Hosted by the Centre for American Studies, The Cartographic Imagination: Art, Literature and Mapping in the United States, 1945-1980 will take place at the University of Kent’s … 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 narrative of the new Ubisoft video game Far Cry 5 speaks to what seems a powerful political moment, of an American nation literally at war … Read more

A Public one-day symposium on Native American art will take place in Bristol on 6 June from 09.30-17.30. The event has been organised by academics … Read more

The latest issue of American Literature (Volume 90, Issue 1, March 2018) features a new article by Dr Will Norman, Director of the Centre for … Read more

Dr William Rowlandson, Senior Lecturer in Hispanic Studies in the Department of Modern Languages and member of the Centre for American Studies, has published a … Read more

The Centre for American Studies is delighted to announce a new conference, The Cartographic Imagination: Art, Literature and Mapping in the United States, 1945-1980, to … Read more

The Bolt Lecture: Suffering, Struggle, Survival The Activism, Artistry, and Authorship of Frederick Douglass and Family (1818-2018) The Centre for American Studies is delighted to … Read more

Professor David Stirrup of the Centre for American Studies at Kent has begun a major three-year project to provide a comprehensive history of Native North Americans in Britain over … Read more

We are delighted to welcome Professor Chris Anderson, Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Native Studies, University of Alberta who will give a guest … Read more