Introducing the new BAAS Postgrads Instagram account, to be used for networking for the upcoming 2026 PG Symposium & beyond 💫

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Period reminder: writers need to eat, pay rent & see the doctor like everyone else. If you appreciate a writer but don‘t have $15 or $30 to buy their/our book, a FREE way you can put money in our pockets is to just request that the libraries you use buy our books!

Thank you to everyone organising this! I had a fantastic time!

We've just wrapped up our final day of #BAAS2026. Thanks to our hosts at @glasgow.ac.uk for hosting us and to all the great speakers, and attendees for sharing their work. It's been a great three days of #AMStudies in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸

We hope to see you all again for our Digital BAAS conference in 2027.

Fantastic Targeted Research Panel today on US magazine culture at the Glasgow @officialbaas.bsky.social 2026 conference with Katie Burke @benoitmes.bsky.social! Huge thanks to @emilybrady.bsky.social for chairing too. 🙏 Excellent papers all around, it was a blast! See you next all BAAS 🫡

The AI scams are really starting to get out of hand. It’s a massive trap for authors and the likelihood is that those who will fall for it are more vulnerable and less able to afford to lose money – people who accept direct inquiries and don’t filter everything through an agent, manager or publicist

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Nearly time for #BAAS2026 in Glasgow🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Especially looking forward to chairing the BAAS-funded Transatlantic Literary Women Network early career roundtable on Friday with a brilliant line-up of speakers ⭐️(session 4E). Hope to see you there!
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Attending #BAAS2026 this year?

@mlhouston.bsky.social will be there and wants to hear about your ideas for articles and monographs! Get in touch - more info below...

Welcome to #BAAS2026 at @glasgow.ac.uk over the next four days. Registration and coffee this morning, while our exec committee meet ahead of conference starting with the first panels after lunch.

If you're attending conference this year please use the #BAAS2026 to share your posts with us! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸

It's #BAAS2026 week! We can't wait to see you this Friday in Glasgow

#BAAS2026 is almost here! Attendees, which panels are you most looking forward to? And, if you're presenting, what will be discussing at the conference?

Very much looking forward to popping over to Glasgow to attend the @officialbaas.bsky.social conference next month. If you’d like to chat about your current project and/or publishing with @edinburghup.bsky.social do sign up!

You called?

Mullin--several times--discussed bringing violence back to Congress, claiming the rules allowed for caning in the past.

No.
They didn't.
For crying out loud.

So there isn't any "presence" -- his word -- (i.e. precedent) for it.

This guy shouldn't have anything to do with "security."

I'm old enough to remember when the crypto-bros were telling everyone that we should put our medial records, driving license, passports and other sensitive documents on the hilariously inept, wasteful and insecure blockchain.

Such innocent times.

America Now! Political Violence in the USA - British Association for American Studies However one defines or measures it, political violence is on the rise in the USA. But why? Join Kate Ballantyne, Shannon Carter and Luca Trenta for a discussion of the descent into - or resurgence of…

What are the causes of the descent into – or resurgence of – political violence in the US?

In two weeks, the America Now! series returns to address the bloody history, legacy, & present-day manifestation of violence directed against & by the state.

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Wed 25th March, British Library

Pre-Announcement: Editorial Team Roles at Journal of American Studies, recruiting Summer 2026 - British Association for American Studies The Journal of American Studies, BAAS’s flagship publication, is one of the longest-running and most respected area studies journals in the world. Its purpose is to critique and interrogate the…

‼️ BAAS and the Journal of American Studies are pleased to announce that they will be recruiting for the following roles at JAS in Summer 2026, for start dates of 2 January 2027.

Learn more about the roles here:

Digest Submission Archive - British Association for American Studies Promoting, supporting and encouraging the study of the United States since 1955

The BAAS website has been updated with news of a whole host of new books in American Studies 📚

Ellen Craft Essay Prize - British Association for American Studies *Deadline extended to Friday 16 January 2026* The Scottish Association for the Study of America (SASA) is thrilled to announce that this year’s Ellen Craft Essay Prize is now open for submissions.…

Calling postgraduates - You have until 16th January to submit your entry for the Ellen Craft Essay Prize. SASA offers the prize to encourage the study of marginalised voices. First-place will receive a cash prize & invitation to the March conference.

How to submit:

The 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, the event that arguably spawned the Constitution and the principles held with it, is going to be a very fraught time for all of us.

I can't imagine how Madison and Hamilton would feel that their eloquent and reasonable arguments about how the executive branch should be, must be, contained by the legislative and judicial branches...

...Only for that entire system to fall apart so completely in so short a time.

There is something painfully/darkly ironic about preparing to edit an entire chapter about the US Constitution and the Federalist Papers, just as the Constitution is being torn up before our very eyes.

BAAS 2026 - University of Glasgow 9-11 April 2026 - British Association for American Studies BAAS Annual Conference 2026 Call for Papers Deadline Extended to Wednesday 10th December 2025 The College of Arts & Humanities and Andrew Hook Centre for American Studies at the University of Glasgow…

⚠️ Today is the deadline to share your proposals for BAAS 2026 ⚠️

Don't miss your opportunity to join us in Glasgow to present your research & discover the most exciting conversations in American Studies.

2026 BAAS Awards - British Association for American Studies Each year, BAAS offers a growing list of awards, prizes, teaching assistantships, and research assistant awards, supporting the development of American studies in Britain. The 2026 Awards are now…

We are now just *one week* away from the closing date for the BAAS Awards.

Click here to learn if you are eligible for any of the awards - buff.ly/EPsM0Ww

Deadline: 17th December

BAAS Development Fund - British Association for American Studies NEW EARLIER DEADLINES FOR BAAS DEVELOPMENT FUND APPLICATIONS (1st FEBRUARY & 1st OCTOBER: BAAS invites scholars in any field of American Studies to apply for grants of up to two years in duration.…

Did you know? The BAAS Development Fund offers up to £2,000 for activities, such as:
- Conferences & events
- Workshops & reading groups
- Diversity & inclusion initiatives

Apply today:

BAAS Statement on Academic Freedom - British Association for American Studies A statement on American Studies in Britain and Academic Freedom prepared by the BAAS Executive Committee.

'At the core of our mission is the principle that the UK should be a country where access to free and open discussion of US policy, both domestic and foreign should be available to members without impediment or fear of reprisal.'

Read our Statement on Academic Freedom here:

BAAS Development Fund - British Association for American Studies NEW EARLIER DEADLINES FOR BAAS DEVELOPMENT FUND APPLICATIONS (1st FEBRUARY & 1st OCTOBER: BAAS invites scholars in any field of American Studies to apply for grants of up to two years in duration.…

BAAS invites scholars in any field of American Studies to apply for grants of up to two years in duration. Grants may be requested for up to a maximum of £2000 for a range of American Studies academic activities.

Please note, from 2026, earlier submission deadlines are in place.

Thank you to everyone who attended the BAAS PG Symposium today, including our wonderful speakers! It was great to meet everyone and listen to all the amazing research taking place within the community!

See you all at Glasgow!

Politics! Literature! Music! Equality and Inequality!
Lunch!

All this and more here at the @officialbaas.bsky.social PG Symposium 2025!

THIS WEEK: The 2025 BAAS Postgraduate Symposium - British Association for American Studies The 2025 BAAS Postgraduate Symposium is taking place on November 26th as a hybrid event at Teesside University. You can register for the event on EventBrite. If you are a BAAS member, you can get a…

Today's the day. You can join us in-person or online for our Postgraduate Symposium, beginning at 9am!