Projects per year
Organisation profile
Organisation profile
We are a vibrant centre for promoting and disseminating world-leading research into the life and culture of the United States and beyond.
Powerfully underpinned by a tradition of, and commitment to, interdisciplinary research, our areas of expertise range from the Revolutionary period to the present day. We encompass literature and drama, history, politics, and foreign relations. Staff specialisms include American urban history, the international history of the Cold War, civil rights, ecocriticism, American popular culture, comics and graphic novels, and contemporary multi-ethnic American literature and film.
Our research strategy is driven by a desire to enhance understandings of human cultures and communities, their linguistic, historic and literary transformations, and by the questions of power and identity that issue from such investigations.
The research we undertake has demonstrated significant impact, benefiting a wide variety of groups from practitioners and professionals (film-makers, interpreters, lawyers, police, and teachers), to communities facing particular intercultural challenges (whether Native communities or immigrants to Norfolk), and the general public (from local children to visitors to special events).
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Profiles
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Christopher Bigsby
- School of Politics, Philosophy and Area Studies - Emeritus Professor
- American Studies - Member
Person: Honorary
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Richard Crockatt
- School of Politics, Philosophy and Area Studies - Emeritus Professor
- American Studies - Member
Person: Honorary
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Hilary Emmett
- School of Politics, Philosophy and Area Studies - Associate Professor in American Studies
- Area Studies - Member
- American Studies - Member
Person: Academic, Teaching & Scholarship, Research Group Member
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Idea, Paper, Object: Modernism and Saul Steinberg’s expanded drawing
1/03/24 → 28/02/27
Project: Fellowship
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The Body Beyond Disciplines: Guido da Vigevano's Corporeal Manuscripts Fellowships
1/05/23 → 30/04/26
Project: Fellowship
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BA Researcher at Risk: Social roles, identities and values in the families of Ukrainian refugees in 2022-2024
Garland, S., Sovenko, O. & Scott, M.
1/02/23 → 23/01/26
Project: Fellowship
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0 to 9 and the New York Avant-Garde: Publishing by Numbers
Hair, R., 8 Aug 2025, Palgrave Macmillian. 229 p. (New Directions in Book History)Research output: Book/Report › Book
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A Wonder-Book for Boys & Girls by Nathaniel Hawthorne: Children's Corner Critical Edition
Ruys Smith, T. & Emmett, H., 25 Apr 2025, (Accepted/In press) UEA Publishing Project. (Children's Corner Critical Edition)Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Collected Writings of Charles Brockden Brown, Volume 2: The Monthly Magazine and Other Writings, 1789-1800
Emmett, H. (ed.), Pethers, M. (ed.) & von Morzé, L. (ed.), 13 Mar 2025, (Accepted/In press) Bloomsbury.Research output: Book/Report › Scholarly edition
Prizes
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2020 HOTCUS Article Prize
Mistry, Kaeten (Recipient), Jun 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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AHRC IAA Funding - The Anti-Apartheid Movement in Britain
Grant, Nicholas (Recipient), Aug 2024
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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AHRC IAA Funding - The Anti-Apartheid Movement in Britain
Grant, Nicholas (Recipient), Sept 2022
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
Activities
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New Area Studies (Journal)
Rebecca Tillett (Guest editor)
10 Jan 2025Activity: Editorial work › Publication editorial role
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Comparative American Studies (Journal)
Rebecca Tillett (Guest editor) & Wendy McMahon (Guest editor)
2025Activity: Editorial work › Publication editorial role
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Anna Sewell in Stoke Newington: Poetry Workshop
Hilary Emmett (Speaker)
2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Schools engagement
Press/Media
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‘Signalgate’: How the US Government Creates and Guards its Secrets
4/04/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Media Coverage or Contribution
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Interview and quotes: “5 Times US Military Intelligence Was Leaked to the Public,” History.com
1/04/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Media Coverage or Contribution
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