The Eccles Centre for American Studies

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

• Fri 28 June 2013
  Rorschach Audio - Ghost Voices, Art, Illusions and Sonic Archives. Talk by author Joe Banks
• Wed 3 July 2013
  East meets West: Uncovering connections between the East India Company and the Caribbean through the British Library's collections
• Wed 24 July 2013
  The Rise and Fall of the American Industrial Foodscape Talk by Betsy Donald, 2012-13 Eccles Centre Visiting Professor in North American Studies
• Tue 6 August 2013
  Power and Persuasion: Michael Dukakis in conversation
• Wed 21 August 2013
  The Brother Gardeners: Botany, Empire and the Birth of an Obsession Talk by author Andrea Wulf, 2013 British Library Eccles Centre Writer in Residence

Eccles Centre / British Library Writer in Residence Award

NEW  Applications are now invited for the 2014 Writer in Residence Award. More

The 2013 Eccles British Library Writer in Residence Award was given to the critically acclaimed historian Andrea Wulf and the talented poet and novelist John Burnside.   More

Eccles Centre Recent Events

• Eighteenth Annual Douglas W Bryant Lecture
  Lyse Doucet  From Acadie to Arab Spring: Reflections on America's Place in the World   13 May 2013
  Podcast

Eccles Centre Visiting Professorships, Fellowships And Postgraduate Awards 2013

The awards for April 2013 - September 2014 have now been made.
Details   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. More

New Research Resources

The Federal Writers' Project: A guide to materials held at the British Library

Seventeenth Annual Douglas W Bryant lecture
Rorschach President: How Barack Obama personifies the anxieties and aspirations of America(PDF format 209KB) by Gary Younge

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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