[It had been a
while since I spent
a week highlighting the amazing work done by my fellow
AmericanStudies scholars, so for this week’s series I highlighted five
recent books by scholars with whom I’ve had the pleasure of working on the NEASA Council.
This special addendum to that series is an update on some of my own ongoing writing projects!]
The updated on my
latest book project that I promised yesterday isn’t quite ready to be
shared yet, although I’m hoping for news soon and you’ll be among the first to
know if and when it comes! In the meantime, I wanted to highlight three other
spaces in which I have shared or will soon share my writing and ideas:
1)
The Good
Men Project: Thanks to my colleague and friend Steve Edwards, I’ve had
a chance to write four pieces
to date for this important website and project. I hadn’t shared them before
because they’re not AmericanStudying so much as, well, ParentingStudying and
DivorceStudying. But there’s a reason why I’ve had that pic of my boys atop
this blog since day one—part of public scholarship is, to my mind, recognizing
how much our own identities and lives are tied to our work and analyses. So I’m
happy to share the GMP pieces here, and would love to hear your thoughts on
them, as ever.
2)
We’re History: This brand spankin’ new
online history magazine is the brainchild of Heather Richardson, and
promises to be a wonderful resource for public history-writing. My first piece, on attacks
on the White House in American pop culture and history, has just appeared, and
I look forwad to contributing a lot more to—and reading even more of others’
contributions on—this equal parts historical and 21st century
resource and community. Make sure to check out all the great current content on
the site, and to keep an eye on it as more is launched soon.
3)
The Conversation: This great
British and Australian site is about to launch an American version, and I’m
excited to be a contributor to that new site, with my first piece (on alliances
across and between oppressed communities, both historical and contemporary) forthcoming
soon. I’ll make sure to share it here when it appears, and will be exploring
the new American Conversation in the
weeks to come—as should you!
Next series
starts Monday,
Ben
PS. Other projects,
books, or scholars you’d share, including your own work? I’d love to hear about
them!
PPS. Two more spaces I'd add:
ReplyDeleteThe Ethos Review, where my latest piece, a tribute to Elizabeth Pena's character Pilar Cruz from John Sayles *Lone Star*, is up here: http://www.ethosreview.org/cultural-interventions/elizabeth-pena-pilar-cruz/
And MassPoliticsProfs, where I contributed this piece on support for pre-K and higher ed in Massachusetts: http://blogs.wgbh.org/masspoliticsprofs/2014/10/2/public-education-and-governors-race/
I'd love your thoughts on either of those as well!