AMERICAN STUDIES OVER_SEAS

(Re)Imagining Shared Pasts, Bridging Ecological Temporalities

American Studies Over_Seas is the new designation of a project launched in 2019 by the American Studies research group at ULICES – The University of Lisbon Centre for English Studies as (Re)Imagining Shared Pasts Over the Sea and Across Borders.

Going overseas is much more than an escape from a given place

The process of going overseas is much more than an escape from a given place

THE PROJECT

In the most recent turn in the study of “America”, the sea occupies a central place

This transdisciplinary project delves into dialogue, reception and projections between the United States, the Americas, and Europe, focusing on the imagery and (re)constructions of our shared ocean(s).

The sea itself is sufficient evidence that «the present is linked with past and future, and each living thing with all that surrounds it»

~ Rachel Carlson, 1998

THE PROJECT

Our Researchers Publications

American Studies Over_Seas 1: Narrating Multiple America(s)

American Studies Over_Seas 2: (Multi)Vocal Exchanges Across the Atlantic

Dez Ar Mar / Ten Sea Air

TRANSDISCIPLINARY PROGRAM

Program "Over_Seas: Active Ties, Tides, and Times"

As we consolidate our long-term collaboration with Georgetown University, in 2024-2025 we wish to focus our attention on coastal studies, strengthening not only our current network of partners, but also the transdisciplinary reach of our activities. In a program titled Over_Seas: Active Ties, Tides, and Times, we are working together with colleagues from different areas.

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