Heidelberg Center for American Studies 15th Annual Spring
Academy Conference
Heidelberg, Germany, 19-23 March, 2018
Call for Papers
The fifteenth HCA Spring Academy on American Culture, Geography, History,
Literature, Politics & Religion will be held from March 19-23, 2018. The
Heidelberg Center for American Studies (HCA) invites applications for this
annual one-week conference that provides twenty international Ph.D. students
with the opportunity to present and discuss their Ph.D. projects.
The HCA Spring Academy will also offer participants the chance to work closely
with experts in their respective fields of study. For this purpose, workshops
held by visiting scholars will take place during this week.
We encourage applications that range broadly across the arts, humanities, and
social sciences and pursue an interdisciplinary approach. Papers can be
presented on any subject relating to the study of the United States of America.
Possible topics include American identity, issues of ethnicity, gender,
transatlantic relations, U.S. domestic and foreign policy, economics, as well
as various aspects of American history, literature, religion, geography, law,
musicology, and culture.
Participants are requested to prepare a 20-minute presentation of their
research project, which will be followed by a 40-minute discussion. Proposals
should include a preliminary title and run to no more than 300 words. These
will be arranged into ten panel groups.
In addition to cross-disciplinary and international discussions during the
panel sessions, the Spring Academy aims at creating a pleasant collegial
atmosphere for further scholarly exchange and contact.
Accommodation will be provided by the Heidelberg Center for American
Studies.
Thanks to a small travel fund, the Spring Academy is able to subsidize travel
expenses for participants registered and residing in developing and
soft-currency countries. Scholarship applicants will need to document the
necessity for financial aid and explain how they plan to cover any potentially
remaining expenses. In addition, a letter of recommendation from their doctoral
advisor is required.
START OF APPLICATION PROCESS: August 15, 2017
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: November 15, 2017
SELECTIONS WILL BE MADE BY: January 2018
PLEASE USE OUR ONLINE APPLICATION SYSTEM: www.hca-springacademy.de
MORE INFORMATION: www.hca.uni-heidelberg.de
FOR FURTHER QUESTIONS: springacademy@hca.uni-heidelberg.de
Kontakt
Spring Academy (Franziska Pentz & Lara Smail)
Heidelberg University
Heidelberg Center for American Studies (HCA)
Hauptstr. 120
69117 Heidelberg
Germany
Tel: +49 (0)6221-54 38 75
Email: springacademy@hca.uni‐heidelberg.de
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