Eyes on Events: Rachel Williams, BAAS Conference 2022
The next episode in our series Eyes On Events, this week we are interviewing Rachel Williams about the upcoming BAAS Annual Conference. This week we discuss sharing a call for papers, organising the practicalities of a conference, and adopting a hybrid approach. The British Association for American Studies’s 67th Annual Convention is being held from the 21st to the 23rd of April 2022. You can register for this virtual event here:https://www.baas2022.org If you are organising an upcoming or past event and would like to share your experience, please contact usso@baas.ac.uk
Continue ReadingEyes on Events: Malcolm Craig, HOTCUS Winter Symposium 2022
The next episode in our series Eyes On Events, this week we are interviewing Malcolm Craig about the upcoming HOTCUS 2022 Winter Symposium: The Manhattan Project Turns 80: Reflections on the Nuclear Age. The conference is being held on the 12th of March 2022, in-person at Liverpool John Moores University. More details can be found here: https://hotcus.org.uk/2022-winter-symposium/ If you are organising an upcoming or past event and would like to share your experience, please contact usso@baas.ac.uk
Continue ReadingEyes on Events – Hannah Jeffrey & Krysten Blackstone, SASA Annual Conference 2022
The next episode in our new series Eyes On Events, this week we are interviewing Krysten Blackstone and Hannah Jeffrey about the upcoming Scottish Association for the Study of Americas (SASA) Annual Conference. The conference is being held on the 5th of March 2022, with a week of events beforehand. You can register for this virtual event here: https://www.scotamstudies.org/our-events If you are organising an upcoming or past event and would like to share your experience, please contact usso@baas.ac.uk
Continue ReadingEyes on Events – Chris Dixon, ANZASA Annual Conference 2021
The next episode in our series Eyes On Events, this week we are interviewing Chris Dixon about the upcoming Australia and New Zealand American Studies Association Annual Conference 2021: American Crisis / American Renewal. The event is taking place virtually via Zoom, on 24-25 November 2021. For further information and updates about this year’s symposium, follow the team on Twitter @ANZASAonline. If you are organising an upcoming or past event and would like to share your experience, please contact usso@baas.ac.uk
Continue ReadingEyes on Events – Jennafer Holt & Aashima Rana, BAAS PGR Conference 2021 #1
The next episode in our series Eyes On Events, this week we are interviewing Jennafer Holt and Aashima Rana about the upcoming British Association of American Studies Conference: Visibility/Invisibility: Representation & Community Formation in American Studies. We speak with two of the organisers about their experience so far, the event, and the Call for Papers. The event is taking place virtually via Zoom, on the 3rd / 4th December 2021. For further information and updates about this year’s symposium, follow the team on Twitter @PGBAAS2021 or contact them at baaspgsymposium2021@gmail.com. If you are organising an upcoming or past event and would like to share your experience, please contact usso@baas.ac.uk
Continue ReadingEyes on Events – Maria Manning & Janice Deitner, IAAS PG 2021
The next episode in our series Eyes On Events, this week we are interviewing Maria Manning and Janice Deitner about the upcoming Irish Association of American Studies Postgraduate Symposium -The (Hi)stories We Create: Narratives of Exceptionalism, Ideology, and Resilience. The event is taking place virtually via Zoom, on the 5th/6th November 2021. Any queries should be emailed to: postgrad@iaas.ie A link to the event can be found here: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/iaas-postgraduate-virtual-symposium-2021-the-histories-we-create-tickets-193549119627 If you are organising an upcoming or past event and would like to share your experience, please contact usso@baas.ac.uk
Continue ReadingEyes on Events – Alexandra Abletshauser, Creative Conversations with Indigenous Canada
The next episode in our series Eyes On Events, this week we are interviewing Alexandra Abletshauser about the upcoming Creative Conversations with Indigenous Canada . These workshops will be run on Zoom. Events are free, registration is required. Both events run from 7-8 pm BST. Full details can be found here: June 7: Creative Conversations with David A. Robertson:https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-conversations-david-robertson-tickets-141808183093 June 21: Creative Conversation with Jesse Thistle:https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-conversations-jesse-thistle-tickets-141812036619 If you are organising an upcoming or past event and would like to share your experience, please contact usso@baas.ac.uk
Continue ReadingEyes on Events – Miguel Hernandez, HOTCUS Annual Conference 2021
The next episode in our series Eyes On Events, this week we are interviewing Miguel Hernandez about the upcoming HOTCUS Annual Conference 2021. The HOTCUS 2021 Annual Conference is taking place from the 7th to the 10th of June on Zoom, and will feature a mix of pre-circulated papers and live panels on a range of topics relating to the history of the United States. For further information, please visit the conference website here: https://hotcus.org.uk/annual-conference-2021/ If you are organising an upcoming or past event and would like to share your experience, please contact usso@baas.ac.uk
Continue ReadingEyes on Events – Emily Hull & Stephen Colbrook, UCL Americas Research Network Annual Conference: Histories of Inequality
The next episode in our new series Eyes On Events, this week we are interviewing Emily Hull and Stephen Colbrook about the upcoming UCL Americas Research Network Annual Conference: Histories of Inequality. The conference is being held on the 1st of June 2021. You can register for this virtual event here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/americas/events/2021/jun/ucl-americas-research-network-annual-conference-histories-inequality Please email any questions to the conference organisers here: uclresnet21@gmail.com If you are organising an upcoming or past event and would like to share your experience, please contact usso@baas.ac.uk
Continue ReadingEyes on Events – Yasmin Dualeh, Histories of Race Workshop
This week on Eyes on Events, we speak to Yasmin Dualeh (University of Cambridge) about the Histories of Race Graduate Workshop at the University of Cambridge. The Histories of Race Graduate Workshop is a bi-weekly forum for the exploration of the impact of race and the construction of race and racial hierarchies across regional and temporal boundaries. Further details of the workshop can be found here: https://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/histories-race-graduate-workshop If you are organising an event and are interested in appearing on an Eyes on Events, please get in touch at usso@baas.ac.uk
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