On International Women’s Day, we are delighted to announce that American studies PhD student Kate Heffner has recently been awarded the Peter Nicholls Prize by … Read more
Category: Research
Centre for American Studies welcomes Dr Gary Sellick to inaugural alumni evening
The Centre for American Studies at Kent hosted its inaugural Alumni event on Zoom on the evening of Thursday 10th. Alumnus, Dr Gary Sellick, gave … Read more
Professor David Stirrup gives talk at the University of Oxford
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
Race, Gender, Indigeneity
The Centre for American Studies dates back to 1973 and over more than forty years we have developed a strong research culture that matches the … Read more
Migration, Borders and the Transnational
The Centre for American Studies dates back to 1973 and over more than forty years we have developed a strong research culture that matches the … Read more
US Politics and Power
The Centre for American Studies dates back to 1973 and over more than forty years we have developed a strong research culture that matches the … Read more
The Centre for American Studies hosts its fourth Americanist Symposium
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
Dr John Wills contributes essay to US National Film Preservation Board
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
Age of Revolution project provides learners with new routes into the past
The Age of Revolution project, led by Dr Ben Marsh from the Centre for American Studies and the School of History, has secured £41,500 of … Read more
Leverhulme Fellowship Award for Dr Will Norman
Congratulations to Dr Will Norman of the Centre for American Studies who has recently received a Leverhulme Research Fellowship grant of £49,710 for his project, … Read more