The Centre for American Studies is pleased to host the next meeting of the American Intellectual History Group, between the 8th and 9th July 2019, … Read more
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Dr Erik Mathisen on President Ulysses S. Grant (BBC Radio 4)
Lecturer in American Studies at the University of Kent, Dr Erik Mathisen, was amongst guests on BBC Radio 4’s ‘In Our Time‘ programme last week, … Read more
Claire Taylor – Postgraduate Administrator Prize Winner
Congratulations to our Centre Administration Manager, Claire Taylor, who has won a Graduate School Prize. Claire was awarded “The Postgraduate Administrator Prize” at the Kent … Read more
Amplifying Archives: a Bolt Scholarship research trip report
Ellie Armon Azoulay, a PhD student at the Centre for American Studies, has recently returned from a month’s research trip in the USA, having been … Read more
Registration open for ‘Visualising the Americas’
Now in its third year, The University of Kent’s Annual Americanist Symposium will take place on Monday 3rd June 2019, at the University’s Canterbury campus. … Read more
Film Screening: The Psychosis of Whiteness
All are welcome to attend a free screening of this documentary, followed by a short Q&A panel discussion on Friday 22 March at 16.30 to 18.15 … Read more
New publication by Dr Basha i Novosejt
Dr Aurélie Basha i Novosejt, Lecturer at The Centre for American Studies, has recently published a new book on Robert McNamara’s Vietnam War policy. Entitled “I … Read more
Americanist Research Symposium: 3 June 2019
The Centre for American Studies is delighted to announce that its third annual Americanist Symposium: Visualising the Americas will take place on Monday 3rd June, 2019 at The … Read more
Visiting speaker talk on ‘American Horror Story’
We’re delighted to welcome Dr Harriet Earle, Lecturer in English at Sheffield Hallam University, to give a Centre for American Studies research seminar: Dark Underbellies: How American Horror … Read more
The Roger Anstey Memorial Lecture: 16 January 2019, 5pm
Race, War and Anti-Imperialism in Merze Tate’s International Thought Professor Barbara Savage, University of Pennsylvania The School of History and the Centre for American Studies … Read more