July 2:
Newton’s Histories, Part 1: First in a series inspired by the Jackson
Homestead and Museum, on the life and legacies of William Jackson.
July 3:
Newton’s Histories, Part 2: Next in the series, on the room dedicated to
Newton’s Norumbega Park.
July 4:
Newton’s Histories, Part 3: On two compelling recreations in the
Museum’s “Confronting Our Legacy” exhibition on slavery.
July 5:
Newton’s Histories, Part 4: First of two posts on forgotten figures and
histories highlighted in the Museum, this one on Henry “Box” Brown.
July 6:
Newton’s Histories, Part 5: Last in the Museum series, on the second
forgotten figure and history, Captain Jonathan Walker.
July 7-8:
Two American Studies Requests: Asking for your contributions to two still
ongoing efforts: on behalf of Tougaloo College’s endowed Civil Rights Chair;
and in the conversations at NEASA’s Pre-Conference blog.
July 9:
American Studies Beach Reads, Part One: The
Shoemaker and the Tea Party, the week’s first recommendation for an
American Studies beach read.
July 10:
American Studies Beach Reads, Part Two: The
Collected Poems of Langston Hughes, my next beach read rec.
July 11:
American Studies Beach Reads, Part Three: Two funny (really) historical and
human Holocaust novels you can read at the beach.
July 12: American
Studies Beach Reads, Part Four: The multi-volume sci fi epic that’s
both American Studies-related and a great beach read.
July 13:
American Studies Beach Reads, Part Five: Five more nominees for great American
Studies beach reads.
July
14-15: Crowd-Sourcing Beach Reads: A crowd-sourced post with some great
reader suggestions for other American Studies beach reads.
July
16-20: Talk Amongst Yourselves: A vacation-week post highlighting
some other great American Studies sites and conversations online.
July
21-22: Rediscovering Francis Jennings: On the amazing scholarly work and
voice I rediscovered in my late grandfather’s library.
July 23:
Jennings on America’s Origins: First in a series on ideas and inspirations
taken from Jennings’ book and connected to my own American Studies perpectives.
July 24:
Jennings on Why It Matters: On what Jennings’ youthful job and
experiences helped him understand about public scholarship.
July 25:
Jennings on What to Read: On why we should read less mainstream and prominent
works of American history and scholarship.
July 26:
Jennings on Heroes and Humans: Jennings on less and more complex and
productive kinds of sympathy with our historical subjects.
July 27:
Jennings on the Long Haul: Finally, two hugely inspiring lessons we can
take away from Jennings’ life and career.
July
28-29: Matthew Goguen’s Guest Post: Fitchburg State University graduate
and budding American Studier Matt Goguen on memory and Joe Paterno.
July 30: Funny
Families: First in a series on interesting American siblings, on the Marx
Brothers and the Three Stooges.
The
sibling series resumes tomorrow,
Ben
PS. Things
you’d like to see featured in this space? Guest posts you’d like to write?
7/31
Memory Day nominee: Whitney
Young, the Civil Rights leader whose educational,
political, and social
efforts to combat urban
poverty, employment
discrimination, and many other ills continued well beyond his tragic 1971 death.
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