• RESEARCH
  • #USSOBOOKHOUR
  • REVIEWS
  • EYES ON EVENTS
  • SPECIAL SERIES
  • EVENTS
  • #WRITEAMSTUDIES
  • USSOCAST

British Association for American Studies ☰

×

Fright at the Museum (The American Museum in Britain)

Events Search and Views Navigation

Event Views Navigation

Today

Seminar: Overrepresented: Asian Americans in the Age of Affirmative Action (UCL Institute of the Americas)

University College London UCL Darwin Building, Room B.15, Gower Street, London

Please note this event has been re-scheduled from May 26 to June 6 Ellen Wu (Indiana University, Bloomington) - This talk places Asian Americans at the center of the intersecting histories of race-making and policy-making in the late-twentieth century United States. Contemporaries saw Asian Americans as an 'overrepresented' (as opposed to 'underrepresented') minority in a double sense: first, as an economically privileged minority racial group that did not need new rights and programs to guarantee equal opportunity, and second, as too successful and therefore a threat to whites. How and why did this racial logic gain traction, and what were its consequences?  The presentation will share preliminary findings as a new way to think about the fundamental importance of Asian Americans and Asia to the recalibration of the nation’s racial order and political alignments in the post-civil rights era. Dr Ellen Wu (Ph.D. University of Chicago) is associate professor of […]

Marilynne Robinson Symposium (Nottingham Trent University)

Registration is now open for the Marilynne Robinson Symposium. The full programme and further information, along with the registration link, can be found on the symposium website here: https://robinsonsymposium.wordpress.com/ The day's events will culminate in a roundtable discussion featuring Prof. Bridget Bennett, Prof. Sarah Churchwell, and Prof. Richard King. Places should be booked by June 1st.

Job: Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in American Literature (University of Lincoln)

The University of Lincoln is an ambitious institution becoming a top 50 University in 2012. Its strategy is to combine outstanding research with research-engaged teaching and learning. The University seeks to recruit a Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in American Literature. This post is located within the School of English and Journalism, as part of the College of Arts. The continued success of the School will be driven by its academic community. In English, its high quality undergraduate programmes are evolving to enhance research-engaged education, and it has very successful masters-level programmes in English studies and Creative Writing. The School is ambitious to build on its achievements in the 2014 REF and its doctoral programme by raising the standard of research output, increasing the number of research-active staff and making explicit the impact of its research. The programme also provides a variety of modules with a focus on American literature that […]

Teaching Fellow in English, University of Sussex

University of Sussex Brighton, United Kingdom

Fixed term, full time for 10 months Salary: starting at £31,656 and rising to £37,768 per annum, pro rata.  It is normal to appoint at the first point of the salary scale. Expected start date: 01 September 2016 The School of English at the University of Sussex wishes to appoint a ten month fixed-term teaching fellow in English Literature from 01 September 2016 to 30 June 2017 to teach on BA courses in English Literature. The successful candidate will possess either a doctorate or have submitted their doctorate for examination, possess research-led expertise in an area of English and/or American literature post 1750, undergraduate teaching experience, and the willingness to contribute to teaching across a wide generic and theoretical range of materials in English literature. For further information please contact Prof Tom Healy, Head of School, at t.f.healy@sussex.ac.uk. For full details and how to apply see www.sussex.ac.uk/jobs The closing date for applications […]

The Folio Academy Sessions (Eccles Centre, British Library)

Eccles Centre for American Studies The British Library, 96 Euston Road , London, United Kingdom

The Folio Academy Sessions Saturday 18 June - Sunday 19 June, British Library Conference Centre, book online: http://www.bl.uk/events/the-folio-academy-sessions For the third year running, the Folio Prize Foundation and the British Library host some of the world’s finest writers and their guests. Sponsored by The Eccles Centre for American Studies, this year’s line-up includes a range of authors for eight panel discussions including Richard Francis on Utopias, Tracy Chevalier on historical narratives, Caryl Philips on 'A Place Called Home', and Roger Roberts on 'The Authenticity Paradox.' Over eight sessions each programmed by a different member of the Folio Prize Academy, the weekend will explore how stories have the power to transform us: how they can impact individuals and effect social change. Tickets can be purchased for individual events or day and weekend passes.

European Premiere of ‘Maggie and Pierre’ (Finborough Theatre, London)

Finborough Theatre 118 Finborough Road, London, United Kingdom

Maggie and Pierre by Linda Griffiths with Paul Thompson Directed by Eduard Lewis Finborough Theatre Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays, 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, 28 June, 3, 4, 5 July 2016 http://www.finboroughtheatre.co.uk/productions/2016/maggie-and-pierre.php 0844 847 1652 Young Maggie Sinclair is a hippie spirit, born out of love and lots of dope. Pierre Trudeau is nearing 50 and soon-to-be elected Prime Minister of Canada. Reason and passion collide as they fall in love, live together in the spotlight, and break up in a public way. This one-woman play centres around the pressures of fame under the media spotlight.

