[For my
annual Thanksgiving series,
I thought I’d
express my gratitude
for some of the best of our 21st century digital age and what it has
contributed to my work and life. I’d love to hear your thanks, for anything and
everything, as well!]
On five
colleagues I haven’t yet had the chance to meet in person—but to whom I feel
connected thanks to 21st century communities.
1)
Kevin Levin: I’ve written
before about Kevin’s Civil War Memory blog,
and it remains one of my models for public scholarly blogging and work. But
Kevin’s equally impressive for the way he balances teaching, speaking engagements, and publication with maintaining that
wonderful blog.
2)
William Kerrigan: William and I have Guest
Posted on each other’s
blogs, which is pretty much the pitch-perfect version of this post’s point.
But even without that synchronicity, William’s cultural
and historical
AmericanStudying exemplifies this gig.
3)
Robert Greene II: Rob contributed a Guest Post
of his own earlier this fall, and it illustrated much of what makes his
blossoming career in American
Studies and history so exciting: his interconnected interests in sports, region, race, and
intellectual history, and
they way he develops them with nuance and power.
4)
Anna Mae Duane: When I linked to this
post of Anna
Mae Duane’s on House of Cards, I
neglected to include as much of a bio as I normally do for full Guest Posters. So
I’m happy to have this chance to highlight her exciting
edited collection, her consistently entertaining and thought-provoking blog, and her exemplary public scholarly Tweeting.
5)
Rachel Collins: When I shared this
Guest Post of Rachel’s on Undercover
Boss, I highlighted her publications on My Antonia and
Sister
Carrie. Any young scholar
who can write equal complexity and significance about reality TV and Cather and
Dreiser—well, that’s my kind of 21st century AmericanStudier!
While I hope to
meet all five of those great scholars, right now I have to thank the 21st
century for my connections to all of them—and thank it I do!
November Recap
this weekend,
Ben
PS. What do you
think? Other AmericanThanks you’d share?
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