International conference at Basel University, May 14-15, 2027 Deadline: August 14, 2026 Why do literary genres matter today? How are genres constituted today? How can using literary genre as an analytical lens enhance our understanding of our contemporary historical moment? To investigate how genre fiction, or fiction that is written to conform to the pre-existing…
Read MoreFeminist conference at Hanover University, November 20-22, 2026 Deadline: July 20, 2026
Read MoreInternational Conference at Amerika-Institut, LMU Munich, June 9-11, 2027 Deadline: September 15, 2026
Read MoreSpecial issue of The Journal of Practice Theory Deadline: September 30, 2026 Vol 3(2). Special Issue: ‘Practicing Place’ Guest Editors:Prof. Dr. Robert Schmidt – Chair of Process-Oriented Sociology, Catholic University of Eichstätt-IngolstadtProf. Dr. Joost van Loon – Chair of General Sociology and Sociological Theory, Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt About the Special Issue This special issue…
Read More20th issue of the graduate-level peer-reviewed American studies journal aspeers Deadline: October 11, 2026 aspeers, the first peer-reviewed print journal for MA-level American studies scholars in Europe, calls for papers for its twentieth issue by October 11, 2026. As in previous years, aspeers calls for general submissions of excellent academic work by MA-level students as well as…
Read MoreVarious positions available, fixed term for three years, start February 1, 2027 Deadline: July 12, 2026 Pre-call for Applications: 12 Funded PhD Positions | International Research Training Group (IRTG) Cultures of Repair https://www.uni-potsdam.de/en/irtg-cultures-of-repair The International Research Training Group (IRTG) Cultures of Repair, jointly convened by the University of Potsdam (Germany) and the University of Melbourne…
Read MoreStanding CfP for a new series of short monographs on television series that will start in 2027 TV Matters is a new series of short monographs (40,000 to 50,000 words) on television series, analysing their production history, cultural context, main themes, as well as fandom and audience reception. The focus is on shows that both…
Read MoreWir trauern um Renate Hof, die am 17.05.2026 gestorben ist. Dass die Kategorie Geschlecht in der deutschen Amerikanistik heute ganz selbstverständlich eine zentrale Rolle spielt, ist nicht zuletzt ihr Verdienst. Renate Hof war Mitbegründerin des Women’s Caucus in der DGfA, Beiratsangehörige von 1984 bis 1992, und Mitherausgeberin der Zeitschrift Amerikastudien/American Studies. An der Humboldt-Universität zu…
Read MoreWorkshop hosted by TP 6 “Race as Infrastructure and Literary Infrastructures of Resistance” of FOR 5710 “Infrastructure: Aesthetics and Supply” Blue Square, Kortumstr. 90, 44787 Bochum | June 26-27, 2026
Read MoreConference at Ghent University, Belgium, November 27, 2026 Deadline: July 1, 2026
Read More36th Annual Conference of the Postgraduate Forum (PGF) of the German Association for American Studies (GAAS/DGfA) at Bayreuth University, November 12-14, 2026 Deadline: July 24, 2026
Read More100% B1 (€ 52,865.40/year), fixed term until September 30, 2029, starts October 2026 Deadline: June 10, 2026 For the full job posting, please visit: Apply Now | University Graz
Read More48th Annual Conference of the Association for Canadian Studies in German-speaking Countries | Berlin, February 24-26, 2027 Deadline: May 31, 2026
Read MoreWorkshop of Graduiertenkolleg Authority and Trust (GKAT) at the Heidelberg Center for American Studies (HCA) July 10-11, 2026 Workshop “Gender, Authority, and Trust,” Graduiertenkolleg Authority and Trust (GKAT) at the Heidelberg Center for American Studies (HCA)Heidelberg, July 10-11, 2026Location: Heidelberg Center for American Studies, Heidelberg In recent decades, research on authority and trust in the…
