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
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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.
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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
You can find our blog below:
NEW BOOK: Courage Can Save Us by Rye Barcott
Leaders from both sides of American politics put duty to others ahead of their own career—and paid a price for it. At a time when trust in British politics has rarely been lower, these stories show what leadership can look like when it is built on service rather than self-interest.From former U.S. Marine Corps officer and co-founder…
Report from Sophie Stanford, 2026 Elisha and Elizabeth Atkins Memorial Research Travel Fellowship Winner
I am extremely grateful to have been awarded the 2026 Elisha and Elizabeth Atkins Memorial Research Travel Fellowship. The fellowship has allowed me to conduct vital research at the Japanese American National Library in San Francisco. The archive holds the Japanese American Citizen Leagues’ (JACL) records on both the history of the organisation and the…
Report from Emma Long, 2025 Rosamund Davies Research Travel Fellowship Winner
I arrived in Washington DC in the middle of a heatwave. Temperatures in the high 30s with a relatively humidity feel of the mid-40s. I’ve spent a few summers in the near tropical heat of the US capital but this was by far the hottest! I was, therefore, thankful to be able to escape into…
