INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVE DIRECTORY
The American Studies Association is delighted that the program directors, journal editors, and associations presidents of so many American studies programs, journals and associations based outside the U.S. responded positively to our invitation to join us in Atlanta!
We extend a special welcome to them, and hope that they will find the conference to be stimulating and productive.
This directory is designed to give everyone attending the conference a brief overview of some of the international programs, journals and associations represented at this meeting, as well as contact information to help you keep the conversation going after the conference ends.
All programs, journals and associations based outside the U.S. sending representatives to Atlanta were invited to submit entries to the directory. Although all that were received are included, the directory is far from complete.
In addition to the official representatives of programs, journals and associations listed in this directory, many other scholars from around the world are participating in this conference, delivering papers and participating in roundtables, workshops, and meetings. We are pleased that more than 120 scholars from over 30 countries and five continents plan to attend.
The ASA would like to thank the Mellon Foundation, the Asia Foundation, the U.S.-China Education Trust, and the Fisher Foundation for their generous support.
AMERICAN STUDIES ASSOCIATIONS
American Studies Association of Korea
The American Studies Association of Korea (ASAK) is to promote the study and understanding of American culture and society in Korea. Founded in May 1965, the ASAK is one of the active academic associations in Korea. The Association holds four annual events—International American Studies Conference, American Studies Workshop for Graduate Students, American Studies Thursday Lecture Series, and American Studies Forum. The ASAK publishes the Journal of American Studies three times a year. (www.asak.or.kr)
President: Lee Joo-Young, President
Address: 1 Hwayang-dong, Kwangjin-gu
Seoul, Korea 143- 701
Phone: 82-2-450-3395
Representative in Atlanta: Chung Youn-Son, Past President (yschung@kma.ac.kr), Shin Sook-Won, and president elect
Austrian Association for American Studies (AAS)
AAAS is the Austrian National Association for Americanists. It currently has approximately 130 members. It organizes an annual conference alternately at one of the Austrian universities: Vienna, Salzburg, Graz, Klagenfurt, Innsbruk. The President of the AAAS is elected every year. The association promotes American Studies. (www.univie.ac.at/Anglistik/aaas/welcome.htm)
President: Hanna Wallinger, President
Address: Akademiestrasse 24
Salzburg, Austria 5020
Phone: +43-662-8044-4412
Fax: +43-662-8044-167
Representative in Atlanta: Gudrun Grabher, Vice President of AAAS
Bangladesh Association for American Studies
Bangladesh Association for American Studies (BAAS) is an unincorporated, non-governmental, and non-profit body organized as a voluntary academic association. BAAS aims at promoting and fostering scholarly research in American Society and Culture; encouraging and supporting multidisciplinary research in collaboration with other international or regional associations engaged in American Studies; and publishing a journal of American Studies.
President: Dr. A. K. M. Nurun
Nabi
Address: Department of Population Sciences
Arts Building, 3rd Floor
University of Dhaka
Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
Phone: 880-2-9661900-59/4519
Fax: 880-2-8615583
Bangladesh Association for American
Studies Chittagong (BAAS-CH)
The organization was established in 1993 with Prof. Abdul Mannan as president
and Professor Golam Sarwar Chowdhury as the Secretary. BAAS-CH has initiated
the holding of conferences, publishing a journal, and arranging talks and
presentations by regional and international American studies scholars. The
organization has been instrumental in introducing interdisciplinary syllabi
in the Deprtments of English, History, Political Science, and Sociology at
the University of Chittagong, a state University of the country in terms of
student and faculty strength.
President: Golam Quddus
Representative in Atlanta: Golam Sarwar Chowdhury
British Association for American Studies (BAAS)
BAAS is the professional organization for over 550 U.K. academics and graduate students. BAAS publishes the Journal of American Studies, sponsors regional conferences, and each year hosts its own conference. The 2004 conference in Manchester featured over 230 papers: in 2005 the 50th anniversary conference will be in Cambridge. (www.baas.ac.uk)
President: Simon Newman
Address: Centre for American Studies
1 University Gardens
Glasgow, U.K G12-8QQ
Phone: 011-44-141-330-3585
Fax: 011-44-141-330-5000
Email: Jay.Kleinberg@brunel.ac.uk
Representative in Atlanta: Jay Kleinberg
Bulgarian American Studies Association
The BASA was registered in 2001 in Sofia. It is based at the Department of British and American Studies of Sofia and unites US Studies scholars and professors from all over Bulgaria. It has 40 members representing different areas of US Studies. The Association organizes annual conferences, meetings, exchanges, and suchlike events. It works in close cooperation with the Bulgarian-American Fulbright Commission. (www.writingacademia.org/basa)
President: Julia Stefanova
Address: 15 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd.
