Promoting, supporting and encouraging the study of the United States since 1955

British Association for American Studies

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The British Association for American Studies was founded in 1955. It exists to promote, support and encourage the study of the United States in the Universities, Colleges and Schools of the United Kingdom, and by independent scholars. It welcomes all those engaged in or connected with the study of the United States.

The website is the hub of the BAAS community with information on our awards, annual conferences, schools’ liaison work, calls for papers, publications, job listings, related networks and a media contacts database through which we share our expertise. On these pages you can find BAAS news, resources and links, as well as information on our committee structures. We welcome communication from our members and from anyone interested in the work we do to promote the study of the United States in the UK.

Latest News and Events

Black Farm Boys: The Untold Story of the New Farmers of America, by Bobby J. Smith II

“Smith’s work on the experience of Black farmers during the Jim Crow era joins a vibrant field of scholarship focused on agriculture as a site of....

Call for Papers: In Progress – Graduate Journal of North American Studies (Deadline Oct 15th, 2026)

In Progress is a peer-reviewed online journal based at the English Department of Leibniz University Hannover, Germany. For our Spring 2027 issue, we invite....

Development Fund Deadline: 1st October 2026

The deadline for submitting an application to the BAAS Development Fund is approaching on 1st October 2026.: BAAS invites scholars in any field of American....