Friday, July 4

American Dream / American Nightmare Conference 4th July (In Person)

This conference explores the best and the worst of life and experiences in North America/Turtle Island across disciplines.

By New Voices in Postcolonial Studies

Date and time

Friday, July 4 · 9am - 5pm GMT+1

Portland Hall

4-12 Little Titchfield Street London W1W 7BY United Kingdom

Note: This is a preliminary program which is updated regularly as plans and speakers are finalised. The final schedule will be shared in Spring.

4th July 2025 (University of Westminster)

Roundtable on “Along State Lines: Nation and Nationalism, Borders, and Changing Territories/Landscapes” feat. Dr Zalfa Feghali (University of Leicester) and Dr Shelley Angelie Saggar (Goldsmiths University)
Roundtable on “The American Gothic, Weird Fiction, and Bodily Horror” feat. Dr Jimmy Packham (University of Birmingham) and Dr Juha Virtanen (University of Kent)
Panel on “Two-Spirit, Trans, and Drag Potentialities in the North American Context”
Keynote Speaker – TBC
Poster Presentations and Networking