Sofia University
Sofia, Bulgaria 1504
Phone: 359 2 981 85 67
Fax: 359 2 988 45 17
Email: Jstefanova@fulbrsof.bol.bg
Representative in Atlanta: Dr. Madeleine Danova (Mdanov@hotmail.com)
European Association for American Studies
Federating European national and joint-national associations, the European Association for American Studies numbers some 4800 members throughout Europe. It is the one representative association of European Americanists. It is directed by four officers, elected by a board of 20 members representing constituent associations. (www.eaas.info)
President: Marc Chenetier
Address: 30 rue Pouchet
Paris, France 75017
Phone: 01 48 56 15 54
Email: chenetier@eaas.info
Representative in Atlanta: Marc Chenetier
Finnish American Studies Association
The Finnish Association for American Studies (FASA) encourages and promotes multidisciplinary American Studies in Finland. The aims of the association are to coordinate research conducted at Finnish universities, to organize research projects, and to arrange seminars and conferences. Its membership consists of scholars and students from a variety of disciplines. FASA is a national chapter of the Nordic Association for American Studies and a member of the EAAS. (www.helsinki.fi/hum/renvall/pam/fasa/)
President: Dr. Jopi Nyman
Address: Finnish American Studies Association
University of Joensuu
P.O. Box 111
Joensuu 80101 Finland
Phone: +358 13 2514331
Fax: +358 13 2514211
Representative in Atlanta: Dr. Jopi Nyman (jopi.Nyman@joensuu.fi)
French Association for American Studies
The 610 members of the French Association of American Studies (AFEA) study American literature, social sciences, mainly history, political science or cultural studies, but also film studies and the arts. The AFEA publishes a quarterly journal, the Revue Francaise d Estudes Americaines, whose issues are organized thematically alternating literary and other (historical, political or cultural) subjects, in French and in English, and on online journal, Transatlantica. (www.estudes.americaines.free.fr/indexeng.html)
President: Catherine Collomp
Vice President: Jacques Pothier
Address: Institut d’Etude du Monde Anglophone
5, rue de l’Ecole de Medecine
Paris, France 75006
Representative in Atlanta: Jacques Pothier, Vice President (Jacques.pothier@sudam.uvsq.fr)
Georgian Association for American Studies
The Georgian Association for American Studies was established in 2002 on the basis of the Center of American Studies of Tbilisi State University, which was established in 2001. The Georgian Association for American Studies embraces the Centers of American Studies at Universities of Tbilisi, Kutaisi and Batumi, American corners in libraries of Gori, Kashuri and Telavi. The main goals of the association are to professionally research and study all fields of American life, promote, increase public awareness of life in the United States, support the implementation and development of democratic values based on a United States model, and to strengthen relations between Georgia and the United States in the field of culture, science, education and public diplomacy. The association cooperates with American universities and the ASA to develop American Studies, prepares a textbook for higher learning institutions in Georgia, promotes exchange programs for professors, scientists, MA and BA students, and arranges scientific conferences related to American Studies, six of which, have been held since 1999. (www.geoamstud.orge.ge)
Vice President: Vasil Kacharava
Address: Iv Javakhisvili Tbilisi State University
1 ChavCFavadze Av.
Tbilisi 38002 Georgia
Phone (995 32) 23 23 88
Fax (995 32) 23 26 88
Representative in Atlanta: Vasil Kacharava (vasoamstud@yahoo.com)
German Association for American Studies
The German Association for American Studies was founded in 1953 by émigré returnees from the United States in an attempt to promote interdisciplinary research between the humanities and social sciences and to enable the formation of a democratic society based on the American model. Among the early members were Theodor W. Adorno and Max Horkheimer. Today, chairs for American literature and culture exist at all German universities. Major centers and programs for American Studies were established at the John F. Kennedy Institute in Berlin and the Universities of Munich, Frankfurt, Bonn, Heidelberg, Leipzig, and Maniz. The organization has more than 800 members in Germany and abroad. It shares membership with the European Association for American Studies (EEAS) and works close in cooperation with the American Studies Association. Publication organs are the quarterly journal Amerikastudien/American Studies (since 1955), American Studies: A Monograph Series, and Das Mittleungsblatt (a yearly report). Apart from traditional fields of American Studies in the fields of literature, history, political science, and culture, recent research activities focused on aspects of cultural exchange between the US and Germany, America and the Orient, Atlantic Studies and a comparative approach. (www.dgfa.de)
President: Alfred Hornung
Address: PF 3980
Maniz, Germany 55099
Phone: 49-6131-392-2146
Fax: 49-6131-392-5577
Representative in Atlanta: Alfred Hornung (hornung@dgfa.de)
Israel American Studies Association
The Israel Association of American Studies sponsors conferences and symposia for American studies scholars at all of the major universities in Israel. In November 2004, the IAAS is sponsoring an international conference entitled “Jewish America – 350 Years.”
President: Hana Wirth-Nesher
Address: Tel Aviv University, Department of English
Webb Building
Ramat Aviv, Israel
Phone: 972-3-6408167
Fax: 872-3-6407312
Representative in Atlanta: Hana Wirth-Nesher (hanawn@post.tau.ac.il)
Japanese Association for American Studies
The JAAS originally established in 1947 and reestablished in 1966 by American Studies Specialists. As of 2004, JAAS has about 1200. (www.jaas.gr.jp)
President: Daizaburo Yui
Address: 3-8-1 Komaba
Meguro, Tokyo 153
8902 Japan
Phone: 81-3-5454-6163
Fax: 81-3-5454-6163
Representative in Atlanta: Naoki Onishi (nonishi@yk9.so-net.ne.jp)
Nordic Association for American Studies
The Nordic Association for American studies is an academic organization for American Studies Scholars in the Scandinavian countries. The Association holds biennial conferences and publishes an American Studies in Scandinavia journal.
