Borders and Borderlands – Back in the Spotlight
II Congress of the Researchers of Borders and Borderlands
Białystok, 7–9 September 2026

https://tdlab.uwb.edu.pl/en/borders-borderlands-2026

Borders and borderlands are back in the spotlight. They are more intensely present than before in the media  […] Read more   ““Borders and Borderlands” Congress in Białystok”

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Call for Papers

PAAS ”Morphing America” Conference 2026

16-18 September 2026

University of Szczecin

“Meaning emerges in the encounter — in the relations between bodies, images, and the world,” wrote Vivian Sobchack in her Carnal  […] Read more   “PAAS ”Morphing America” Conference 2026 – CfP”

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Visual Americas: Image, Text, Performance
Edited by Saniye Bilge Mutluay Çetintaş and  Tanfer Emin Tunç
Staff editor: Paweł Jędrzejko
RIAS Vol. 19, Spring-Summer (1/2027)
(Call open until Dec. 30th, 2025)

As we approach the end of the twenty-first century’s first  […] Read more   “Visual Americas – CfP”

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Digital Americas: Global Perspectives on American Narratives Online
RIAS Vol. 20, Fall-Winter (2/2027)
Guest-edited by: Olga Ackroyd and Sara Riccetti Selim
Staff Editor: Gabriela Vargas Cetina
(Call open until June 30th, 2026)

The rapid expansion of digital technologies has reshaped  […] Read more   “Digital Americas – CfP”

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Eastern Thought in the Americas
Edited by Anjali Singh and Anita Patterson
Staff Editors: Gabriela Vargas Cetina and Paweł Jędrzejko
RIAS Vol. 21, Fall-Winter (1/2028)
(Call open until December 30th, 2026)
https://journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/RIAS/announcement/view/260

Eastern philosophies, such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and  […] Read more   “Eastern Thought in the Americas – CfP”

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Mirosław Aleksander Miernik of the Institute of English Studies at the University of Warsaw published two articles in high-impact journals:

“Not Only Puritans and Snobs: The Dynamic Between the Urban and the Provincial in the Works of Elizabeth Strout” in  […] Read more   “New publications by M. Miernik”

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Happy Halloween! In the spirit of the holiday, we are happy to tell you that the International Colloquium of American Studies is back from the dead – or rather revivified after a little break. The theme  […] Read more   “International Colloquium of American Studies – CfP”

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Polish Association for American Studies congratulates our collegue, dr hab. Justyna Wierzchowska, whose team’s research project has just received Opus LAP Grant!

The team lead by dr Wierzchowska, which includes dr Zuzana Stefkova (Charles University) and prof. dr Jordan Troeller  […] Read more   “Opus LAP Grant for dr hab. Justyna Wierzchowska”

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The Postgraduate Conference Grant allows successful applicants to actively participate in an EAAS Biannual Conference. Grantees will receive a maximum of 400 EUR to cover travel expenses and/or accommodation and/or meals.

The European Association for American Studies supports postgraduate students  […] Read more   “EAAS Postgraduate Grants for Active Participation in the Biennial EAAS Conference”

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