Category: News

Congratulations to PhD graduand, Michael Docherty, who has recently secured a postdoc position at the University of Innsbruck. We recently caught up with Michael to … Read more

American Studies alumnus Mark Sutherland shares his account of his journey to, and time in the US for his year abroad. By Mark Sutherland I … Read more

By Dr John Wills Director of the Centre for American Studies It’s now over fifty years since the very first Earth Day.  Back in April … Read more

We catch up with Alumna, Emma Long, to see what she’s been up to since leaving Kent. What are you doing now? I’m currently a … Read more

American Studies graduate, Edward Smith, tells us about what he’s been up to since leaving Kent. What are you doing now?  I am currently working … Read more

Professor of American Literature and Indigenous Studies, David Stirrup, recently gave a talk hosted by the Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities titled, ‘”Oxford is … Read more

Irene Lopez Sanchez is a PhD student at the Centre for American Studies at the University of Kent. We caught up with Irene to find … Read more

Director of the Centre for American Studies, John Wills, recently gave a talk titled, ‘Play America and Video Games in an Experimental Age‘ about his … Read more

The fourth Americanist Symposium, organised by Jack Dice and Irene Lopez, postgraduate students at The Centre for American Studies at the University of Kent took … Read more

The Board also invites film scholars to write essays about the movies explaining their significance. Dr John Wills, Reader in American History and Culture and Director … Read more