Heidelberg Center for American Studies 22nd Annual Spring Academy Conference
Heidelberg, Germany, 24-28 March, 2025
(za doktorande)

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The twenty-second HCA Spring Academy on American Culture,
Economics, Geography, History, Literature, Politics, and Religion will
be held from March 24-28, 2025. 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.

We encourage applications that pursue an interdisciplinary approach and
range broadly across the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Papers
can be presented on any subject relating to the study of the United
States of America. We are also accepting applications that focus on the
North American continent at large, including Canada, Mexico, and the
Caribbean. Possible topics include American identity, migration, 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. Proposals
should include a preliminary title and run to no more than 300 words.

Participants are requested to prepare a 20-minute presentation of their
research project, which will be followed by a 40-minute discussion. The
presentations 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
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: September 1, 2024
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: November 1, 2024
SELECTIONS WILL BE MADE BY: January 2025
PLEASE USE OUR ONLINE APPLICATION FORM:
https://www.hca.uni-heidelberg.de/spring/applicationspring_en.html
www.hca-springacademy.de

FOR FURTHER QUESTIONS
GET IN TOUCH VIA EMAIL:
jbuchholz@hca.uni-heidelberg.de
or
lmayerle@hca.uni-heidelberg.de

Jonas Buchholz and Luisa Mayerle

MORE INFORMATION:
https://www.hca.uni-heidelberg.de/spring/index_en.html