Latest news and events in American and Canadian Studies at the University of Birmingham. Contensis: http://www.contentmanagement.co.uk http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/acs/news/index.aspx?SyndicationType=2 2013-05-20T03:08:50Z William Fallows

What's behind the popularity of Richard & Judy's Book Club?

2013-05-15T11:51:00Z 2013-05-15T11:33:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/acs/news/2013/beyond-the-book.aspx William Fallows

The horrific terrorist attack in Boston has captured the attention of the western world over the past week. Initially, the media and wider speculation concentrated on who carried out the attacks and why?

2013-04-25T09:14:00Z 2013-04-25T08:52:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/impact/perspective/reflecting-terrorism-hewitt.aspx William Fallows

The British Association for American Studies 59th Annual Conference will take place in April 2014 at the University of Birmingham.

2013-04-22T10:09:00Z 2013-05-01T15:19:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/acs/news/2013/british-association-for-american-studies-59th-annual-conference-to-be-held-at-birmingham.aspx William Fallows

Professor Scott Lucas on Radio 4's Today programme.

2013-04-17T10:16:00Z 2013-04-17T10:06:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/acs/news/2013/olympus-has-fallen.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

Professor Scott Lucas reflects on the war on Iraq, 10 years after the US warplanes launched the first phase.

2013-03-26T15:08:00Z 2013-03-26T09:30:00Z http://www.defencemanagement.com/feature_story.asp?id=22148 Alberto Guglielmi

Two years on from the UN Security Council resolution that authorised NATO's military intervention in Libya, Professor Scott Lucas and other three University of Birmingham experts reflect on where we are now.

2013-03-19T10:23:00Z 2013-03-19T10:21:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/impact/perspective/libya-two-years-on.aspx William Fallows

Steve Hewitt takes part in televised debate on whether torture is ever justified.

2013-01-31T17:27:00Z 2013-01-31T17:28:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/acs/news/2013/big-questions.aspx William Fallows

Our lecturers recommend books, websites and films to get you thinking further.

2013-01-17T13:13:00Z 2013-01-17T13:28:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/acs/undergraduate/acs-recommends.aspx William Fallows

ACS student newsletter - Election Special.

2012-11-23T14:27:00Z 2012-11-23T14:50:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/Documents/college-artslaw/acs/capitol-letters-issue-2.pdf Cat Taylor

Lucy Shilling, Tilly Salter, Joanne Goldhawk and Matthew McGrath are third-year students in American and Canadian Studies who are currently doing a required year abroad at an American university as part of their degree. Before the world congratulated Barack Obama on a second term in office, Lucy, Tilly, Matthew and Joanne, wrote about their experiences of being on the U.S. Election campaign trail.

2012-11-08T13:50:00Z 2012-11-08T13:58:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/students/birmingham/ug-profiles/us-election-2012-student-experiences.aspx William Fallows

Video recording of 17 October seminar with Professor Scott Lucas, Dr Adam Quinn and Jonna Nyman.

2012-10-19T13:08:00Z 2012-10-19T13:08:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/acs/events/2012/scott-lucas-seminar.aspx Cat Taylor

A year spent at the University of Virginia, USA, through the eyes of a British exchange student. Natalia Scorer, studying American and Canadian Studies wrote a thoughtful and insightful blog about her Year Abroad experiences in Charlottesville.

2012-10-05T15:47:00Z 2012-10-05T15:14:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/acs/news/2012/natalie-scorer-blog.aspx Cat Taylor

Lucy Vernon, studying American and Canadian Studies, talks about her internship at Maverick Television during the summer.

2012-09-26T18:33:00Z 2012-09-26T13:36:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/acs/news/2012/lucy-vernon-intern.aspx Cat Taylor

Professor Dick Ellis, Department of American and Canadian Studies, and PhD student Ceren Sengezer participated in the exciting and highly successful Inaugural Conference of the European Beat Studies Network.

2012-09-17T13:17:00Z 2012-09-17T10:31:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/acs/news/2012/european-beat-studies.aspx Cat Taylor

Tilly Salter has just started her Year Abroad at the University of Iowa, and the experience is already exceeding expectations.

2012-09-14T13:53:00Z 2012-09-14T12:16:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/acs/news/2012/obama.aspx Cat Taylor

Dr John Fagg, lecturer in American and Canadian Studies, receives Research Travel Grant from the Terra Foundation for American Art.

2012-08-23T17:37:00Z 2012-08-23T15:46:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/acs/news/2012/john-fagg-travel-grant.aspx Cat Taylor

Kasey Robinson, studying English and American and Canadian Studies Joint Honours course, has been working as an intern in the Public Affairs Department/ Office of Commemorations of the US Navy in Washington DC.

2012-08-23T17:36:00Z 2012-09-10T14:54:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/acs/news/2012/summer-internship-in-washington.aspx Cat Taylor

Dr Danielle Fuller, Senior Lecturer in Canadian Studies, drew on her research as chief investigator on the Beyond the Book research project into mass reading events.