Read MoreNachruf auf den Amerikanisten Christof Decker (LMU München) Mit Christof Decker hat die deutsche Amerikanistik einen ihrer profiliertesten Vertreter der sogenannten Visual Culture Studies verloren. Das in der deutschen Bezeichnung “Bildwissenschaft” nur unzureichend beschriebene Forschungsfeld hat für die Amerikastudien wichtige Einsichten in Geschichte und Kultur des an visuellen Repräsentationsformen reichen Landes ermöglicht. Spätestens seit W.J.T.…
Read More75% B1, fixed term for four years, starts October 2026 Deadline: June 10, 2026 For the full opening, please visit: Apply Now | University of Salzburg
Read MoreOnline Workshop at Leipzig University, September 18-19, 2026 Deadline: June 15, 2026
Read MoreCall for proposals for a special issue on U.S. American, Canadian, and Latin American literary studies Deadline: June 1, 2026
Read More65% TV-L E13, fixed term for four years, starts September 1, 2026 Deadline: June 1, 2026 The Horizon Europe project BLOCKADE and the Department of History at Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg are looking for a Doctoral Researcher in Modern History The 4-year (65%) doctoral position will be located at the Juniorprofessur for Transatlantic and North American History…
Read More100% TV-L E13, fixed term for four years, starts September 1, 2026 Deadline: June 1, 2026 The Horizon Europe project BLOCKADE and the Department of History at Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg are looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher in Modern History The 4-year full-time (100%) postdoctoral position will be located at the Juniorprofessur for Transatlantic and North American…
Read MoreWorkshop at Erfurt University, November 26-27, 2026 Deadline: June 15, 2026 Call for Papers “Unruly Realism: Conventions and Contestations in 19th-Century American Realist Fiction” Workshop at the University of Erfurt – November 26 – 27, 2026 Co-organized by Ilka Saal (Erfurt) and Antonia Purk (Mannheim) This workshop reexamines nineteenth-century American realism through the lens of…
Read MoreConference at Trier University, May 20-22, 2026 Established in 1976 and permanently institutionalised in the form of the Centre for Canadian Studies in 1996, Canadian Studies have a long-standing tradition at Trier University. Celebrating fifty years of Canadian Studies, this conference aims to both provide an overview of Canadian Studies today and to discuss current…
Read MoreInternational conference at Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, February 10-12, 2027 Deadline: June 15, 2026
Read MoreInterdisciplinary festival/conference at the University of Graz, Austria, October 29–31, 2026 Extended Deadline: May 6, 2026
Read MoreAnnual Conference of the Netherlands American Studies Association (NASA) at Radboud University in Nijmegen, November 4-6, 2026 Deadline: May 8, 2026
Read MoreStudy day at University Marie & Louis Pasteur, Besançon on Friday, October 16, 2026 Deadline: May 30, 2026 CFP: Representing the writer online : images, voices, and archivesStudy day at University Marie & Louis Pasteur, BesançonFriday, October 16, 2026 Organized byAmélie Macaud (ELLIADD, Université Marie et Louis Pasteur)Sahar Kheirandish (CLIMAS, Université Bordeaux Montaigne)Magali Bigey (ELLIADD,…
Read More100% A13/TV-L E13, permanent position, starts October 1, 2026 Deadline: May 3, 2026
Read MoreWorkshop at TU Braunschweig, October 10, 2026 Deadline: May 31, 2026
Read MoreAnnual conference of the Society for the Study of British Cultures, Würzburg University, November 19-21, 2026 Deadline: April 15, 2026
Read MoreCall for contributions and online symposium, October 8-9, 2026 Deadline: May 15, 2026
Read MoreInternational in-person conference at JFK Institute at Freie Universität Berlin, September 30 – October 2, 2026 Deadline: May 31, 2026 Conference website: Frontiers Conference 2026 – PopMeC While encompassing the study of US American cultures broadly intended, the conference aims at examining the evolution of their contemporary manifestations and possible futures. As the sociocultural and…
