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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Read MoreA 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…
Read MoreInternational 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…
Read MoreGuest lecture by Gero Guttzeit, LMU Munich Siegen University, July 8, 2024, 4 p.m. (c.t.) The English Department of the University of Siegen cordially invites everyone to the following guest lecture: https://www.uni-siegen.de/phil/anglistik/news/1035965.html
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Read MoreThe 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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Read MoreInterdisciplinary 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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Read MoreSpecial issue of Amerikastudien / American Studies edited by Ellen Barth and Corinna Norrick-Rühl (University of Münster) Deadline (abstracts): June 30, 2024
Read MoreOnline workshop organized by Würzburg University and Leipzig University | November 15, 2024 Deadline: July 12, 2024
Read MoreDeadline: July 15, 2024 The next application period for the MA Program in InterAmerican Studies/Estudios InterAmericanos at Bielefeld University begins on June 1st and runs until July 15th. We would like to encourage all BA graduates who are interested in our program to take a look at the Flyer attached.
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Read More100%, fixed term for four years, starts August 1, 2024 Deadline: June 14, 2024 The Department of American Studies at the University of Innsbruck, Austria, has posted the following position: University Assistant (post-doc) starting August 1, 2024. It is a four-year contract with 40 hours per week. Please go to the career portal of the…
Read MoreSpecial 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…
Read MoreConversation on Prof. Tara A. Bynum’s monograph Reading Pleasures: Everyday Black Living in Early America (2023) Tuesday, May 28, 2024, 6–7 p.m. CEST via Webex
Read More58th Annual Western Literature Association Conference in Tucson (AZ), October 2-5, 2024 Deadline: June 5, 2024
Read MorePostdoctoral 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.…
Read MoreThe editorial team is looking for three new members who are doctoral students or early career scholars Deadline: July 5, 2024
Read More1st international conference on Contradiction Studies at Bremen University, February 11-14, 2025 Deadline: June 1, 2024
Read MoreA reading and conversation with Chaun Ballard June 19, 2024, 6 p.m. CEST on Zoom Zoom link and registration: https://uni-ms.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5cscOyhpz8iHtdeU-9Zaim9TNV5KUifWNyB#/registration )
Read MoreSpecial 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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Read MoreInternational conference at Heidelberg University, June 10-12, 2024 The Research Training Group (Grako 2244): Authority and Trust in US Culture and Society is pleased to announce our international conference, “Institutional Authority: Trust, Judgment, Value,” June 10-12, 2024, hosted by the Heidelberg International Forum (IWH) and jointly organized with the Heidelberg Center for American Studies. “Institutional…
Read MoreSpecial issue of RIAS Vol. 18, Fall-Winter (2/2025) Deadline: December 30, 2024 Blackness and the Knowledges of Intersectionality — RIAS Vol. 18, Fall-Winter (2/2025) (us.edu.pl) Blackness and the Knowledges of Intersectionalityedited by Nathalie Aghoro and Julia FaisstRIAS Vol. 18, Fall-Winter (2/2025)(Call open until December 30th 2024) As the Black Lives Matter movement has laid bare…
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Read MoreDigital symposium at Halle University, June 20-21, 2024 Registration Deadline: June 13, 2024 Conference website: https://muhlenbergcenter.uni-halle.de/?post_type=event&p=2405&preview=true
Read MoreWebinar organized by the German Historical Institute Washington (GHI) and the Heidelberg Center for American Studies (HCA), supported by the German Association for American Studies (DGfA) May 28, 2024, 6 p.m. Registration: Webinar-Registrierung – Zoom Description: Against the backdrop of present-day challenges to American democracy, this panel discussion will explore how the histories of sedition…
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Read MoreHumanities Bulletin is a multidisciplinary peer-reviewed Journal which features original studies and reviews in the various branches of Humanities, including History, Literature, Philosophy, Arts Deadline: April 25, 2024 Humanities Bulletin Journal – Call for papersSubmission Deadline: April 25, 2024Vol. 7, No. 1 – May, 2024 ISSN 2517-4266 Humanities Bulletin is a multidisciplinary peer-reviewed Journal which…
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Read MoreHybrid Lecture Series organized by the Interdisciplinary Center for Gender Studies at Greifswald University April 22 – July 10, 2024
