AFEA | About us

ASSOCIATION FRANÇAISE D’ÉTUDES AMÉRICAINES

The French Association of American Studies aims to bring together teachers and researchers in our area of expertise in order to promote exchanges in research, encourage teaching initiatives, and ensure the influence of French Americanists in this field.

L’Association française d’Etudes Américaines a pour vocation de rassembler les enseignants-chercheurs en études nord-américaines afin de favoriser leurs échanges en matière de recherche et d’enseignement ainsi que d’assurer le rayonnement de la recherche américaniste française.

Become a member

Maison de la Recherche, 4 rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris – France

Transcontinental Railroad
Promontory, Utah 1869

Andrew J. Russell’s photograph entitled “East and West Shaking Hands at Laying of Last Rail.” commemorates the driving of the last spike that joined the Transcontinental railroad at Promontory Summit, Utah, on May 10, 1869

Transcontinental Railroad
Sitting Bull
Sitting Bull and family 1881 at Fort Randall.

Sitting Bull was a Hunkpapa Lakota leader who became a symbol and archetype of Native American resistance movements. He had also taken part in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show that influenced numerous portrayals of the Wild West in cinema and literature.

Sitting Bull
Bibliographie AFEA
Research
Bibliographie des américanistes
Read more
Bibliographie AFEA
Annonce congrès 2021
CONGRÈS AFEA
La post-Amérique
Read more
Annonce congrès 2021
50 ans AFEA
AFEA – 50
Documentary about AFEA
View video
50 ans AFEA
western-town-4632664_1920
The Wild West

Popular attention focused on the Western United States from the 1850s to the 1910s, overplaying the romance, anarchy, and chaotic violence of the period. The American frontier contributed to expanding white settlers and displacing and decimating Native American populations.

western-town-4632664_1920
action-1850887_1920
PNC Park, Pittsburgh

Opened in spring 2001, this ballpark is an intimate, classic-style baseball field that is home to the Pittsburgh Pirates, in the American Rust Belt

action-1850887_1920
rosa-parks
Rosa Parks

On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Parks refused to vacate a seat in favor of a white passenger. The case resulted in a November 1956 decision that bus segregation is unconstitutional.

rosa-parks
cabin-2125387_1920
Lake Louise, Alberta (Canada)

Lake Louise (named Lake of the Little Fishes by the Stoney Nakota First Nations people) is a glacial lake within Banff National Park. It is named after Princess Louise Caroline Alberta (1848–1939), the fourth daughter of Queen Victoria and the wife of the Marquess of Lorne, Governor General of Canada from 1878 to 1883. It’s turquoise water is a popular tourist attraction.

cabin-2125387_1920
new-york-city-1030778_1920
New York City

Aerial shot of New York City, the Hudson river and a large part of the New Jersey coastline. Numerous waterways and parks are enmeshed in the most densely populated area in the United States.

new-york-city-1030778_1920
hollywood-sign-1598473_1920
Los Angeles

Situated on Mount Lee, in the Hollywood Hills area of the Santa Monica Mountains, the sign is 45 ft-tall and 350 feet long. Originally created in 1923 to advertise a local real estate development, it has become a cultural landmark and a symbol of the US movie industry.

hollywood-sign-1598473_1920
Muhammad_Ali_1966
Muhammad Ali

Born Cassius Clay. Ali antagonized the white establishment in 1966 by refusing to be drafted into the U.S. military during the Vietnam War citing religious reasons. “War is against the teachings of the Qur’an.” Ali added: “Why should they ask me to put on a uniform and go ten thousand miles from home and drop bombs and bullets on brown people in Vietnam while so-called Negro people in Louisville are treated like dogs and denied simple human rights?”

Muhammad_Ali_1966
abraham-lincoln-monument-2463486_1920
Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C.

