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Saturday, December 28, 2024

December 28-29, 2024: December 2024 Recap

[A Recap of the month that was in AmericanStudying.]

December 2: McCarthy’s America: Mythic Patriotism: A series for the 70th anniversary of the Senate’s censure of McCarthy starts with an excerpt from my most recent book.

December 3: McCarthy’s America: Chambers, White, and Hiss: The series continues with espionage, railroading, & the true complexity of historical nuance.

December 4: McCarthy’s America: Edward R. Murrow: The special report that helped begin McCarthy’s fall & embodies the best of journalism, as the series rolls on.

December 5: McCarthy’s America: Roy Cohn: The figure who embodies American hypocrisies—and something even worse.

December 6: McCarthy’s America: Censure: For the 70th anniversary of that censure vote, three quotes that sum up the process that led up to it.

December 7-8: McCarthy’s America: 21st Century Echoes: The series concludes with throughlines, overt and overarching, and what we must learn from them.

December 9: Hawaiian Histories: Three Shifts: For the 150th anniversary of a Hawaiian King’s state visit, a HawaiianStudying series kicks off with three moments through which the islands’ history shifted.

December 10: Hawaiian Histories: King Kalākaua’s Visit: The series continues with three striking moments in the course of that state visit.

December 11: Hawaiian Histories: Annexation: Two prior pieces through which I highlighted the worst of America’s involvement with Hawaii, as the series surfs on.

December 12: Hawaiian Histories: Pablo Manlapit: The Filipino American labor leader who reflects Hawaii’s defining diversity.

December 13: Hawaiian Histories: The Varsity Victory Volunteers: The series concludes with a post-Pearl Harbor group who embody the best of the war, Hawaii, and America.

December 14-15: Hawaiian Histories: Hawaii in American Culture: A special weekend post on a handful of cultural representations of the islands.

December 16: Fall Semester Reflections: 20C Af Am Lit: For my Fall semester reflections I wanted to focus on moments that embody the best of our conversations and communities, starting with an inspiring semester-long moment in Af Am Lit.

December 17: Fall Semester Reflections: First-Year Writing: The series continues with the frustrations of generative AI and a moment in which we engaged with them together.

December 18: Fall Semester Reflections: Senior Capstone: A Halloween moment that reminded me of why I do what I do, as the series reflects on.

December 19: Fall Semester Reflections: Online American Lit: A great example of why I use creative exam prompts in my literature courses.

December 20: Fall Semester Reflections: Women’s Circle Breakfast: The series concludes with the latest example of my always inspiring experiences with public talks.

December 21-22: Spring Semester Previews: A special weekend post on a few of the many reasons why I’m looking forward to the Spring semester (but not quite yet).

December 23: 2024 in Review: The Climate Crisis: 2024 was one hell of a year, more or less literally. So I wanted to start my annual year in review series with a couple of the most challenging crises, including the one that scares me the most.

December 24: 2024 in Review: AI: The series continues with another trend that scares & frustrates me in equal measure.

December 25: 2024 in Review: The Celtics: Turning to more positive topics, a Christmas special on my favorite family moment from 2024.

December 26: 2024 in Review: Women Rock: How badass women in music defined the year’s cultural stories.

December 27: 2024 in Review: Moo Deng: The series and year conclude with the baby hippo who’s better than we deserve, but what we desperately need.

New Year’s series starts Monday,

Ben

PS. Topics you’d like to see covered in this space? Guest Posts you’d like to contribute? Lemme know!

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