aspeers, the first and currently only peer-reviewed journal for MA-level American studies scholars in Europe, has welcomed a new editorial team headed by Florian Bast, general editor of the fifth issue of aspeers (2012). The editorial team is inviting fellow graduate students to reflect on the diverse roles and meanings of "American Food Cultures."

aspeers is happy to see Mirko Martin, who contributed art for the third issue of aspeers, participate and win in a photography contest by the Berlin art museum C/O, as the German daily newspaper Sueddeutsche recently reported. In an interview on the newspaper's website, Mirko Martin discusses photographs from his series L.A. Crash, how they blend 'reality' and 'fiction,' and his fascination with Los Angeles in general.

aspeers has just published its new Calls for Papers. Each issue contains both a general and a topical section. The general section of the 5 (2012) issue will showcase various outstanding academic work done on the MA level of American studies at European universities. The topical section will feature academic and art submissions organized around the theme of "American Food Cultures."

The Student Conference in American Studies (SCIAS) at Munich's LMU calls for submissions for presentations. The conference will take place 4-5 November 2011 and is open to advanced Bachelor, Master, and Magister degree students.

For more information on the conference, submission guidelines and the submission deadline, please refer to the attached PDF or to the webpage at: amerikanistik.uni-muenchen.de/scias2011.

Who’s laughing now? Humor as Resistance and Oppression in U.S. American Culture

10th Annual Students and Graduates Conference
Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
Berlin, November 10-12, 2011

The focus of this conference will be on U.S. American traditions and forms of humor that can be found in media as diverse as literature, film, television, radio, newspapers, and the Internet.

On 19 April 2011, 5 p.m., American Studies Leipzig will celebrate the release of the fourth issue of aspeers: emerging voices in american studies, Europe’s first and currently only graduate-level peer-reviewed journal in American studies.

The publication project is part of American Studies Leipzig’s MA program. Over the course of the last semester, an editorial team of eight MA students has worked to select contributions, revise them together with the authors, edit them, and make them ready for

Please note these two graduate conferences:

1. Space, Place and Time: The Construction of Identity in American Literature and Popular Culture
   December 10–12, 2010
   Department of American Studies, Uni Graz
2. American Studies in Europe Post-9/11: Is it All Different Now?
   October 8–10, 2010
   4th Annual Austria’s Young Americanists Graduate Student Workshop

 

aspeers has just published its new Calls for Papers. As of its fourth issue, aspeers will contain both a general and a topical section. The general section will showcase various outstanding academic work done on the MA level of American studies at European universities. The topical section will feature academic and art submissions organized around the theme of "Nature and Technology, Revisited."

Please note the following two conferences that specifically target an MA level audience:

We are proud to announce the publication of the aspeers house style along with additional guidelines intended to assist you in preparing your submission for aspeers. They can be found at www.aspeers.com/style.