The Cultures of the Suburbs International Research Network 2013 Symposium at Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York Out of Control Suburbs? Comparing Representations of Order, Disorder and Sprawl 27-28 June 2013, Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York Keynote Speaker Dolores Hayden Following the success of our 2011 Inaugural Symposium, our second meeting seeks to discuss the nature and representation of suburbs, suburban… Read more →
The Canadian Association for American Studies is announcing the opening of this year’s competition for the annual Robert K. Martin Prize for the best monograph written by a current member of CAAS. This year’s prize will be for books published with a copyright date of 2012. The postmark deadline for submission is 22 March 2013. All current members and those who join… Read more →
CALL FOR PAPERS OCTOBER 24 – 27, 2013 THE UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO WATERLOO, ONTARIO Sponsored by the Canadian Association for American Studies “Total Money Makeover”: Culture and the Economization of Everything (PDF version for printing and distribution) Economic models now occupy a central place in the analysis of American culture. The “hegemony of economic explanations of cultural practices” (Koritz 1999)… Read more →
CFP: Companion to American Gothic Deadline: Jan 31, 2013 Dr John Sears Call for contributors We are currently commissioning contributions to a proposed Companion to American Gothic, to be published in 2015 by a major UK academic publisher as part of a new series of Gothic companions. Proposals for chapters of 5500-6500 words (including notes) are invited. Early career researchers… Read more →
Congratulations to Canadian Review of American Studies editor Priscilla Walton and former CAAS president Bruce Tucker on the publication of their book, American Culture Transformed: Dialing 9/11. From the publisher: The bombing of the Twin Towers in New York City on September 11, 2001, marked a major turning point in modern American culture. Priscilla Walton and Bruce Tucker examine critical moments… Read more →
Call for Papers: Culture and the Canada-U.S.-Border Update! Keynotes for this conference will be Claudia Sadowski-Smith, Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair and Guillermo Verdechhia. The “Culture and the Canada-U.S. Border” research network invites proposals for our forthcoming conference “Straddling Boundaries: Hemispherism, Cultural Identity and Indigeneity”, to be held at Algoma University in May 2013. Deadline for abstracts is November 30th. There are… Read more →
Update! The deadline for the joint CAAS / ACCUTE panel “Securing the Nation: The Discourse of American Security” has been extended. Proposals will be accepted until November 9. “Securing the Nation: The Discourse of American Security”: jointly sponsored panel by the Canadian Association for American Studies (CAAS) and the Association for Canadian College and University Teachers of English (ACCUTE), to… Read more →
University of Waterloo: Writing Studies Applications are invited for an open rank (tenured or tenure-track) position in Writing Studies. We are looking for a colleague with expertise in writing studies and composition theory who will contribute to our research and teaching in this area. Specific expertise in workplace and technical writing, intercultural rhetoric, global Englishes, or digital rhetoric would be… Read more →
University of Toronto, Department of English Assistant Professor – Asian North American Literature Job Field: Tenure Stream Faculty / Division: Faculty of Arts and Science Department: English Campus: St. George (downtown Toronto) Job Closing: Oct 31, 2012 The Department of English at the University of Toronto, St George campus, invites applications for a tenure-stream appointment in the field of Asian… Read more →
University of Toronto: Department of English Assistant Professor: Aboriginal Literature Job Field : Tenure Stream Faculty Division : Faculty of Arts and Science Department : English Campus : St. George (downtown Toronto) Job Closing : Oct 31, 2012 Applications are invited for a tenure-stream position in the field of Aboriginal Literature in the Department of English (51%) and Aboriginal Studies… Read more →