[A recap of the
month that was in AmericanStudying.]
September
1: Fall Forward: 2014 NEASA Conference: A series on plans for the fall
starts with the (still) upcoming New England American Studies Association
conference in Bristol, RI!
September
2: Fall Forward: Scholars Strategy Network: The series continues with the
public scholarly community I’m very excited to be joining this fall.
September
3: Fall Forward: Toronto Talks: A pair of complementary, challenging
(still) upcoming book talks, as the series rolls on.
September
4: Fall Forward: FSU Strategic Planning:
A couple of important takeaways and topics from an institutional service
project I’m helping with.
September
5: Fall Forward: A New Teaching Challenge: The series concludes with a new
course that has me back on my toes, in the best sense.
September
6-7: Crowd-sourced Fall Plans: The autumn plans and goals of fellow
AmericanStudiers—share yours in comments!
September
8: More Cville Stories: Mr. Jefferson’s University: Another series on
Charlottesville histories begins with the surprising, telling details of UVa’s
early days.
September
9: More Cville Stories: The Black Knights: The series continues with race,
segregation, and the building in which I attended high school.
September
10: More Cville Stories: Barracks Road: On the subtle ways we’re surrounded
by history, if we only know where to look, as the series rolls on.
September
11: More Cville Stories: Fry’s Spring: Four exemplary stages of one of
Charlottesville’s oldest sites and spaces.
September
12: More Cville Stories: Hazings: The series concludes with two Cville
connections to a complex and important social issue.
September
13-14: Robert Greene II’s Guest Post: My latest Guest Post, as History PhD
candidate Rob Greene analyses 21st century college athletics.
September
15: Country Music and Society: Gender and Identity: A series on country
connections begins with Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, and images of gender.
September
16: Country Music and Society: Patriotism and Images of America: The series
continues with the deeply frustrating definitions of America contained in some
country songs.
September
17: Country Music and Society: The Dixie Chicks and Strong Women: The kinds
of strong, independent female artists we support, and those we don’t, as the
series rolls on.
September
18: Country Music and Society: Johnny Cash and Prison: The lessons about a
forgotten and stereotyped American community we can still learn from the Man in
Black.
September
19: Country Music and Society: 21st Century Country: The series
concludes with five songs that capture the range and depth of 21st
century American country music.
September
20-21: Crowd-sourcing Country Music: My next crowd-sourced post, as fellow
AmericanStudiers share their country connections—add yours, please!
September
22: Woman and War: The Armory Fire: A series on women in wartime begins
with the Civil War tragedy that complicates a historical division.
September
23: Woman and War: Rosie the Riveter: The series continues with two ways to
challenge and deepen our narratives of an iconic figure.
September
24: Woman and War: Molly Pitcher: The historical figure who may or may not
have existed, and why she matters in any case, as the series rolls on.
September
25: Woman and War: Suffragist Pacifists: On how we think about and treat
protesters and activists, oand what history has to tell us about those
practices.
September
26: Woman and War: Jane Fonda: The series concludes with a problematic
anti-war protest and the real problem with propaganda.
Next series
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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