President: Dag Blanck
Address: Center for Multiethnic Research
Uppsala University, Box 514
C/O Blanck
Uppsala, Sweden 75120
Russian Association of American Studies
The Russian Association for American Studies was founded in 1974, has its home in Moscow (Moscow University), uniting (as full members) over 130 university teachers and researchers all over Russia. The principal goals of the Association are to advance and encourage the multidisciplinary study of the United States as a research and academic field in the Russian Federation; to further national and international collaboration, scholarly and cultural relations among academic institutions and individual researchers in the American Studies; to aid and promote the development of cultural cooperation and exchange between the Russian Federation and the USA. The Association has been conducting All-Russian conferences in American literature, culture, and communications (annually, December) and conferences in American social and political history (biannually, June), It has also been supporting a number of academic and cultural events and relevant publications.
President: Yassen Zassoursky
Representative in Atlanta: Tatiana Venediktova, Vice President (vened@philol.msu.ru)
Spanish Association for American Studies (SAAS)
The Spanish Association for American Studies (SAAS) was founded in 1993. Thus, SAAS is still a small Association of about 170 members, but its numbers increase every year, and they come from virtually every university in Spain that has American Studies. Its members mainly come from the literary field, but there are also members from the fields of history, art, philosophy, communications, and education. Its aim is to promote and encourage the study of all areas of American Studies, assisting individuals, and groups in developing their work and sharing their cultural and scientific interests. This aim also guides the cultural and intellectual policy of the Association and its attempt to redefine and understand the interdisciplinary character of these studies in Spain. SAAS serves members of the academic world, college faculty, graduate students, independent scholars, as well as individuals from public and private institutions, as stipulated by the official bylaws of the association. The SAAS publishes a newsletter once a year (Boletin de SAAS), a journal (Revista de Estudios Norteamericanos), organizes a biannual Conference and promotes scientific and cultural collaboration with national and international colleagues, associations, and other institutions. (www.usc.es/ia303/saas/saas.html)
President: Constante Gonzales
Groba
Address: General Martinez Campos, 24
Madrid, Spain 28010
Phone: 0034-91.308.24.36
Fax: 0034-91.308.57.04
Representative in Atlanta: Isabel Duran, Vice President of SAAS (idurangi@filol.ucm.es)
AMERICAN STUDIES CENTERS, DEPARTMENTS, PROGRAMS, AND INSTITUTES
American Studies Center, Sichuan University
Sichuan University’s American
Studies Center officially debuted in 1984. It offers courses for graduates
and undergraduates as well as biweekly lectures for undergraduates majoring
in areas such as medicine, engineering, philosophy, and economics. The Center’s
professors come from departments including: English, World Literature and
Comparative Literature, History and Law.
(www.scu.org.cn/College&School/FL.asp)
Deputy Dir.: Ren Wen
Address: American Studies Center
Department of English, College of Foreign Languages
Sichuan University
Chengdu
Sichuan 610064
People’s Republic of China
Phone: +86 28 85412042
Fax: +86 28 85412274
Representative in Atlanta: Qiu Wangsheng (billqiu@wcums.edu.cn)
American Studies Center, University of Warsaw
The Center was established in 1976. At present is offers a three-year M.A. program with courses ranging from American Literature and Art to the US economy and foreign policy. The Center has ca. 20 permanent faculty, the same number of part-time faculty, and some 500 students at any given time. (www.asc.uw.edu.pl)
Director: Zbigniew Lewicki
Address: Al. Niepodleglosci 22
University of Warsaw
Warsaw, Poland 02653
Phone: +48-22-5533321
Fax: +48-22-5533322
Email: Zbigniew.Lewicki@uw.edu.pl
Representative in Atlanta: Zbigniew Lewicki
American Studies Institute, Al-Quds University
The American Studies Institute at Al-Quds University was founded in 2000 by Professor Mohammed S. Dajani to foster better relations and more understanding between Palestinian and American people. Its activities include offering undergraduate and graduate courses in American democratic experiences as well as conducting research work on topics of common interest to the Palestinians and Americans. Its MA graduate program is an interdisciplinary program offering comprehensive study in American institutions, politics and culture. It consists of 12 courses amounting to 36 credit hours in American history, politics, literature, culture, film, economy, governmental institutions, and the media. (www.americanstudiespalestine.org)
Director: Mohammed S. Dajani
Phone: 02-5859956
Fax: 02-5859955
Email: mohddajani@hotmail.com
Representative in Atlanta: Prof. Mohammed S. Dejani
American Studies MA program, East China Normal University
The American Studies program at East China Normal University is a new innovative MA program in American Society and Culture started in September 2004. Being broadly interdisciplinary, the program will focus on teaching with the purpose of preparing a new generation of Chinese students for the global challenges of the 21st century.
