📣 Registration is now OPEN for the 2026 Society for the History of Women in the Americas (SHAW) conference!

#cfp - "Quiet Desperation”: Pessimism in Emerson and Thoreau" Deadline for abstracts: 31st October 2026

The international conference of the Society for the Study of the American Short Story will take place at University of Lisbon on 29th-31st October. Submissions are invited before 10th June. buff.ly/zWALzWU

250 years after the Declaration of Independence condemned the politics of neglect, America’s constitutional architecture remains structured by the enduring power of inaction. Dr Ursula Hackett will deliver a lecture on this topic at UCL this Wednesday (3rd June). Register now!

Arthur Miller Institute for American Studies has announced its 2026 winners: Article Prize 🏆️ Sian Round, “Lillian Smith’s Strange Fruit and Periodical Readerships” First Book Prize 🏆️ Erin Pearson, Grievous Entanglement: Consumption, Connection, and Slavery in the Atlantic World

#cfp - The deadline has been extended to 14th June for the 'Futures and Frontiers of US American Culture(s)' international conference. Learn more:

British American 19th C Historians (@branchuk.bsky.social) is looking for new co-editors of its journal, American 19th C History (@anchistjournal.bsky.social) Applications due: 01.06.26. Pls share widely! @officialbaas.bsky.social @oah.org @royalhistsoc.org @historians.org @ihr.bsky.social

Currently planning a US research trip to listen to some obscure oral history tapes - thanks to a BAAS Research Assistance Award! Many thanks to the BAAS panel @officialbaas.bsky.social for the support, it will make a huge difference to my research! 🙌🏼

Journal of American Studies seeks an Editorial Assistant to support editors with the processing & production of articles, essays, & reviews. This is a fixed appointment for a 7-month period (maternity cover).

University of East Anglia are please to announce their participation in the British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026, offered to outstanding Humanities/Social Sciences ECRs. Applications should be submitted by 10th June. Learn more here:

New Voices in Postcolonial Studies Network present 'Close Encounters of the Nonhumankind' - a discussion of climate crisis, ecology, intersections of power & exploitation, & depictions of the nonhuman subject across media forms. 2nd July, University of Westminster buff.ly/lDoq55K

David Bruce Centre for the Study of the Americas is seeking two Postdoctoral Research Associates for a substantial writing project focused on any aspect of US affairs, including literature, culture, history, politics, & transnational relations. baas.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

Florida Hemingway Society invites attendance at a one-day virtual conference on 30th May, exploring Hemingway, the Lost Generation, & their connections to the Imagists & other contemporaries.

EUP and BAAS are delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Jo Metcalf as the new co-editor of the Critical Insights in American Studies series. 🎉 Read more:

Disability Studies Quarterly invites work examining how contemporary comics/graphic narratives engage core concepts from disability studies across diverse cultural & geopolitical contexts. Deadline: 30th September

#CFP ⏳️ Time, Memory and Forgetting in the Western: A Two-Day Symposium at the University of Essex. 10th-11th September 2026.

Does the Declaration of Independence still matter? This is the question at the centre of the upcoming panel "The United States of America at 250". Learn more here:

THIS WEDNESDAY - America Now! Viva Latinx America! Join a panel of experts, including Stephanie Lewthwaite & Josephine Metcalf, to discuss the place of Latinx peoples, languages, & cultures amongst the current reckonings of race & nation in America.

TOMORROW: 'The Post-9/11 Great American Novel' talk + Q&A. At University of Nottingham / On Teams. 8th May, 1pm.

It's now just one week until the next instalment of America Now!, entitled 'Viva Latinx America!' Wednesday 13th May, British Library. Learn more:

ICYMI: The Journal of American Studies' interview with Gary Younge is available to watch NOW

Upcoming Event 📘 Dr. Ahmed Honeini will discuss his new book, Tennessee Williams’s America, at the Emerging Scholars Summer Seminar. Registration is live here:

#cfp - American Protest Cultures: Protest, Dissent, and the Cultural Politics of the United States 4th-6th November 2026, Radboud University (Nijmegen, Netherlands)

The upcoming roundtable 'The American Founding at 250' will mark the nation's milestone 4th of July with four short papers on the American Revolution, Independence, & memorialisation.

The latest episode The Talk is out now, featuring the brilliant Gary Younge. Gary joins the associate editors of the Journal of American Studies to discuss journalism, AI, the Super Bowl halftime show, & so much more.

Registration is now open for the UK American Studies Against the Genocide symposium. King's College London, Saturday 9th May 2026

From Bad Bunny to Marco Rubio, Latinx Americans have never been more prominent in US culture & politics. Next month, the America Now! series returns with "Viva Latinx America!" Wed 13th May, British Library, London. Book now!

