Contensis: http://www.contentmanagement.co.uk http://live-uon.cloud.contensis.com/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news-and-events.aspx?SyndicationType=2 2026-03-12T13:02:12Z Michael Timmins

Participants wanted for mental health art project

2023-03-15T12:21:00Z 2023-05-17T13:22:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/arts/news/participants-wanted-for-mental-health-art-project.aspx Katja Vaaranen

We are looking for 24 students to work in partnership with us to improve the student experience!

2023-01-11T16:42:00Z 2023-01-11T16:38:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/about/news-and-events/news/news-archive/student-partners-for-faculty-project.aspx Katja Vaaranen

Two School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies PhD students receive the Vice-Chancellor's Medal for their exceptional work.

2022-12-09T14:47:00Z 2022-12-12T11:33:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/about/news-and-events/news/maxwell-ayamba-and-louis-cotgrave-receive-the-vice-chancellors-medal.aspx Katja Vaaranen

Information on Subject Ambassadors 2022/23

2022-10-27T17:33:00Z 2022-10-31T10:03:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/about/news-and-events/news/subject-administrator-202223.aspx Katja Vaaranen

Information on Unibuddy Student Ambassadors for 22/23

2022-09-21T14:54:00Z 2022-09-21T14:49:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/about/news-and-events/news/unibuddy-student-ambassadors-for-2223.aspx Katja Vaaranen

Information on Student Digital Ambassadors for Welcome Week 2022

2022-05-26T14:24:00Z 2022-05-26T14:20:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/about/news-and-events/news/student-digital-ambassadors-for-welcome-week-2022.aspx Katja Vaaranen

The Department of American & Canadian Studies at Nottingham is delighted to announce its REF2021 results.

2022-05-12T11:13:00Z 2022-05-25T13:01:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/american-and-canadian-studies-ref-2021-results.aspx Michael Timmins

With sadness, we record the death of our much appreciated colleague, Emeritus Professor Richard King.

2022-04-29T14:46:00Z 2022-04-29T14:45:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/remembering-emeritus-professor-richard-king.aspx Michael Timmins

Congratulations to Professor Heike Bartel and Professor Louise Mullany for their wins at the THE Awards 2021 - the "Oscars" of Higher Education.Two projects that demonstrate of the power of the arts and humanities to tackle contemporary challenges.

2021-11-26T16:10:00Z 2021-11-26T16:05:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/arts/news/2021/award-winning-research.aspx Michael Timmins

Take a break from lectures.Get up to date with reading.Develop new skills and do some careers thinking.

2020-10-19T10:13:00Z 2021-10-28T16:50:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/arts/news/reading-week-8-12-november.aspx Michael Timmins

American and Canadian Studies - Black Lives Matter Movement

2020-06-12T12:58:00Z 2020-06-12T12:45:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/about/news-and-events/news/american-and-canadian-studies-black-lives-matter-movement.aspx Susie Smithurst

Information on Congratulations to our ex-PhD Student Hannah Jeffery for securingt a Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship!

2020-06-02T09:44:00Z 2020-06-02T09:35:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/about/news-and-events/news/congratulations-to-our-ex-phd-student-hannah-jeffery-for-securingt-a-leverhulme-trust-early-career-fellowship.aspx Susie Smithurst

We would like to congatulate Emily Brady, one of our American and Canadian Studies PhD students on winning the Heymann Research Postgraduate Prize for 2019/20.

2020-04-06T13:30:00Z 2020-04-06T13:22:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/university-tri-campus-postgraduate-prize-20192020.aspx Michael Timmins

Represent your fellow students in the Student Union Education Network

2020-04-02T09:51:00Z 2020-04-02T09:50:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/arts/news/student-union-academic-reps.aspx Michael Timmins

Current advice at the University of Nottingham

2020-03-13T09:43:00Z 2020-03-13T10:07:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/arts/news/coronavirus-covid-19-information.aspx Elizabeth Cope

Faculty Excellence Award prizes, winning student names announced.

2020-02-13T10:30:00Z 2020-02-14T13:10:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/about/news-and-events/news/faculty-excellence-award-prizes.aspx Susie Smithurst

Find out what Cultures, Languages and Area studies research is highlighted in the latest edition of Vision magazine featuring three articles from different academics.

2020-01-16T09:34:00Z 2020-01-16T09:22:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/about/news-and-events/news/the-latest-publications.aspx Sam Robinson

It is with great sadness that we announce the death on 11 December 2019 of Professor Brian Lee, founder and first Head of the Department of American Studies (as it was then named) at Nottingham.

2019-12-20T12:54:00Z 2019-12-20T12:51:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/about/news-and-events/news/brian-lee-obituary.aspx Michael Loxton

Students can diversify their degree course by choosing a language module for credits. We offer 10 credit modules in Arabic, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Russian and Spanish. The levels range from Stage 1 (complete beginners) to Stage 6 (near native speaker competence). It is possible to improve existing skills or start a new language.

2019-09-17T14:00:00Z 2019-09-17T14:03:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/about/news-and-events/news/enrolment-dates-for-language-centre-modules-in-welcome-week.aspx Susie Smithurst

Information on Fritz Thyssen Foundation research funding awarded

2019-08-12T13:05:00Z 2019-09-09T14:06:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/about/news-and-events/news/fritz-thyssen-foundation-funding-awarded-to-timo-schrader.aspx Susie Smithurst

Congratulations to School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies staff Oscar winners and nominees!

2019-06-27T15:31:00Z 2019-06-27T15:16:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/about/news-and-events/news/staff-oscar-winners-2019.aspx Susie Smithurst

Maxwell Ayamba, first-year PhD student in Black Studies working on the experience and use of the Peak District National Park by people of Black African ancestry, has been featured in an article for the YHA: Photos relive the fight to establish UK National Parks.

2019-06-20T15:07:00Z 2019-06-20T15:04:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/phd-in-black-studies-student-features-in-yha-article.aspx Susie Smithurst

A volume based on the conference of the same title which the Research Priority Area "Languages, Texts and Society" hosted in June 2016, which includes chapters by colleagues and postgraduates from Modern Languages and Cultures, and American and Canadian Studies.

2019-06-05T13:24:00Z 2019-06-05T13:09:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/modern-languages/about/news-and-events/news/new-publication-for-dirk-goettsche-memory-and-postcolonial-studies-synergies-and-new-directions.aspx Susie Smithurst

Congratulations to Tara Webster-Deakin (Widening Participation and Outreach Manager) who is the recipient of a Dearing Award this year in recognition of her work in supporting outreach into schools and Widening Participation in both the teaching and administrative aspects of her work in the School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies.

2019-06-05T11:30:00Z 2019-06-10T13:04:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/about/news-and-events/news/dearing-award-for-widening-participation-and-outreach.aspx Susie Smithurst

Congratulations to American and Canadian Studies postgraduate students Hannah Rose Murray, who has been awarded a Leverhulme postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Edinburgh, and Steve Gallo, who has been awarded a Fellowship at the Filson Historical Society.Well done also to Will Atkin (Cultural, Media and Visual Studies) who will take up a Leverhulme Fellowship at Nottingham in May.

2019-06-05T11:30:00Z 2019-06-05T11:29:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/about/news-and-events/news/fellowship-awards-for-postgraduate-students.aspx Susie Smithurst

Congratulations to American and Canadian Studies PhD student Hannah Jeffery, who has been awarded a Baird Society Resident Scholar (Fellow) Academic Appointment with the Smithsonian, starting in February 2020.

2019-05-20T14:50:00Z 2019-05-20T14:46:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/phd-student-awarded-baird-society-resident-scholar-appointment.aspx Michael Timmins

Tips and support if you're taking exams

2019-05-14T09:47:00Z 2019-05-14T09:37:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/arts/news/are-you-exam-ready.aspx Susie Smithurst

Congratulations to Olivia Wright, PhD student in American and Canadian Studies, who has won the university's Andrew Hendry Postgraduate Scholarship, which is 'in recognition of the progress Olivia has made with her research and her contribution to the postgraduate community.'

2019-05-08T13:56:00Z 2019-05-08T13:49:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/american-and-canadian-studies-student-awarded-andrew-hendry-postgraduate-scholarship.aspx Susie Smithurst

Congratulations to Elliot Newbold, PhD student in American and Canadian Studies, who has been awarded a $2000 grant from the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library.

2019-05-08T13:56:00Z 2019-05-08T13:51:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/phd-student-awarded-grant-from-harry-s.-truman-presidential-library.aspx Susie Smithurst

The School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies has been awarded the Athena Swan Bronze award which recognises good practices in higher education and research institutions towards the advancement of gender equality.

2019-05-08T13:35:00Z 2019-05-08T13:30:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/about/news-and-events/news/school-awarded-athena-swan-bronze-award.aspx Michael Timmins

A Collaborative Doctoral Award focusing on: "Art and artistic practice in the art museum: how do these support creative learning within the primary school?"October 2019 start.

2019-05-02T10:30:00Z 2019-05-02T09:56:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/arts/news/phd-opportunity-working-with-the-tate.aspx Michael Timmins

Midlands4Cities Nottingham funding for students starting in September 2019. Eligibility: All of Arts and Humanities. Selected themes in Law, Politics and Geography. Application deadline: Thursday 2 May 2019.

2019-04-12T11:20:00Z 2019-04-15T10:38:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/arts/news/new-masters-funding.aspx Susie Smithurst

The School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies organised a number of language-based activities with local school children as part of it's widening participation programme.

