Annual Conferences
Every year, the Austrian Association for American Studies hosts an international conference where scholars from the field present their latest research and discuss ideas.
Upcoming AAAS Conferences
3-5 October 2025 / University of Vienna
Ruptures, Fractures, Discontinuities: Troubling American Studies
The 52nd AAAS conference will take place at the University of Vienna in the Austrian capital city. The conference is titled “Ruptures, Fractures, Discontinuities: Troubling American Studies” and takes place from 3-5 October 2025. The Call for Papers is available below.
Previous AAAS Conferences
October 17-19, 2024
Education, the Arts, and American Studies
University College of Teacher Education Vorarlberg
October 20-22, 2023
Versions of America: Speculative Pasts, Presents, Futures
University of Klagenfurt
October 30-31, 2020
American Studies as Vulnerability Studies?
Virtually (hosted by the University of Graz)
November 3-5 2017
70 Years American Studies in Austria: "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" – The Changing Nature of American Studies
Schloss Leopoldskron, Salzburg
November 11-13, 2016
America Through the Small Screen: Television and Its Transformations
University of Innsbruck
November 21-23, 2014
Space Oddities:Urbanity, American Identity, and Cultural Exchange
University of Graz
November 4-6, 2011
Is It 'Cause It's Cool?Affective Encounters with American Culture.
Schloss Leopoldskron, Salzburg
October 22-25, 2009
Contact Spaces of American Culture: Localizing Global Phenomena
University of Graz
November 17-19, 2006
Native Americans and First Nations: A Transnational Challenge
University of Vienna
November 8-10, 2005
The South, New Orleans,
the Caribbean and Discourses of Creolization
//Cancelled due to Hurricane Katrina //
the Caribbean and Discourses of Creolization
//Cancelled due to Hurricane Katrina //
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
November 5-7, 2004
Transitions: Race, Culture, and the Dynamics of Change
Schloss Leopoldskron, Salzburg
October 26-28, 2001
The Embodyment of American Culture
University of Klagenfurt