Director: Fei Chunfang
Coordinator: Ms. Deng Yuping
Address: American Studies MA Program
East China Normal University
3663 Zhongshan North Road
Shanghai, 200062
People's Republic of China
Phone: 010 6223 2401
Fax: 010 6260 8483
Representative in Atlanta: Ms. Deng Yuping (chrisdon@sh163.net)
Andrew Hook Centre for American Studies
The Andrew Hook Centre for American Studies is a collective of faculty and students at the University of Glasgow with an interest in American culture, broadly defined. The Centre runs an interdisciplinary taught masters program and offers PhD supervision in American Studies. The Association organizes an annual lecture series and occasional symposia, hosts conferences, and promotes other American cultural events (www.arts.gla.ac.uk)
Director: Marina Moskowitz
Address: 1 University Gardens
Glagow, UK G12-8QQ
Phone: 44-141-330-2348
Fax: 44-141-330-5000
Email: mam@arts.gla.ac.uk
Arthur Miller Centre for American Studies
The Arthur Miller Centre exists to promote study of the United States. It publishes books, makes scholarship and grants available for UEA students, and stages an annual international writers’ festival. It is a founder member of the American Studies Network, a network of American Studies centers across Europe.
Director: Christopher Bigsby
Address: Bank Plain
Norwich, Norfolk NR4 7
United Kingdom
Phone: 0044-1603-592789
Fax: 0044-1603-507728
The Binational Fulbright Commission in Egypt
The Binational Fulbright Commission in Egypt recently collaborated with the US Embassy to organize the regional American Studies conference, “Developing American Studies in the Arab Universities: Research and Outreach.” Mounira Soliman was academic coordinator and editor of the conference proceedings, as well as being involved in curriculum development of American literature courses at Cairo University.
Address: The Binational Fulbright
Commission in Egypt
20 Gamal El Din Abul Mahassen Street
Cairo, Egypt
Representative in Atlanta: Mounira Soliman (mouniras@yahoo.com)
Center for American Studies and Research (CASAR), American University of Beirut
The recently established Center for American Studies and Research (CASAR) at the American University of Beirut has teaching, research, and outreach components. The center is committed to interdisciplinarity and to facilitating an open exchange of ideas that will enhance understanding among local, regional, and international communities.
Director: Patrick McGreevy
Address: Center for American Studies and Research (CASAR)
American University of Beirut
452 College Hall, P.O. Box 11-0236
Riad El Solh
Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon
Representative in Atlanta: Patrick McGreevy (pm07@aub.edu.lb)
Center of American Studies, Adam Mickiewicz University
Director: Marek Wilczynski
Address: Center for American Studies
Adam Mickiewicz University
Al. Niepodleglosci 4
Poznan 61 874 Poland
Phone: +48 61 832 35 06
Fax: +48 61 832 31 03
Representative in Atlanta: Marek Wilczynski (marek@main.amu.edu.pl)
Center for American Studies, Beijing Foreign Studies University
Founded in 1980, the Center focuses
its teaching and research on Sino-US relations and American cultural studies.
It was the first of its kind in Mainland China then and is still the only
one that offers all B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. American studies courses in English.
(www.bfsu.edu.cn/chinese/site/seis/sub/yz/yzusa2.htm)
Director: Mei Renyi
Address: Center for American Studies
Beijing Foreign Studies University
Beijing, 100089
People's Republic of China
Phone: 010 8881 7937
Fax: 010 8881 6282
Representative in Atlanta: Sun Youzhong (youzhong_s@sina.com)
Center for American Studies, Doshisha University
The Center for American Studies, Doshisha University, was established in 1958. The Center’s activities are: 1) to collect books and research materials, and 2) to promulgate the results of research projects through public lectures and publications, such as annually published Doshisha American Studies.
Director: Nobuyuku Yamauchi
Address: Imadegawadori Karasuma Higashi-iru, Kamigyo-ku
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Kyoto 602
8580 Japan
Phone: 075-251-3930
Fax: 075-251-3091
Representative in Atlanta: Takashi Sasaki
Center for American Studies, University of Western Ontario
The Center for American Studies was established at the University of Western Ontario in 1984 to promote scholarly activities including research, teaching, and study concerning the United States in Canada. The Center’s mandate includes both theoretical research, and that which is more directly empirical and applied in character. We have 44 faculty associates drawn from nine departments and three Faculties.
Director: Andrew Johnston
Address: Room 1003 Social Science Centre
London, Ontario N6A 5C2
Canada
Phone: 519.661.2111 x83938
Fax: 519.850.2928
Representative in Atlanta: Andrew Johnston (ajohnst4@uwo.ca)
Center for Pacific and American Studies
CPAS was originally established in 1967 as the Center for American Studies and reorganized in 2000 to the research center for Pacific and American Studies.
