Past Events
Spring 2021
- 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
Fall 2020
Spring 2020
Fall 2019
- 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)
Spring 2019
- January 26 – Take a Hike!
- February 4 – City Walks: The Belcourt
- February 23 – Road Trip: The Farm Community
Fall 2018
- September 13 – From Potosi to Tennessee: A talk by Dr. Alex Chávez
- October 1 – Fall Dinner
- October 3 – Road Trip: The Parthenon
- October 10 – Science, Freedom, and the Cold War: A talk by Dr. Audra J. Wolfe
- October 27 – Road Trip: Memphis Rock N Soul
- November 13 – Beyond the Headlines: The Midterm Election
Spring 2018
- January 27 – Road Trip: A Murder in Music City
- February 5 – 10th Annual Murray Lecture with Linda Gordon
- February 8 – Technology and Civil Liberties in the Trump Era
- February 13 and 14 – Guns, Communities, and Civic Life
- February 14 – Freedmen’s Bureau Records Transcribe-a-thon
- April 24 – Senior Reception
Fall 2017
- September 12 – Welcome Back Open House Fall 2017
- October 6 – Homecoming Weekend 2017: Alumni Breakfast
- October 30 – Quebec Roots Band, Genticorum, performs at Vanderbilt in Sarratt Cinema
- November 2 – American Studies Graduate Student Working Group Kickoff Meeting