2019-04-09T13:26:00Z 2019-04-09T13:17:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/about/news-and-events/news/outreach-activities-in-the-school.aspx Susie Smithurst

Maxwell Ayamba, an American and Canadian Studies student took part in celebrating the 70th anniversary of the creation of National Parks in the UK in 1951. The event took place at Castleton, BBC Countryfile were in attendance and Maxwell was one of those they interviewed.

2019-04-09T11:56:00Z 2022-06-15T09:34:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/about/news-and-events/news/news-archive/american-and-canadian-studies-phd-student-interviewed-by-bbc.aspx Susie Smithurst

Very warmest congratulations to those colleagues in the School who have been promoted to Professor and Associate Professor from 1 August 2019.

2019-03-14T12:02:00Z 2019-03-14T11:53:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/about/news-and-events/news/promotions-2019.aspx Susie Smithurst

Dr Karen Salt (American and Canadian Studies), recently chaired what AHRC/GCRF and the International Development Committee (IDC) of the House of Commons refers to as the Reverse Select Committee during the recent Mobilising Global Voices event in Parliament.

2019-03-14T12:02:00Z 2019-03-21T11:08:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/karen-salt-chairs-reverse-select-committee-in-parliament.aspx Susie Smithurst

Congratulations to Gillian Roberts, Department of American and Canadian Studies, whose edited collection, Reading between the Borderlines: Cultural Production and Consumption across the 49th Parallel (McGill-Queen's University Press), has now been published.

2019-01-23T11:57:00Z 2019-01-23T11:51:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/gillian-roberts-new-publication.aspx Susie Smithurst

Students can diversify their degree course by choosing a language module for credits. At the Language Centre we focus on providing language modules with the emphasis on communication. The modules are supported by the virtual learning environment Moodle, digital classrooms and a Self Access Centre for independent learning.We offer 10 credit modules in Arabic, French, German, Italian, Korean, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Russian, Slovene and Spanish. The levels range from Stage 1a (complete beginners) to Stage 6 (near native speaker competence). It is possible to improve existing skills or start a new language.

2019-01-07T13:26:00Z 2019-01-28T09:15:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/about/news-and-events/news/enrolment-dates-for-language-centre-modules-in-spring-semester.aspx Michael Timmins

Funded research fellowships at world-leading international research institutions for early career researchers, doctoral-level research assistants and AHRC/ESRC funded doctoral students.

2018-11-20T11:22:00Z 2018-11-20T11:11:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/arts/news/ahrc-international-placement-scheme-2019.aspx Susie Smithurst

Congratulations to Daniel Watson, postgraduate student in American and Canadian Studies, who has published "Fordism: A Review Essay," in the journal Labor History.

2018-11-20T09:49:00Z 2018-11-20T09:44:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/american-and-canadian-studies-phd-student-publication-success.aspx Susie Smithurst

A summary of events that have taken place with students from local schools and colleges so far this November.

2018-11-13T10:12:00Z 2018-11-13T10:06:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/about/news-and-events/news/outreach-and-widening-participation-events.aspx Susie Smithurst

Information on Book launch: The Rise of Neoliberal Feminism

2018-10-31T10:31:00Z 2018-10-31T10:22:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/book-launch-the-rise-of-neoliberal-feminism.aspx Michael Timmins

Training for academics to give a taste of how they can use the media to support their research.

2018-10-22T09:30:00Z 2018-10-22T09:22:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/arts/news/making-the-headlines.aspx Susie Smithurst

Congratulations to Karen Salt (American and Canadian Studies), who has been appointed Deputy Chair of the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)'s new External Advisory Group for equality, diversity and inclusion.

2018-09-18T13:24:00Z 2018-09-18T13:13:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/karen-salt-appointed-deputy-chair-of-ukri-advisory-group-for-equality-diversity-and-inclusion.aspx Michael Timmins

Congratulations to the winner, runner-up and highly commended photographs entered into our 2017-18 #UoNgoingpla?ces photo competition.

2018-07-31T14:24:00Z 2024-07-03T11:33:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/about/news-and-events/news/uongoingplaces-competition-winners-2018.aspx Susie Smithurst

Dr Christopher Phelps, Department of American and Canadian Studies, interviews a major historian of sexuality, Martin Duberman, in The Nation, one of the leading journals of opinion in the United States.

2018-07-19T09:14:00Z 2018-07-19T09:08:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/christopher-phelps-interviews-major-historian-of-sexuality.aspx Susie Smithurst

Listen to our Associate Professor of American History discuss Trumps visit to the UK and his meeting with Vladimir Putin on BBC Radio.

2018-07-16T14:02:00Z 2018-07-16T13:47:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/christopher-phelps-discusses-trump-on-bbc-radio.aspx Susie Smithurst

Well done to all student prize winners in the School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies this year.

2018-07-05T09:44:00Z 2018-07-05T09:33:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/about/news-and-events/news/school-prize-winners-2018.aspx Susie Smithurst

Well done to two of our American Studies MA students, Richard Gill and Emily Potts, who delivered two very well-received talks to pupils at Trinity School in Nottingham.

2018-07-05T09:16:00Z 2018-07-05T09:10:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/postgraduate-students-deliver-talks-at-local-school.aspx Susie Smithurst

Associate Professor of American and Canadian Studies, Christopher Phelps, discusses the visit of First Lady Melania Trump to the Mexican border the day after her husband and US President Donald Trump retreated on his immigration policy amid increasing political pressure.

2018-06-28T14:21:00Z 2018-06-28T14:03:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/christopher-phelps-interviewed-on-lbc-news.aspx Michael Timmins

There are two half-funded scholarships available for PhD students to provide support to staff and students.

2018-06-27T15:08:00Z 2018-06-27T15:04:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/arts/news/phd-scholarship-digital-humanities-centre.aspx Michael Timmins

Scholarship for PhD students in the Faculty of Arts to support digital learning and research.

2018-06-27T11:11:00Z 2021-06-11T11:28:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/artsdigitalhub/news/phd-scholarship-in-the-digital-humanities-centre.aspx Susie Smithurst

The second issue of the Postgraduate e-Journal of the Research Priority Area "Languages, Texts and Society" has just been published by students in the School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies..

2018-06-12T12:20:00Z 2018-06-12T11:15:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/about/news-and-events/news/postgraduate-e-journal-published.aspx Susie Smithurst

Warm congratulations to Christopher Phelps (American and Canadian Studies), whose article on "The Sexuality of Malcolm X" has been awarded the article prize of the Historians of the Twentieth Century United States (HOTCUS).

2018-06-05T21:12:00Z 2018-06-05T10:55:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/christopher-phelps-new-article.aspx Michael Timmins

Academic promotions across the Faculty of Arts for 2018.

2018-06-01T11:10:00Z 2018-05-31T14:39:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/arts/news/academic-promotions-2018.aspx Susie Smithurst

School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies work placement schemes hosted a celebratory showcase dinner on 3 May 2018.

2018-05-24T12:47:00Z 2018-05-23T10:56:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/about/news-and-events/news/employability-celebratory-showcase-dinner.aspx

Congratulations to Dr Gillian Roberts from American and Canadian Studies, who has received a British Academy small grant for her project 'Postcolonial Film Adaptation: Race, Nation, and Cultural Power in the Global Cultural Marketplace.'

2018-05-10T09:47:00Z 2018-05-08T13:50:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/dr-gillian-roberts-awarded-british-academy-small-grant.aspx Susie Smithurst

Christopher Phelps's essay "The Sexuality of Malcolm X" (Journal of American Studies, 2017) has been awarded Honorable Mention in the Arthur Miller Centre Essay Prize at the British Association of American Studies annual meeting on 7 April 2018.

2018-04-30T10:00:00Z 2018-04-30T09:20:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/christopher-phelps-essay-awarded-honorable-mention-in-the-arthur-miller-centre-essay-prize.aspx

Dr Gillian Roberts, Associate Professor (American and Canadian Studies), has received a British Academy small grant for her project 'Postcolonial Film Adaptation: Race, Nation, and Cultural Power in the Global Cultural Marketplace.'Dr Ting Chang from the Department of History of Art has been awarded a Leverhulme Research Fellowship for 12 months for to research "Playing Empire in the 19th Century: Games, Spectacles and Colonial Subjects"Jimmy Brookes, PhD student, was recently awarded a year-long pre-doctoral fellowship at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, under the direct supervision of Eleanor J. Harvey (senior curator) and James Barber (historian at the National Portrait Gallery), commencing 30 September 2018. Jimmy would would like to ensure that staff are aware of the placement for their own PG students (https://www.smithsonianofi.com/fellowship-opportunities/smithsonian-institution-fellowship-program/), and to make it known he would be very happy to share advice, examples from his application form, etc. to ensure that others can make use of this opportunity in the future.

2018-04-19T10:23:00Z 2018-04-18T16:02:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/congratulations-research-funding.aspx Susie Smithurst

Success continues with further nominations in the Staff Oscars for the School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies.

2018-04-19T09:43:00Z 2019-05-29T11:20:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/about/news-and-events/news/staff-oscars-2018.aspx Susie Smithurst

Peter Ling (American and Canadian Studies) has two pieces published to mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4 1968.