Read MoreCall for Papers for the 17th Annual Conference of the Association for Research in the Fantastic at Cologne University, September 17-19, 2026 Deadline: June 1, 2026
Read MoreAnnual Conference of the Historians of the German Association for American Studies (GAAS/DGfA), Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, May 8-10, 2026 Deadline: April 15, 2026 Dear colleagues, We are very pleased to share the program and registration details for this year’s annual conference of the historians of the German Association for American Studies with you.Please find the conference program…
Read MoreSpecial issue of American Periodicals Deadline: July 15, 2026
Read MoreInvitation for contributions and/or guest editors for Volume 6 (2027) Deadline: May 8, 2026
Read MoreCall for papers for a critial anthology devoted to television title sequences Deadline: May 4, 2026
Read More€2,500 prize for outstanding work of historical scholarship in the field of North American studies or transatlantic relations Deadline: September 15, 2026 The Franz Steiner Verlag and the German Historical Institute Washington (GHI) award the Franz Steiner Prize in Transatlantic History every two years to an outstanding work of historical scholarship in the field of…
Read MoreInternational Doctoral Workshop at Cologne University, November 19-20, 2026 Deadline: April 30, 2026
Read More90 %, initially limited to three years, starts August 1, 2026 Deadline: March 30, 2026 The English Department of the University of Zurich invites applications for a postdoctoral teaching and research position (Oberassistenz) in the field of English Literary Studies (British, North American and/or New Anglophone Literatures and Cultures) to start on 1 August 2026.…
Read More13th World Congress of the International American Studies Association (IASA) in Mérida, Mexico, February 17-19, 2027 Deadline: April 30, 2026
Read MoreInterdisciplinary and international conference at TU Dortmund, December 3-5, 2026 Deadline: April 15, 2026
Read More€1,000 award for outstanding work in the field of American Studies Deadline: April 15, 2026 Rolf Kentner Dissertation Prize | Heidelberg Center for American Studies (HCA) The Rolf Kentner Dissertation Prize is awarded outstanding work in the field of American studies. It honors one of the HCA’s earliest benefactors († 2019) and is endowed with…
Read MoreCall for contributions for the next issue of InMedia, The French Journal of Media Studies Deadline (abstracts): April 15, 2026 The latest call for articles for is just out. We invite abstracts for contributions to the issue “The Art of Podcasting: experimenting with a new medium,” edited by Dr. David Lipson and Ella Waldmann. You will…
Read MoreOne-year grant of 32,000 Swiss francs each, begin October 1, 2026 Deadline: April 12, 2026
Read More10th International Osnabrück Summer Institute on the Cultural Study of the Law, July 18-26, 2026 Deadline: April 1, 2026 http://www.osi.uni-osnabrueck.de/ The tenth International Osnabrueck Summer Institute on the Cultural Study of the Law will be held from July 18 to 26, 2026 at Osnabrueck University, Germany. It aims to encourage and further promote the interdisciplinary study and…
Read MoreSpecial issue of gamevironments, a journal seeking to explore both established approaches and new frontiers of researching video games/gaming as related to culture and society Deadline (abstracts): June 1, 2026 Guest editors: Arno Görgen and Aurelia Brandenburg In the 1980s and 1990s, for many computer game enthusiasts, the dream of a job in the games…
Read MoreRoosevelt Institute for American Studies in Middelburg, The Netherlands, June 17-19, 2026 Deadline: March 13, 2026
Read MoreStudent conference at the Obama Institute Mainz, June 19-20, 2026 Deadline: February 28, 2026