Director: Daizaburo Yui
Address: 3-8-1 Komaba
University of Tokyo
Meguro, Tokyo 153
8902 Japan
Phone: 81-3-5454-6137
Fax: 81-3-5454-6160
Department of American and Canadian Studies, University of Birmingham
The University of Birmingham’s Department of American and Canadian Studies, established in the 1980s, has embarked on a major initiative to re-consider “American Studies” through the relationships between history, literature, politics, foreign policy and intelligence services, media, culture, and ideology. In addition to new postgraduate and research programmes, international links have been established with partners in China, Iran, Italy, Ireland, and Canada. (www.uscanada.bham.ac.uk)
Director: Scott Lucas
Address: Department of American and Canadian Studies
University of Birmingham
Birmingham B15 2TT UK
Phone: +44 121 414 5763
Fax: +44 121 414 6866
Email: w.s.lucas@bham.ac.uk
Representative in Atlanta: Dr. Chris Gair (c.h.gair@bham.ac.uk)
Department of American Culture and Literature, Kadir Has University
The Department of Culture and Literature offers a full undergraduate B.A. program as well as an M.A. program in American Culture and Literature. Our curriculum brings together the related disciplines of literary and cultural studies while encouraging a comparative perspective on the world. (www.khas.edu.tr)
Director: Clifford Endres
Address: Department of American Culture and Literature
Kadir Has University
Cibali Merkez Kampusu, Cibali
Istanbul 34230 Turkey
Phone: +90 212 533 65 32
Fax: +90 212 534 07 41
Representative in Atlanta: Mary Lou O’Neil (mloneil@khas.edu.tr)
Department of American Studies, Karl-Franzens-University
American Studies Program, established 1972, offering M.A. and Ph.D. tracks with emphasis on American Literature, Culture, Gender Studies, Science Fiction Studies, and Film. Department hosts a Fulbright Distinguished Chair for Cultural Studies each summer semester. (www-gewi.uni-graz.at/amst/)
Director: Walter W. Hoelbing
Address: Department of American Studies
Karls-Franzen-University
Attemsgasse 25
Graz 8010 Austria
Phone: +433163802467
Fax: +433163809768
Representative in Atlanta: Walter W. Hoelbling (walter.hoelbling@uni-graz.at)
Department of American Studies, University of Innsbruk
The Department of American Studies offers courses in American literature and culture, focusing on ethnic groups (Native America, African America, Asian American, etc.), history and politics, philosophy and the arts. The department has a huge film archive (including more than 12,000) films. The film and film theory are also part of the curriculum. The department has 10 faculty members. (www.uibk.ac.at/c/c6/c610)
Director: Gudrun Grabher
Address: Innrain 52
Innsbruk, Austria 6020
Phone: +43-512-507-4171
Fax: +43-512-507-2879
Email: amerikanstudien@uibk.ac.at
Representative in Atlanta: Gudrun Grabher
Eccles Centre for American Studies, The British Library
The Centre was founded in 1991. Based at the British Library, which houses the foremost collection of American books, manuscripts, journals, newspapers and sound recordings outside of the USA – with the aims of promoting the Library’s North American materials, and supporting American Studies in UK schools and universities through its programme. (www.bl.uk/ecclescentre)
Director: Philip John Davies
Address: Eccles Centre for American Studies
The British Library
96 Euston Road
London NW1 2DB UK
Phone: +44 20 7412 7551
Fax: +44 20 7412 7792
Representative in Atlanta: Prof. Philip John Davies (Philip.Davies@bl.uk)
Heidelberg Center for American Studies (HCA)
The Interdisciplinary Heidelberg
Center for American Studies is to fulfill three functions: that of a public
forum, a research center, and a teaching community for an English-language
study program including the “Master of Arts in American Studies.”
(www.hca.uni-hd.de)
Director: Detlef Junker, Ph.D
Address: Schillerstr. 4-8
Heidelberg, Germany 69115
Phone: +49 6221 79634 0
Fax: +49 6221 79634 29
Email: Detlef.Junker@uni-hd.de
Representative in Atlanta: Dr. Phillip Gassert (Phillip.Gassert@uni-hd.de)
Institute for American Studies, Northeastern University, Shenyng, China
The institute was founded on January 14, 2000, the second of its kind in Northeast China. Affiliated with Faculty of International Studies at Northeastern University, the institute promotes interdisciplinary approaches to the study of the United States. Its research orientations are American literature, literary and cultural studies, Sino-U.S. relations, and American civilization and society. The Institute has constructed core courses of American Studies Minor in the MA program since 2002. (www.neu.edu.cn/index_info.htm)
Director: Prof. Wang Jianping, Ph.D
Address: Institute of American Studies
Northeastern University
Shenyang, Liaoning
China 110004
Phone: 86-24-83688502
Fax: 86-24-23913099
Email: wangjp@mail.neu.edu.cn
Representative in Atlanta: Dr. Wang Jianping (wangjp@mail.neu.edu.cn)
The Institute of American Culture, University of Lisbon
ICA is a research library for American Studies, promoting different activities, such as teacher training seminars, conferences, and meetings attended by writers, performing artists and international scholars. ICA collaborates with Fulbright and FLAD in Portugal, and sponsors the ongoing faculty exchange with the American Studies Program of Georgetown University, Washington DC.
