Ovidius University, Constanta, Romania
Conference Dates: 22-25 April 2016
Call for Papers Deadline: 15 June 2015

The EAAS conference will be hosted by their colleagues at Ovidius University in Constanta, with the local support of the Romanian Association for American Studies. Constanta is an ancient and beautiful resort city on the Black Sea coast. The easiest entry point for international visitors is likely to be Bucharest airport, and this location provides a great opportunity to add days for vacation and exploration.  The conference website currently being designed will give full details of travel and accommodation options.

To highlight the range and diversity of American Studies in Europe the EAAS is issuing an open call for proposals for the 2016 conference. Proposers may wish to identify and explore long-standing, current and emerging intellectual debates in American Studies; to explore critically the varying practices and methodologies in American Studies; to bring to life current discussions and to posit potential paradigms in American Studies.

The EAAS is moving away from its former Workshop format.  Proposals are now invited that may use a variety of presentation styles.  The conference structure is expected mainly to consist of traditional panels sessions with papers, and proposals targeted at this format are very welcome indeed, but submissions may also be proposed as roundtables, workshops, shop-talks, dialogues, interviews, performances, individual lecture presentations, readings or in other innovative formats.  All proposals are expected to include the opportunity for discussion.

President of the EAAS: Professor Philip Davies:  Philip.Davies@bl.uk
EAAS UK Representative: Professor Martin Halliwell: mrh17@le.ac.uk