Read More100% TV-L E13, no fixed term, starts April 1, 2026 Deadline: February 16, 2026
Read MorePlease join “Keywords in Blue Humanities,” an online symposium sponsored by the University of South Florida in Spring 2026. Over a series of one-hour discussions (free and open to the public), leading authors and scholars will address a “keyword” exploring the intersections of water and the humanities. The talks will livestream on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@keywordsinbluehumanities. (Sign onto…
Read MoreSANAS Biennial Conference at the University of Zurich, Switzerland, November 5-6, 2026 Deadline (proposals): March 31, 2026
Read MoreIt is with great sadness that we learned of the passing of Reinhard R. Doerries, who died at the end of 2025. He was Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Erlangen–Nürnberg and was President of the GAAS from 1987-1990. Doerries was truly an Atlantic citizen, equally at home in Europe and the United…
Read MoreStart October 2026 Deadline: February 1, 2026 For more information, please visit: Bewerbungsprozess GCSC — Das Graduiertenzentrum
Read MoreSpecial Forum of the Journal of Transnational American Studies Deadline: March 1, 2026
Read More34th Annual Conference of The German Society for Contemporary Drama and Theatre in English (CDE) in Prague, June 4-7, 2026 Deadline: January 25, 2026
Read More2 one-year doctoral grants of €1,450/month, 2 DAAD scholarships (up to four years) of €1,400/month | start October 1, 2026 Deadline: January 31, 2026
Read More80%, €4,402.95 per month, fixed term for two years, starts September 1, 2026 Deadline: January 16, 2026
Read MoreMonthly stipend of €2,400 for doctoral and €3,400 for postdoctoral scholars for a duration of 6-12 months Deadline: January 12, 2026 See the full posting here: Long-term Visiting Fellowships – GHI Washington The German Historical Institute Washington (GHI) is now accepting applications for its long-term visiting fellow program. The fellowships will be granted for a…
Read More100% TVöD E-13, fixed term for three years, start June 1, 2026 Deadline: January 11, 2026 To view the entire job posting and apply, please follow this link: Two Research Fellow Positions in Modern and Contemporary History | Max Weber Stiftung | 218
Read MoreSpecial issue of AmLit: American Literature Deadline: January 18, 2026
Read More2026 Annual Conference of the Leibniz ScienceCampus Europe and America in the Modern World at Regensburg University, June 17-19, 2026 Deadline: January 7, 2026
Read MoreAnnual Conference of the Association for Anglophone Postcolonial Studies (GAPS) at Osnabrück University, May 14-16, 2026 Deadline (abstracts): January 6, 2026
Read MoreSpecial Issue of Feminist Theory Deadline (abstracts): March 1, 2026
Read MoreOrganized by the Bavarian American Academy and the Akademie für Politische Bildung, Tutzing, Germany, June 1-8, 2025 Deadline: February 15, 2026
Read More24th Annual Conference of the Bavarian American Academy on “Free Speech: Promises, Meanings, Controversies” at Amerikahaus Munich, July 9-11, 2026 Deadline: March 15, 2026
Read MoreCall for Papers for Edited Collection and Workshop at Heidelberg Center for American Studies, July 10-11, 2026 Extended Deadline: February 15, 2026 In recent decades, research on authority and trust in the US has seen a considerable increase across various disciplines (cf. Leypoldt and Berg 2021). However, in comparison, there has been much less scholarship…
Read MorePostgraduate symposium at University of Coimbra (Portugal), March 26-27, 2026 Deadline: December 31, 2025
Read MoreMADS Conference, Augsburg (Germany), July 10-11, 2026 Deadline: January 9, 2026
Read More50% TV-L E13, fixed term for three years, starts March 1, 2026 Deadline: December 12, 2025 Please note: The e-mail address in the document below is incorrect. If you want to apply or have further questions, please contact sekretariat.kuechler@es.uni-tuebingen.de.