2018-03-29T09:48:00Z 2018-03-29T09:39:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/peter-ling-has-two-pieces-published-to-mark-the-50th-anniversary-of-the-assassination-of-martin-luther-king-jr..aspx Susie Smithurst

Congratulations to PhD student Jimmy Brookes for securing a prestigious year-long pre-doctoral fellowship at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

2018-03-29T09:48:00Z 2018-03-29T09:36:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/congratulations-to-phd-candidate-jimmy-brookes-for-securing-a-pre-doctoral-fellowship.aspx

Christopher has written reflections on the strike for Dissent.

2018-03-21T13:19:00Z 2018-03-20T15:19:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/about/news-and-events/news/christopher-phelps-writes-article-for-the-dissent-regarding-the-recent-strike-action.aspx

Christopher Phelps's new article about American labour journalism in the 1920s and 1930s is online and free for three months

2018-03-21T13:19:00Z 2018-03-20T15:41:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/christopher-phelps-writes-a-new-article.aspx

Welcome to Pete O'Connor, who joins American & Canadian Studies for a three-year post as Teaching Associate.

2018-03-15T11:42:00Z 2018-03-14T13:13:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/welcome-to-pete-oconnor.aspx Susie Smithurst

Welcome to Dr Uditi Sen, who joins the Liberal Arts team.

2018-03-15T11:42:00Z 2018-03-15T11:37:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/about/news-and-events/news/welcome-to-dr-uditi-sen.aspx

Dr Christopher Phelps was interviewed on Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, talk radio CHML 900, speaking about anarchism as a current of thought action.

2018-03-14T11:39:00Z 2018-03-13T15:29:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/dr-christopher-phelps-interviewed-on-talk-radio-chml-900.aspx

The Department of American & Canadian Studies is delighted to welcome Professor Maggi Morehouse, who has joined us this semester as a visiting Fulbright Scholar from Coastal Carolina University.

2018-03-14T11:39:00Z 2018-03-14T09:59:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/welcome-to-professor-maggi-morehouse.aspx

Congratulations to our colleagues who have been promoted this year.

2018-03-14T11:38:00Z 2018-03-13T13:26:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/about/news-and-events/news/promotions-for-the-school-of-cultures-languages-area-studies-2018.aspx Michael Timmins

For International Women's Day 18 some of our students explain what it's like to be a woman at UoN, and discuss some of the support available.

2018-03-08T10:35:00Z 2018-03-08T10:16:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/arts/news/international-womens-day-18.aspx

Professor Zoe Trodd was interviewed on BBC's 'Sunday Politics' on 25 February discussing ways to tackle contemporary slavery at the University's Rights Lab

2018-03-07T10:25:00Z 2018-03-06T13:31:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/zoe-trodd-interviewed-on-bbcs-sunday-politics.aspx Susie Smithurst

Dr Christopher Phelps was interviewed on LBC Radio 24 February discussing US politics: gun control, the economy and Trump in the polls.

2018-03-07T10:25:00Z 2018-03-07T09:52:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/dr-christopher-phelps-was-interviewed-on-lbc-radio.aspx Susie Smithurst

?Dr Christopher Phelps has co-edited a special journal issue of Labor: Studies in Working-Class History 15:1 (2018), which includes his article "Heywood Broun, Benjamin Stolberg, and the Politics of American Labor Journalism in the 1920s and 1930s"

2018-03-07T10:25:00Z 2018-03-07T09:48:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/about/news-and-events/news/dr-christopher-phelps-co-edited-a-special-journal-issue.aspx Michael Timmins

Information for students from the Vice-Chancellor

2018-02-21T12:21:00Z 2018-02-21T12:01:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/arts/news/industrial-action.aspx

Dr Karen Salt was in conversation with Melvyn Bragg about Frederick Douglass on BBC Radio 4's "In Our Time" programme.

2018-02-08T13:50:00Z 2018-02-08T13:28:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/about/news-and-events/news/karen-salt-on-in-our-time-radio-programme.aspx Susie Smithurst

Welcome to Dr Peter O'Connor who has accepted a 3-year post in the department.

2018-02-05T10:33:00Z 2018-02-05T09:57:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/new-teaching-associate-for-the-department-of-american-and-candaian-studies.aspx Susie Smithurst

Director of the Centre for Research in Race and Rights at the University of Nottingham, Karen Salt joins the BBC World Service team to discuss President Trump's recent comments surrounding immigration, where it has been recorded that he referred to a number of countries in a derogatory manner.

2018-01-16T09:32:00Z 2018-01-16T09:28:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/dr-karen-salt-was-interviewed-by-bbc-world-service-about-haiti-and-trump's-recent-comments.aspx Susie Smithurst

Hear Graham Thompson in conversation with Melvyn Bragg about Moby Dick on BBC Radio 4.

2017-12-21T15:01:00Z 2017-12-21T14:21:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/hear-graham-thompson-in-conversation-with-melvyn-bragg-about-moby-dick-on-bbc-radio-4s-in-our-time-programme-7-december.aspx

American and Canadian Studies PhD researcher Hannah Jeffery spoke to the BBC about a new archive of antislavery street art: Walls of Slavery, Walls of Freedom, as part of the Global Rights lab.

2017-12-04T13:20:00Z 2017-12-26T08:46:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/about/news-and-events/news/university-of-nottingham-works-to-eradicate-slavery-in-nottingham.aspx

Information on Dr Christopher Phelps interviewed about Charles Manson on LBC Radio

2017-12-04T10:47:00Z 2017-12-26T11:39:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/dr-christopher-phelps-interviewed-about-charles-manson-on-lbc-radio.aspx

Dr Gillian Roberts (American & Canadian Studies) has had a new article published recently: "Writing Settlement after Idle No More: Non-Indigenous Responses in Anglo-Canadian Poetry."

2017-11-21T11:12:00Z 2017-12-26T11:42:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/gillian-roberts-article-published.aspx

Prompted by his article in BBC History magazine "The Fight for Black America" (Christmas 2016), the History staff at Bedford Boys School invited Professor Peter Ling to give a talk to AS and A2 History students on "The Radicalism of Martin Luther King, Jr." on 11 November 2017.

2017-11-21T11:11:00Z 2017-12-26T11:53:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/professor-peter-ling-delivers-talk-following-publication.aspx

The Department of American and Canadian Studies hosted a very successful American Studies primary discovery day on the 13 November 2017 for Year 6 pupils (10-11 year olds) from the Windmill LEAD Academy who engaged with an interactive session on the Civil Rights Movement.

2017-11-21T10:41:00Z 2022-06-15T09:36:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/about/news-and-events/news/news-archive/american-studies-primary-discovery-day-2017.aspx

The Department of Modern Languages and Cultures at the University of Nottingham is running a competition for all graduates and current Year 4 students who spent a year abroad. Please tell us in 180 words or less three or four ways in which your year abroad changed you (for the better).

2017-11-14T13:44:00Z 2017-12-26T17:44:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/modern-languages/about/news-and-events/news/what-did-the-year-abroad-do-for-you.aspx Vicki Morris

Booking now open. Find out more about our courses, meet staff and students, explore funding and tour our fantastic facilities and campus!

2017-11-13T12:56:00Z 2018-11-01T16:05:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/arts/news/postgraduate-open-day-2017.aspx

Information on Professor Peter Ling interviewed by Sky News about the JFK files

2017-10-31T14:54:00Z 2017-12-26T11:53:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/professor-peter-ling-interviewed-by-sky-news-about-the-jfk-files.aspx

Information on Professor Peter Ling discusses the release of JFK's assassination files on BBC Radio 5 Live with Emma Barnett

2017-10-30T13:58:00Z 2017-12-26T11:53:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/professor-peter-ling-discusses-the-release-of-jfks-assassination-files-on-bbc-radio-5-live-with-emma-barnett.aspx

Information on Dr Christopher Phelps discusses Trump's travel ban on LBC Radio

2017-10-30T13:55:00Z 2017-12-26T11:39:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/dr-christopher-phelps-discusses-trumps-travel-ban-on-lbc-radio.aspx

Congratulations to Zoe Trodd (American & Canadian Studies) who is Co-Investigator on a major University of Liverpool led project.

2017-10-16T13:39:00Z 2017-12-26T12:05:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/zoe-trodd-co-investigator-on-a-major-university-of-liverpool-led-project.aspx

Successful Applications for Julian Stringer and Christopher Phelps.

2017-10-05T12:25:00Z 2017-12-26T13:41:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/culturalmediaandvisualstudies/about/news-and-events/events/events-archive/cfm/events-archive/news-archive/successful-applications-for-cultures-languages-and-area-studies-staff.aspx

Associate Professor in American and Canadian Studies at the University of Nottingham, Christopher Phelps discusses the mass shooting in Las Vegas and whether this will reopen the debate on gun legislation in the United States.

2017-10-05T10:54:00Z 2017-12-26T11:39:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/dr-christopher-phelps-discusses-the-mass-shooting-in-las-vegas-on-bbc-radio-nottingham.aspx

Grants are now available for Faculty of Arts research students who need to learn a modern foreign language through the Language Centre.

2017-09-14T15:26:00Z 2017-12-23T22:00:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/arts/news/faculty-modern-foreign-language-funding.aspx

Associate Professor Christopher Phelps discusses Trump's response to "Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals" on TRT World News.

2017-09-14T14:09:00Z 2017-12-26T11:34:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/christopher-phelps-interviewed-on-trump-on-trt-world-news.aspx

On Thursday 21 September The Institute for Asia and Pacific Studies (IAPS) will present a one day symposium to reflect on 70 years of Indian independence.

