🚨RADICAL PRINT CULTURE SYMPOSIUM 🚨 The Programme is now live (see 🧵), and the symposium will also feature two amazing keynote speakers, a print exhibition and a handling workshop. Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... @bsecs.bsky.social @cecs-york.bsky.social @chloewigstonsmith.bsky.social

A terrible, tragic loss. Farewell, Professor Wood.

I'm excited to be speaking at "The American Founding at 250" Roundtable next week! Come and join us for what promises to be a fascinating discussion on the political, intellectual, and cultural origins of the United States! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

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

Period reminder: writers need to eat, pay rent & see the doctor like everyone else. If you appreciate a writer but don‘t have $15 or $30 to buy their/our book, a FREE way you can put money in our pockets is to just request that the libraries you use buy our books!

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.

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 🫡

The AI scams are really starting to get out of hand. It’s a massive trap for authors and the likelihood is that those who will fall for it are more vulnerable and less able to afford to lose money – people who accept direct inquiries and don’t filter everything through an agent, manager or publicist

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

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...

Welcome to #BAAS2026 at @glasgow.ac.uk over the next four days. Registration and coffee this morning, while our exec committee meet ahead of conference starting with the first panels after lunch. If you're attending conference this year please use the #BAAS2026 to share your posts with us! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸

It's #BAAS2026 week! We can't wait to see you this Friday in Glasgow

#BAAS2026 is almost here! Attendees, which panels are you most looking forward to? And, if you're presenting, what will be discussing at the conference?

Very much looking forward to popping over to Glasgow to attend the @officialbaas.bsky.social conference next month. If you’d like to chat about your current project and/or publishing with @edinburghup.bsky.social do sign up!

You called? Mullin--several times--discussed bringing violence back to Congress, claiming the rules allowed for caning in the past. No. They didn't. For crying out loud. So there isn't any "presence" -- his word -- (i.e. precedent) for it. This guy shouldn't have anything to do with "security."

What are the causes of the descent into – or resurgence of – political violence in the US? In two weeks, the America Now! series returns to address the bloody history, legacy, & present-day manifestation of violence directed against & by the state. buff.ly/xzEfFnE Wed 25th March, British Library

‼️ BAAS and the Journal of American Studies are pleased to announce that they will be recruiting for the following roles at JAS in Summer 2026, for start dates of 2 January 2027. Learn more about the roles here:

The BAAS website has been updated with news of a whole host of new books in American Studies 📚

Calling postgraduates - You have until 16th January to submit your entry for the Ellen Craft Essay Prize. SASA offers the prize to encourage the study of marginalised voices. First-place will receive a cash prize & invitation to the March conference. How to submit:

There is something painfully/darkly ironic about preparing to edit an entire chapter about the US Constitution and the Federalist Papers, just as the Constitution is being torn up before our very eyes.

⚠️ Today is the deadline to share your proposals for BAAS 2026 ⚠️ Don't miss your opportunity to join us in Glasgow to present your research & discover the most exciting conversations in American Studies.

We are now just *one week* away from the closing date for the BAAS Awards. Click here to learn if you are eligible for any of the awards - buff.ly/EPsM0Ww Deadline: 17th December

Did you know? The BAAS Development Fund offers up to £2,000 for activities, such as: - Conferences & events - Workshops & reading groups - Diversity & inclusion initiatives Apply today:

'At the core of our mission is the principle that the UK should be a country where access to free and open discussion of US policy, both domestic and foreign should be available to members without impediment or fear of reprisal.' Read our Statement on Academic Freedom here:

BAAS invites scholars in any field of American Studies to apply for grants of up to two years in duration. Grants may be requested for up to a maximum of £2000 for a range of American Studies academic activities. Please note, from 2026, earlier submission deadlines are in place.

Thank you to everyone who attended the BAAS PG Symposium today, including our wonderful speakers! It was great to meet everyone and listen to all the amazing research taking place within the community! See you all at Glasgow!

