Additional Fellowships | PhD Program at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas

Deadline: January 15, 2025 (fall term 2025) PhD Program at Southern Methodist University (Dallas, Texas) | The PhD program at Southern Methodist University (Dallas, Texas) is inviting applications. The program offers top ten funding: six years of an annual stipend of $39,000.00, a research travel fund after the first year of $1,500.00, as well an…

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Openings | “PostDoc: American Visual History ‘Documentary Drawing in the 20th Century'” at Amerika-Institut Munich

100%; TVL-13, fixed term for three years, starts May 1, 2025 at the latest Deadline: January 10, 2025 3-Year PostDoc: American Visual History “Documentary Drawing in the 20th Century” (Amerika-Institut, Munich) The DFG-funded project “Documentary Drawing in the 20th Century” is seeking a PostDoc researcher (100%; TVL-13, for 36 months) with a background in Art…

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Prizes | 2023-2024 Book Prize of the Research Society of American Periodicals

Prize money of $1,000 and one-year membership to the Research Society of American Periodicals Deadline: December 20, 2024 Contact: Cynthia Patterson (cpatterson@usf.edu) or Jim Berkey (jhb5255@psu.edu) The Research Society of American Periodicals invites submissions for its 2023-2024 Book Prize. The prize is awarded to the best scholarly monograph on the subject of periodicals of the Americas published…

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CfP | “The Gendered Anthropocene”

Sixth Biennial Women’s Network Symposium at Karlstadt University (Sweden), April 10-11, 2025 Deadline: November 29, 2024 The Sixth Biennial Women’s Network Symposium, to be held at Karlstad University, Sweden (April 10-11, 2025), will explore the theme of “The Gendered Anthropocene.” This symposium will engage in a critical interrogation of feminist and gender theory within the…

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Nachruf auf / Obituary for Prof Dr. Berndt Ostendorf

English version below Nachruf auf Professor Dr. Berndt Ostendorf (1940-2024) Am 18. Oktober 2024 ist Berndt Ostendorf nach langer Krankheit im Alter von 84 Jahren gestorben. Er war von 1981 bis zu seiner Emeritierung im Jahr 2004 Lehrstuhlinhaber für Nordamerikanische Kulturgeschichte am Amerika-Institut der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. Die Nachricht seines Todes ist sehr schmerzlich, vor allem…

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Openings | “Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in (w/m/d)” at Göttingen University

50% TV-L E13, fixed term until 2031, starts April 1, 2025 Deadline: November 15, 2024 Am Seminar für Englische Philologie, Abteilung Nordamerikastudien, der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen ist zum 01.04.2025 eine Stelle als Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in (w/m/d) mit 50 % der regelmäßigen wöchentlichen Arbeitszeit (zzt. 19,9 Stunden/Woche) befristet bis zum 31.03.2031 zu besetzen (Zuordnung zu Prof. Gross). Die Entgeltzahlung erfolgt nach Entgeltgruppe…

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CfP | “The Campus and Beyond: Higher Education and Social Inequalities in Europe and North America, 1850s-2000s” 

International conference at the German Historical Institute, Washington DC, October 9-10, 2025 Deadline: December 8, 2024 Event – GHI Washington (ghi-dc.org) International Conference at the German Historical Institute Washington | Conveners: Raphael Rössel (GHI Washington), Elizabeth Tandy Shermer (Loyola University Chicago), and Stefanie Coché (Gießen University) Call for Papers This conference aims to bring scholars of…

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CfP | “Humanities Bulletin Journal”

Deadline: October 25, 2024 Humanities Bulletin Journal – Call for papersSubmission Deadline: October 25, 2024Vol. 7, No. 2 – November, 2024 ISSN 2517-4266 Humanities Bulletin is a multidisciplinary peer-reviewed Journal which features original studies and reviews in the various branches of Humanities, including History, Literature, Philosophy, Arts. This journal is not allied with any specific…

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Events | “Current Affairs: Koalitionen und Konflikte in den USA”

