Arthur Miller Institute for American Studies

Description

The Arthur Miller Institute for American Studies is an initiative designed to further interest in the study of the United States, to promote major new research projects, and to facilitate the movement of people between Britain and America.  It runs two annual awards for American Studies in conjunction with the British Association for American Studies: the Miller First Book Award and the Miller Article Award.  Please contact the Institute for more information or find us via the BAAS webpages (https://baas.ac.uk/awards/).

The AMI encompasses the American Studies Research Centre and the Department of American Studies at UEA but also welcomes colleagues and students working on American-related topics from across the university.

Areas of research interest include, but are not limited to:

• Transnational activism
• Race, activism, indigeneity, and identity
• Gender and sexuality
• American foreign policy and international relations
• Power and protest
• Materiality
• Film and popular culture
• Law, politcs, and the US Constitution
• Environmental activism

Offers funding

No, this infrastructure does not provide funding.

Founding year

1989

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University affiliation(s)

University of East Anglia
Norwich

Partner Infrastructures

British Association for American Studies (BAAS)

The British Association for American Studies was founded in 1955. It exists to promote, support and encourage the study of the United States in the Universities, Colleges and Schools of the United Kin… read more about British Association for American Studies (BAAS)

Liverpool

Additional Partnerships

American Studies Network (https://americanstudiesnetwork.com/)