Centre for the Americas

an interdisciplinary hub of research innovation

The Centre for the Americas is an interdisciplinary hub of research innovation bringing together scholars working in the fields of US, Canadian, Caribbean and Latin American studies from backgrounds in literature, languages and translation, history, film and television studies, politics, philosophy and international relations.

Based in the School of Arts, English and Languages, the Centre aims to develop high quality, interdisciplinary research focused on the study of the Americas across and beyond the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.

This aim is being addressed in and through a range of activities including annual symposia, a regular seminar series, research workshops, visiting speakers and public talks.

FORTHCOMING IN AUTUMN 2021:

A MAJOR INTERNATIONAL, INTERDISCPLINARY SYMPOSIUM ON RACE AND POLICING IN THE AMERICAS

EVENTS and SEMINARS

UPCOMING FOR 2021

RACE AND POLICING IN THE AMERICAS

Online international seminar series, hosted by the Centre for the Americas and The Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice at Queen’s University Belfast – in conjunction with the Cultures of War research group at New York University.

ARCHIVE OF EVENTS

Listings of previous symposia, seminar series, research workshops, visiting speakers and public talks.

WHO WE ARE

CO-DIRECTORS
Prof. Philip McGowan		Prof. Andrew Pepper

MEMBERS
Dr Stefan Andreasson		Dr Des O’Rawe
Dr Sarah Bowskill		Dr Ricki O’Rawe
Dr Tori Holmes		Dr Kurt Taroff
Dr Brian Kelly		Dr Andrew Thomson
Dr Debbie Lisle		Dr Keira Williams
Dr Alex Murray		Dr Nik Ribianszky

Queen's University Belfast