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
5-7 November 2026 / University of Education Upper Austria (PH OÖ) and Private University of Education of the Diocese of Linz (PHDL)
Critical Media Analysis, Participatory Cultures, and New Textualities: American Studies through a Digital Lens
The 53rd AAAS conference will take place in Linz, at the University of Education Upper Austria (PH OÖ) and the Private University of Education of the Diocese of Linz (PHDL). The conference is titled “Critical Media Analysis, Participatory Culture, and New Textualities: American Studies through a Digital Lens” and takes place from 5-7 November 2026. The Call for Papers is available below.
Call for PapersPrevious AAAS Conferences
October 3-5, 2025
Ruptures, Fractures, Discontinuities: Troubling American Studies
University of Vienna
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