The fourth Annual Kent Americanist Symposium – The Spacial Americas – will take place on Monday 8th June, 2020 at the University of Kent’s Canterbury … Read more
Announcing the 2020 Bolt Lecture (Wed 12 Feb)
The Centre for American Studies welcomes Professor Gary Gerstle, Paul Mellon Professor of American History at the University of Cambridge to give its annual Bolt … Read more
New Kent Library Resource: Colonial America
The School of History, Centre for American Studies, Library Services, and Development Office are delighted to share news of the availability of a wonderful new … Read more
Conversations on Capitalism II: Narrating Capitalism
Conversations on Capitalism II: Narrating Capitalism – How have people attempted to make sense of capitalism by telling stories about it? About this Event One … Read more
Announcing two fully-funded PhD Scholarship Opportunities
We are delighted to announce two fully-funded doctoral opportunities for those who are planning to embark on a PhD programme in the 2020-21 academic year. … Read more
Clearing and Adjustment 2019
The Centre for American Studies at the University of Kent is currently accepting clearing and adjustment applications from well-qualified applicants to the following degree courses: … Read more
American Intellectual History Group meeting: 8-9 July
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
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