2017-08-31T12:21:00Z 2018-01-04T06:59:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/iaps/news/2017/india-at-70.aspx

Congratulations to all the Lord Dearing Award winners in the Faculty!• Liz Evans, Film and Television Studies• Manuel Lagares, Spanish teaching• Mark Jago, Philosophy• Year abroad team, CLAS

2017-08-09T16:37:00Z 2017-12-23T22:04:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/arts/news/lord-dearing-award-winners.aspx

Fantastic University of Nottingham fellowship opportunities for early years researchers.

2017-08-03T17:57:00Z 2017-12-23T22:07:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/arts/news/nottingham-research-fellowships-2017.aspx

Communicate your research - opportunity for early careers researchers

2017-07-31T13:24:00Z 2017-12-23T22:07:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/arts/news/new-generation-thinkers-promotion-2017.aspx Michael Timmins

Congratulations to the winner, runner-up and highly commended photographs entered into our 2016-2017 #UoNgoingpla?ces photo competition.

2017-07-20T13:50:00Z 2024-07-03T11:28:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/about/news-and-events/news/uongoingplaces-competition-winners-2017.aspx

The 2017 Nottingham Advantage Award Celebration Event took place on Tuesday 13th June 2017, 2-4.30pm, in the Senate Chamber, Trent Building, University Park. The Award gives students the opportunity to stand out, the vision to achieve their goals and recognition for their commitment in completing extra-curricular activities.

2017-07-06T16:39:00Z 2017-12-26T08:30:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/about/news-and-events/news/nottingham-advantage-award-celebration-event-2017.aspx

At the recent celebration event for students who have completed 30 credits of extra-curricular Advantage Award modules, students of Cultures, Languages and Area students were congratulated on their success, and several students also won employer-supported awards for their achievements.

2017-06-21T12:51:00Z 2017-12-26T08:11:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/about/news-and-events/news/congratulations-to-clas-students-who-completed-the-nottingham-advantage-award-this-year.aspx

Associate Professor of American Studies, Christopher Phelps, joins Melvyn Bragg and guests to discuss what, in 19th Century America's Gilded Age, was one of the most significant protest movements since the Civil War with repercussions well into 20th Century.

2017-06-20T14:08:00Z 2017-12-26T11:31:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/christopher-phelps-discusses-the-american-populists-on-bbc-radio-4.aspx

Treble-top! We're ranked in the top 20 by three major guides.

2017-05-16T16:50:00Z 2017-12-23T22:15:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/arts/news/treble-20-high-scores-in-league-tables.aspx

Dr Paul McGarr, Department of American and Canadian Studies, has been awarded a prestigious Media Fellowship by the British Science Association.

2017-05-16T11:45:00Z 2017-12-26T11:49:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/paul-mcgarr-submits-a-successful-application-for-a-british-science-association-media-fellowship.aspx

Congratulations to recent American and Canadian Studies PhD student, John Tiplady, who has been awarded the Agnese N Haury Fellowship.

2017-05-16T11:08:00Z 2017-12-26T11:43:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/john-tiplady-awarded-the-agnese-n-haury-fellowship.aspx

Congratulations to Francesca Speed who has been invited to present her research on multiculturalism and North American counter-terrorism at a prestigious international conference hosted by the Austrian Centre for Intelligence, Propaganda and Security Studies at the University of Graz.

2017-05-09T15:01:00Z 2017-12-26T11:24:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/american-and-canadian-studies-masters-student-to-present-research.aspx

This week Dr Joanne Lim (beginning her term as head of the School of Modern Languages & Cultures on the Malaysia campus) and Professor Chew Ging LEE (Dean, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at UNMC) visited the School and Faculty Nottingham. ?

2017-04-26T12:51:00Z 2017-12-26T08:47:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/about/news-and-events/news/visiting-head-of-school-from-university-of-nottingham-malaysia.aspx

Assistant Professor of American and Canadian Studies at The University of Nottingham, Paul McGarr, talks to BBC World News to discuss the impending US/Japan trade visit and how this may play out for both countries.

2017-04-20T14:03:00Z 2017-12-26T11:50:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/paul-mcgarr-talks-to-bbc-world-news.aspx Gabrielle Bunn

One Sir Francis Hill Scholarship is available for the academic year 2017/18. This award is open to nominations from the Faculties of Social Sciences and Arts. Students with a conditional or an unconditional offer on a PhD research programme at the University of Nottingham, or who are currently in the first year of their PhD are eligible to apply.

2017-03-14T13:02:00Z 2019-08-06T13:00:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/arts/news/sir-francis-hill-postgraduate-scholarship-for-2017-entry.aspx

Dr Paul McGarr, Assistant Professor in US Foreign Policy in the Department of American and Canadian Studies, features in an article in the Independent.

2017-03-14T12:14:00Z 2017-12-26T11:48:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/paul-mcgarr-in-the-independent-on-trump-conspiracism-and-the-deep-state.aspx

We welcome Dr Ian Chambers as a new member of staff in the Department of American & Canadian Studies in the Spring Semester 2017.

2017-02-14T11:00:00Z 2017-12-26T12:05:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/welcome-to-dr-ian-chambers.aspx

University announces major investment in five world-leading areas of research Dame Jessica Corner, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and Knowledge Exchange, has announced five University Beacons of Excellence – leading research areas that will have a far-reaching impact on some of today's global challenges. The new Beacons stand as exemplars and will be models and drivers of the Nottingham Research Accelerator and its mission to generate funding, drive impact and enhance reputation.

2017-01-31T11:53:00Z 2017-12-26T11:26:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/american-studies-professor-zoe-trodd-to-direct-new-beacon-of-excellence.aspx

The School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies is pleased to offer a number of studentships for postgraduate taught (MA and MRes) and research students.

2017-01-31T11:52:00Z 2017-12-26T08:24:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/about/news-and-events/news/masters-and-research-studentships-in-clas-2017.aspx

Find out what a typical day is like for our American and Canadian Studies alumna Rebecca Jeffery.Rebecca runs her own design and marketing business with her sister and appeared as a candidate on the 2016 series of The Apprentice.

2017-01-05T17:10:00Z 2017-12-26T11:22:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/a-day-in-the-life-of-american-and-canadian-studies-alumna-rebecca-jeffery.aspx

Congratulations to Sharon Monteith, Professor of American Studies, who has been appointed Scholar-in-Residence at the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi.

2016-12-13T12:14:00Z 2017-12-26T11:59:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/sharon-monteith-appointed-scholar-in-residence.aspx

Dr Paul McGarr, Assistant Professor in the Department of American and Canadian Studies, was interviewed by TRT World regarding Donald Trump's Policy towards China.

2016-12-07T16:03:00Z 2017-12-26T11:42:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/interview-with-paul-mcgarr-on-donald-trump.aspx

After a number of years in University and cross-university roles, including as Associate Dean of the Graduate School and founding Director of the Midlands3Cities Doctoral Training Partnership, Professor of American Studies Sharon Monteith has been awarded a Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship for three years beginning September 2017

2016-12-07T15:22:00Z 2017-12-26T12:00:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/sharon-monteith-leverhulme-success.aspx

There are 46 million slaves around the world today, including thousands in the UK. But Nottingham took the first steps towards becoming a slavery-free city on Friday 18th November, through a public debate organised by the University of Nottingham and hosted at Nottingham Trent University

2016-11-22T14:43:00Z 2018-01-12T18:14:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/c3r/news-events/news/making-nottingham-slavery-free.aspx

New PhD studentship in the Faculty of Arts to study our manuscripts and special collections.

2016-11-10T09:25:00Z 2017-12-23T22:09:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/arts/news/phd-opportunity-working-with-manuscripts-and-special-collections.aspx

The School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies represented The University of Nottingham with two events.

2016-11-09T15:13:00Z 2017-12-26T08:31:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/about/news-and-events/news/nottingham-in-parliament-day.aspx

The stunning upset victory of Donald J. Trump over Hillary Clinton in the U.S. presidential election signifies a seismic shift to the right in American politics.

2016-11-09T15:12:00Z 2017-12-26T12:02:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/the-2016-u.s.-presidential-election-a-seismic-shift-to-the-right.aspx

Information on Arts and social sciences postgraduate open day

2016-10-27T13:34:00Z 2017-12-23T21:58:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/arts/news/arts-and-social-sciences-postgraduate-open-day.aspx Vicki Morris

Applications for Midlands3Cities Doctoral Partnership AHRC funding for commencement of PhD study in 2017 are now open. Choose from three workshops in November to assist with your application.

2016-10-27T11:47:00Z 2018-11-01T16:07:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/arts/news/ahrc-phd-funding-application-deadline-2017.aspx

Welcome to three new Leverhulme and British Academy research fellows Hannah Scott, Rosi Smith and Wendy Asquith

2016-10-11T16:42:00Z 2017-12-26T08:49:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/about/news-and-events/news/welcome-research-fellows.aspx

Christopher Phelps, Department of American and Canadian Studies, featured in the Times Higher with an article on the 'American Studies melting pot'

2016-10-11T14:41:00Z 2017-12-26T08:08:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/about/news-and-events/news/christopher-phelps-times-higher.aspx

Dr Christopher Phelps, Associate Professor of American History, interviewed for BBC World News on the U.S. Vice Presidential debate.

