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.
The SANAS Biennial Conference entitled "Work: The Labors of Language, Culture, and History" will take place on 8-9 October 2021 at the University of St. Gallen.
