Hosted by the Department of American Studies
University of Wales Swansea
6th-9th April 2000
The Department of American Studies at the University of Wales Swansea is
pleased to announce details of the upcoming Annual Conference of the British
Association for American Studies. Full Conference and programme details,
which can be found at our website listed below, are testimony to the
extraordinarily full programme we have this year and the tremendous range
and diversity of interests of the constituents of BAAS. Though there is no
specific theme for the conference, panels are broad-ranging and there is an
excellent balance of inter and multi-disciplinary papers from history,
literature and politics, as well as from popular and cultural studies
subjects, and the time span covered in papers runs from the founding of New
Amsterdam through to Clinton's foreign policy. And in addition to the
regular panel sessions of three papers, the programme includes longer
"Special Focus Sessions," three Keynote Speakers, and a Poster Session.
Special Keynote Speakers include:
- Maxine Hong-Kingston, University of California at Berkeley
- Eileen Boris from the University of Virginia
Special Focus Panels include:
"The Black Atlantic and American Studies," "Foreign Policy Problems in the
Post-Vietnam Era," "Sex in Literature," "The Multiple Meanings of the
American Revolution," "Race, Violence and the Law," "The Self in Poetry and
Literature," "New Perspectives in Welsh-American History," "Evangelicalism
and Fundamentalism in America," "The Future of American Studies"
Swansea, Wales is a culturally diverse and thriving city located at a
crossroads between industrial South Wales and areas of outstanding natural
beauty that include the mountains of the Brecon Beacons National Park and
the long coast lines and remote beaches of the Gower peninsula - all within
easy reach of Cardiff and London and generally accessible to the rest of
Britain. Conference excursions will capitalise on the strengths and the rich
cultural heritage and natural beauty of the area and include longer coach
journeys to the Coal Mining Valleys of South Wales and the Museum of Welsh
Life in Cardiff, and shorter trips to the spectacular Gower peninsula, local
historic castles and homes, and the city centre as seen through the eyes of
one of Swansea's more famous residents, Dylan Thomas.
For registration and programme details, please visit our website.
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