Trump Unbound - British Association for American Studies
Join Trump scholars from across the UK as we discuss the challenges posed by Trump 2.0. With executive power expanding at home and US influence being reshaped abroad, this event examines whether…
Is America on a path to autocracy, & what will it mean for its citizens at home & in Europe?
Join Trump scholars from across the UK as we discuss the challenges Trump 2.0.
5:30pm, 12th February, University of Surrey
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09.02.2026 13:46 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Scrap It, Revamp It: Do We Still Need Black History Month? - British Association for American Studies
February 2026 commemorates the centenary of establishment of Negro History Week, which became Black History Month in the US in 1976. Founded by Carter G Woodson, to give recognition to the largely…
50 years since the first Black History Month in 1976, Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage explores what it means today in the US & the UK, alongside its challenges, its possibilities & its future across arts, education, culture & society.
11th February, 7pm
09.02.2026 09:35 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Lillian Smith's Strange Fruit and Periodical Readerships | Journal of American Studies | Cambridge Core
Lillian Smith's Strange Fruit and Periodical Readerships
Some good news for your Friday afternoon.
JAS editors are delighted to share that Sian Round’s article “Lillian Smith’s Strange Fruit and Periodical Readerships" has been awarded the Research Society for American Periodicals Article Prize.
Read Sian's prize-winning article here: buff.ly/ZRwcLD0
06.02.2026 13:14 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Screenshot of paper abstract.
Title: ‘Reintroducing Wolves in the Cultural Imagination’.
Abstract:
‘FAR FROM FICTION’ announces American biotech company Colossal’s webpage about the dire wolf de-extinction project, which launched to mixed reception in 2025. But the dire wolf experiment is undoubtedly tied to fiction: notable investors include fantasy author George R.R. Martin – who popularised knowledge of dire wolves in his A Song of Ice and Fire series – and director Peter Jackson, best known for his film adaptations of Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. Hunted to extinction in Britain and most of western Europe, the Big Bad Wolf has accrued conflicting meanings in contemporary culture. In Cormac McCarthy’s novel The Crossing (1994), the protagonist’s plan to trap and kill a pregnant wolf is overturned when he develops a bond with the wolf and decides to return her to Mexico. In his 2021 novel Herscht 07769, Nobel-winning author László Krasznahorkai constructs a parallel between the reappearance of wolves in Germany and the rise of a neo-Nazi group. Meanwhile, Sarah Hall’s The Wolf Border (2015) and Charlotte McConaghy’s Once There Were Wolves (2021) both depict the reintroduction of wolves to Scotland. In this paper I take a comparative approach to the fraught and evolving symbolism of the wolf in contemporary literature, ranging from extremist politics to migration, national identity and sovereignty, to autonomous female sexuality. How wolves appear in our cultural imagination has ramifications for public opinion, conservation, and rewilding efforts. What futures does literature summon for wolves today?
looking forward to attending the @officialbaas.bsky.social conference at University of Glasgow 9–11 April
I'll be presenting new research on rewilding narratives in contemporary novels, focusing on the cultural significance of wolves as symbols of national and sexual autonomy
30.01.2026 13:15 — 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
Important to consider for BrANC-Historians as well!
05.02.2026 12:53 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Teaching Sustainability in American Studies - British Association for American Studies
How can we meaningfully integrate discussion of sustainability and the environment into the teaching of American Studies? This online event will explore practical, pedagogical, and disciplinary…
How can we meaningfully integrate discussion of sustainability and the environment into the teaching of American Studies?
TASN + Green BAAS will host a panel discussion on 27th February exploring practical, pedagogical & disciplinary approaches to teaching sustainability.
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dé'men minkanen
dé’men minkanen is a community-driven initiative to honour histories of the Potawatomi Trails of Death.
A hybrid symposium will take place on 20th February at University of York.
Learn more:
04.02.2026 10:40 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Over the moon to have received word that I will be presenting my research at BAAS 2026 ✨️ I'll be sharing work on NYC, Berlant, DeLillo, haptic online and offline geographies - and their relationships with neoliberalised adulthood. See you in Glasgow this April, @officialbaas.bsky.social 🎉
28.01.2026 16:20 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Looks like our friends @shaw-society.bsky.social have extended the deadline for abstracts to their 2026 conference!
So you still have until Friday to get them in 😉
27.01.2026 12:50 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
BAAS Development Fund - British Association for American Studies
The BAAS Development Fund supports activities relating to American Studies research, pedagogy, or career development; and the development of networks or other organisations that support American…
Are you interested in submitting a proposal for a grant from the BAAS Development Fund?
We support a range of activities in American Studies with grants of up to £2000.
Please note: New, earlier deadlines are now in effect. APPLICATIONS MUST NOW BE SUBMITTED BY 1ST FEBRUARY.
14.01.2026 13:39 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Ellen Craft Essay Prize - British Association for American Studies
*Deadline extended to Friday 16 January 2026* The Scottish Association for the Study of America (SASA) is thrilled to announce that this year’s Ellen Craft Essay Prize is now open for submissions.…
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:
06.01.2026 09:10 — 👍 3 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
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The Society for the History of Women in the Americas (SHAW) is a diverse scholarly association dedicated to the historical investigation related to the history of women and gender non-conforming individuals in the Americas.
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Assistant Professor at University of Illinois. Historian of the built and natural environment and ideas around them. I wrote a book about modern environmentalism and its discontents: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/N/bo246539639.html
Energy historian based at Northumbria University, working on histories of heat and fuel poverty in 20th Century Britain. PI of the Wellcome CDA "Carbon Bodies". NEW BOOK, "Moral Energy in America" (JHUP). https://shorturl.at/9tFaV
Lecturer, Derby Uni • researches feminist myth retellings and, mostly unrelatedly, Incels; teaches english literature & media • good at book recs • she/her 🏳️🌈
PhD @ University of Edinburgh. Political historian. Republican Party/U.S South 1940s/1950s.
Film Comedy Researcher, University College Dublin
Film Comedy and Spain: Humour, Genre, and the Nation 1970-2020 (Legenda, 2025) - order now!
Writing on 21st-century rom com (film/TV) in Spain
Social media profile for the journal American Nineteenth Century History: https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/fanc20
Sharing Lands I 3-year, AHRC-funded project examining legacies of the Choctaw-Irish Gift | LeAnne Howe (International Co-Investigator), Gillian O'Brien (Co-I), Padraig Kirwan (Principal Investigator) & Shelley Angelie Saggar (Postdoctoral Researcher)
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Associate Prof. @uvigo | Feminist Theory and Gender Studies | Currently working on Black Feminist Poethics of Breathing | Research project Communitas / Immunitas: Relational Ontologies in 21st Century Atlantic Cultures (PID2022-136904NB-I00) | she/her
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Associate Professor of U.S. History @unibirmingham.bsky.social. Wrote a book about world's fairs in Atlanta (1895) and Nashville (1897) for OUP. Trying to write another one about Americans, bicycles, and the world. Bio: https://shorturl.at/wybsY
JAm It! is an annual open-access, peer-reviewed journal of American Studies in Italy, championing innovative scholarship in US literature, culture, and history. https://ojs.unito.it/index.php/jamit
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