Director: Teresa F. A. Alves
Address: The Institute of American Culture
Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa
Alameda da Universidade
1600 214 Lisboa Portugal
Phone: +351 21 792 0000 ext. 361
Fax: +351 21 796 0063
Email: inst.cultamericana@mail.fl.ul.pt
Representatives in Atlanta: Teresa Alves (tfaalves@yahoo.com) and Teresa Cid-Pires (teresacid@yahoo.com)
Institute of English and American Studies, University of Debrecen
Address: Institute of English
and American Studies
Egyetem ter 1.
University of Debrecen
Debrecen 4010 Hungary
Phone/Fax: +36 52 431 147
Representative in Atlanta: Zoltán Abádi-Nagy (abnagyzo@delfin.unideb.hu)
Institute of International Studies, Charles University
The American Studies Department at Charles University’s Faculty of Social Sciences covers USA and Canada. It is interdisciplinary, focusing on Government, History, and Social studies. Many theses also deal with U.S. foreign relations. The department’s M.A. and PhD programs admit approximately 25 students a year. (www.kas.fsv.cuni.cz/index_ang.html)
Director: Mr. Milos Calda, Associate
Professor
Address: U Krize 8, 158 00 Praha 5 Jinonice, Czech Republic
Prague, Czech Republic
Phone: +420 251 080 300
Fax: +420 251 620 294
Instituto de Estudos Norte-Americanos, University of Coimbra
The Institute for North-American studies offers courses in American Literature and Culture at the undergraduate level, mainly to students interested in modern languages and literatures, as well as MA and Ph.D. programs in American Studies. Theories of American Studies, African American literature, poetry and cultural studies, the American Renaissance and fictions of history, science fiction, and diasporic cultures are some of its strongest areas.
Director: Teresa Tavares
Address: Instituto de Estudos Norte-Americanos
Faculdade de Letras
University of Coimbra
Coimbra 3004530 Portugal
Phone: +351 239 859982
Fax: +351 239 836733
Email: iena@ci.uc.pt
Representatives in Atlanta: Irene Ramalho Santos (mirbss@mail.telepac.pt / irsantos@wisc.edu) and Isabel Caldeira (mic@ci.uc.pt)
School of American Studies, University of Dundee
Serving over 500 students American Studies at Dundee is a truly interdisciplinary degree program drawing its 16 member academic staff and a wide range of courses from History, Literature, Politics, Geography, Economics, and Philosophy. Several of our courses, exclusive to American Studies, are team taught by members from various disciplines. (www.dundee.ac.uk/american)
Director: Dr. Anthony W. Parker
Address: School of American Studies
University of Dundee
Perth Road Dundee DD1 4HN
Scotland, UK
Phone: +44 1382 344202
Fax: +44 1382 344802
Representative in Atlanta: Dr. Anthony W. Parker (a.w.parker@dundee.ac.uk)
U.S. Studies Program, University of Colima
The U.S. Studies Program is a research and teaching program, concentrating on contemporary culture, politics, and history, the Program is part of the Center for Social Research at the university.
Director: Dr. Avital H. Bloch
Address: Box 264
Colima, Mexico 28000
Phone: (52) 312-315-1127
Fax: (52) 312-316-1127
AMERICAN STUDIES JOURNALS AND PUBLICATIONS
American Studies
American Studies was established in 1978. It is a refereed journal, published
first once, and now twice a year, though occasional difficulties account for
the current issues being no. XXV. It publishes articles by Polish (ca. 80%)
and foreign (20%) scholars, as well as reviews in English of Polish books
on American topics. (www.asc.uw.edu.pl)
Director: Zbigniew Lewicki
Address: Al. Niepodleglosci 22
University of Warsaw
Warsaw, Poland 02653
Phone: +48-22-5533321
Fax: +48-22-5533322
Email: Zbigniew.Lewicki@uw.edu.pl
Representative in Atlanta: Zbigniew Lewicki
American Review
Since 1967 the Japanese Association has published The American Review annually
for American Studies. Each issue features special topics like: American family,
American Dream, American Hero and Heroine, Globalization, Multiculturalism,
post-Cold War, Religion, Media and so forth. The fortieth anniversary issue
to be published in 2006 will concentrate on the topic of Violence. We have
also published a quarterly the American Studies Newsletter, which mainly consists
of essays, book reviews, and professional notes. The latest issue (No. 155)
has just been out this November. (www.jaas.gr.jp)
Director: 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro
ku
Tokyo 153-8902
Japan
Phone: 813-5454-6163
Fax: 813-5454-6163
Representative in Atlanta: Daizaburo Yui
American Studies/American Studies
International
In 2005 American Studies becomes a quarterly and incorporates American Studies
International (ASI). It features interdisciplinary scholarship on American
life, society, culture as well as book reviews, review essays, and an annual
thematic issue. It continues the tradition of ASI as an international forum
on all aspects of American culture. (www.ukana.edu/~amerstud/)
Director: David M. Katzman &
Norman R. Yetman
Address: 1440 Jayhawk Blvd.