The Lincoln Memorial, designed by Henry Bacon with a statue by Daniel Chester French, commemorates the 16th President of the United States. It is situated on the National Mall across from the Washington Monument. It was dedicated in 1922 and features inscriptions of the Gettysburg Address and his second inaugural address. The memorial is open to the public 24/7.

abraham-lincoln-monument-2463486_1920
border-62866_1920
U.S.-Mexico border

The border (Spanish: frontera) extends from the Pacific Ocean in the west to the Gulf of Mexico in the east. It is the most frequently crossed border in the world, with approximately 350 million documented crossings annually. It is 3,145 km (1,954 mi) long.

border-62866_1920
mount-rushmore-1082123_1920
Mount Rushmore, South Dakota

Completed in 1941 under the direction of Gutzon Borglum and his son Lincoln, the sculpture’s roughly 60-ft.-high granite faces depict U.S. presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln

mount-rushmore-1082123_1920
previous arrow
next arrow

AFEA News

Latest institutional news
Dernières informations institutionnelles

Motions / Veille documentaire

More

Concours

More

Bourses / Prix

More

AFEA network: latest posts

book, read, book pages

Official AFEA Publications

RFEA, Transatlantica, Prix de la recherche AFEA/SAES…

More
bell, notification, communication

CFPs & other announcements

CFPs, seminars, conferences, other publications, jobs…

More

AFEA annual conference

CONGRÈS AFEA

Congrès 2021: La post-Amérique

Université de Lille, 25-28 mai 2021.

Responsables scientifiques :
Michel Feith (Université de Nantes), Delphine Letort (Université du Mans) et Marie-Christine Michaud (Université Bretagne Sud, Lorient).

READ MORE

AFEA on social media

50 ans de l’AFEA:

Transatlantica Youtube channel:

AFEA on Twitter:

Twitter feed is not available at the moment.

AFEA on Facebook:

Cover for AFEA
408
AFEA

AFEA

Sont diffusées sur la page facebook de l'AFEA des informations concernant des événements et des p

AFEA

3 months ago

AFEA
ColloqueColloque PCAoF "Des cultures populaires marginales au polycentrisme culturel : quand la marge devient centre" du 6 au 8 Mars 2023, Université de StrasbourgLe colloque international "Des cultures populaires marginales au polycentrisme culturel : quand la marge devient centre" de la PCAoF (Popular Culture Association of France) aura lieu du 6 au 8 mars 2023 à l'Université de Strasbourg, organisé par Clément Fontannaz, David Lipson & Josselin Mattont à la MISHA, Université de StrasbourgPar ailleurs, il est possible d'assister en direct en visio à l'intégralité du colloque en écrivant à: Clément Fontannaz, cfontannaz@unistra.fr ou à David Lipson , lipson@unistra.frPour information, certaines communications seront aussi en visio. ... See MoreSee Less
View on Facebook
· Share

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Linked In Share by Email

AFEA

3 months ago

AFEA
EntretienEntretien sur le livre Hollywood Screwball Comedy 1934-1945. Sex, Love, and Democratic Ideals par Grégoire Halbout (événement en ligne) avec le critique de cinéma A.S. Hamrah (The Baffler) le 9 mars prochain, à l'occasion de la publication de la version paperback.Livre sélectionné parmi les "Outstanding Academic Titles 2022" par le magazine américain "Choice" (American Library Association – ALA). Pour s'inscrire : bit.ly/3xCEfMOou www.literatibookstore.com/event/home-literati-gr%C3%A9goire-halbout-and-hamrah ... See MoreSee Less

Photo

View on Facebook
· Share

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Linked In Share by Email

Bernard Vincent
In Memoriam
Bernard Vincent
(† 12 fév. 2020)
Lire l’éloge
Bernard Vincent
Anne Ollivier-Mellios
In Memoriam
Anne Ollivier-Mellios
(† février 2016)
Lire l’éloge
Anne Ollivier-Mellios
Gilles Chamerois
In Memoriam
Gilles Chamerois
(† 1er avril 2021)
Lire l’éloge
Gilles Chamerois
Sophie Body-Gendrot
In Memoriam
Sophie Body-Gendrot
(† 21 septembre 2018)
Lire l’éloge
Sophie Body-Gendrot
Danièle Pitavy-Souques
In Memoriam
Danièle Pitavy-Souques
(† 13 juillet 2019)
Lire l’éloge
Danièle Pitavy-Souques
Claudine Thomas
In Memoriam
Claudine Thomas
(† 17 septembre 2019)
Lire l’éloge
Claudine Thomas
François Brunet
In Memoriam
François Brunet
(† 24 décembre 2018)
Lire l’éloge
François Brunet
previous arrow
next arrow