
Nicolas Turner succeeds Christine Mertens as Editor-in-Chief of the Netherlands American Studies Review (NASR). “I am honored and thrilled to take over as the new Editor-in-Chief of NASR. Having served on NASR’s editorial board over the last year, I know…