American Politics Group of the UK Political Studies Association 47th Annual Conference

The 47th annual conference of the American Politics Group of the UK Political Studies Association will be produced by the University of Kent in the United Kingdom on 22-23 January 2021. The conference will be wholly on-line. The cost of the conference is £0 for all attendees, whether you are giving a paper, dropping in to the odd panel or just the keynote speech on Friday evening.  

Regular attendees will note that the date is slightly later in January than usual. The on-line nature of the event has allowed us to schedule it to coincide (nearly) with President-Elect Joe Biden's inauguration.

We are delighted to announce that the conference’s keynote will be by Professor Sarah Churchwell of the School of Advanced Study at the University of London. A link to her biography is here, including her must-read book, Behold, America: A History of America First and the American Dream (Bloomsbury (UK) and Basic Books (US), 2018)

The APG invites proposals on any aspect of American politics. Papers or panel proposals examining contemporary US political institutions or processes, foreign policy issues or political history are welcome. The conference organisers would also welcome papers addressing comparative themes or relevant theoretical or methodological issues.

Past conferences have had a strong postgraduate presence and we especially encourage young scholars to present their work.

If you are interested in presenting a paper, please send a title and abstract to Dr Andrew Wroe at a.j.wroe@kent.ac.uk by 18 December 2020. Proposals should be around 150 words for single papers and 300 words for panels. We apologise for the tight deadline, but know that many of you have some fantastic papers in progress or already written. We look forward to hearing them.  

The APG is the leading scholarly association for the study of US politics in the UK and also has members in continental Europe and the USA. Follow us on:  

Twitter: @PSA_APG  

Web: https://www.psa.ac.uk/specialist-groups/american-politics

Direct any enquiries to the conference organiser and APG co-chair:  

Dr. Andrew Wroe
School of Politic and International Relations
University of Kent
Canterbury, CT2 7NX
United Kingdom
E: a.j.wroe@kent.ac.uk

Founded in 1974, holding its first conference in January 1975 at the University of Keele, The American Politics Group is the major professional organisation for the researchers and teachers in the UK whose work concentrates on the government and politics of the USA. Membership is not restricted to the UK, and APG conferences regularly attract the involvement of trans-Atlantic and European colleagues. The Group holds an annual 3-day conference in January, an annual colloquium hosted at the US Embassy in London in November, and various other events. In recent years the members have raised money to establish an intermittent programme of travel awards for UK postgraduate students.
Visit the American Politics Group's website.