American Studies staff at Keele offer top-quality supervision in most aspects of American society and culture, and are particularly strong on nineteenth-century literature and history, twentieth century political and intellectual history, the counter culture, contemporary fiction and film. Overview: Research students are supported through the provision of: shared office space, IT equipment and research funding to support some travel and other expenses. There are significant library resources at Keele to support Humanities research, including the private David Bruce Centre Library for American Studies students. Keele is also ideally located near to other major libraries, scholarly resources and collections. Keele has established collaborative working relationships with all major archives and record offices within the region.