

CCCU AmericanStudies
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@CCCU_AS
The American Studies Programme in the School of Humanities at Canterbury Christ Church University, UK.







Looking forward to @BroomKing’s paper on 10 December @womensliblondon @ihr_history at 5.15: 'Superman believes that a wife's place is in the home!': Gender and the Superhero Narrative. All welcome, with or without your superhero capes!

The 2019 BAAS Postgraduate Conference at the British Library is just a few weeks away! The #BAASPGR19 programme can be viewed here: drive.google.com/file/d/1qeIJGZ… Register for the event via this link: bl.uk/events/baas-po… Please share this and please come along on December 6-7th










✨CALL FOR PAPERS✨ Please consider submitting a proposal for our third annual Americanist Symposium! All the details you need can be found below.




CALL FOR PAPERS! Do you teach American Studies in UK HE? Want to talk to others who do too, get some ideas, share good practice, and have a lovely few days in the Midlands? Check out our CFP here! warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/histo…


We are looking forward to our research seminar with @UniKentEnglish on Wednesday 20th March, Darwin LT3 at 4pm. Excited to welcome Nicole King to discuss her current project: ‘Black Childhood in Modern African American Fiction: Reading racial subjects in formation’. All welcome!

Need some dissertation inspiration? Try brainstorming with #GalePrimarySources and drop by the Gale Booth in the Augustine House Library on 18 March, 11am-1pm @HumLib_cccu

REMINDER!: Our SECOND Faulkner Studies Colloquium takes place May 31st, 2019 at Senate House with a keynote by Dr Gavan Lennon (@gavandtonic)! Deadline for papers April 7th! ALL critical approaches to Faulkner welcome! Get in touch! call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2019/01/21… @RHULEnglish @BAASUSSO