Lecture series at Staatsbibliothek Berlin Current Affairs Koalitionen und Konflikte in den USA – SBB aktuell 31.10.2024 — 19 UhrWessen Amerika? Whiteness in Politik und Kultur der USAAlexandra Hartmann (Universität Paderborn)Theodor Fontane Saal 13.11.2024 — 19 Uhr„Trump Country“? Appalachia, Kohle und eine Geschichte der AusbeutungEvangelia Kindinger (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)Theodor Fontane Saal 28.11.2024 — 19 UhrDer politische Kampf…

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CfP | “Human/Nature – Entanglements in Cultural History”

2025 ISCH conference on cultural history in Rovaniemi, Finland, June 16–19, 2025   Deadline: November 15, 2024 Call for Panels  2025 ISCH conference: ‘Human/Nature – Entanglements in Cultural History’   16–19 June 2025, Rovaniemi, Finland   Cultural history has mainly studied humans: their actions, experiences, and ways of thinking. Yet the past is not shaped by only human actions…

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CfP | “Universities and the Public Good: Research, Education, and Democracy since 1945”

Workshop and Young Scholars Forum at Herrenhausen Palace, Hanover, Germany, September 10-12, 2025 Deadline: January 19, 2025 Workshop and Young Scholars Forum at Herrenhausen Palace, Hanover, Germany | Conveners: Charles Dorn (Bowdoin College, Maine), Axel Jansen (German Historical Institute Washington), Charlotte Lerg (Amerika-Institut, LMU München), Till van Rahden (Centre canadien d’études allemandes et européennes, Université…

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CfP | “The Uncanny States of America: Encountering the Planetary (EJAS Special Issue)”

Special issue of The European Journal of American Studies Deadline: December 31, 2024 The Uncanny States of America: Encountering the Planetary (EJAS Special Issue) 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…

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CfP | “Heidelberg Center for American Studies 22nd Annual Spring Academy Conference”

Heidelberg, Germany, March 24-28, 2025 Deadline: November 1, 2024 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 conference that provides twenty international Ph.D. students with the opportunity to…

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Openings | “W2-Professur (m/w/d) für Englische Fachdidaktik mit dem Schwerpunkt Sprachvermittlung” at Oldenburg University

Starts as soon as possible Deadline: September 30, 2024 In der Fakultät III – Sprach- und Kulturwissenschaften ist im Institut für Anglistik/Amerikanistik zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt eine W2-Professur (m/w/d) fürEnglische Fachdidaktik mit dem Schwerpunkt Sprachvermittlung zu besetzen. Zu den Aufgaben der Stelleninhaberin/des Stelleninhabers gehören die Entwicklung und Durchführung von Forschungsprojekten im Bereich Fremdsprachenvermittlung sowie die Versorgung aller Bachelor- und Masterstudiengänge…

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CfP for book project | “Bridging Cultures: Transnational Travel Writing to, from (and in) the Americas”

Deadline: September 15, 2024 Call for Papers for Book Publication “Bridging Cultures: Transnational Travel Writing to, from (and in) the Americas” Stefan Brandt (University of Graz) and Saptarshi Mallick (University of Graz) Travel is an intimate part of human existence, involving cultural exchange through observation and interaction. It requires us to recognize that, beyond our…

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CfP | “Academia on Screen: The World of Higher Education in Film and TV Series Across Cultures”

International conference at Passau University, March 20-21, 2025 Deadline: November 4, 2024 Academia on Screen: The World of Higher Education in Film and TV Series Across Cultures (March 20 & 21, 2025) This conference aims to explore the multifaceted portrayals of academia and academics in films and TV series, in both fictional and documentary modes,…

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CfP | “American (Anti-)Heroes”

18th issue of aspeers, the graduate-level peer-reviewed American studies journal Deadline: October 20, 2024 Call for Papers: aspeers, graduate-level peer-reviewed American studies journal Deadline: October 20, 2024 aspeers, the first and currently only peer-reviewed print journal for MA-level American studies scholars in Europe, calls for papers for its eighteenth issue by October 20, 2024. As…

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CfP | “The Beats, Radicalism, and the Bipolar World”