2012-08-23T15:32:00Z 2012-08-23T16:00:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/acs/news/2012/danielle-fuller-keynote-lecture.aspx Cat Taylor

John Fagg and Sara Wood win 2012 School of English, Drama and American & Canadian Studies award for Excellence in Teaching and Supporting Student Learning (ETSSL).

2012-08-23T15:31:00Z 2012-08-23T15:39:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/acs/news/2012/excellence-award.aspx Cat Taylor

A video of interviews with graduating students from the BA American and Canadian Studies

2012-07-30T12:19:00Z 2012-07-30T11:45:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/acs/news/2012/acs-graduates-2012.aspx Cat Taylor

A video of Professor Scott Lucas giving a talk on BA American and Canadian Studies at the open day in June 2012

2012-07-09T11:24:00Z 2012-07-09T10:58:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/acs/news/2012/American-and-Canadian-Studies-open-day-talk.aspx Jonathan Laidlow

Applications are now being sought for 10 interns at leading cultural organisations within the West Midlands region as part of the University's Cultural Partnership Scheme. The paid placements are for 6 months and will start in October 2012.

2012-07-04T14:04:00Z 2013-03-11T13:22:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/culture/volunteering/regionally.aspx William Fallows

Video interviews with academics and students from the School of English, Drama and American & Canadian Studies at the University of Birmingham's Community Day 2012.

2012-06-12T16:48:00Z 2012-06-12T16:28:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/news/2012/community-day-2012.aspx William Fallows

Audio recording of Ideas Lab conversation with James Walters.

2012-05-15T15:36:00Z 2012-05-15T15:30:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/acs/news/2012/hobbit.aspx William Fallows

BA American and Canadian Studies alumnus Ross Cohen's film 'Willowbrook' in the Official Selection.

2012-04-30T13:46:00Z 2012-04-30T13:41:00Z http://www.willowbrookmovie.com/ William Fallows

Steve Hewitt discusses his research with Louise Tickell in The Guardian.

2012-03-14T10:48:00Z 2012-03-14T10:38:00Z http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/mar/12/intelligence-recruitment-use-informers-secret William Fallows

Dr Cristina Ivanovici, who studied for her PhD in American and Candian Studies, awarded a postdoctoral fellowship at McMaster University.

2012-03-12T10:19:00Z 2012-03-12T10:18:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/acs/news/2012/cristina-ivanovici.aspx William Fallows

Blogpost from John Fagg (American and Canadian Studies).

2012-02-29T15:57:00Z 2012-02-29T15:50:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/culturalmodernity/news/2012/farmers.aspx William Fallows

The latest from Libya with Scott Lucas.

2011-05-31T19:03:00Z 2011-09-01T12:58:00Z http://www.enduringamerica.com/home/category/ea-global William Fallows

American and Canadian Studies student interns meet HM Consul General in Chicago.

2011-05-30T10:44:00Z 2011-09-01T12:58:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/acs/news/2011/chicago-internships.aspx William Fallows

Professor Scott Lucas meets with the British-American Business Council in Birmingham.

2011-05-30T10:42:00Z 2011-09-01T12:57:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/acs/news/2011/bin-laden.aspx William Fallows

Topics range from how 'America' is constructed to US governmental censorship and manipulation of UFO perceptions in film.

2011-05-30T10:38:00Z 2011-09-01T12:56:00Z http://www.49thparallel.bham.ac.uk/ William Fallows

Exceptionally high student satisfaction scores in American Studies for the University of Birmingham.

2011-05-05T00:00:00Z 2011-09-01T12:59:00Z http://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings?s=American+Studies William Fallows

49th Parallel E-journal website relaunch.

2011-02-16T00:00:00Z 2011-09-01T12:57:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/acs/news/2011/49th-relaunch.aspx William Fallows

Professor Scott Lucas analyses the impact of the recent wikileaks releases

2010-12-15T00:00:00Z 2011-09-01T12:56:00Z http://www.enduringamerica.com/home/category/ea-wikileaks William Fallows

Dick Ellis letter published in The Guardian

2010-11-28T00:00:00Z 2011-09-01T12:54:00Z http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2010/nov/28/letters-football-great-gatsby-religion William Fallows

Dick Ellis meets Skip Gates in London

2010-09-01T00:00:00Z 2011-09-01T12:55:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/acs/news/2010/our-nig.aspx William Fallows

News story looking at student satisfaction ratings for undergraduate courses in American and Canadian Studies at the University of Birmingham

2010-07-01T00:00:00Z 2011-09-01T12:55:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/acs/news/2010/satisfaction.aspx William Fallows

Information on MA History, Film and Television now on Facebook

2010-03-04T00:00:00Z 2011-09-01T12:54:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/acs/news/2010/facebook.aspx