Politics! Literature! Music! Equality and Inequality! Lunch! All this and more here at the @officialbaas.bsky.social PG Symposium 2025!

Today's the day. You can join us in-person or online for our Postgraduate Symposium, beginning at 9am!

Our Postgraduate Symposium, on the unequal struggle for equality and rights in America, is this Wednesday! Tickets are still available here:

There are still tickets available for our PG Symposium which is happening TOMORROW! Check the link below for more information and grab your tickets before they're gone!

There are still tickets available for our PG Symposium which is happening TOMORROW! Check the link below for more information and grab your tickets before they're gone!

The BAAS PG Symposium is happening THIS WEEK! Just 2 days to book your spot! Get your tickets now while they're still there to get! Check the @officialbaas.bsky.social link below for more details! See you soon! baas.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

It is a sobering thought to realize that we're watching the leaders of American universities determine whether critical thinking-- and by extension, the #humanities --are still worthwhile investments.

There's still time to sign up for the BAAS PG Symposium next Wednesday. Don't miss out! There's so much to experience!

⚠️ There are now less than 2 weeks until our 2025 Postgraduate Symposium ⚠️ The event, titled '"The people favored and the people oppressed": The Unequal Struggle for Equality and Rights in America', will take place on 26th November in Middlesbrough & online. Sign up now:

Don't engage. Just block. They want to push their rage bait on here. Don't give them the satisfaction. bsky.app/profile/did:...

This Thursday, America Now! continues... The session looks at various representations of Americans in other countries, & how those trips have defined America as much as they have international locales. 25 September, 6:30pm @ British Library

A billionaire could seed 50-70 local papers around the country, paying 8-10 journalists at each to cover mostly high school sports and the school board and then write op-eds with a firm liberal slant. Put it all online, don’t charge readers anything, there’s a huge audience for this everywhere

Since this whole debate is still happening, and since we are still not listening I will summarize what I understand the argument to be in the Lingua Franca of white nerds: Lord of the Rings analogies.

Got something to shout about? 📣 You can submit news of events, publications, CFPs, opportunities, & more via our website. Submissions will be featured in the weekly BAAS Digest newsletter & shared with our growing American Studies community. baas.ac.uk/submit-to-th...

🤔 Did you know.. the BAAS YouTube page includes resources for ECRs, educators, & aspiring American Studies scholars? www.youtube.com/@OfficialBAA...

I know I’m not telling anyone anything new here, but this is a massive “Show me who you really are” moment for America’s mainstream media institutions: Faced with a naked authoritarian power grab, the Washington Post has decided to look for ways to normalize rather than oppose the regime.

Delighted that the print copies of my first book 'Birth, Death, and Domestic Religion in early modern London', just published with @universitypress.cambridge.org, have arrived! 📚📚📚

Still looking for others wanting to present at @bsecs.bsky.social 2026 and form a panel. Message me if interested by end of August 2025 though it might be that others have got in touch and a panel is formed by then so don’t delay! #18c #comfort #discomfort #skystorians

🔔 Reminder: The BAAS Postgraduate Symposium is still inviting proposals. The symposium will take place at Teesside University on 29th November 2025. Proposals with abstracts & short bios should be submitted before 22nd August 2025.

We are delighted to share the latest issue of the BAAS School newsletter. This summer edition features a “call to arms” for American Studies scholars from our new Chair Dr Michael Collins, news of prize winners, & more. You read it here: buff.ly/6utLeHg

Apologies in advance - this is going to appear a LOT on people's timelines! Send your submissions! Give us your abstracts! Meet other postgrads in American Studies! Four weeks to go until the deadline!

Apologies in advance - this is going to appear a LOT on people's timelines! Send your submissions! Give us your abstracts! Meet other postgrads in American Studies! Four weeks to go until the deadline!

1/4 What an appalling article. Like arguing that rape occurs because there’s women around to invite it. Racist attacks on people seeking asylum, the overwhelming majority of whom have done no harm, are caused by the racists who feel entitled to attack them. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...