Read MoreSpecial issue of Iperstoria: Journal of American and English Studies Deadline (abstracts): January 15, 2026
Read MoreSpecial Issue of The New American Studies Journal: A Forum Deadline: January 2, 2026
Read MoreCollection of critical essays as part of the DFG-funded project “W( )les and ( )holes: Politically Engaged Erasure Poetry in Twenty-First-Century United States” Deadline: February 15, 2026 Deliberate Poetics: Erasure, Materiality, and the Politics of the Page, an essay collection co-edited by Sandra Tausel, Michael Fuchs, and Mahshid Mayar, invites proposals in the form of abstracts (500 words) and…
Read MoreNovember 2025 – February 2026 via Microsoft Teams For the entire list of events, please visit Speakers Series — HAM
Read MoreSummer Symposium on U.S. Foreign Policy in Washington, D.C., August 2-13, 2026 Registration deadline: May 1, 2026 A summer symposium and field trip around international politics and U.S. foreign policy, organized by Hochschule für angewandtes Management. For more information, please visit Summer School | U.S. Foreign Policy Washington | HAM
Read More€1,000 for outstanding research in the field of contemporary theatre and drama in English Deadline: December 31, 2025
Read MoreSpecial issue of Curare. Journal of Medical Anthropology Deadline (abstracts): December 15, 2025
Read More53rd Annual Conference of the Austrian Association for American Studies November 5-7, 2026, University of Education Upper Austria (PH OÖ) & Private University of Education of the Diocese of Linz (PHDL) Deadline: April 30, 2026
Read MoreSpecial issue of AmLit Deadline: December 31, 2025
Read MoreInternational conference and opening of the Koblenz Research Unit Body Travel Literature, November 25-26, 2025
Read MoreCall for contributions for upcoming issues on general aspects of literary and cultural studies, close readings of specific texts, innovative theoretical, methodological, or didactic approaches, bridges between academic discourse and classroom application Deadline: February 2, 2026
Read MoreSpecial issue of Age, Culture, Humanities Deadline (abstracts): December 15, 2025 Age(ing) Games: Technology, Play, and Age George Bernard Shaw famously noted that “[w]e don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” In today’s media culture, play remains culturally coded as youthful, yet may, as Shaw suggests, in and…
Read MoreInternational Conference at TU Dresden, August 26-28, 2026 Deadline (abstracts): December 31, 2025
Read MoreFirst meeting of the network “ReCAP – Reproduction: Critical Approaches and Perspectives on Pregnancy, Birth, and (Non)Parenthood” | Bonn, May 8, 2026 Deadline: October 31, 2025
Read MoreInternational conference at Lisbon University (Portugal), October 29-31, 2026 Deadline: June 10, 2026
Read MoreConference at Amsterdam University, April 23-24, 2026 Deadline: October 31, 2025
Read More22nd Canada Workshop of the Emerging Scholars Forum of the Association for Canadian Studies (GKS) Frankfurt University, November 28-29, 2025
Read MoreBerlin, May 8-10, 2026 Deadline: November 15, 2025
Read MoreLecture by Myra Bloom (York University, Toronto) at CanadaForum, Mannheim University November 6, 2025, 10.45-11.45 a.m. on campus in Mannheim and via Zoom
Read MoreInternational conference at Sorbonne University, Paris, and online October 17-18, 2025 The conference program is available here: The keynote address will be delivered by Professor Emerita Phyllis Cole (PennState Brandywine): An art exhibition, featuring artwork by Paris-based artist Auriane Kolodziej, will follow Professor Cole’s keynote: Registration is free but mandatory.…
Read More100% TV-L E13, fixed term until 2030, starts as soon as possible Deadline: October 31, 2025
Read MoreAnnual Symposium of the German Inklings Society | TU Braunschweig, June 26-28, 2026 Deadline: January 10, 2026
Read MoreIndigenous Peoples’ Day Lecture at Bonn University October 13, 2025, 6.15-7.45 p.m. via Zoom Event Title: Putting a Positive Spin on the Game: Reflections on Hip Hop, Art, and Life by Rappers and Actors Lil Mike and Funny Bone (Indigenous Peoples’ Day Lecture) organized by the North American Studies Program at the University of Bonn…
Read MoreAn edited volume in the series REAL: Yearbook of Research in English and American Literature (eds. Florian Sedlmeier, Alexander Starre, and Johannes Voelz) Deadline (abstracts): December 15, 2025
Read MoreHeidelberg, March 23-27, 2026 Deadline: November 15, 2025
Read MoreConference at TU Dortmund, January 29-30, 2026 Deadline (abstracts): October 10, 2025
Read MoreSpecial issue of Post45, co-edited by Laura Bieger (Ruhr University Bochum) and Philipp Löffler (University of Heidelberg) Deadline (abstracts): December 1, 2025 What happens when the present becomes historical to itself and the contemporary turns into a categorizable literary-historical formation? Is that even possible, that is: can the contemporary ever become historical (to) itself? This…
Read MoreTwo one-year start-up grants of CHF 32,000 each, start April 1, 2026 Deadline: November 16, 2025
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Read More100% W1, maximum of six years, starts April 1, 2026 Deadline: October 1, 2025
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