Lecturer in American History, Birkbeck College, University of London

Birkbeck, University of London Malet Street, Bloomsbury, London, United Kingdom

The Department of History, Classics and Archaeology (HCA) invites applications for a Lectureship in American History. We seek to appoint an outstanding scholar working on any aspect of the long twentieth century (c.1870-present). Interest in American engagement in issues stretching beyond the US and/or in teaching American history in a global context is an asset, but we are eager to consider all fields of expertise. Applicants should ideally have completed a doctorate in History, and they should have a research record that shows clear evidence of outstanding potential to contribute to the national and international profile of the Department. HCA has a longstanding commitment to research-led teaching. Experience of teaching at undergraduate level is expected, but experience in lecturing and conducting seminars at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels is desirable. The person appointed will engage in scholarly research and publication; take responsibility for organization, supervision and teaching of the broad […]

Ezra Furman: The Velvet Underground, Punk Pioneers (British Library)

British Library Conference Centre 96 Euston Road, London, United Kingdom

Ezra Furman: The Velvet Underground, Punk Pioneers Thursday 23 June, 19.30-21.00, British Library Conference Centre, book online: http://www.bl.uk/events/ezra-furman-the-velvet-underground-punk-pioneers An intimate evening with genre-fluid American singer-songwriter Ezra Furman reflecting on the Velvet Underground’s influence on punk and their musical legacy ‘Lou Reed is, possibly more than anyone, the person who gave me the keys to rock n roll. His songs let me in and showed me, when I was still just a kid, a view of a world I had previously known nothing about except in a dark corner of my heart. Lou Reed was radically ambiguous and radically free’. Genre and gender-fluid American singer songwriter Ezra Furman will discuss the Velvet Underground and their influence on his own music, punk and everything else, through the words of his upcoming book published by the now legendary 33 & 1/3 series, on Lou Reed’s iconic album Transformer. Ezra's passion for old-world rock n roll has invited […]

Job: Lecturer in History, Paternity Cover (Liverpool John Moores University)

The School of Humanities and Social Science within the Faculty of Arts, Professional and Social Studies at Liverpool John Moores University is seeking to appoint a lecturer in History to this paternity cover (5 months) post. History at LJMU is a well-established subject with a strong research profile and a score of 92% overall satisfaction in the 2015 National Student Survey. It currently comprises thirteen members of staff teaching a broad range of modules from the eighteenth century onwards and covering Europe, Russia, the Middle East, Africa, the USA and Asia. Details of the current research interests in History at LJMU can be found at History Research Group. LJMU are seeking to appoint a lecturer able to teach the history of the American political system at undergraduate level, as well as contributing to other modules relating more broadly to the History programme. You should have completed a PhD in the discipline, and […]

Job: Associate Lecturer in US Politics, Fixed Term (Birkbeck College, London)

Birkbeck College London is looking for an Associate Lecturer A to teach the first (Autumn) half of the undergraduate module “The United States in International Politics” and the first (Autumn) half of the postgraduate module “American Foreign Policy.” These are full-year modules that run from 6-8pm on Tuesday and Friday, respectively, and the candidate is expected to teach the Autumn half only (8 weeks). The post holder will deliver lectures and run seminars/workshops and mark the students’ coursework. The successful candidate will have the ability to teach core themes in US foreign policy at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels, with a strong background in international relations and/or US foreign policy. Topics include theories of IR, the American foreign policy tradition, the Cold War, post-Cold War US foreign policy, war powers and the US Constitution, the presidency, Congress, and the policy process. Candidate Requirements The requirements for selection are listed below: […]

Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Literatures of the Black Americas, University of Oxford

University of Oxford Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, 41 Wellington Square,, Oxford

Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Literatures of the Black Americas Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, 41 Wellington Square, Oxford Grade 7: £30,738 - £37,768 p.a. The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities and the Faculties of English and Medieval and Modern Languages seek to appoint a 2-year Mellon Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow in 'Literatures of the Black Americas'. The Mellon postdoctoral fellowships are funded by the Andrew W Mellon Foundation to provide an intensive and supported career development opportunity for outstanding academics at an early stage of their career. Applicants should be doing genuinely comparative work on Black writing in the Americas and/or the Caribbean in English and one (or more) additional language(s), and will need to submit a two-page proposal outlining the proposed research project (which must differ substantially from the doctoral project) as part of the application process. The period of specialisation is open. The Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow will […]

Teaching Associate in Twentieth Century American History, University of Sheffield

University of Sheffield Halifax Hall, Endcliffe Vale Rd,, Sheffield, United Kingdom

The Department of History at the University of Sheffield is seeking to appoint to a fixed-term Teaching Associate in Twentieth Century American History. The post-holder will deliver teaching and carry out assessment and evaluation of modules at all levels. Specifically the successful candidate will be required to take full responsibility for delivery of a level 3 special subject: HST3138/3139 The United States and the Cold War, 1945-1975; a level 2 document option; a level 2 option; and contribute to teaching on HST118 American History: From Settlements to Superpower. The successful candidate will also be expected to supervise dissertations arising from the special subject; contribute to other teaching as necessary; mark coursework and examinations as required. The post-holder will have a good honours degree and will have completed the requirements for a PhD (or have equivalent experience) in a relevant subject area.  They will also have excellent communication skills and organisational […]