American Studies Newsletter

In 2014-2015, the American Studies programme at Northumbria University continued to enhance its reputation as home to one of the UK’s most impressive constellations of researchers and teachers in US history, literature, and popular culture.

As you’ll see from the features in this latest edition of the newsletter, during the last year we have published an impressive array of books and articles, given countless talks at schools, conferences, and universities around the globe, hosted a couple of major international conferences, participated in a wide range of media work in television, radio, and online, been involved with a variety of public events that have showcased our expertise on everything from US religion and politics, to the impact in Britain of American popular music.

Download the latest newsletter to read more including

• Northumbria Hosts International Conference for British Association of American Studies
• Conference on Selma and the Voting Rights Act at Northumbria
• Renowned Author Caryl Phillips Lecture and Workshop at Northumbria
• US History Research Group’s Symposium on American Religious History
• Professor David Gleeson Appointed to Organization of American Historian’s Distinguished Lecturers Programme 
• Literature, History, and Culture Speakers, 2015-16
• American Studies Staff News
• Grant Bidding Success
• Postgraduate News
• Alison Garden, Early Career Visiting Scholar
• Presidential History Network Conference to be Held at Northumbria in 2016
• Spotlight on American Studies Students
• Bound for Tennessee: Researching and Writing about Music in the American South
• Why Study American Studies at Northumbria