Founded in 1974, and holding its first conference in January 1975 at the University of Keele, the American Politics Group (APG) is a Political Studies Association sub-group. It is the major professional organisation for researchers and lecturers in the UK whose work concentrates on the government and politics of the United States. We are a welcoming group that welcomes reasoned and evidenced debate about all aspects of US politics.

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In 2024 the APG was Named PSA the 2023-24 Group of the Year.

In early 2023 we launched ‘Exploring the 2022 US Midterms‘, a briefing on the 2022 US Midterms, which you can find here

You can find our news page here, and sign up to our newsletter here.

You can find information on our book prize here.

You can find information on our paper prize here.

You can find information about the Rosamund Davies Research Travel Fellowship here.

You can find our pages on the Political Studies Association website here.

You can find a bit more information about who we are here.

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Membership is not restricted to the UK, and APG conferences regularly attract the involvement of trans-Atlantic and European colleagues. The Group holds an annual 3-day conference in January of each year, an annual colloquium hosted at the British Library in London in November, as well as other events. In recent years APG members have raised money to establish a program of travel awards for UK postgraduate students.

You can find recent posts of interest (CFP, info on APG activities…) on our blog page.

If you have a call or news for our blog and/or newsletter that may be of interest to APG members send it to: d.jackson@chester.ac.uk &/or p.finn@kingston.ac.uk

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