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The Eccles Centre for American Studies was founded by David and Mary Eccles in 1991. Based at the British Library - which houses the foremost collection of American books, manuscripts, journals, newspapers and sound recordings outside of the United States - the Centre has two broad aims: to promote the Library's North American materials, and to support American Studies in schools and universities.
Featured Events
- BOOK NOW Monday 4 March 2013
US Politics in the Age of Obama: A One-Day Conference for 6th Form Students - Monday 18 March 2013
Confessions of a Bibliographer (Yankee) in American Poetry - Monday 18 March 2013
Abraham Lincoln, Irish-Americans and the Civil War
Eccles Centre / British Library Writer in Residence Award 2013
The Eccles Centre for American Studies is delighted to announce that the 2013 Eccles British Library Writer in Residence Award has been given to the critically acclaimed historian Andrea Wulf and the talented poet and novelist John Burnside. More
Eccles Centre Recent Events: Podcasts and Presentations
- Bruce Stokes, Pew Research Centre Obama vs Romney: It's the Economy Stupid 24 September 2012
- The Rt. Hon. Professor Shirley Williams The American Presidential Election: model of democracy or flawed system? 11 June 2012
- Gary Younge Rorschach President: How Barack Obama Personifies the Anxieties and Aspirations of America 26 March 2012
Eccles Centre Visiting Professorships, Fellowships And Postgraduate Awards 2013
Applications are invited for one of several awards being offered in
2013 to help support scholars who need to visit London to use the British
Library's collections relating to North America. Research visits should
take place in the period April 2013 - September 2014. Applications must
be submitted by 17.00 on 31 January 2013.
Details
Former recipients
Eccles Centre Garrison Keillor Fellowship
The Eccles Centre for American Studies at the British Library invited applications for the Garrison Keillor Fellowship. The award has now been made. Details
New Research Resources
Early American Science: A Selective Guide To Materials At The British Library
"For Myself, For My Children,
For Money"
includes both a bibliography of early American women's writings at the
British Library, and selective biographies
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