2016-10-06T12:45:00Z 2017-12-26T11:32:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/christopher-phelps-interviewed-on-bbc-world-news.aspx

The University of Nottingham is celebrating Black History Month with music, public lectures, open discussion and much more.

2016-10-05T16:19:00Z 2017-12-26T08:07:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/about/news-and-events/news/celebrate-black-history-month-with-events-for-the-community.aspx

Listen to leading expert on anti-slavery, Professor Zoe Trodd, interviewed for BBC Radio Nottingham on the world's first ever massive open online course about contemporary slavery.

2016-10-05T12:06:00Z 2017-12-26T12:06:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/zoe-trodd-interviewed-for-bbc-radio-nottingham-on-ending-slavery-online-course.aspx Michael Timmins

We are pleased to announce the winner, runner-up and highly commended students who shared photographs of their year abroad with us via social media using the hashtag #UoNgoingplaces.

2016-09-29T12:38:00Z 2024-07-03T11:27:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/about/news-and-events/news/year-abroad-social-media-competition-winner-2016.aspx

We're the University of the Year for Graduate Employability according to Good University Guide 2017,

2016-09-27T15:12:00Z 2017-12-23T22:01:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/arts/news/first-for-graduate-employability.aspx

On Saturday 7 May 2016, the University's Widening Participation team ran its first Family Discovery Day

2016-09-15T13:04:00Z 2017-12-26T11:38:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/discovery-day.aspx

Congratulations to the Department on their success!

2016-08-11T13:53:00Z 2017-12-26T11:46:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/nss-results-2016.aspx

Mark Eastwood, a PhD student from American and Canadian Studies at Nottingham has secured a fellowship from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC).

2016-08-10T12:11:00Z 2017-12-26T08:23:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/about/news-and-events/news/mark-eastwood-secures-ahrc-fellowship.aspx

Now is your chance to learn about this major human rights issue with the world's first online course about contemporary slavery. Course commences 8 May 2017. Sign up now.

2016-07-27T11:18:00Z 2017-12-23T22:17:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/arts/news/worlds-first-online-course-about-ending-slavery.aspx

The brand new mural explores ideas of utopia and community

2016-06-22T11:18:00Z 2018-01-12T17:59:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/c3r/news-events/news/c3r-and-the-new-art-exchange-unveil-nottingham's-first-black-history-mural.aspx

Hannah-Rose stood out for her project Black Abolitionist Performances and their Presence in Britain

2016-06-22T09:42:00Z 2018-01-12T17:59:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/c3r/news-events/news/c3r-associate-hannah-rose-murray-is-finalist-in-british-library-competition.aspx

Congratulations to Alexandra Depledge on her award of MBE (Member of the British Empire) for services to the Sharing Economy.

2016-06-14T15:30:00Z 2017-12-26T11:41:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/former-american-and-canadian-studies-student-awarded-mbe.aspx

Timo Schrader has won the award in 2016 for "exceptional achievement"

2016-06-08T16:31:00Z 2017-12-26T11:25:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/american-studies-postgraduate-student-and-c3r-postgraduate-director-wins-the-vice-chancellor's-medal.aspx

The Department of American and Canadian Studies held its second annual postgraduate retreat, this year in the Peak District

2016-06-08T16:01:00Z 2017-12-26T12:00:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/students-and-staff-retreat-for-a-week-of-academic-sessions.aspx

American Studies staff and postgraduate students head to Belfast

2016-05-03T11:05:00Z 2017-12-26T11:29:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/british-association-for-american-studies-conference.aspx

140 people packed into Highfield House for the talk, which made the case for social science 'rigorous morality'; explained the social construction of human rights; explored how to build explanations from the ground up, global statistical analysis, and the problem of selection; and concluded with a vision of how to make social science matter

2016-04-26T12:09:00Z 2018-01-12T18:12:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/c3r/news-events/news/full-house-for-keynote-lecture-by-pvc-todd-landman.aspx

Dr. Katie Donington, post-doctoral fellow at the University of Nottingham and part of the Antislavery Usable Past project, has been awarded with a British Academy grant worth £15,000

2016-03-17T10:30:00Z 2018-01-12T18:01:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/c3r/news-events/news/c3r-co-director-katie-donington-wins-prestigious-british-academy-grant.aspx

Hannah-Rose was awarded the essay prize for her paper "He Did Not Know Why They Called Him Tom": The African American Fight Against British Racism 1845-1895"

2016-03-17T10:30:00Z 2018-01-12T18:00:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/c3r/news-events/news/c3r-associate-hannah-rose-murray-wins-essay-prize.aspx

On March 8, the Centre for Research in Race and Rights and the Research Priority Area in Rights and Justice Priority Area (University of Nottingham), with the Centre for Conflict, Rights and Justice (Nottingham Trent University) hosted a panel discussion about women refugees to mark International Women's Day

2016-03-17T10:29:00Z 2018-01-12T18:13:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/c3r/news-events/news/international-women's-day-event-draws-120-people.aspx

Congratulaions to the following staff on their promotions..

2016-03-16T11:58:00Z 2017-12-26T08:41:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/about/news-and-events/news/staff-promotions-2016.aspx

Dr. Stephanie Lewthwaite has won the 2016 British Association for American Studies Book Prize for her book A Contested Art: Modernism and Mestizaje in New Mexico (2015)

2016-02-25T10:52:00Z 2018-01-12T17:57:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/c3r/news-events/news/acs-lecturer-and-c3r-research-associate-wins-baas-book-award.aspx

We are running a Twitter Question and Answer session for American and Canadian Studies undergraduate offer-holders via @CLASUoN on Monday 16th March. Find out more...

2016-02-16T15:15:00Z 2017-12-26T11:48:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/offer-holders-twitter-question-and-answer-session-2016.aspx

We are excited to announce and support an initiative by one of our research partners, Columbia University's Institute for Research in African-American Studies (IRAAS)

2016-02-16T10:47:00Z 2018-01-12T17:57:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/c3r/news-events/news/applications-for-summer-institute-now-open.aspx

American Studies lecturer debates former MI5 director on Abraham Lincoln for the Great Lives Show

2016-01-29T12:07:00Z 2017-12-26T11:26:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/anthony-hutchinson-on-bbc-radio-4.aspx

The AHRC's 'Engaging with Government' programme, run in partnership with the Institute for Government, is designed to build links between policy makers and researchers in the arts and humanities sector.

2016-01-18T11:43:00Z 2017-12-26T11:48:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/paul-mcgarr-is-selected-for-the-ahrcs-engaging-with-government-programme.aspx

The Committee on LGBT History announced the winners this past weekend at the annual meeting of the American Historical Association. Dr. Phelps' article is titled "The Closet in the Party: The Young Socialist Alliance, the Socialist Workers Party, and Homosexuality, 1962-1970" and was published in Labor: Studies in Working-Class History of the Americas. He is American Studies associate professor and an associate with the Centre for Research in Race and Rights associate.

2016-01-15T17:03:00Z 2017-12-26T11:38:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/congratulations-to-dr.-christopher-phelps-awarded-an-honorable-mention-in-prestigious-lgbt-history-competition.aspx

The Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg in Germany is home to one of the leading centers in the field of American Studies

2016-01-14T16:29:00Z 2018-01-12T18:01:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/c3r/news-events/news/c3r-co-director-rosemary-pearce-is-selected-for-the-heidelberg-spring-academy.aspx

C3R research associate Dr Christopher Phelps discusses the recent removal of the Cecil Rhodes statue at the University of Cape Town following student protests

2016-01-14T10:40:00Z 2018-01-12T18:18:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/c3r/news-events/news/removing-racist-symbols-isn't-a-denial-of-history.aspx Michael Loxton

UCAS Visit Days in the School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies

2016-01-08T15:24:00Z 2019-04-29T11:17:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/about/news-and-events/news/ucas-visit-days-for-undergraduate-offer-holders.aspx

Information on C3R secures £6,000 Cascade grant for public engagement project

2015-12-15T20:08:00Z 2018-01-12T18:08:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/c3r/news-events/news/c3r-secures-6.000-cascade-grant-for-public-engagement-project.aspx

Information on Baroness Onora O'Neill delivers lecture on human rights

2015-12-08T12:41:00Z 2018-01-12T17:57:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/c3r/news-events/news/baroness-onora-oneill-delivers-lecture-on-human-rights.aspx

Timo Schrader has won a Royal Historical Society conference grant for 2015-16. He will use the grant to present at the American Studies Association conference in Atlanta, one of the largest and most esteemed conferences in the field of American History

2015-12-08T12:39:00Z 2017-12-26T11:24:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/american-studies-postgraduate-and-centre-for-race-and-rights-co-director-wins-prestigious-award.aspx

Professor Glenda Carpio spoke to a crowd of 165 people about immigration and exile

2015-11-30T11:54:00Z 2017-12-26T11:23:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/american-and-canadian-studies-hosts-leading-harvard-scholar-at-nottingham.aspx

Information on C3R research associate Dr. Christopher Phelps to participate in Guardian debate on policing

2015-11-24T16:04:00Z 2018-01-12T18:07:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/c3r/news-events/news/c3r-research-associate-dr-christopher-phelps-to-participate-in-guardian-debate-on-policing.aspx

Information on C3R associate Professor Celeste-Marie Bernier launches book on American artist Horace Pippin

2015-11-18T13:28:00Z 2018-01-12T18:00:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/c3r/news-events/news/c3r-associate-professor-celeste-marie-bernier-launches-book-on-american-artist-horace-pippin.aspx

Information on Over 200 people attend Black Lives Matter conference

2015-11-03T14:46:00Z 2018-01-12T18:16:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/c3r/news-events/news/over-200-people-attend-black-lives-matter-conference.aspx

On Saturday, 24 October 2015, C3R research associate Patrick Henderson screened the critically acclaimed film 'A Time to Break Silence' (2013) by Edgar Arceneaux in front of a large public audience at Nottingham Contemporary.

