The Department of American and Canadian Studies is a vibrant academic community with a focus on excellence in teaching and research. Our work is of the highest quality, and we were the top-ranked American Studies department in the UK for research impact and power in the Research Excellence Framework 2014.

We are home to the Centre for Research in Race and Rights and a large AHRC-funded project about the Antislavery Usable Past. We also hold the editorship of the Journal of American Studies.