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AAAS Position Statement Against Limitations on Academic Freedom

Statement by the Austrian Association for American Studies Regarding the Current United States Administration's Limitations on Academic Freedom On his first day as President of the United States of America, Donald Trump signed over 200 executive orders. Among them were promises to end birthright citizenship and to crush laws ensuring…

AAAS7. May 2025

AAAS Conference Call for Papers

Annual Conference: Ruptures, Fractures, Discontinuities: Troubling American Studies – Vienna 2025

The 52nd AAAS conference will take place from October 3-5, 2025, at the University of Vienna, Austria. It is titled “Ruptures, Fractures, Discontinuities: Troubling American Studies.” You can access the Call for Papers as well as preliminary conference information here.

AAAS4. December 2024

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Annual Fulbright Prize in American Studies in Cooperation with the AAAS

Fulbright Austria is pleased to announce that it will grant an annual award for the best thesis in American studies. This award is based on an annual competition managed by the Austrian Association for American Studies. Find out more about the 2025 Fulbright Prize here.

AAAS1. November 2024

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Annual Conference “Education, the Arts, and American Studies” – Feldkirch 2024

The 51st AAAS conference will take place from October 17-19, 2024, at the University College of Teacher Education Vorarlberg, Austria. It will explore “Education, the Arts, and American Studies.” Teachers and scholars interested in presenting a paper are asked to submit their proposals until May 31, 2024.

AAAS30. December 2023

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Annual Conference “Versions of America: Speculative Pasts, Presents, Futures” – Klagenfurt 2023

The United States has always been one and many, as its national motto E pluribus unum highlights. Although the phrase originally reflected the determination to form a political unity from a collection of single states, it has much deeper cultural meanings in a nation of immigrants.

AAAS21. January 2023

Call for Papers

Heidelberg Center for American Studies 20th Annual Spring Academy Conference

The twentieth HCA Spring Academy on American Culture, Economics, Geography, History, Literature, Politics, and Religion will be held from March 20-24, 2023. The Heidelberg Center for American Studies (HCA) invites applications for this annual one-week conference.

AAAS27. October 2022

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Call for Applications: Partial Funding for Salzburg Global Seminar in November 2022

Excellent early career scholars may apply for partial funding (650 Euros) for the Salzburg Global Seminar on "Democracy on the Front Lines: Polarization, Culture and Resilience in America and the World." The event will take place from 3-7 November 2022. Applications can be submitted by 1 August 2022.

AAAS3. June 2022

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Annual Conference “Narrative, Environment, Social Justice” – Salzburg 2022

Recent years have seen a re-politicization of the US public sphere and dominant discourses. The upcoming annual conference of the Austrian Association for American Studies (AAAS) "Narrative, Environment, Social Justice" seeks to explore narrative frames at the core of such processes.

AAAS1. December 2021

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Annual Conference “Digital Americas” – Graz (Virtually & On-Site) 2021

How can we take stock of “the digital” within the context of American Studies? This question was at the core of the 48th annual conference of the Austrian Association for American Studies. The conference took place in October 2021, for an extended period online as well as on-site in Graz.

AAAS11. January 2021

Call for Papers

Annual Conference “American Studies as Vulnerability Studies?” – Graz 2020

The cutting-edge yet under-theorized topic of vulnerability in American Studies was at the core of discussions at the 47th annual conference of the Austrian Association for American Studies. The conference took place virtually from October 30-31, 2020, and was hosted by the University of Graz. (more…)

AAAS25. June 2020

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