[A Recap of the
month that was in AmericanStudying.]
December
5: Fall 2016 Reflections: Intro to Science Fiction and Fantasy: A fall
wrap-up series starts with three lessons for 21st century America
from three great sci fi stories.
December
6: Fall 2016 Reflections: Honors Seminar on the Gilded Age: The series
continues with what three under-read literary works can help us analyze in
contemporary America.
December
7: Fall 2016 Reflections: Senior Seminar on 21st Century America:
Three takeaways from a class overtly focused on our current moment, as the
series rolls on.
December
8: Fall 2016 Reflections: First Book Talks: Two good questions that arose
in my first opportunities to share History
and Hope in American Literature.
December
9: Fall 2016 Reflections: Conversations with My Sons: The series concludes with
two places and ways I’m talking with the boys about 2016 America.
December
10-11: Spring 2017 Preview: Looking ahead to four reasons why I’m excited
for Spring 2017—I’d love to hear your fall reflections or spring plans in
comments!
December
12: Basketball’s Birthday: James Naismith: A series on the sport’s 125th
birthday starts with three interesting contexts for basketball’s inventor.
December
13: Basketball’s Birthday: Chamberlain and Russell: The series continues
with a clear distinction between two iconic greats, and why it’s not quite so
clear.
December
14: Basketball’s Birthday: Rudy, Hoosiers, and Race: The appeal of underdog
stories and the social issues they have to leave out, as the series rolls on.
December
15: Basketball’s Birthday: Magic Johnson: Genuine low and high points for
the legendary Laker, and what they both exemplify.
December
16: Basketball’s Birthday: LeBron and Activism: The series concludes with
what’s crucial, and what’s complicated, about the superstar’s public activisms.
December
17-18: Crowd-sourced BasketballStudying: One of my best crowd-sourced posts
yet, as fellow BasketballStudiers share lots of great histories and stories.
Add yours in comments!
December
19: Wishes for the AmericanStudies Elves: Student Films: My annual wishing
series starts with a wonderful student filmmaker and the vital role of student
art.
December
20: Wishes for the AmericanStudies Elves: EmergingUS: The series continues with the latest
important and inspiring initiative from a crucial 21st century
voice.
December
21: Wishes for the AmericanStudies Elves: Liberation’s List: A few 21st
century levels to a charitable and crucial wish, as the series rolls on.
December
22: Wishes for the AmericanStudies Elves: Colleagues: Highlighting the
great work of a number of my Fitchburg State English Studies colleagues.
December
23-25: Wishes for the AmericanStudies Elves: My Sons: The series concludes
with three wishes for and from my best reasons for hope in 2017.
December
26: 2016 in Review: That Damn Election: My annual year in review series
starts with two ways to respond to an awful political moment.
December
27: 2016 in Review: Standing Rock: The series continues with two contexts
for an inspiring activist victory.
December
28: 2016 in Review: Aleppo: What’s all too familiar about an unfolding
genocide, and what might be different this time, as the series rolls on.
December
29: 2016 in Review: The Cubs Win!: Personal and pop cultural contexts for
one of the year’s most feel-good stories.
December
30: 2016 in Review: Jarad Nelson on Feminism in Pop Music: The series concludes
with the year’s final Guest Post, an FSU English Studies Major on pop culture
and feminism.
First series of
the New Year starts Monday,
Ben
PS. Topics you’d
like to see covered in this space? Guest Posts you’d like to write? Lemme know!
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