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
October 2021 // Virtually & On-Site at the University of Graz
Digital American Studies
In addition to exposing a variety of vulnerabilities, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has made us all all-too aware of our entanglements with digital technologies, as seemingly never-ending video calls and remote teaching have joined technologies that feel nearly antiquated by now. Our work is, in many respects, interconnected with the digital. While the “digital turn” has had a tremendous impact on academic work, it has also led to the emergence of new objects of inquiry and methodologies, ranging from the digital humanities and questions of digital literacies to video games, social media, slacktivism, and streaming platforms.
The conference “Digital Americas” seeks to take stock of “the digital” within the context of American studies. We understand “America” broadly here—the United States, the Americas, and the Americas’ global entanglements.
Previous AAAS Conferences
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