Heidelberg Center for American Studies
Annual Spring Academy Conference
Heidelberg, Germany, March 21–25, 2022
An international network for Ph.D. students
A one-week interdisciplinary conference at Heidelberg
March 21–25, 2022
Deadline for applications: November 15, 2021
The Heidelberg Center for American Studies (HCA) invites applications for its annual Spring
Academy on American Culture, Economics, Geography, History, Literature, Politics, and
Religion to be held from March 21–25, 2022.
START OF APPLICATION PROCESS: October 01, 2021
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: November 15, 2021
SELECTIONS WILL BE MADE BY: January 2022
GET IN TOUCH VIA EMAIL: springacademy@hca.uni–heidelberg.de
The HCA Spring Academy provides 20 international Ph.D. students with the opportunity to
present and thoroughly discuss their Ph.D. projects. Additionally, it offers workshops held by
visiting scholars.
We encourage applications that range broadly across the arts, humanities, and social
sciences and pursue an interdisciplinary approach. Participants can present papers on any
subject relating to the study of the United States of America. Possible topics include American
identity, issues of ethnicity, gender, transatlantic relations, U.S. domestic and foreign policy,
economics, and various aspects of American history, literature, religion, geography, law,
musicology, and culture. The accepted projects will be arranged into ten panel groups.
Participants are requested to prepare a 20–minute presentation of their research project, which
will be followed by a 40–minute discussion.
more info at:
https://www.hca.uni-heidelberg.de/spring/applicationspring_en.html