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Read MoreSpecial issue of Comparative Literature Studies, guest edited by Lena Seauve (Freie Universität Berlin) Deadline: March 30, 2024 New Right movements have moved in recent years from society’s outer fringes into the political mainstream. Disciplines like political science and sociology have given extensive attention to the phenomenon of the New Right, but its representation in…
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Read MoreFinal information and program for the annual meeting of the Historians in the DGfA at Augustinerkloster Erfurt, May 3-5, 2024 Dear friends and colleagues, We received so many excellent proposals that we ended up with a dense, yet also very exciting program, with Kathryn Olivarius from Stanford University as our keynote speaker. We are looking forward…
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Read MoreSpecial Issue on Queer Utopia of Utopian Studies Deadline: May 15, 2024 Still Cruising Utopia: A Utopian Studies Special Issue on Queer Utopia UTOPIAN STUDIES: The Journal of The Society for Utopian Studies Deadline for all manuscripts: MAY 15, 2024. To acknowledge and celebrate the 15th Anniversary of the publication of Cruising Utopia: The Then…
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Read More9th International Osnabrück Summer Institute on the Cultural Study of the Law | Osnabrück, July 6-14, 2024 Extended Deadline: April 15, 2024 http://www.osi.uni-osnabrueck.de/ The 9th International Osnabrück Summer Institute on the Cultural Study of the Law (OSI) will be held from July 6 to 14, 2024 at Osnabrück University, Germany. It aims to encourage and…
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Read MoreScienceHumanities in association with Fiction Meets Science HWK Institute for Advanced Study (Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg) | Delmenhorst (Germany), June 3-7, 2024 Deadline: February 23, 2024 BLUE HUMANITIES – SUMMER SCHOOL SCIENCEHUMANITIES IN ASSOCIATION WITH FICTION MEETS SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL HWK Institute for Advanced Study (Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg) | Delmenhorst GERMANY MONDAY 3 JUNE – FRIDAY 7 JUNE 2024 The ScienceHumanities Summer…
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Read MoreWe are happy to report that the new Amerikastudien / American Studies special issue, “Rethinking Solidarity” (68.4), is now online. The collection is guest-edited by Nathalie Aghoro, Katharina Gerund, and Sylvia Mayer and includes contributions by Sally J. Scholz, Silvia Schultermandl, Julia Faisst, Christoph Decker, Janine Giordano Drake, Daniel Herwitz, and Aleida Assmann. To view…
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Read More1,350 EUR per month, funding period of one year (2024-2025) Deadline: January 31, 2024 The Graduate School of North American Studies (GSNAS) at Freie Universität Berlin invites applications for 3 doctoral grants with a funding period of one year (1,350 EUR per month, 2024-2025) as well as up to 7 additional doctoral memberships for candidates…
Read MoreGuest Lecture & Discussion with Elena Furlanetto, Universität Essen-Duisburg January 11, 2024, 4-6pm, at the University of Siegen Invitation to Guest Lecture of Elena Furlanetto (Essen-Duisburg) | Fakultät I: Philosophische Fakultät (uni-siegen.de)
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Read MoreFellowships of 6-12 months | €2,400 for doctoral students, €3,400 for post-docs | start September 2024 Deadline: January 15, 2024 The German Historical Institute Washington (GHI) is now accepting applications for its long-term visiting fellow program. The fellowships will be granted for a period of 6 to 12 months in the following thematic areas: History of Knowledge; Migration,…
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Read MoreAnnual conference of the Political Science Section of the German Association for American Studies, co-hosted by Heidelberg Center for American Studies (HCA) & Graduiertenkolleg Authority and Trust (GKAT)Heidelberg University, Atlantische Akademie Rheinland-Pfalz e.V. Heidelberg Center for American Studies, June 6-8, 2024 Extended Deadline: January 15, 2024
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Read MoreDeadline: December 22, 2023 Contact: James Berkey, jhb5255@psu.edu The Research Society for American Periodicals invites submissions for its 2022-23 Article Prize. The prize is awarded to the best article on the subject of American periodicals published in a peer-reviewed academic journal between January 1, 2022 and December 31, 2023. RSAP takes an expansive view of “periodicals” and will…
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Read MoreInterdisciplinary Symposium at Ruhr-Universität Bochum, June 6-7, 2024 Deadline: February 1, 2024 Call for Papers Prof. Dr. Heike Steinhoff (Ruhr-Universität Bochum)Prof. Dr. Katharina Vester (American University, Washington DC) From Body Hacking to Body Activism: Redefining Bodies in Digital Media Digital media has dramatically changed our understanding, knowledge, and experience of bodies. Body tracking apps and…
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