The 53rd AAAS conference will take place from November 5-7, 2026, at the University of Education, Upper Austria and the University of the Diocese of Linz. It is titled  "Critical Media Analysis, Participatory Culture, and New Textualities: American Studies through a Digital Lens".  The rise of digital technologies and ongoing…

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…

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.

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.