Past Events

April 28 – American Studies Graduate Workshop Showcase
Students enrolled in American Studies 8000 will present on their research this semester. Topics include David Brandt on “Catharine Maria Sedgwick’s Post-Revolutionary Picturesque”, Laura Carter-Stone with “‘It reminded me uncomfortably of Hitler:’ Troubling the adult gaze in reports of children’s improvisational theater at Hull House, 1939-1941”, and William Krause with “Picturing Science: Max Brödel, Medical Illustration, and the Department of Art as Applied to Medicine”
March 24 – In the Long Run We are All Dead
A conversation about leftist politics, Keynesian economics, and the possibility of a revolution
March 19 – A Myths and Realities: The Counternarratives of Latino Gang Boys and their Hopes for the Next Generation
Meet Adrian Huerta to discuss their research with youth gang culture
February 19 – American Studies Podcast Discussion Club
Covering episodes 1 & 2 of Nice White Parents, available wherever you get your podcasts.
Full info here
February 16 – The Death of the Artist: How Creators Are Struggling to Survive in the Age of Billionaires and Big Tech
William Deresiewicz will join us to discuss his latest book, which explores creativity, big tech, and American culture.
Full info here

August 21 – Back-to-School Donuts and Coffee
September 9 – Fall Welcome Dinner
October 7 – Symposium: Struggles for Suffrage
October 10 – American Studies Night at the Theatre: “Bowling for Beginners” and Discussion
October 11 thru 13 – Southern Festival of Books
October 15 – Seminar with David Greenberg, Rutgers University, “From Protest to Politics: John Lewis and the Civil Rights Movement”
November 1 – Speaker: Gloria Steinem with the Women’s Center
November 2 – Road Trip: Montgomery’s National Memorial for Peace and Justice & Legacy Museum
November 7 – Speaker: Jonathan Sarna, “That Obnoxious Order: Ulysses S. Grant and the Jews.” with Jewish Studies
November 7 thru 9 – American Studies Association National Meeting
November 11 – Library Community Room, Battlefield Rescue: US Army Medevac (co-sponsored event with The Vanderbilt Television News Archive)
November 20 and 21 – Sojourn Theater Civic Dialogue Project (co-sponsored with the Department of Theatre)