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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." To critically look at some of the most challenging issues of the 21st century, American literary and cultural studies have turned to ruptures, fractures,…

AAAS4. December 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. The topic of…

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 where people with many…

AAAS21. January 2023

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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) seeks to explore narrative frames at the core of such processes. Titled "Narrative, Environment, Social Justice," it takes place on 21-23 October 2022 at…

AAAS1. December 2021

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Annual Conference: “American Im/Mobilities” – Vienna 2018

The 45th AAAS conference will take place from November 16-18, 2018, in Vienna. The conference will explore "American Im/Mobilities." Scholars interested in presenting a paper can submit their proposals until May 15, 2018. (more…)

AAAS13. February 2018

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“Where Are You Going – Where Have You Been?” – Salzburg 2017

In 2017, the 44th annual conference of the Austrian Association for American studies explored "The Changing Nature of American Studies." The conference took place on November 3-5, at Schloss Leopoldskron in Salzburg. (more…)

AAAS22. October 2017

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America Through the Small Screen – Innsbruck 2016

"America Through the Small Screen" was the topic of the 43rd annual conference of the AAAS. The event took place in Innsbruck on November 11-13, 2016. (more…)

AAAS12. September 2016

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Soundscapes and Sonic Cultures in America – Graz 2015

From November 6-8, 2015, the 42nd annual conference of the AAAS took place in Graz. The topic of the international conference was "Soundscapes and Sonic Cultures in America." (more…)

AAAS12. October 2015

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Space Oddities – Graz 2014

"Space Oddities – Urbanity, American Identity, and Cultural Exchange" was the topic of the 41st annual AAAS conference. The event took place on November 21-23, 2014, at the University of Graz. (more…)

AAAS14. October 2014

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“American Utopias” – Salzburg 2013

"American Utopias" was the topic of the 40th annual conference of the AAAS. The international conference took place on November 8-10, 2013, at Schloss Leopoldskron in Salzburg. (more…)

AAAS15. October 2013

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