American Studies Association

The American Studies Association (ASA) is an organization founded in 1951. It is the oldest scholarly organization devoted to the interdisciplinary study of American culture and history. The ASA works to promote meaningful dialogue about the U.S., throughout the U.S. and across the globe. Its purpose is to support scholars and scholarship committed to original research, innovating and effective teaching, critical thinking, and public discussion and debate.

The ASA consists of almost 5,000 individual members along with 2,200 library and other institutional subscribers. It publishes the American Quarterly at Johns Hopkins University Press. The concerns and activities of the organization are international in scope.

The American Studies Association was founded for purposes of

American Studies departments, programs, and centers exist around the world.

Past Presidents of the ASA include Carl Bode (1951-52), Daniel J. Boorstin (1969), Daniel Aaron (1972-73), William H. Goetzmann (1974-75), and Janice Radway (1998-99).

The President of the ASA for the 2014-2015 term (ending June 30) is Lisa Duggan, Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis at NYU. The President-elect is David Roediger, Professor of History at the University of Kansas. Curtis Marez of the University of California, San Diego was President during the 2013-2014 term.

Membership is available to any individual with an interest in the study of American culture. Colleges, universities, museums, foundations, societies and other institutions can also be members of the ASA.

The ASA includes thirteen chapters:

The ASA regularly produces several publications including:

The annual ASA annual meeting features speakers and workshops connected to a broad theme important to the field. The 2015 meeting, "The (Re)production of Misery and the Ways of Resistance" is scheduled for October 8–11, 2015 at the Sheraton Centre in Toronto, Canada. The 2014 meeting, "The Fun and the Fury: New Dialectics of Pleasure and Pain in the Post-American Century," was held on November 6–9, 2014 at the Westin Bonaventure in Los Angeles. Subsequent meetings are scheduled for November 17–20, 2016, at the Hyatt Regency Denver at Colorado Convention Center in Denver, Colorado, and November 9–12, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois.

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