213 Bailey Hall
Lawrence, KS 66045-7574
Phone: 785-864-4878
Fax: 785-864-5772
Representative in Atlanta: David Katzam and Norman R. Yetman (dkatzman@ku.edu) (nyetman@ku.edu)
Amerikastudien/American Studies
Amerikastudien/American Studies is the quarterly of the German Association
for American Studies. The journal is dedicated to interdisciplinary and transnational
perspectives and embraces the diversity and dynamics of a dialogic and comparatist
understanding of American Studies. Reviews, forums, and annual bibliographies
support the international circulation of German and European scholarship.
(www.amerikastudien.de/quarterly)
Editor: Udo Hebel
Address: Amerikastudien/American Studies
Department of English and American Studies
University of Regensburg
Regensburg 93053 Germany
Phone: +49 941 943 3477
Fax: +49 941 943 3590
Email: redakation@amerikastudien.de
Representative in Atlanta: Udo J. Hebel (udo.hebel@sprachlit.uni-regensburg.de)
Arbeiten aus Anglistik und Amerikanistik
Founded 1975; published twice a year by Gunter Narr, Tuebingen, Germany. Articles
on British and American literature, linguistics, culture accepted in English
and German.
Editor: Walter W. Hoelbling
Address: Arbeiten aus Anglistik und Amerikanistik
Karls-Franzen-University
Attemsgasse 25
Graz 8010 Austria
Phone: +433063802467
Fax: +433163809768
Representative in Atlanta: Walter W. Hoelbling (walter.hoelbling@uni-graz.at)
Atlantic Studies
Atlantic Studies provides an international forum for research and debate on
historical, cultural, and literary issues arising within the new disciplinary
matrix of the circum-Atlantic world. Published on behalf of MESEA (Society
for Multi-Ethnic Studies: Europe and the Americas), it seeks to foster a transcultural
dialogue and challenge nationalist histories and literatures by focusing on
the Atlantic as an arena of exchange, passage, and communication.
(www.mesea.org)
Director: Dorothea Fischer-Hornung
Address: Atlantic Studies
Society for Multi-Ethnic Studies: Europe and the Americas
Kettengasse 12
Heidelberg 69117 Germany
Phone: +49 6221 542851
Representatives in Atlanta: Dorethea Fischer-Hornung – editor (dfh@uni-hd.de) and Richard Follett – editor (R.Follett@sussex.ac.uk)
Australasian Journal of American
Studies
The Australian Journal of American Studies is published by the Australian
and New Zealand American Studies Association twice a year in July and December
and was first published in 1980. It is currently co-edited by Peter Bastian
(Australia) and Jan Pilditch (New Zealand). Articles are fully refereed.
Director: Peter Bastian, Editor
Address: Australian Catholic University
Sydney, NSW 2119 Australia
Phone: 029701-4177
Fax: 0297014463
Representative in Atlanta: Peter Bastian (p.bastian@mary.acu.edu.au)
Canadian Review of American Studies
The Canadian Review of American Studies is an interdisciplinary American Studies
journal based in Canada. It specializes in articles on the Black Atlantic,
diasporic and cross-border studies, and their implications for multicultural
societies. The journal is committed to encouraging the work of junior scholars
and also plays an active role in guiding less experienced scholars through
the publication process. (www.utpjournals.com/jour.ihtml?lp=cras/cras.html)
Director: Priscilla L. Walton
Address: 1125 Colonel By Drive
Ottawa, ON KLS 5B6
Phone: (613) 520-2600
Fax: (613) 520-3544
Comparative American Studies
A new international journal that extends scholarly debates about American
Studies beyond the geographical boundaries of the United States, repositioning
discussions about American culture within an international, comparative framework.
At a time of increasing globalization, there is a growing need for American
Studies to be re-articulated in a comparative manner: that is to say, first
and foremost by taking account of interaction between the USA and other parts
of the world, whilst also attending fully to multi-ethnic comparisons within
the USA and other countries of the Americas. The main disciplines covered
in the journal are: literature, film, popular culture, photography, and the
visual arts.
Editor: R. J. Ellis
Address: Comparative American Studies
Department of American and Canadian Studies
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham B15 2TT
United Kingdom
Email: r.j.ellis@bham.ac.uk
Representative in Atlanta: R. J. Ellis (r.j.ellis@bham.ac.uk)
Hungarian Journal of English and
American Studies
The Hungarian Journal of English and American Studies – formerly Hungarian
Studies in English – a senior Central European journal, invites international
contributions and aims to be a forum for Hungarian scholars working in the
fields of literary and cultural studies concerning the English-speaking world,
with marked emphasis on theory.
Editor: Zoltán Abádi-Nagy
Address: Hungarian Journal of English and American Studies
Institute of English and American Studies
Egyetem ter 1.
University of Debrecen
Debrecen 4010 Hungary
Phone/Fax: +36 52 431 147
Representative in Atlanta: Zoltán Abádi-Nagy (abnagyzo@delfin.unideb.hu)
The Japanese Journal of American
Studies
The Japanese Journal of American Studies, an English journal published by
the Japanese Association for American Studies, has 15 years of history and
is published annually. While publishing various refereed articles, it has
run special themes such as “Nature and Environmental Issues in America,” and
“Images of ‘America’ in Conflict.”