2015-10-27T12:07:00Z 2018-01-12T18:08:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/c3r/news-events/news/c3r-research-associate-patrick-henderson-discusses-civil-rights-film-at-nottingham-contemporary.aspx

Professor of American History, Head of the Department of American and Canadian Studies, and Research Associate with the Centre for Research in Race and Rights (C3R) writes about mass shootings in the US.

2015-10-22T15:38:00Z 2018-01-12T18:17:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/c3r/news-events/news/professor-peter-ling-discusses-mass-shootings-in-the-us.aspx

Over 150 people attend Black History Month event about Britain's forgotten slave owners

2015-10-14T11:52:00Z 2018-01-12T18:02:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/c3r/news-events/news/c3r-director-katie-donington-discusses-the-legacies-of-british-slave-ownership-project.aspx

American and Canadian Studies Politics and Foreign Policy Scholar, Christopher Phelps, interviewed on LBC Radio on Donald Trump and the Republican debate for the US Presidential nomination.

2015-09-22T12:10:00Z 2017-12-26T11:33:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/christopher-phelps-interviewed-on-trump-on-lbc.aspx

Listen to our own Politics and Foreign Policy Scholar, Christopher Phelps, interviewed on LBC Radio on Donald Trump and the Republican debate for the US Presidential nomination

2015-09-21T10:49:00Z 2017-12-26T11:32:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/christopher-phelps-interviewed-for-lbc-radio-on-donald-trump.aspx

Academics and activists debate race and criminal justice

2015-09-15T11:27:00Z 2018-01-12T18:04:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/c3r/news-events/news/c3r-holds-last-in-five-part-debate-series.aspx

Join us in celebrating the launch of our new School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies Instagram account, @uon_clas, and share photos of your time abroad using the hashtag #uongoingplaces for your chance to win £50 of Amazon vouchers.

2015-09-10T11:35:00Z 2017-12-26T08:48:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/about/news-and-events/news/we-are-now-on-instagram!.aspx

Artist, academic and engagement curator debate cultural activism and how to make black histories visible

2015-08-24T09:51:00Z 2018-01-12T18:03:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/c3r/news-events/news/c3r-holds-fourth-in-five-part-debate-series.aspx

Associate Professor of American History and member of the Centre for Research in Race and Rights Christopher Phelps writes about 1940s desegregation

2015-08-19T09:47:00Z 2017-12-26T11:46:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/new-book-excerpted-in-jacobin-magazine.aspx

Co-director of the Centre for Research in Race and Rights (C3R) recalls the civil rights champion and C3R advisor on the occasion of his death this past weekend

2015-08-17T15:30:00Z 2018-01-12T18:19:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/c3r/news-events/news/sharon-monteith-of-acs-pays-tribute-to-julian-bond.aspx

Timo Schrader has won the Economic History Society PhD Bursary for 2015-16 to support his research project on sustainable activism

2015-08-14T12:21:00Z 2017-12-26T11:19:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/acs-phd-student-and-c3r-associate-pg-director-wins-award.aspx

The first complete and continuous history of left-wing social movements in the United States from the Second World War to the present has been written by an American historian at the University of Nottingham

2015-08-07T15:01:00Z 2017-12-26T11:58:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/remarkable-new-history-of-radicals-in-america.aspx

Information on Terra Foundation for American Art International Publication Grant

2015-08-07T11:16:00Z 2017-12-26T12:01:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/terra-foundation-for-american-art-international-publication-grant.aspx

James Brookes spoke to around 80 people this past Saturday at St. Bonaventure University in New York

2015-08-04T10:44:00Z 2017-12-26T11:19:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/acs-pgstudent-and-c3r-research-associate-delivers-keynote.aspx

Hannah-Rose Murray has won a Royal Historical Society conference grant for 2015-16

2015-07-20T17:03:00Z 2017-12-26T11:18:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/acs-pg-c3r-research-associate-wins-prestigious-award.aspx

Katie Hamilton, Centre for Research in Race and Rights research associate and American Studies PhD student, spoke to a standing-room-only audience at Five Leaves bookshop on July 15, to mark the publication of Go Set a Watchman, the controversial prequel to To Kill a Mocking Bird. Watch this space for the bookstore's publication of a pamphlet containing her remarks!

2015-07-17T12:13:00Z 2018-01-12T18:06:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/c3r/news-events/news/c3r-launches-new-harper-lee-novel-in-city-event.aspx

Activists and academics debate anti-racism, art and education at the New Art Exchange

2015-07-15T11:10:00Z 2018-01-12T18:05:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/c3r/news-events/news/c3r-holds-third-in-five-part-debate-series.aspx

Video is now available of Professor Sharon Monteith's introduction to a special screening of At the River I Stand, held in collaboration with our partners at the Nottingham Contemporary.

2015-07-14T15:53:00Z 2018-01-12T18:00:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/c3r/news-events/news/c3r-co-director-introduces-civil-rights-film-screening.aspx

Dr. Ben Offiler takes up temporary lectureship in the Department of American Studies at the University of Hull

2015-07-13T12:36:00Z 2017-12-26T11:27:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/ben-offiler-secures-temporary-lectureship-at-university-of-hull.aspx

American and Canadian postgraduate research students recently returned from an intensive week of workshops and discussions, alongside department staff members, covering research topics, professional development and career-building.

2015-07-02T14:39:00Z 2017-12-26T11:51:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/postgraduate-cohort-on-week-long-retreat-to-lake-district.aspx

Associate Professor of American History and member of the Centre for Research in Race and Rights discusses the Confederate flag amid ongoing protests and flag removals in the United States

2015-06-26T08:51:00Z 2018-01-12T18:10:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/c3r/news-events/news/christopher-phelps-on-bbc-world-service.aspx

Professor of American History and steering committee member for the Centre for Research in Race and Rights examines the history and narrative surrounding the murder of nine African Americans by a young white man at a historic black church in South Carolina

2015-06-23T10:44:00Z 2018-01-12T18:16:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/c3r/news-events/news/peter-ling-writes-on-the-charleston-killings.aspx

Associate Professor of American History and Centre for Research in Race and Rights member Christopher Phelps has won the Martin Duberman Visiting Fellowship from the New York Public Library, to support scholarship on LGBT history

2015-06-23T09:13:00Z 2017-12-26T11:36:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/christopher-phelps-wins-new-york-fellowship.aspx

Associate Professor of American History and member of the Centre for Research in Race and Rights talks to the BBC's World At One about the shooting by a white gunman inside a historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina.

2015-06-19T09:10:00Z 2018-01-12T18:10:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/c3r/news-events/news/dr-christopher-phelps-on-the-murder-of-nine-african-americans.aspx

Christopher Phelps joins the debate over the capping of the number of skilled migrants in the Nottingham Post today

2015-06-17T15:06:00Z 2017-12-26T11:34:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/christopher-phelps-nottingham-post.aspx

Audio-recording is now available of talk titled The Slavery Lens: Migration, Human Rights and the Contemporary Antislavery Movement, delivered by AHRC project investigator and C3R co-director Zoe Trodd to the annual Human Rights Law Centre conference

2015-06-16T15:46:00Z 2018-01-12T18:14:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/c3r/news-events/news/keynote-address-on-the-slavery-lens.aspx

Centre for Research in Race and Rights and the department of American and Canadian Studies join with Mt. Zion to celebrate winner of collaborative art competition

2015-06-12T16:36:00Z 2018-01-12T17:58:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/c3r/news-events/news/black-history-competition-and-celebration.aspx

Information on University of Nottingham number 1 for job prospects

2015-06-08T14:19:00Z 2017-12-26T08:46:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/about/news-and-events/news/university-of-nottingham-number-1-for-job-prospects.aspx

New site for the AHRC-funded project The Antislavery Usable Past, a collaboration involving the Department of American and Canadian Studies, the Centre for Research in Race and Rights and team members at Hull and Queens Belfast, is now live.

2015-06-08T12:46:00Z 2018-01-12T18:12:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/c3r/news-events/news/grant-website-launched!.aspx

Centre for Research in Race and Rights holds wide-ranging debate on the Black Lives Matter Movement as it relates to Nottingham's community

2015-06-05T12:35:00Z 2018-01-12T18:13:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/c3r/news-events/news/grassroots-activism.aspx

Christopher Phelps joins the debate over the position and treatment of immigrants in the UK in the Financial Times today

2015-06-05T12:35:00Z 2017-12-26T11:34:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/christopher-phelps-op-ed-published-today-in-the-financial-times.aspx

The Historians of the Twentieth Century United States (HOTCUS) invite submissions for a series of short blog posts on designing and teaching modules in the fields of U.S. history and American Studies with a deadline of 12 August.

