[JFKI-News] Conference Announcement: Annual Spring Academy Conference Heidelberg

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Betreff: Conference Announcement
Von:     "Nohle, Julia" <jnohle@hca.uni-heidelberg.de>
Datum:   Mi, Oktober 6, 2021 13:45
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Heidelberg Center for American Studies 19th Annual Spring Academy Conference Heidelberg, Germany, 21-25 March, 2022

/Call for Papers/

The eighteenth HCA Spring Academy on American Culture, Economics, Geography, History, Literature, Politics, and
Religion will be held from March 21-25, 2022. 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 invites participants to work closely with experts in their respective fields of study and
offers workshops held by visiting scholars. 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. 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. 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 30, 2021

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS:
November 15, 2021

SELECTIONS WILL BE MADE BY:
January 2022

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


Julia Nohle and Virginia Zentgraf


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Julia Patricia Nohle

Spring Academy Organizing Team
Student Assistant
Heidelberg Center for American Studies (HCA)
Curt und Heidemarie Engelhorn Palais
Hauptstr. 120
69117 Heidelberg

Ph: ++49-(0)6221-54 38 75
E-mail: jnohle@hca.uni-heidelberg.de
Internet: www.hca.uni-heidelberg.de<http://www.hca.uni-heidelberg.de/>

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