UNIVERSITE DE MONS-HAINAUT American Studies Center Ecole d'interprètes internationaux Avenue du Champ de Mars 7000  Mons Tél : 32-65-37.36.01 Fax : 32-65-37.36.22

E.I.I. - Mons

Founded in 1991, the American Studies Center is a member of the American Studies Network (ASN), a European association of similar centers.
The American Studies Center of the Université de Mons-Hainaut, Belgium, is a reference center on American culture in general, and on the possibilities of exchanges, grants, and fellowships for study in the United States, in particular. It is accessible to the entire community of the Mons area and visitors alike, i.e., students, teachers, researchers, or private individuals.

The main objective of the Center is to encourage student and teacher exchange between the United States and Belgium and/or Luxembourg. The Center provides information on study and research programs in the U.S., as well as on grants and fellowships to help fund these programs. It also provides concrete information on life on U.S. campuses.

The Center is also a reference library specializing in American Studies. Its library seats 20. Its holdings comprise about 2,000 to 3,000 volumes, 30 periodicals, and about 400 audio and video cassettes. The Center is equipped with four computers (one connected to the internet), a photocopy machine, a microfilm reader/printer, video viewing and recording facilities, cable TV, etc. A list of the Center's holdings is available upon request.

Finally, the Center organizes seminars and various cultural events. Every year, it invites a number of American lecturers. All these events, as well as the Center's films series, are open to the public.

For more information or to make an appointment: Tel.: +32-65-37.36.01 (Alain Piette); Fax: +32-65-37.36.22; e-mail: alain.piette@umh.ac.be

THE AMERICAN STUDIES NETWORK (ASN) BOOK PRIZE

At the EAAS Conference in Dublin in 2010, the American Studies Network, a group of 18 European centers involved in the study of the United States, will again award its biennial prize for a remarkable book (monograph) published in English in the field of American Studies. The criteria are as follows:

• The monograph (not an edited volume) should have been published in 2008 or 2009
• The author must be a European scholar who through membership of her/his national American Studies organization is a member of EAAS

Three review copies of the book should be submitted before 1 November 2009 to:

Dr. Axel R. Schäfer
David Bruce Centre for American Studies
Research Institute for the Humanities
Claus Moser Research Centre
Keele University
Keele, Staffordshire
ST5 5BG
UNITED KINGDOM

USEFUL LINKS

Ambassade américaine : www.usembassy.be

Center for American Studies : www.kbr.be/cas

The Inter-University M.A. Program in American Studies: http://www.kbr.be/cas/AmericanStudies/brochure_2006_2007.pdf

Information Resource Center (IRC): www.uspolicy.be

The Commission for Educational Exchange (CEE/ABL) : www.kbr.be/fulbright/index.htm

The Belgian American Educational Foundation (BAEF): www.baef.be

The American Documentation Center (AMDOC) at KUL: http://blasa.studentenweb.org

CEGES-SOMA, the Center for Historical Research and Documentation on War and Contemporary Society: www.cegesoma.be

The ULB Humanities Library: www.bib.ulb.ac.be/BSH/bib_bsh.htm#horairesnb

The European Association for American Studies (EAAS): www.let.uu.nl/eaas/

National Archives and Records Administration (NARA): www.nara.gov

Library of Congress: www.loc.gov

Travel and Tourist Information about the United States: www.visitusa.org

 

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