Editor: Fumiko Nishizaki
Address: 3-8-1 Komaba
Meguro-ku
Tokyo, Japan 153-8902
Phone: 81-3-5454-6163
Fax: 81-3-5454-6163
Representative in Atlanta: Fumiko Nishizaki (nishizak@law.seikei.ac.jp)
Journal of American Studies, British
American Studies Association
The Journal of American Studies, an international journal of American Studies,
publishes scholarly articles from all the sub-disciplines in the field. It
contains extensive book reviews and review essays and also plans to review
electronic sources and media. It has a large international circulation and
welcomes articles in the humanities, arts, and social sciences.
Editor: S. Jay Kleinberg
Address: Kingston Lane
Uxbridge, Middlesex
United Kingdom UB8 3PH
Phone: (44) 1895 274000
Journal of American Studies of
Turkey (JAST)
A semiannual publication of the American Studies Association of Turkey, the
Journal of American Studies of Turkey (JAST) publishes works in English by
scholars of any nationality on American literature, history, art, music, film,
popular culture, politics, economics, and related subjects. Interdisciplinary
articles are particularly welcome as are comparative studies of American and
other cultures. JAST is the first on-line journal of American Studies (since
1995) and is available on the web at (www.bilkent.edu.tr/~jast)
Editor: Ayse Lahur Kirtunc
Address: Journal of American Studies of Turkey
Cinnah Cad. 20 TAD Binasi Kat 4 Oda 48
Ankara, Turkey
Phone: +90 537 954 9713
Fax: +90 232 388 1102
Email: jast@egenet.com.tr
Representative in Atlanta: Ayse Lahur Kirtunc (kirtunc@egenet.com.tr)
Polish Journal for American Studies
The Polish Journal for American Studies is an annual academic journal of the
Polish Association for American Studies, open to contributions of scholars
from all over the world. No. 1 (2004) is now in press and will be out in October.
Editor: Marek Wilczynski
Address: Polish Journal for American Studies
Center of American Studies
Adam Mickiewicz University
Al. Niepodleglosci 4
Poznan, 61874 Poland
Phone: +48 61 832 35 06
Fax: +48 61 832 31 03
Email: marek@main.amu.edu.pl
Representative in Atlanta: Marek Wilczynski (marek@main.amu.edu.pl)
Review of International American Studies (RIAS): An Electronic Publication of the International American Studies Association
Serving as agora for the global network of international scholars, teachers, and students of America as a hemispheric, transnational and global phenomenon, RIAS welcomes studies exploring America’s transatlantic and transpacific relations, encourages theoretically oriented and/or comparatist approaches across borders, disciplines, and linguistic traditions. (www.iasaweb.org)
Editors: Barabara Buchenau and
Marietta Messmer
Address: Review of International American Studies
Department of English
Georg-August University
Kaete-Hamburger Weg 3
Goettingen 37073 Germany
Phone: +49 551 3919626 – till 04/05 831 661 0322
Fax: +49 551 399004
Email: bbuchen@uni-goettingen.de; mariettamessmer@aol.com
Safundi The Journal of South African
and American Comparative Studies
Safundi-“S” represents “South Africa,” “a” stands for America, and “fundi”
comes from the Xhosa word, “umfundi,” which translates as “scholar.” Safundi
is an online community of scholars, professionals, and others interested in
comparing and contrasting the United States of America with the Republic of
South Africa. Our journal, Safundi: The Journal of South African and American
Comparative Studies, is the centerpiece of our online community. We believe
that analyzing the two countries in a comparative context enhances our perspective
on each, individually. While new comparative research is the perspective on
each, we also publish articles specifically addressing one country, provided
the articles are of interest to the comparative scholar. Furthermore, our
subject matter is as permeable as any country’s border: we will consider research
addressing other colonial and postcolonial states in Southern Africa and North
America.
Representatives in Atlanta: Christopher Saunders (css@humanities.uct.ac)
Symbiosis: A Journal of Anglo-American
Literary Relations
Symbiosis is a peer-reviewed journal indexed by the MLA. It bridges the institutional
divide between literatures in English on either side of the Atlantic, a divide
recognized by few creative writers. Playing a leading part in the modern revival
of transatlantic perspectives, Symbiosis is the only journal uniquely concerned
with studies of literary and cultural relations between the British Isles
and the Americas. It publishes articles concerned with all periods of transatlantic
relations, since the beginnings of Anglophone American, and representing all
theoretical perspectives.
Editor: Chris Gair
Representative in Atlanta: Chris Gair (C.H.GAIR@bham.ac.uk)
Vectors: Journal of Culture and
Technology in a Dynamic Vernacular
Vectors is a new, international electronic journal dedicated to expanding
potentials of academic publication via emergent and transnational media. We
are particularly interested in work that re-imagines the role of the user
and seeks to reach broader publics while creatively exploring the value of
collaboration and interactivity. (www.iml.annenberg.edu/vectors)
Editor: Tara McPherson
Assoc. Editor: Steve Anderson
Address: Division of Critical Studies/School of Cinema-Television/LUC 409
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089
Phone: 213-740-3330
Email: tmcphers@usc.edu
Representative in Atlanta: Tara McPherson (tmcphers@usc.edu)