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Transatlantic Studies Association 2023 Annual Conference

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Transatlantic Studies Association 2023 Annual Conference

University of Plymouth Drake Circus, Plymouth

Transatlantic Studies Association 21st Annual Conference University of Plymouth, UK 3-5 July 2023 _______ Call for Papers Submissions are invited for the 2023 Annual Conference KEYNOTE LECTURES Professor David Haglund (Queen’s University) “What is So ‘Special’ About the Franco-American Relationship? The View from Lake Wobegon” AND Professor Faye Hammill (University of Glasgow) “Ocean Modern: Poetics and Geometries of the Transatlantic Liner” AND Professor Michelle Wright (Emory University) “Exchanging Blackness in Afroeuropolis: Questions of Race, Gender and Fungibility in 20th Century Europe” PLUS A Roundtable discussion on: Transatlantic Memorialisation and Heritage AND An Early Career Workshop on: Impact and Engagement The TSA is a broad network of scholars who use the ‘transatlantic’ as a frame of reference for their work in a variety of disciplines, including (but not limited to): history, politics and international relations, and literary studies. All transatlantic-themed paper and panel proposals from these and related disciplines are welcome. The conference […]

Transatlantic Studies Association Annual Conference 2021

ISCTE UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF LISBON Av. das Forças Armadas, Lisbon

The Centre for International Studies at ISCTE-IUL (University Institute of Lisbon) is hosting the nineteenth annual conference of the Transatlantic Studies Association. On the right bank of the river Tagus, Lisbon’s history stretches back over time. The 15th and 16th century voyages of discovery turned the city into one of the world’s biggest ports and the centre of an empire that stretched from Brazil to India. Lisbon’s exceptional light has charmed writers, photographers and filmmakers with the polychrome façade tiles creating a unique atmosphere. On foot, by tram, by boat or walking along the river shorelines, any means serves to reveal the cultural diversity of the Portuguese capital as a singular gateway to the Atlantic. KEYNOTE LECTURES Professor Andrew Moravcsik (Princeton University) “Why meeting NATO’s 2% target would make Europe (and the West) less secure” AND Professor Anna Brickhouse (University of Virginia) Mayflower Lecture    “From Lima to Lisbon: Earthquake […]