Congratulations to Beverly Tomek, whose essay “The Economization of Freedom: Abolitionists versus Merchants in the Culture War that Destroyed Pennsylvania Hall” (CRAS 47.2) has been selected as the winner of the 2017 Ernest Redekop Prize. The prize is awarded annually for the best essay to appear in the Canadian Review of American Studies. Congratulations also to this year’s two Honourable Mentions: Jean… Read more →
“Uncertain Futures”: A Special Issue of the Canadian Review of American Studies ***Note: This CFP is only open to presenters who attended “Uncertain Futures,” the 2017 conference of the Canadian Association for American Studies, held at OCAD University in Toronto.*** In her introduction to The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. Le Guin proposes that “the future, in fiction, is a metaphor”… Read more →
On behalf of the Awards Committee of the Canadian Association for American Studies, I am pleased to announce the winner of this year’s Ernest J. Redekop Prize, Dr. David Drysdale, for his essay, “Ridge’s Joaquin Murieta: Banditry, Counterinsurgency, and Colonial Power after Guadalupe-Hidalgo”. The committee members admired his well-written, meticulous examination of the cultural implications of the bandit in Joaquín… Read more →
Call for Papers: Canadian Review of American Studies Special Issue: “Imperial Afterlives: The US, Vietnam, and the Global Imagination” Guest Editors: Timothy K. August, Vinh Nguyen, Evyn Lê Espiritu Deadline: April 15, 2016 This special issue investigates the many ways Vietnam and its diaspora continue to be shaped through affective and political engagements with the US and other global actors. Taking… Read more →
Hello everyone, It is with great pleasure that I announce this year’s winners of the Robert K. Martin Book Prize and the Ernest Redekop Essay Prize. This is the second year for these annual prizes, and I think you’ll agree that we have another terrific group of winners and honourable mentions, and I hope you’ll join with me in congratulating… Read more →
Well, my cunning plan to offer a live blog, twitter-feed, radio broadcast, and 3D-film of the conference was something less than a stunning success. I blame it on all of the fascinating papers, the stimulating plenaries … and the dance party. So, I thought I would blog a quick post-conference note to make up for it. I saw too many… Read more →
Canadian Review of American Studies – Volume 41, Number 2 / August 2011 is now available at http://utpjournals.metapress.com/content/m113h38748l2/. This issue contains:
Canadian Review of American Studies – Volume 41, Number 1 / March 2011 is now available at http://utpjournals.metapress.com/content/m51t00675263/. This issue contains:
Canadian Review of American Studies – Volume 40, Number 3, December 2010 is now available at http://utpjournals.metapress.com/content/j06881438834/. This issue contains:
Canadian Review of American Studies – Volume 40, Number 2, June 2010 is now available at http://utpjournals.metapress.com/content/h70l22135655/. This issue contains: (continue after the fold)