Since 1991, the American Studies Association has held reciprocal agreements with numerous international American studies associations that provide for shared membership benefits.

There are currently close to 30 affiliated international associations, primarily located in Europe and some parts of Asia. One of the most sustained collaborations has been with the Japanese Association for American Studies (JAAS).  For over twenty-five years, the Japan-United States Friendship Commission has funded ASA delegates to travel to Japan to collaborate with members of the JAAS in joint research, workshops, and seminars. Many of these exchanges have been facilitated by the ASA’s International Committee, which has also collaborated with the Council for the International Exchange of Scholars.

International collaboration has been a feature of the ASA since at least the late 1940s, beginning with the Salzburg Seminars in American Studies. In the years since, diverse forms of exchange have facilitated a wide range of ideas about the definition and status of the nation within American studies scholarship practiced across the globe, and ASA members have been key participants in these initiatives. More recent examples include the American University of Beirut’s Center for American Studies and Research, which was established in 2003 and is now a leader in the field of transnational American studies and the International Association of Inter-American Studies which promotes interdisciplinary research across the Americas. 

International American Studies Affiliates

• AAAS • Austrian Association for American Studies
• AASSEE • Association for American Studies in South East Europe
• AEDEAN • Spanish Association for English and American Studies
• AFEA • French Association for American Studies
• AISNA • Italian Association for North American Studies
• APEAA • Portuguese Association for Anglo-American Studies
• ASANOR • American Studies Association of Norway
• ASAT • American Studies Association of Turkey
• BAAS • British Association for American Studies
• BASA • Bulgarian American Studies Association
• BELAAS • Belarusan Association for American Studies
• BLASA • Belgian Luxembourg American Studies Association
• CSAA • Czech and Slovak Association for American Studies
• DGfA • German Association for American Studies
• HAAS • Hungarian Association for American Studies
• HELAAS • Hellenic Association for American Studies
• IAAS • Irish Association for American Studies
• JAAS • Japanese Association for American Studies
• NAAS • Nordic Association for American Studies
• NASA • Netherlands American Studies Association
• PAAS • Polish Association for American Studies
• RAAS • Romanian Association for American Studies
• RSAS • Russian Society of American Culture Studies
• SAAS • Spanish Association for American Studies
• SANAS • Swiss Assocation for North-American Studies