Nordic Association for american studies
Welcome
Welcome to the home page of the Nordic Association for American Studies (NAAS).
The purpose of NAAS is to encourage the study of the United States, particularly in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.
NAAS organizes biennial conferences, publishes a peer-reviewed journal (American Studies in Scandinavia) and a newsletter, and engages in other activities in keeping with its purpose.
news
American Studies in Scandinavia 55:1
The new issue of American Studies in Scandinavia is now available.
Click here to read this new special issue or any previous issue, all available fully digital.
Visiting Phd Student program
The Swedish Institute for North American Studies (SINAS) at Uppsala University is offering a Visiting PhD Student Program in the fall of 2023. Please see the attached flyer and Call for Applications for more information. Deadline is August 6, 2023
American Studies in Scandinavia 54:2
The US and the Arctic special issue
The new issue of American Studies in Scandinavia is now available.
Click here to read this new special issue or any previous issue, all available fully digital.
Heidelberg Center for American Studies 20th Annual Spring Academy Conference
Heidelberg, Germany, 20–24 March, 2023
The twentieth HCA Spring Academy on American Culture, Economics, Geography, History, Literature, Politics, and Religion will be held from March 20-24, 2023. The Heidelberg Center for American Studies (HCA) invites applications for this annual one-week conference that provides twenty international Ph.D. students with the opportunity to present and discuss their Ph.D. projects.
Please fill out your application by using the online application system. For more information please visit the website and for further questions please contact Spring Academy via e-mail.
Second Call for Papers
Crises and Turns: Continuities and Discontinuities in American Culture
The 27th Biennial NAAS Conference in Uppsala
May 25-27, 2023
FOR DETAILS ON HOW TO SUBMIT VISIT OUR CONFERENCE WEBSITE
Deadline for Submission
Submit a proposal for the NAAS conference in Uppsala, May 25-27 2023
The deadline for the submissions – September 1 – is now approaching! Please visit the conference site: NAAS 2023 – The Biennial Conference of the Nordic Association for American Studies (NAAS) for more information on how to submit.
We are delighted to announce that our keynote speakers are now confirmed, Professor Kristin Hoganson and Professor Imre Szeman. More information about them here: Keynote Speakers – NAAS 2023.
Please feel free to contact the conference committee via email naasinfo2023@gmail.com if you have any questions.
NAAS Conference
Crises and Turns: Continuities and Discontinuities in American Culture
The 27th Biennial NAAS Conference in Uppsala May 25-27, 2023
CFP: October 1, 2022
American Stuidies in scandinavia 54:1
American Studies in Scandinavia is now fully digital. Our first open access issue showcases some fantastic work by Clara Juncker, Marianne Kongerslev, Melih Levi and numerous (book) reviewers.
Check out the cureent issue, along with all previous issues, here.
Civil War Settlers
Anders Bo Rasmussen, Associate Professor, SDU
Civil War Settlers is the first comprehensive analysis of Scandinavian Americans and their participation in the US Civil War.
For purchasing options please visit Cambridge University Press. Discount code CWS2022.
Seven Sublimes
David Nye, Professor Emeritus, SDU
A reconception of the sublime to include experiences of disaster, war, outer space, virtual reality, and the Anthropocene.
For purchasing options please visit MIT Press.
