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

• Friday 10 February 2012
  Tracking the 2012 Elections: A half-day conference hosted at the US Embassy, London
• Wednesday 21 March 2012
  Lecture: Liberties and Empires: Writing Constitutions in the Atlantic World, 1776-1848
• Thursday 22 March 2012
  Seminar: The Presidential Difference: White House Leadership in the Civil War Era from James Polk to Abraham Lincoln
• Monday 26 March 2012
  17th Annual Douglas W. Bryant Lecture
  Rorschach President: How Barack Obama Personifies the Anxieties and Aspirations of America by Gary Younge
• CALL FOR PAPERS
  Monday 11 June 2012
  Political Marketing and Consultancy in an Age of Global Crises

Eccles Centre Visiting Professorships, Fellowships And Postgraduate Awards 2012

Applications had to be submitted by 17.00 on 31 January 2012. The application window for the 2012 awards is now closed. Details

Eccles Centre Garrison Keillor Fellowship

The Eccles Centre for American Studies at the British Library invites applications for this a one-off award of £2,250 for travel and other expenses connected with the award-holder’s research visit to work at the British Library in London. Projects proposed by applicants can be in any discpline but should relate in some way to the American Mid-West. The Garrison Keillor Fellowship is open to both post-graduates and post-doctoral scholars normally resident in the UK. Details

Eccles Centre / British Library Writer in Residence Award 2012

The winners are Sheila Rowbotham, the respected British socialist feminist writer and honorary fellow of the Universities of Manchester and Bristol, and Naomi Wood, known for her critically acclaimed debut novel The Godless Boys. Details

Podcasts of Eccles Centre Recent Events

• Lionel Barber: Adapt or Die: The Future of News and Newspapers in the Digital Revolution
• Amanda Foreman: Tales of Heroism, Tales of Terror: The British in the American Civil War
• Philip Bobbitt: Why Men Hate to Talk about Relationships: the US, the UK, and the Atlantic Alliance

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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