Swiss Association
for North
American Studies

The Swiss Association for North American Studies was founded in 1978 to provide a structure that would facilitate contact among Swiss scholars interested in American Studies and allow them to be represented institutionally in the European Association for American Studies (EAAS). We organize biennial international conferences in even years, symposia in odd years, and an annual Spring Reading Group. SANAS regularly advertises two awards.

SANAS 2026 Conference: American Un/Freedoms

Our next biannual conference, organized by Prof. Katharina Gerund and Prof. Barbara Straumann, will take place at the University of Zurich on November 5-6, 2026.

SANAS 2026 Spring Reading Group (Hybrid)

This year's SANAS Spring Reading Group will take place in hybrid form at the University of Lausanne on Friday, April 17th. We are very excited to welcome Ramzi Fawaz as our speaker.

 

SANAS 2025 Symposium

SANAS 2025 Symposium, University of Neuchâtel (5 December)

America, Europe, and the World: Re-mapping “The International Theme”

News

SANAS 2026 Spring Reading Group (Hybrid)

This year's SANAS Spring Reading Group will take place in hybrid form at the University of Lausanne on Friday, April 17th. We are very excited to welcome Ramzi Fawaz as our speaker.

 

SANAS 2025 Symposium

SANAS 2025 Symposium, University of Neuchâtel (5 December)

America, Europe, and the World: Re-mapping “The International Theme”

SANAS Spring Reading Group 2024

This year's SANAS Spring Reading Group will take place at the University of St. Gallen on May 18th. We are very pleased to welcome Brian Ward to share his work with us.

 

Events

SANAS Spring Reading Group 2024

18.05.2024

This year's SANAS Spring Reading Group will take place at the University of St. Gallen on May 18th. We are very pleased to welcome Brian Ward to share his work with us.