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).
Network
Profiles
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Christopher Bigsby
- School of Art, Media and American Studies - Emeritus Professor
- American Studies - Member
Person: Honorary
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Making and Unmaking: Contemporary Artists from Africa and the Medium of Sculpture
1/03/22 → 28/02/25
Project: Fellowship
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The Promise and Peril of "U.S. in the World
Arts and Humanities Research Council
1/01/20 → 30/09/23
Project: Research
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Making sense of risk and uncertainty: narrative and metaphor in the face of volcanic activity
Barclay, J., Foden, G., McMahon, W., Pyle, D. & Sparks, S.
1/01/19 → 30/06/23
Project: Research
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"A small flashlight in a great dark space”: Elizabeth Warren, Autobiography, and Populism
Mclennan, R., 2022, (Accepted/In press) The United States: Untangling National Identity in the Twenty-first Century. Beard, L. & Chansky Sancinito, R. A. (eds.). Wisconsin University Press, (Wisconsin Studies in Autobiography ).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Bois Sauvage as biotope in the novels of Jesmyn Ward
McMahon, W., 2022, (Accepted/In press) Jesmyn Ward: New Critical Essays . Keeble, A., Harrison, S-M. & Torres-Quevedo., M. (eds.). Edinburgh University PressResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Decolonizing the Anthropocene: Tracing the Deep Histories of Traditional Ecological Knowledge in 21st Century Indigenous Literatures
Tillett, R., 2022, (Accepted/In press) The Cambridge Companion to the Native American Novel. Taylor, M. B. (ed.). Cambridge University PressResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
Prizes
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HUM Graduate School Annual Prize - Student Article Prize (co-recipient)
Barrett-Mills, J. (Recipient), 2 Jun 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Individual Project Award - Engagement
Fraser, Rebecca (Recipient), 17 Feb 2013
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Malcolm Bradbury Award
Barrett-Mills, J. (Recipient), 6 Apr 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
- 1 Public lecture/debate/seminar
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Five Women: The US Supreme Court in Recent History
Emma Long (Speaker)
8 Mar 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Public lecture/debate/seminar
Press / Media
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Interview about research on Mark Twain and the Mississippi River
7/03/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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