CfP | “Futures and Frontiers of US American Culture(s)”

International 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…

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Prizes | “2027 Franz Steiner Prize in Transatlantic History”

€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…

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Openings | “Senior Assistantship in English Literary Studies” at Zurich University

90 %, 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.…

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Prizes | “Rolf Kentner Dissertation Prize” from the Heidelberg Center for American Studies (HCA)

€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…

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Additional Fellowships | Long-term Visiting Fellowships at GHI Washington

Monthly 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…

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CfP | “Deliberate Poetics: Erasure, Materiality, and the Politics of the Page”

Collection 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…

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CfP | “What Was Contemporary Literature? or, The End of Periodization as We Know It”

Special 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…

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CfP | “Early Career Researchers Issue XII, Vol 25 No. 2 (2026) of gender forum”

Deadline: October 31, 2025 gender forum is calling for submissions for its upcoming Early Career Researchers Issue XII, Vol 25 No. 2 (2026) The interdisciplinary and peer-reviewed open access journal gender forum launched its first annual Early Career Researchers Issue in October 2013 with the aim of encouraging the next generation of scholars to publish their work in…

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CfP | “American Spaces of Resistance”

Calls for papers for the 19th issue of aspeers, the graduate-level peer-reviewed American studies journal Deadline: October 15, 2025 aspeers, the first peer-reviewed journal for MA-level American studies scholars in Europe, calls for papers for its nineteenth issue by October 19, 2025. As in previous years, aspeers calls for general submissions of excellent academic work by MA-level…

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Call for Responses | “Women and Health in the Nineteenth Century Transatlantic World”

5th Crosscurrents Conference at the University of Madeira, December 4-6, 2025 Deadline: August 15, 2025 Call for Responses 5th Crosscurrents Conference—Women and Health in the Nineteenth-Century Transatlantic World 4 – 6 December 2025 Venue: University of Madeira – Rectory Building (Madeira Island, Portugal) Organised by Intercontinental Cross-Currents Network and University of Madeira, Faculty of Arts…

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CfP | “Crisis and Resilience in American Literature, Culture, History, and Politics”

35th Annual Conference of the Postgraduate Forum (PGF) of the German Association for American Studies (GAAS/DGfA) Leipzig University, November 6-8, 2025 Deadline: August 17, 2025 Crisis and Resilience in American Literature, Culture, History, and Politics 35th Annual Conference of the Postgraduate Forum (PGF) of the German Association for American Studies (GAAS/DGfA) The organizers of the…

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Additional Fellowships | “Spring 2026 Obermann International Fellowships”

$2,000 stipend, health care coverage, office space, and other benefits for international scholars interested in pursuing research at the University of Iowa Deadline: September 19, 2025 The UI Obermann Center for Advanced Studies is accepting applications for Spring 2026 Obermann International Fellowships. This program offers dedicated space, time, and funding for interdisciplinary scholars to collaborate on innovative research…

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CfP | Metropolitan Museum Journal

Call for submissions of original research on works of art in the Museum’s collection Deadline: September 15, 2025 The Editorial Board of the peer-reviewed Metropolitan Museum Journal invites submissions of original research on works of art in the Museum’s collection.   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,…

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

100% TV-L E 13, fixed term for three years, starts October 1, 2025 Deadline: July 3, 2025 To view the entire job posting, please click here: Stellenanzeige: Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in (m/w/d) (100 %, EG 13 TV-L) | Karriereportal | Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf Am Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik, Abteilung American Studies, der Philosophischen Fakultät der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf…

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