2015-06-04T16:15:00Z 2017-12-26T12:01:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/teaching-america.aspx

Public conversation between C3R co-director Sharon Monteith, American Studies Association President David Roediger and performance poet Marquese McFerguson

2015-05-26T09:58:00Z 2018-01-12T18:11:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/c3r/news-events/news/event-at-nottingham-contemporary-draws-large-crowd.aspx

An open letter signed by more than 250 academics and experts on slavery and migration from around the globe, has condemned the EU's efforts to prevent migrants from leaving the North African coast. The University of Nottingham's Professor Zoe Trodd and Professor Stephen Hodkinson advise that there is much we might learn from the antislavery past and that the historical 'lesson' is that wealthier nations flourish best when they adapt flexibly and accommodate migrant peoples.

2015-05-21T11:36:00Z 2017-12-23T22:14:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/arts/news/the-mediterranean-crisis-–-is-not-like-the-slave-trade.aspx

In a new blog series to mark the 150th anniversary of the ending of the American Civil War in 1865, James Brookes of the Centre for Research in Race and Rights analyses the visual culture of African American flags - regimental colours that expressed the black experience of war and of life in America itself.

2015-05-11T12:05:00Z 2017-12-26T11:57:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/race-and-rights-black-soldiers.aspx

Charlotte Besant, American Studies and History student, wins Outstanding Volunteer award at the Student Volunteer Centre University of Nottingham annual awards

2015-05-07T12:18:00Z 2017-12-26T11:22:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/acs-student-wins-outstanding-volunteer-award.aspx

Centre for Research in Race and Rights co-director will lead cross-faculty project on contemporary slavery

2015-05-05T11:08:00Z 2018-01-12T18:21:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/c3r/news-events/news/university-discipline-bridging-award.aspx

Co-director of the Centre for Research in Race and Rights and her collaborators will convene conference in 2016 on civil rights and film

2015-05-05T09:53:00Z 2018-01-12T18:18:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/c3r/news-events/news/professor-sharon-monteith-awarded-a-british-academy-landmark-conference-grant.aspx

'Rising Star' grant to fund a year of Centre for Research in Race and Rights' activities and outreach

2015-04-13T11:56:00Z 2017-12-26T11:28:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/british-academy-engagement-award.aspx

Deadline 30 April for a one-day conference exploring the pursuit of rights and justice goals in the tumultuous years of the late 1960s and early 1970s to probe the true legacy of Richard Nixon's America.

2015-04-09T10:21:00Z 2017-12-26T11:29:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/call-for-papers-rights-and-justice-in-nixons-america.aspx

AHRC-funded project about the lessons of past antislavery is helping to inform how we address modern slavery

2015-03-27T15:56:00Z 2018-01-12T18:14:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/c3r/news-events/news/modern-slavery-bill.aspx

Information on The US Embassy comes to Nottingham

2015-03-18T12:07:00Z 2017-12-26T12:05:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/us-embassy-nottingham.aspx

For all postgraduate students of slavery and antislavery: call for papers deadline 31 May.

2015-03-18T11:23:00Z 2017-12-26T12:03:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/the-antislavery-usable-past.aspx

This is a new full-time programme commencing September 2016 designed for UK students whose school-leaving qualifications do not meet the current admissions requirements for direct entry to undergraduate programmes in the arts and humanities, and mature students holding non-standard qualifications.

2015-03-17T13:46:00Z 2017-12-23T22:02:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/arts/news/foundation-year.aspx

We are running a Twitter Question and Answer session for American and Canadian Studies undergraduate offer-holders via @CLASUoN on Monday 23rd March. Find out more...

2015-03-17T10:19:00Z 2017-12-26T11:47:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/offer-holders-twitter.aspx

Charity booksale raises over £400

2015-03-13T10:44:00Z 2017-12-25T06:56:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/cas/news-and-events/news/booksale-in-aid-of-music-for-everyone-charity.aspx

Blog success sees students invited to teach on race and justice for International Human Rights course.

2015-03-11T11:23:00Z 2018-01-12T18:21:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/c3r/news-events/news/three-c3r-postgraduate-students-to-deliver-seminar.aspx

Department is the highest ranked for research power and impact

2014-12-22T11:57:00Z 2017-12-26T11:58:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/ref-success-for-acs.aspx

A research collaboration between the Universities of Hull, Nottingham and Queens Belfast, has received a grant worth over £1.8m from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) to provide a usable past of antislavery examples and methods.

2014-11-19T09:09:00Z 2017-12-26T11:43:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/large-grant-success.aspx

Information on Research Leaders Programme Visit to Malaysia

2014-11-12T10:38:00Z 2017-12-26T13:38:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/culturalmediaandvisualstudies/about/news-and-events/events/events-archive/cfm/events-archive/news-archive/research-leaders-programme-visit-to-malaysia.aspx

Paul McGarr's new book on Anglo-American relations with South Asia, 'The Cold War in South Asia', was reviewed in the October issue of 'History Today'

2014-10-15T12:02:00Z 2017-12-26T11:59:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/review-of-paul-mcgarrs-new-book-the-cold-war-in-south-asia.aspx

PGRs taking part in a wide range of events and have been particularly active over the past few months.

2014-10-14T12:34:00Z 2017-12-26T11:20:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/acs-postgraduate-student-news.aspx

Congatulations to the five members of CLAS staff, who were nominated in the University's inaugural Knowledge Exchange and Innovation awards.

2014-06-03T13:03:00Z 2017-12-26T13:25:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/culturalmediaandvisualstudies/about/news-and-events/events/events-archive/cfm/events-archive/news-archive/knowledge-exchange-and-innovation-awards.aspx

The Dearing Award Panel has chosen one of our Malaysian colleagues - Joanne Lim - as one of the winners of this year's Lord Dearing Awards.

2014-05-29T16:42:00Z 2017-12-26T08:12:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/about/news-and-events/news/congratulations-to-jeanne-lim-(unmc).aspx

The Times Higher Education (THE) Student Experience Survey is an annual survey based on responses from more than 14,000 full-time undergraduate students across the UK and provides an alternative picture of student satisfaction to the National Student Survey (NSS).

2014-05-16T09:28:00Z 2017-12-23T22:15:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/arts/news/top-10-place-for-nottingham-in-national-poll-of-student-experience.aspx

For her knowledge exchange work on contemporary antislavery and anti-trafficking

2014-05-12T07:30:00Z 2017-12-26T12:06:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/zoe-trodd-shortlisted-for-university-award.aspx

His work will also be published in "Best British Short Stories 2014"

2014-04-25T11:10:00Z 2017-12-26T11:22:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/adam-wilmington-wins-competition.aspx

For her book "Characters of Blood: Black Heroism in the Transatlantic Imagination" (University of Virginia Press,2012)

2014-04-17T10:08:00Z 2017-12-26T11:51:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/professor-celeste-marie-bernier-wins-the-biennial-american-studies-network-book-prize.aspx

Organised by the Education Network of the Students' Union, the Staff Oscars is a student-led event. The nominations judging panel is comprised of School Education Reps, elected students who act as 'head course reps' for their School/Department. The process is then overseen by both the Education Officer and Postgraduate Officer, the joint figureheads of the Network.

2014-04-17T09:37:00Z 2017-12-26T08:34:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/about/news-and-events/news/oscar-winners-201314.aspx

Centre for Research in Race and Rights research associate Is awarded "Best Article Prize" for 2012 and 2013

2014-04-04T09:43:00Z 2017-12-26T11:36:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/christopher-phelps-wins-biennial-article-prize-from-top-journal.aspx

Applications are open for The University of Nottingham's Summer School in Chinese/English Translation and Interpreting Skills, which will take place from July 14-25 2014.

2014-03-06T13:07:00Z 2017-12-26T08:32:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/about/news-and-events/news/nottingham-summer-school-in-chineseenglish-translation-and-interpreting-skills.aspx

To curate an exhibition of images for the AHRC's Image Gallery

2014-03-03T12:50:00Z 2017-12-26T11:55:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/professor-zoe-trodd-wins-ahrc-award.aspx

For good political and historical writing given in honour of an American historian who lived in Canada

2014-02-25T09:31:00Z 2017-12-26T11:27:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/associate-professor-christopher-phelps-wins-michael-fellman-award.aspx

Addresses 200 people about contemporary slavery in Germany this past weekend

2014-02-21T15:42:00Z 2017-12-26T11:55:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/professor-zoe-trodd-at-the-18th-karlsruhe-dialogues.aspx

It is called the best JFK book published of many during the 50th anniversary year of the assassination (2013)

2014-02-21T10:59:00Z 2017-12-26T11:54:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/professor-peter-lings-new-book-is-reviewed.aspx

Associate Professor Gillian Roberts has won the prestigious Pierre Savard Award for the best monograph on a Canadian topic

2014-02-19T12:25:00Z 2017-12-26T11:40:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/dr-gillian-roberts-wins-book-prize.aspx

The University of Nottingham is delighted to welcome its first two Fulbright Scholars to the Faculty of Arts, Prof Michele Hilmes and Prof Joni Kinsey Fields.

2014-02-07T10:51:00Z 2017-12-25T07:30:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/cas/news-and-events/news/the-centre-welcomes-nottinghams-first-fulbright-scholars.aspx

A standing-room only crowd of 125 people packed into Highfield House on January 29th to hear Sue Currell talk

2014-01-30T15:35:00Z 2017-12-26T12:00:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/standing-room-only-for-sue-currells-lecture.aspx

on the occasion of his death in January 2014

2014-01-30T15:34:00Z 2017-12-26T11:37:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/christopher-phelps-writes-about-pete-seeger.aspx

GlobalNotts is now live! The app has been created to showcase 'Britain's global university', and features a range of frequently-updated and unique content including city guides, facts and figures, news articles, timelines, social media and lifestyle pieces.

