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We're glad to share the call for papers for the HCA Spring Academy 2021, which will be held on March 22-26, 2021.The Spring Academy on American History, Culture &#38; Politics is an annual, one-week interdisciplinary conference for Ph.D. candidates at the Heidelberg Center for American Studies (HCA). The conference is targeted at at Ph.D. candidates working in different fields of American studies. Participants are requested to prepare a 20-minute presentation of their research project, which will be followed by a 40-minute discussion. The presentations will be arranged into ten panel groups. In addition to cross-disciplinary and international discussions during the panel sessions, the Spring Academy aims at creating a pleasant collegial atmosphere for further scholarly exchange and contact.Accommodation will be provided by the Heidelberg Center for American Studies.Startin August 15, the deadline to apply with a max 300-words long proposal (including a preliminary title) is November 15, 2020. Selection will be communicated in January 2021.Check the full CFP out!For further information, you can write directly at ibahmann@hca.uni-heidelberg.de.