PAST CONFERENCES

Since its foundation in 1993, SAAS has organized biennial three-day conferences hosted by local universities across Spain. Our conferences have drawn international participants and attendees from the United States and Europe. The following cities and universities have been venues for these conferences:

CONFERENCE	CITY	YEAR	UNIVERSITY	TOPIC
17	Alicante	2025	Universidad de Alicante	American Dreams, American Nightmares, American Fantasies
16	Granada	2023	Universidad de Granada	A return to (what never was) normal: Discourses of (ab)normalcy in US culture, literature, arts and politics; past, present and future
15	Bilbao	2021	Universidad de Deusto	Fear Narratives’ and their Role/Use in the United States
14	Salamanca	2019	Universidad de Salamanca	The Image and the Word: Interactions between American Literature, Media, Visual Arts and Film
13	Cáceres	2017	Universidad de Extremadura	Understanding (Human) Nature
12	Madrid	2015	Universidad Complutense	American Communities in a Global World: Challenges for the New Millennium
11	La Laguna, Tenerife	2013	Universidad de La Laguna	TRANS: The Poetics and Politics of Crossing in the US
10	Alcalá de Henares, Madrid	2011	Universidad de Alcalá	The Backyard of the US Mansion: Critical Readings of Poverty and Wealth in the United States
9	Barcelona	2009	Universitat de Barcelona	Water and American Renewal: Critical readings. Political interventions
8	La Coruña	2007	Universidad de La Coruña	American Secrets: The Politics and Poetics of Secrecy in American Culture
7	Jaén	2005	Universidad de Jaén	Masculinities, Femininities and Hybridities in U.S. Culture
6	Vitoria	2003	Universidad del País Vasco	American Mirrors: Self-Reflections and Self-Distortions
5	Salamanca	2001	Universidad de Salamanca	Power and Culture: Forms of Interaction and Renewal
4	Santiago de Compostela	1999	Universidad de Santiago	Travelling Across Cultures: The Twentieth Century American Experience
3	León	1997	Universidad de León	Century Ends, Crises and New Beginnings
2	Sevilla	1995	Universidad de Sevilla	Urban U.S.A.: Real and Imaginary Cities
1	Madrid	1994	Universidad Autónoma	History and Fiction: Fictions of History

Conferences organized by saas members since 1994

SAAS conferences have regularly attracted between 100 and 150 registrants. Their format includes plenary lectures, panel sessions (15 to 25), dialogue sessions, roundtables and workshops on specific issues or areas of study.

Most of the plenary lectures have been addressed by prestigious literary, artistic or academic personalities, such as Robert Coover, William Kennedy, Philip Levine, Mary Gordon, Leo Marx, Robert Brustein, Emory Elliott, Robert Allen, Shirley Lim, Heinz Ickstadt, Ilan Stavans, Bobbie Ann Mason, Maxine Hong Kingston, Louise Erdrich, Karen Tei Yamashita and Marjorie Perloff. Their participation has been important to set the intellectual standards of the conventions and determine their critical orientation. All this work has been made possible by the generous and enthusiastic support of the American Embassy in Madrid and its Cultural Services, as well as of the Fulbright Comission in Madrid.