The American Studies Network (ASN) is a group of European centers involved in American Studies. The idea of a network of centers arose during the European Association for American Studies (EAAS) meeting in London in April, 1990. The ASN was founded in November, 1990 in Berlin at a meeting of interested directors of American Studies centers. The initial group of eight members has expanded to include 17 institutions from all over Europe.

This page has been established with the specific role of facilitating postgraduate links across Europe. Please see below for information on various postgraduate contacts. Many of them are postgraduate students themselves but some countries are still in the process of choosing a postgraduate representative and therefore faculty may currently be responsible for liaising with their country's postgraduate students.

The Southern Studies Forum of the EAAS had been active since 1988, the year of its launching in West Berlin, Germany.

Starting in 1988 the Southern Studies Forum has organized, on a regular schedule of biennial Symposia and biennial Workshops, twelve independent Symposia and twelve Workshops within the EAAS Programs. The organizers have published seven books of essays.

Meeting Jeffrey Steele: The European Study Group of 19th Century American Literature discusses ‘geographical discontinuities’ in Margaret Fuller’s work.

The European Study Group of 19th Century American Literature last met at the University of Paris X – Nanterre on October 9–10, 2009 and was organized by Marie-Claude Perrin-Chenour.