Conferences
Every two years the association holds a conference to gather the European American Studies community together to share new and emerging research. An overview of themes and locations of EAAS Conferences since 1954 can be found in the History section.
EAAS 2028
The 37th Biennial EAAS Conference will take place in Paris, France, during the week between May 29 and June 2, 2028. The exact conference dates will be announced as soon as they become available.
Further information, including updates on the conference theme, will be published here as preparations progress.
EAAS 2026
From September 1–4, 2026, the 36th Biennial EAAS Conference, titled “1776–2026: Visions of Freedom,” took place at the University of Bologna, Italy.
Held on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of American independence, the conference explored the ways in which the concept of freedom has shaped the United States—past and present, real and imagined. 350 delegates from over 30 countries examined competing visions, promises, and limitations of freedom in American history, politics, literature, and culture, as well as their transnational and global dimensions.
EAAS 2024
From April 4-6, 2024, the 35th Biennial EAAS-conference, titled “1924 – 2024: The American Immigrant Narrative Revisited,” took place at Amerikahaus Munich, Germany. It was hosted by the Bavarian American Academy (BAA).
With its focus on the immigrant narrative, the conference engaged with the complicated histories that have shaped the American immigrant narrative in all of its variations across time and from different disciplinary angles. To assess the ambivalent legacies of the American immigrant narrative, this conference called for an intersectional approach to the topic which also examined gendered regimes of immigration, the precarious labor conditions of (im)migrant workers, class restrictions, and sexual exploitation, past and present.