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Welcome back everyone! Comme le veut la formule nous espérons que l'été fut studieux et reposant. L'ADAM fait sa rentrée avec ce premier bulletin des nouvelles de la recherche américaniste. Cette année encore, n'hésitez pas à nous faire parvenir vos annonces d'événements, nous les publierons avec plaisir. Bonne rentrée à tous !Colloques3-5 septembre 2014: Colloque international organisé par l'Université du Havre : Bombardements 44 : Le Havre, Normandie, France, Europe. Stratégies et vécus. http://www.cirtai.org/spip.php?article226811-13 septembre 2014: colloque "Cosmopolis: Ford Madox Ford and the Cultures of Paris" à l'Université Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3. De plus amples informations sur cet événement sont disponibles sur la page suivante : http://www.fordmadoxfordsociety.org/future-events.html&#160;Appels à communications / articles, etc.Deadline 10/09/2014:  5th CinEcoSA Conference, 17-18 November 2014, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3, France. Screen Policies in the 21st Century. See call for paper: http://www.cinecosa.com. Please send your proposals (title, 400-word abstract, 4 bibliographical references, brief biography) to cecilia[dot]tirtaine[at]univ-paris3[dot]fr and Nathalie[dot]Dupont[at]univ-littoral[dot]fr by 10 September 2014. Deadline 12/09/2014: Journée d'étude « Au service du monde » : perspectives transnationales sur le premier siècle du canal de Panama. La journée aura lieu le 28 novembre 2014 à Paris. Les propositions (500 mots) peuvent être envoyées jusqu'au 12 septembre 2014 aux organisateurs, Didier Aubert, didier[dot]aubert[at]univ-paris3[dot]fr, James Cohen: james[dot]cohen[at]univ-paris3[dot]fr et Evelyne Payen-Variéras: evelyne[dot]payen[at]univ-paris3[dot]fr Deadline 15/09/2014: Conference and doctoral workshop, entitled “Approaching Posthumanism and the Posthuman,” to take place 4-6 June 2015 in St. Maurice, Switzerland. The event will include keynote lectures and doctoral workshops led by Professor Cary Wolfe (Rice University, USA), Professor Jeffrey Jerome Cohen (George Washington University, USA), Professor Margrit Shildrick (Linköping University, Sweden), and Dr. habil Stefan Herbrechter (Coventry University, UK). Abstracts from all literary periods as well as from diverse fields are welcome. Doctoral students will also be given the opportunity to present their projects for feedback. http://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/node/57765 Deadline 15/09/2014: Ars Poetica: Forms and Traditions of the Long Poem in the Americas. 300-word proposals (in French, English or Spanish) with a short bio should be sent to arspoetica2015[at]gmail[dot]com before September 15, 2014  Deadline 20/10/2014: Call for Manuscript Submissions ~ Closing Date 20th October 2014. The European Association for American Studies invites submissions for its biennial Rob Kroes Publication Award for an unpublished book-length manuscript. The award is named for Rob Kroes, who served as Treasurer (1976-1988) and President (1992-1996) of EAAS. For many years, Rob Kroes also edited the series European Contributions to American Studies, where the EAAS Biennial Conference volumes appeared from 1980 to 2006. The competition is open to all members of the twenty-two national and joint-national American Studies organizations in EAAS (see http://www.eaas.eu/about-eaas/constituent-members). EAAS defines "American Studies" broadly. To be eligible, a manuscript should be in the fields of literary, cultural, political or historical studies. Interdisciplinary studies are also welcome. All entries should be concerned with phenomena or events that focus on what is now the United States of America. We welcome comparative and international studies that fall within these guidelines. To be considered, manuscripts should be between 200 and 300 (maximum) pages long in total with introduction and bibliography included. Style to be used: MLA. Authors of eligible manuscripts are invited to nominate their work. We urge scholars who know of eligible manuscripts written by others to inform those authors of the opportunity. The award is open to authors of English-language manuscripts only. Entrants are requested to write an 1-2 page précis or abstract explaining why the manuscript is a significant and original contribution to American Studies. Deadline 15/11/2104: Call for papers for an international symposium at the University of Angers, 21-23 May 2015, Icons in the United States and Great Britain. This conference seeks to explore American and British history and culture through the lens of iconic figures, objects, images, and emblems, and study their significance and role in creating, sustaining, and renegotiating meaning.  Icons are things and representations that have, in the words of Mark Kemp, “achieved wholly exceptional levels of widespread recognizability and have come to carry a rich series of varied associations for very large numbers of people across time and cultures, such that it has to a greater or lesser degree transgressed the parameters of its initial making, function, context, and meaning.” Abstracts of up to 250 words, accompanied by a short biographical note, including research interests and university affiliation, are to be submitted via email to: Gelareh Djahansouz-Yvard (gelarehdjyv[at]wanadoo[dot]fr) (Univeristy of Angers, France), Bryant Simon brysimon[at]temple[dot]edu (Temple University, Philadelphia), and Taina Tuhkunen (taina[dot]tuhkunen[at]univ-angers[dot]fr) (University of Angers, France), by November 15th 2014. Proposals will be peer-reviewed by the scientific board and notification of acceptance will be sent by January 15th 2015.ParutionsBranaa, Jean-Eric, Le Droit américain, Ellipses, collection "Made Simple", sortie le 4 juillet 2014, 336 pages. Cet ouvrage se présente sous forme de cours et comprend 14 unités/quatre parties, pour une présentation du droit américain pas à pas, en distinguant le droit fédéral des droits des Etats. Cottenet, Cécile, ed. Race, Ethnicity and Publishing in America, Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. POLLOCK, Jonathan. Lire les Cantos d'Ezra Pound. Paris, Editions Hermann, Collection Fictions Pensantes. 274p.DiversLe Festival America, Littératures et Cultures d'Amérique du Nord, 7ème édition, aura lieu à Vincennes, du 11 au 14 septembre 2014. http://www.festival-america.org/edition-2014.php   