2014-01-24T15:11:00Z 2017-12-26T08:17:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/about/news-and-events/news/globalnottsapp.aspx

Professor Zoe Trodd speaks to capacity audience at the Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation

2013-12-18T09:00:00Z 2017-12-26T11:55:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/professor-zoe-trodd-speaks-to-capacity-audience-at-the-wilberforce-institute.aspx

Lecturer in American and Canadian Studies, has been awarded the Marjorie Kovler Research Fellowship at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston

2013-12-12T13:21:00Z 2017-12-26T11:41:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/fellowship-awarded-to-paul-mcgarr.aspx

Both are accepted to the Nottingham Research Leaders Programme

2013-12-12T13:03:00Z 2017-12-26T08:13:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/about/news-and-events/news/congratulations-to-paul-grainge-and-zoe-trodd.aspx

This up-to-the-minute look at some of the most remarkable examples of a classic genre as it keeps pace with developments in the real world is fascinating and enlightening. The introductory chapter by Newman (Univ. of Nottingham, UK) deftly explains why utopias are on the ascendant after losing ground for some decades, and how utopia and terror are actually compatible in a post-9/11 world.

2013-12-10T12:45:00Z 2017-12-26T11:44:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/latest-book-by-judie-newman-utopia-and-terror-in-contemporary-american-fiction-.aspx

Information on Prof Ling and Dr Phelps interviewed by LBC and BBC

2013-11-25T12:39:00Z 2017-12-26T11:56:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/prof-ling-interviewed-by-radio-stations.aspx

The JFK Conspiracies: Special Event to Mark the 50th Anniversary of the Kennedy Assassination by Prof Ling

2013-11-25T12:05:00Z 2017-12-26T11:52:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/professor-lings-talk-about-jfks-assassination.aspx

The Midlands3Cities Doctoral Training Partnership will be awarding 410 PhD studentships over a five-year period to excellent research students in the arts and humanities. The DTP, a collaboration between the universities of Nottingham, Nottingham Trent, Leicester, De Montfort, Birmingham and Birmingham City, provides research candidates with cross-institutional mentoring, expert supervision including cross-institutional supervision where appropriate, subject specific and generic training, and professional support in preparing for a career.

2013-11-07T16:41:00Z 2017-12-26T11:23:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/ahrc-funding-for-ukeu-arts-and-humanities-research-students.aspx

American and Canadian Studies hosts leading historian for annual lecture, draws crowd of 170 people

2013-10-25T16:06:00Z 2017-12-26T11:24:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/american-and-canadian-studies-hosts-leading-historian-for-annual-lecture-at-nottingham.aspx

Information on Hermes Fellowships - Call 6 open

2013-10-15T14:43:00Z 2017-12-25T07:12:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/cas/news-and-events/news/hermes-fellowships---call-6-open.aspx

The March on Washington 1963 and the Untold Stories Behind the Dream - Co-convened by three professors of American History and American Studies - Britta Waldschmidt-Nelson, Sharon Monteith and Marcia Chatelain - a September 2013 symposium reflected the global impact of the March on Washington by forging a transatlantic conversation in the city of the March.

2013-10-09T09:38:00Z 2017-12-26T12:03:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/the-march-on-washington-1963-and-the-untold-stories-behind-the-dream.aspx

Chris Ewan, a former undergraduate student of Notingham University, recently published his latest novel "Safe House"

2013-10-01T10:09:00Z 2017-12-26T11:31:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/chris-ewans-new-novel.aspx

Katerina Polonsky has recently had a revised version of her dissertation accepted

2013-10-01T10:09:00Z 2017-12-26T11:50:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/poloskys-dissertations-review.aspx

Thinking of spending a semester or a year abroad? See what other students had to say about their own experiences.

2013-09-30T13:21:00Z 2017-12-23T22:13:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/arts/news/study-abroad-on-video.aspx

Maha Marouan, one of our former MA students recently published her book Witches, Goddesses, and Angry Spirits The Politics of Spiritual Liberation in African Diaspora Women's Fiction

2013-09-26T12:02:00Z 2017-12-26T11:46:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/new-book-by-m-marouan.aspx

Thomas Brookes, a former undergraduate and MA student at Birmingham

2013-09-26T12:02:00Z 2017-12-26T12:03:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/thomas-brookes-with-the-british-american-business-council-.aspx

US Embassy donates significant and historic collection to the University via the American & Canadian Studies Department.Last summer the American Embassy Library in London offered the University of Nottingham the bulk of their print collection.Find out more!

2013-09-12T11:29:00Z 2017-12-26T12:04:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/us-embassy-donates.aspx

An article by Christopher Phelps, Associate Professor in American and Canadian Studies, about racial justice and the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, was featured in Salon magazine this weekend. You can read the article here!

2013-09-04T13:05:00Z 2017-12-26T11:45:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/new-article-racial-justice-and-the-50th-anniversary-of-the-march-on-washington.aspx

Information on Paul McGarr publishes new book with Cambridge University Press on America's Cold War relations with India and Pakistan

2013-08-07T13:28:00Z 2017-12-26T11:44:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/mcgarrbook.aspx

Congratulations to Zoe Trodd, Professor of American Literature, on being awarded a £9092 British Academy grant for her project entitled "Picturing Frederick Douglass".

2013-07-09T15:37:00Z 2017-12-26T11:27:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/ba-grant-award-for-zoe-trodd.aspx

CAS announces the fifth round of funding for the CAS Post-Doctoral Bursary scheme

2013-06-25T18:53:00Z 2017-12-25T07:00:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/cas/news-and-events/news/cas-postdoctoral-bursary-scheme-201314-announced.aspx

Information on Former Research student of American and Canadian Studies awarded a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship

2013-06-12T10:59:00Z 2017-12-26T11:17:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/acsleverhulme2013.aspx

Staff in the Department of American & Canadian Studies are celebrating after receiving a number of awards from the British Association for American Studies (BAAS). The awards ceremony took place during the Association's annual conference, which this year was held at the University of Exeter from April 18-21.

2013-04-22T13:33:00Z 2017-12-26T11:29:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/british-association-for-american-studies-awards.aspx

Information on Fellowship awarded to Dr Paul McGarr, American and Canadian Studies

2013-04-09T14:43:00Z 2017-12-26T11:41:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/fellowship-award-dr-paul-mcgarr.aspx

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the US Emancipation Proclamation. Signed and issued by President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War on January 1, 1863, the order proclaimed free all those enslaved in the Confederate States.

2013-03-22T14:56:00Z 2018-01-04T15:50:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/isos/news/new-blog-research-on-contemporary-slavery.aspx

We are very pleased to announce the launch of the new website for the Centre for Critical Theory.

2013-03-18T11:53:00Z 2017-12-26T13:14:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/culturalmediaandvisualstudies/about/news-and-events/events/events-archive/cfm/events-archive/news-archive/ctwebsitelaunch.aspx

News, events and musings from staff and students in the School.

2013-03-04T15:10:00Z 2017-12-26T08:08:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/about/news-and-events/news/clas-blog!.aspx

The School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies Year Abroad Team is proud to announce the relaunch of their year abroad workspace that has been recently redesigned and updated.

2013-02-13T10:48:00Z 2017-12-26T08:29:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/about/news-and-events/news/newly-redesigned-year-abroad-workspace.aspx

This innovative masters programme is for trained and experienced language teachers who are seeking professional development in the pedagogical and practical aspects of learning technologies.The programme brings together the theories and practice of language acquisition, educational technology and foreign language teaching.

2013-02-07T14:25:00Z 2017-12-26T08:27:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/about/news-and-events/news/newcoursemadigital20123.aspx

Listen to Peter Messent discuss American crime fiction on this recent Guardian podcast! Peter is Emeritus Professor of Modern American Literature and author of The Crime Fiction Handbook, published recently by Wiley-Blackwell.

2013-02-05T12:20:00Z 2017-12-26T11:16:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/acsguardian.aspx

Art of television Promotion Press Release — why are logos, promos, idents and trailers so important? Academics in the University's Institute for Screen Industries Research (ISIR) are working with the British Film Institute, the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and industry experts to explore how and why promos and idents are made — and how creative decisions set the tone for shows and the channels they're aired on.

2012-11-26T10:29:00Z 2017-12-26T13:08:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/culturalmediaandvisualstudies/about/news-and-events/events/events-archive/cfm/events-archive/news-archive/cfmartoftelevisionpromo26nov12.aspx

1960s US civil rights official revealed as FBI informer - New research by an American historian at The University of Nottingham could rewrite the history books on the US civil rights movement during the 1960s after revealing that a key racial equality official was also an FBI informer.

2012-11-26T10:29:00Z 2017-12-26T11:18:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/acsnewsfbiinformer26nov12.aspx

Professor Matthew Jones of the Department of American and Canadian Studies was recently interviewed for the BBC Radio 4 series 'Costing the Earth'.

2012-10-01T13:37:00Z 2017-12-26T11:52:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/american/about/news-and-events/news/professor-mathew-jones-appears-on-radio-4-programme.aspx

Another record breaking month for research successes in the Arts & Social Sciences here at Nottingham - congratulations from all at the Centre for Advanced Studies.

2012-03-05T14:37:00Z 2017-12-25T06:55:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/cas/news-and-events/news/another-excellent-month-for-successful-research-bidding.aspx