EAAS Grants

Professor Astrid Franke (University of Tübingen) is the recipient of the 2009 Rob Kroes Publication Award.

Her book manuscript, "Pursue the Illusion: Problems of Public Poetry in America," has been published as volume 2 of the EAAS book series European Views of the United States.

EAAS also wishes to recognize the achievement of the runner-up, Dr. Anna Pochmara (University of Warsaw), whose manuscript is entitled "Engendering the New Negro: A Gender and Sexuality Studies Analysis of Harlem Renaissance Discourse."

EAAS Biennial Conferences

Other Conferences

Separateness and Kinship: Transatlantic Exchanges between New England and Britain 1600–1900

University of Plymouth, England, July 14–17, 2010

International Whitman Week 2010

University of Macerata, Italy, July 14–20, 2010

New Territories in Critical Whiteness Studies

Postgraduate Conference

University of Leeds, August 18–20, 2010

TEXTING OBAMA: Politics/Poetics/Popular Culture

Manchester Metropolitan Univ., England, September 7–10, 2010

European Views of the United States

European Views of the United States is the official book series of the EAAS. franke_cover_small We are proud to announce volume 2 of the series: Astrid Franke, Pursue the Illusion: Problems of Public Poetry in America, 2010 (Rob Kroes Publication Award Winner).

European Journal of American Studies

The European Journal of American Studies is the official journal of EAAS. It welcomes contributions from Americanists in Europe and elsewhere and aims at making available state-of-the-art research on all aspects of United States culture and society.