The Robert K. Martin prize is awarded to the best book published by a CAAS member in the previous calendar year. CAAS is now accepting nominations for the Robert K. Martin prize for best book published in the 2019 and 2020 calendar years. We will select two winners: one for each year. The deadline for submissions is September 30, 2021. All submissions should be sent directly to: … Read more →
CAAS 2021 Call for Papers: Great Divides Great Divides is an interdisciplinary conference, hosted by the University of Saskatchewan/Treaty 6 Territory & Métis Homeland and the Canadian Association for American Studies. It will take place online from October 22-24, 2021. The Pacific, Arctic, and Atlantic Oceans are seamed together by the Continental Divide of the Americas. Branching off from that divide… Read more →
Competition No. – A110444426 Closing Date – February 15, 2021 The University of Alberta respectfully acknowledges that we are situated on Treaty 6 territory and the homeland of the Métis Nation. The Department of English and Film Studies in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Alberta invites applications for a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Black… Read more →
CFP: The Sovereign Erotic 42nd American Indian Workshop in association with Transmotion journal 12-17 July 2021 Conference to take place online Proposals are invited for the 41st annual AIW conference, organized by European University Cyprus in association with Transmotion journal, to be held from 12-17 July 2021. Papers are, as always, welcome on any topic in any discipline, though distinct… Read more →
The Canadian Association for American Studies will be holding a virtual conference on October 16th and 23rd via Zoom. Please see page (1) for Conference Schedule and page (2) Conference Program. Those interested in participating can contact Dr. Peter Robert Brown. Conference Schedule October 16, 2020 10:50-11:00: Greetings and Opening Remarks: Ross Bullen (CAAS President) Session One: 11:00-12:15: Poetics, Politics,… Read more →
On behalf of the Canadian Association for American Studies (CAAS) executive: CAAS and the Ernest Redekop Prize Committee are pleased to award the 2019 Ernest Redekop Prize to Carole Lynn Stewart for “Iola’s War on Alcohol, Lynching, and the Rise of the Carceral State” (CRAS 49.2). The Redekop Prize is awarded annually for the best essay published in the Canadian Review of American… Read more →
Join us in our celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Canadian Review of American Studies! We are proud to publish this multi- and interdisciplinary in partnership with the Canadian Association of American Studies. CRAS has established itself as the leading American Studies journal outside the United States and the only journal in Canada that deals with cross-border themes and… Read more →
Heidelberg Center for American Studies 18th Annual Spring Academy Conference Heidelberg, Germany, 22–26 March, 2021 /Call for Papers/ The eighteenth HCA Spring Academy on American Culture, Economics, Geography, History, Literature, Politics, and Religion will be held from March 22-26, 2021. The Heidelberg Center for American Studies (HCA) invites applications for this annual one-week conference that provides twenty international Ph.D. students with… Read more →
Dear friends and colleagues, We are pleased to announce and invite participation in the upcoming July 8-22, 2020, online conference of the Association for Literature, Environment, and Culture in Canada (ALECC) on the theme Watershed, lit., fig. Please browse the conference program at https://conferences.usask.ca/alecc2020/. Register for free at Eventbrite. “Watershed, lit., fig.” is an interdisciplinary conference of environmental humanities and… Read more →
Heidelberg, Germany, 23–27 March, 2020 Call for Papers The seventeenth HCA Spring Academy on American Culture, Economics, Geography, History, Literature, Politics, and Religion will be held from March 23-27, 2020. The Heidelberg Center for American Studies (HCA) invites applications for this annual one-week conference that provides twenty international Ph.D. students with the opportunity to present and discuss their Ph.D. projects…. Read more →