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“This is America”: Reimagined Pasts and Speculative Futures - The British Association for American Studies Postgraduate Symposium 2024

Sankofa is a Ghanian theological concept that encourages us to recognise the “the unique moment of the present while reaching back in history and looking toward the future” (Alaina Morgan 2023). However, this concept is not unique to African and African American culture, as its theorisation of how we consider the interlinked and liminal existence of our individual and collective pasts, presents and futures can be seen in many of the texts, theories and ideas that are researched within the scholarly realm of ‘American Studies’.

The 2024 BAAS Postgraduate Symposium aims to interrogate the diverse and interdisciplinary ways that ‘American Studies’ scholars approach the idea of American futures and pasts. This symposium considers American futures and pasts not only within the context of the United States, but also the continent more widely, including a diverse range of historical, cultural, racial and societal contexts and ideas.

All are welcome to attend the symposium, which will feature five thought-provoking panels and postgraduate presenters from all over Britain and beyond. There will be free lunch and refreshments provided for those who register in advance, as well as an on-campus social for attendees after the event - .

Posted on behalf of: Faculty of Media, Arts and Humanities
Last updated: Thursday, 24 October 2024