Category: Research

The Centre for American Studies is delighted to host indigenous Canadian film maker, Jooles Koostachin, during her visit to the UK for the 12th Native … Read more

Between the 22-23 June this year The British Academy staged its first-ever Summer Showcase, ‘a free festival of ideas for curious minds’ which featured interactive exhibits by academics from … Read more

Earlier this summer, the Centre for American Studies at the University of Kent hosted a one-day postgraduate symposium, Methods and Practices in American Studies. The event – … Read more

Dr. Will Norman, Reader in American Literature and Culture and Director of the Centre for American Studies, recently undertook a Visiting Research Fellowship at the … Read more

The Centre for American Studies warmly invites you to a screening and discussion of a new documentary film about C. L. R. James: Every Cook … Read more

A one-day symposium, co-organised by the University of Kent’s School of English and the University of New England’s Maine Women Writers Collection, will explore connections … Read more

The University of Kent’s Faculty of Humanities has just announced an additional 50th Anniversary Scholarship for a PhD student wishing to begin their studies in … Read more

In the National Student Survey 2015 American Studies at the University of Kent has been rated 8th in the UK for overall student satisfaction. Aimed at mostly … Read more

Dr Natalia Sobrevilla Perea, of the Centre for American Studies has just co-edited a book, entitled The Rise of Constitutional Government in the Iberian Atlantic World. The … Read more

In an open lecture on Wed 4 February, Dr. Ruth Blakeley will explore the development and operation of a global system for the rendition, secret … Read more