The  51st annual International Conference of American culture researchers will be held in 2025 from December 2 to December 6, in the Institute for the US and Canadian Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences onsite (14 A, Teterinsky per., Moscow, Russia )The theme of the 51st Conference is “«The Concepts of «America» and «American» in Literature and Culture of the USA: Historical and Modern Connotations». 

The traditional sections planned are :

·        Journalism

·        Culture of America in the 17th-19th centuries

·        American Culture of the 20th-21st Centuries with the Roundtable on American Drama

·        Ethnic aspects of American culture

·        Gender Aspects of American Culture

·        Fantastic in the Arts and Culture of the United States

·        Canadian Dimension of American Culture

·        Round table “Imprints: The Image of America and the Image of Russia”

Additional panel sessions can be suggested until  September 10, 2025 with no less than three participants including their contacts. In case they are accepted the additional round tables will be included in the form and open for registration as an attendee or a speaker (in this case an abstract of the talk is needed).

For International participants it is possible to take part online. It means, that though there will be organized recording, most sessions will be in person.  

Abstracts (up to 300 words: problem, materials, method, conclusions ) should be added in English and in Russian (AI translation will be checked additionally). The Title of the paper and the Affiliation should be also entered in both languages.

The abstracts of the reports included in the program will be published on the Society’s website in Russian and English.

Deadline for all presentation applications is 9 p.m. November 2, 2025.
In the case if the participant from abroad wishes to take part in the conference onsite in Moscow and needs a visa, the deadline is shorter - until October 10, 2025. Please take a note.

The Organizing committee decides on inclusion in the program until November 15, 2025, the acceptance letter will be sent electronically on that date.

After discussion in the sections, the reports are recommended for publication in the collection. The best papers are recommended for publication in the journal “USA AND CANADA: ECONOMY, POLITICS, CULTURE”. Full texts are accepted after the conference. Template requirements will be sent to participants personally.

In the case of difficulties registering on the portal Lomonosov – please immediately contact larmih@gmail.com to remedy the situation.

See you at our conference!

Larisa Mikhaylova

RSACS Academic Secretary.

Институт Соединенных Штатов Америки и Канады РАН

larmih@mail.ru
Михайлова Лариса Григорьевна

The conference is organized by the Society of American Culture Studies. To present a paper one should become a member, if only for a year. The fees particulars are delineated in the registration form which will be sent to you on your request. The amount is no higher than 20 US dollars per person, which is spent on Zoom for conferences and coffee-breaks.