Applications are invited for various awards from the Ralph Waldo Emerson Society. Research Award, Outreach Award, & Undergraduate Student Essay Prize close on 1st May.

How did a British woman become leader of a progressive religious sect, & where are they now? This Thursday in London, Prof. Philip John Davies will address these questions in the lecture "Ann Lee & the Shaker Heritage". Book now:

All are welcome to these talks from the African Atlantic Lives and Visual Culture Research Network taking place from 28th April. Learn more:

Coming soon... ✍️ ALT AC is a dynamic, responsive platform within the Journal of American Studies. Learn more here:

CALL FOR EDITORS 📣 British American Nineteenth-Century Historians (BrANCH) is seeking new co-editors of its journal, to take up posts in January 2027. CV + Letter of Intent should be shared by 1st June 2026.

Introducing the new BAAS Postgrads Instagram account, to be used for networking for the upcoming 2026 PG Symposium & beyond 💫 buff.ly/uxEgiv9

It was great to present our workshop on the final morning of #BAAS2026: 'Positionality, Intersectional Narratives, and the Self' along with my colleagues Viola and Seb. This is the second year we've presented together. There was a great discussion with those who joined us! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🚆🇺🇸😁

We've just wrapped up our final day of #BAAS2026. Thanks to our hosts at @glasgow.ac.uk for hosting us and to all the great speakers, and attendees for sharing their work. It's been a great three days of #AMStudies in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸 We hope to see you all again for our Digital BAAS conference in 2027.

How great are our #BAAS2026 conference surrounds at @glasgow.ac.uk? And we've sure been getting our steps in up and down the hill to various panels and keynotes. A wonderful second day of conference!

A great second day at #BAAS2026. I had the opportunity to chair a brilliant session on 'Belonging: Citizenship, Identity and Space' feat. colleagues from Uni Nottingham and from US and France. Great work being shared, lots of oral history and lived experience. Right in my wheelhouse!

Hello to everyone attending the #BAAS2026 conference TODAY 👋 Look out for @mlhouston.bsky.social on the MUP stand! Browse our #AmericanStudies Reading List, and find out how to get 30% off book orders, even if you’re not attending the conference, manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2026/03...

one of the joys of #BAAS2026 is getting very excited about scholarship again, post-PhD. another is that Glasgow is beautiful

Also lovely to see the @edinburghup.bsky.social stand at #baas2026 conference. Thanks to @emilysharp.bsky.social for promoting mine/Loïc Bourdeau’s book on millennial novels, as well as @keeblearin.bsky.social’s (and many others’) great research

Fantastic Targeted Research Panel today on US magazine culture at the Glasgow @officialbaas.bsky.social 2026 conference with Katie Burke @benoitmes.bsky.social! Huge thanks to @emilybrady.bsky.social for chairing too. 🙏 Excellent papers all around, it was a blast! See you next all BAAS 🫡

We'd like to take this opportunity to congratulate Professor Brian Ward, who at the AGM this afternoon was awarded a BAAS Honorary Fellowship in celebration of his work over many years in the American Studies community and as a former chair of the association (2016-19) 👏 #BAAS2026

In our mid-morning workshop on Publishing in Journals, Katie and Will our editors of JAS (Journal of American Studies, Cambridge University Press) peer reviewed articles are talking on the steps to submit to JAS, how the reviewer and amends process works, timescales and responses. #BAAS2026

A beautiful morning for @officialbaas.bsky.social day two. Hoping to power on through the post-lunch slump, when I'll be exploring the wreckage of war in the memories of American nurses.

‘This has always been an outward-facing city’. Amazing welcome from reps of #Glasgow City Council, to the beautiful Glasgow City Chambers, for the first evening reception of #BAAS2026! @officialbaas.bsky.social conference committee: wow - and thank you, for this and a great first day of papers!

A great first day at #BASS2026 culminating in our reception at the Glasgow City Chambers where we heard from officials from the city, University, and BAAS Chair Dr Michael Collins. The sun is shining and we're looking forward to our second day of conference, with first sessions starting shortly.

Enjoying day 1 of the @officialbaas.bsky.social conference at Uni of Glasgow. There are beautiful buildings, many great talks, and numerous Tunnocks (obvs) #baas2026

Fascinating first session at #BAAS2026 on 'Federal Funding for 20th Century American Literature'. Came away with several recommendations for books I now need to read.

Attending #BAAS2026 this year? @mlhouston.bsky.social will be there and wants to hear about your ideas for articles and monographs! Get in touch - more info below...

Nearly time for #BAAS2026 in Glasgow🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Especially looking forward to chairing the BAAS-funded Transatlantic Literary Women Network early career roundtable on Friday with a brilliant line-up of speakers ⭐️(session 4E). Hope to see you there! @officialbaas.bsky.social