13th Annual Conference of the European Beat Studies Network at Hildesheim University, September 15-17, 2025 Deadline: October 15, 2024 Call for Papers The Beats, Radicalism, and the Bipolar World European Beat Studies Network 13th Annual Conference University of Hildesheim September 15-17, 2025 Organizers: Heike Mlakar, Florian Zappe, Tomasz Stompor, Alexander Greiffenstern Location: University of Hildesheim,…

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Nachruf auf Prof. Dr. Knud Krakau

Ein Gelehrter und ein Herr: Zum Tode von Knud Krakau (25. 06. 1934 – 16. 06. 2024) Am 16. Juni 2024 verstarb Knud Krakau, emeritierter Professor für Amerikanische Geschichte am John F. Kennedy-Institut für Nordamerikastudien der Freien Universität Berlin, wenige Tage vor seinem 90. Geburtstag in Berlin. Die Nachricht von seinem Tode ist schmerzlich, doch…

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Call for Contributions | “The New American Antiquarian”

A new double-blind peer-reviewed (and fully indexed) journal in the field of early American studies Editors: Peter Jakob Olsen-Harbich and Simeon Simeonov Website: The New American Antiquarian The New American Antiquarian is a new double-blind peer-reviewed (and fully indexed) journal in the field of early American studies. The mission of TheNew American Antiquarian (NAA), in brief, is to publish scholarship concerned…

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Events | “The Persistence of the Short Story: Traditions and Futures”

International symposium co-hosted by the Obama Institute for Transnational American Studies, the Society for the Study of the American Short Story, the American Literature Association, and the European Network for Short Fiction Research Mainz University, July 10–12, 2024 For more information, please visit: The Persistence of the Short Story: Traditions and Futures | Obama Institute…

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CfP | Metropolitan Museum Journal 

The Editorial Board of the peer-reviewed Metropolitan Museum Journal invites submissions of original research on works of art in the Museum’s collection Deadline: September 15, 2024 The Journal publishes Articles and Research Notes. Works of art from The Met collection should be central to the discussion. Articles contribute extensive and thoroughly argued scholarship—art historical, technical, and scientific—whereas Research Notes are narrower in scope, focusing on a specific…

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Events | “Ukrainian Refugees in Germany and the United States After Russia’s Invasion: Implications for Global Refugee Policy”

Interdisciplinary workshop at Passau University, June 28-29, 2024, supported by Stiftung Deutsch Amerikanische Wissenschaftsbeziehungen (SDAW) HYBRID, please register via Zoom for online attendance at https://uni-passau.zoom-x.de/meeting/register/u5YvduqgpjIoG9eFdpXPgxclDSyf4bi6UwTP More information and full program available here: https://sites.google.com/asu.edu/ukrainian-refugee-migration/home

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CfP | “Cineture: Cultural Negotiation Between Iran and the US Through Intermediality and Transmediality”

Special issue of CLCWeb Deadline: June 15, 2024 Cineture: Cultural Negotiation between Iran and the USthrough Intermediality and Transmediality Amid the current global pandemic, literature and film continue to serve as influential socio-cultural mediums connecting nations and their cultures. This special issue aims to foster cultural exchange between Iran and the United States, highlighting their…

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Openings | “Assistant Professor – Tenure Track” at Innsbruck University

Postdoctoral Associate (40 hours/week), initially limited to six years, starts February 1, 2025 Deadline: June 18, 2024 The Department of American Studies at the University of Innsbruck, Austria, has posted the following position: Postdoctoral Associate (40 hours/week), starting February 1st, 2025. The position is initially limited to six years. A qualification agreement may be offered.…

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CfP | “Towards Global Public Literary Humanities”

Special issue of Public Humanities (Cambridge University Press) Deadline: August 1, 2024 Call for Papers Special Issue: Towards Global Public Literary Humanities For Public Humanities (Cambridge UP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/public-humanities Edited by Tim Lanzendörfer and Pavan Malreddy (Goethe University, Frankfurt) The ongoing crisis of the humanities (Reitter and Wellmon 2021) has produced what Rachel Arteaga calls “an…

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