The 2022 ASANOR conference will be held at Nord University from September 29 to October 1. We welcome papers from a wide range of fields, including literature, history, political science, linguistics, and cultural studies, that explore the role of the sea in the American experience. From the Puritan pilgrims landing at Plymouth Rock to the digital nomads stopping over in San Francisco, the multifarious interchange across the seas has, for better or worse, shaped the nation; whether through the unspeakable horrors of the Middle Passage or the grateful arrival of huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the ceaseless, multidirectional traffic of people, ideas, values, expressions, aesthetics, and wares has defined and ceaselessly redefined what we think of as American. This process is sometimes slow and gradual, sometimes precipitate and radical, but whether through generations of involvement with economic and cultural energies or a lightening extension to the imaginative landscape, the […]

The 2022 ASANOR conference will be held at Nord University from September 29 to October 1. We welcome papers from a wide range of fields, including literature, history, political science, linguistics, and cultural studies, that explore the role of the sea in the American experience. From the Puritan pilgrims landing at Plymouth Rock to the digital nomads stopping over in San Francisco, the multifarious interchange across the seas has, for better or worse, shaped the nation; whether through the unspeakable horrors of the Middle Passage or the grateful arrival of huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the ceaseless, multidirectional traffic of people, ideas, values, expressions, aesthetics, and wares has defined and ceaselessly redefined what we think of as American. This process is sometimes slow and gradual, sometimes precipitate and radical, but whether through generations of involvement with economic and cultural energies or a lightening extension to the imaginative landscape, the […]

The TSA is heading to the University of Kent at Canterbury for its annual conference in 2022. This will be the 20th anniversary conference for the TSA, as well as its first in-person meeting in three years, and they are planning a particularly special conference. They are delighted to be holding the conference in Canterbury, a city steeped in history and culture, and one of the most popular tourist destinations in the UK. CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS Professor Jussi Hanhimäki (Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies) “Pax Transatlantica: America and Europe in the Post-Cold War Era” AND Dr Sarah Meer (University of Cambridge) “American Claimants: Transatlantic Tales of Humility and Grandeur” AND Professor Mark Webber (University of Birmingham) “NATO in a Tripolar World: Does the New Strategic Concept Deliver?” PLUS A Roundtable discussion on: The End of an Era? The Transatlantic Alliance in International Politics from 9/11 to Covid-19 Featuring Philip […]