The Maple Leaf and Eagle conference offers a broad international review of the current status of North American Studies. Organized by the North American Studies program at the University of Helsinki, the conference thrives on being interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary. It is welcoming to academic specialties as varied as history, literature, politics, geography, media studies, ethnic studies, culture studies, law, and economics. Presentations are sought from a wide range of research traditions and from a variety of political and ideological backgrounds.