Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to invite you to the upcoming 1st International Biennial Symposium of American Studies—DEUSAS—organized by the Department of American Studies at Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, Turkey, April 27-29 2016. The symposium is open to a wide variety of disciplines and approaches with the aim of discussing the Sacred and the Sublime in connection with the United States. We encourage submissions about literature, culture, religion, philosophy, politics, sociology, the visual arts, film and the media in any strand of American studies. Proposals for twenty-minute presentations should be submitted to deusamericanstudies@gmail.com by November 13, 2015 at the latest. Submissions should include a 250 word abstract in English and a short biographical description. No registration fee will be required, though those who would like to participate (whether as delegate or attendee) are expected to register their names on our website, http://deusas.deu.edu.tr, or to contact the Symposium Coordinator, Dr. Richard Parker at richard.parker@deu.edu.tr or deusamericanstudies@gmail.com. We look forward to welcoming you all to the beautiful city of Izmir! Please feel free to distribute this to any colleagues or students you think may be interested in participating. Best wishes, Dr. Richard Parker
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