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/...

ACADEMIC BOOK SALE I am moving and want to move less books if at all possible... Please get in touch if you are interested in the following titles (all prices include postage and I am open to offers)

One reason I'm so impatient with lefty pundits saying, "It's not our job to do messaging, it's Hakeem's job. Our job is to complain abt what Hakeem does wrong," is bc Tulsi can put out outright bullshit and have a mob of trolls turn it into the truth within hours.

I keep seeing people say things like, “Well we’re not going to HAVE elections,” and with all due respect, I think this is both wildly pessimistic and also wildly naive. We are not going to have free and fair elections. We also have not had them in the past.

We are now on LinkedIn! You can find us & follow us here: buff.ly/iQSaq49

📣 Calling Am Studies postgrads Submissions are now being accepted for the BAAS Postgraduate Symposium, entitled The Unequal Struggle for Equality & Rights in America. The event will take place at Teesside University on 29 November 2025. Proposals are invited before 22 August.

Are you a UK-based educator teaching on the US? Do you engage with environmental issues? 🏔️ We want to hear from you! 🎤 Green BAAS invites responses to a new survey that will inform a report highlighting opportunities for development related to climate action. Closes 30th July

Looking forward to tomorrow's conversations on the history of women in the Americas through the prism of emotions and activism @universityofleeds.bsky.social @leedsbeckett.bsky.social

Now more than ever, the work of the Women in American Studies Network (WASN) is crucial. We are for a chair/co-chairs to lead the WASN at this critical time. Expressions of interest & short bios are invited, by email, before 1st September. More information here: buff.ly/2UetZk2

I can't wait to tell my future US History class that, yes, this is a direct quote from POTUS that was broadcast on national and global television. (Btw, Israel knows exactly what they're doing - he's just annoyed that he's out of the loop)

Call for Applications: Oxford Centre for Life-Writing - Global Majority and Underrepresented Writers’ Programme The call is now open! Oxford Centre for Life-Writing (OCLW) invites applications for its 2025-26 programme. Deadline: 16th June

Never underestimate the power of the weather to change the course of history.

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New Voices in Postcolonial Studies Network x University of Westminster present 'American Dream/American Nightmare' 💭 A two-day, hybrid conference on the fantastical & the horrific in a US context. Online - 3rd July In-person - 4th July

#cfp Gender and History in the Americas Seminar Series, 2025-26 Society for the History of Women in the Americas (SHAW) invites proposals for its upcoming series of monthly seminars on the histories of women, gender, and sexuality across the Americas. Deadline: 1st August

Registration is now OPEN for Trans Liberation Now! 🏳️‍⚧️ The day-long conference invites discussions of transphobia in all its manifestations & how to resist it. 21st June, King’s College London

As luck has it, I'm reviewing the page proofs for the new edition of FAULT LINES today, so sure, let's talk about how historians will write about Trump.

For anyone interested in sea-level rise and what it means for property owners and public access, I strongly recommend this riveting (and richly illustrated) read by PhD student Andrew Malmuth: placesjournal.org/article/prop...

Another way to look at this is that SBU agents had to spend 18 months doing insanely dangerous Mission Impossible behind enemy lines tradecraft because Western governments won't authorise them using long-range missiles for fear of hurting Vlad's feelings.