USAbroad – Journal of American History and Politics

Since its establishment as an academic research field in the U.S. in the late 1970s, public history has grown significantly, serving as a vital tool for examining contemporary issues, community memories, and conflicts at both scholarly and practical levels. USAbroad invites public history or public history-related contributions investigating US compelling past(s), heritage, memories, and socio-economic fractures. Given the interdisciplinary nature of the field, which benefits from the integration of various research areas and communication methods, contributions may draw from, but are not limited to, the following research areas related to American history:

- Foreign relations (e.g. soft diplomacy actions);

- Postcolonial studies;

- Intellectual history (e.g. international circulation of ideas);

- Global history;

- Cultural studies (e.g. culture wars, Lost Cause);

- Ethnic studies; (e.g. migrant communities, transnational connections)

- Economic politics;

- Media and game studies (e.g. the impact of American products over communities at home and abroad);

- Military history (e.g. historical reenactments, war cemeteries)

- Urban studies;

- Heritage interpretation in museums, libraries, parks, rural or urban settings, etc.;

- Teaching and education (e.g. historical anniversary);

- Memory studies (e.g. analysis and practices over monuments; memories of trauma in communities or families)

Click here to read and download the long version of the call:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FAxg5I7C9ADsYx77_4BnYRVeNh4ir59rx88d0eGYbRg/edit?usp=sharing

Please submit your abstract (500 words max) and your CV (2 pages max) to usabroad@unibo.it by May 20, 2024. Successful applicants will be notified by May 23, 2024, at the latest.

Please note that, if your application is successful, you will need to submit a full 7000-word article by August 31, 2024.