The Third Annual HOTCUS Conference will be held at The Marcus Cunliffe Centre for the Study of the American South at the University of Sussex on 1-3 July 2010. The conference will feature forty-seven papers on all topics concerning the history of the United States from 1890 to the present by speakers from the United Kingdom, the United States, and continental Europe. For further information, please contact Jarod Roll (j.h.roll@sussex.ac.uk) or Sandra Scanlon (s.scanlon@lse.ac.uk) for more information.

Nancy MacLean, Professor of History and African American Studies at Northwestern University, will deliver the keynote address on July 1. Her talk is entitled: "'To Make Democracy Safe for the World': The Southern U.S. Sources for the Global Push for Privatization." 

The Historians of the Twentieth Century United States is an organization that promotes the broader awareness of, and exchange on, the U.S. during the century just past. Membership is open to all. Those interested should contact Dr. Axel Schaefer, Membership Secretary, at the David Bruce Centre, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, UK, ST5 5BG or brucecentre@ams.keele.ac.uk. For membership forms and updates on HOTCUS events see the HOTCUS website at  http://www.keele.ac.uk/depts/as/Dbruce/hotcus.html .

You can also download the HOTCUS membership form here

For more information about the conference experience at the University of Sussex, please visit this informational site for delegates: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/conferenceservices/1-6-2.html

The University of Sussex is located at Falmer, a village four miles from central Brighton. It is less than an hour from London Gatwick International Airport and accessible by train and bus. For more information on getting here, please visit the university's site for visitors: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/aboutus/findus/uktravel.php

Brighton is an exciting, cosmopolitan seaside city with plenty to see and do: http://www.visitbrighton.com/