[A Recap of the
month that was in AmericanStudying.]
November
2: Dead Presidents: Warren G. Harding: A series inspired by Harding’s
birthday kicks off with what do and don’t know about the mysterious life and
death of a president.
November
3: Dead Presidents: William Henry Harrison: The series continues with what
may have been lost, and what definitely was, in the most striking presidential
death.
November
4: Dead Presidents: James Garfield: How the second-shortest presidential
term was still an impressive and influential one, as the series rolls on.
November
5: Dead Presidents: William McKinley: Two reasons why I can’t mourn the loss
of the McKinley presidency, despite his tragic assassination.
November
6: Dead Presidents: FDR: The series concludes with public perceptions,
private realities, and the influential health of a president.
November
7-8: Five Years!: In honor of my five year blogiversary, I highlight five
blogs and bloggers that have been inspiring and important to my own work.
November
9: American Inventors: Franklin and Jefferson: A series inspired by Robert
Fulton’s birthday kicks off with a telling invention linked to each of the two
founders, and what separates them.
November
10: American Inventors: Eli Whitney’s Effects: The series continues with
the famous inventor’s more and less well-known effects, and what they have in
common.
November
11: American Inventors: Bell and Edison: Heroes, villains, and another way
to see the historical picture, as the series rolls on.
November
12: American Inventors: Boykin and Graham: Two largely forgotten, inspiring
and influential inventors, and what links them.
November
13: American Inventors: Steamboat Culture: The series concludes with five
cultural texts that make good use of the birthday boy’s inventive innovation.
November
14-15: Crowd-sourced Inventors and Inventions: A busy travel schedule meant
I didn’t get to solicit many contributions to this post—so be sure to add yours
in comments, please!
November
16: SHA Follow Ups: Our Panel on the KKK: A series following up the
Southern Historical Association conference in Little Rock starts with a few
takeaways from the panel on which I presented.
November
17: SHA Follow Ups: Special Sessions: The series continues with highlights
from the conference’s provocative and complementary special sessions.
November
18: SHA Follow Ups: Panels: Takeaways from a few of the many great SHA
panels I attended, as the series rolls on.
November
19: SHA Follow Ups: Books: Five new releases from UNC Press that illustrate
the wealth of great scholarship featured at the SHA book exhibit.
November
20: SHA Follow Ups: Little Rock and Race: The series concludes with three
layers to how the city remembers race, and the fragile significance of the
third.
November
21-22: The Upcoming NeMLA Conference: Speaking of conferences, here’s a
sneak peak of my forthcoming President’s Letter about the March 2016 NeMLA
Conference in Hartford!
November
23: Cultural Thanks-givings: Longmire: A series on current cultural texts
for which I’m thankful kicks off with the TV show that’s both traditional and
groundbreaking.
November
24: Cultural Thanks-givings: Grace and Frankie: The series continues with
two ways the Netflix sitcom pushes our cultural boundaries, and one way it
happily does not.
November
25: Cultural Thanks-givings: Americanah: Two of the many reasons why I’d
call Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel one of the 21st century’s
best, as the series rolls on.
November
26: Cultural Thanks-givings: Macklemore: Two complementary songs that
illustrate why I’m thankful for Macklemore’s engagements with American
identity.
November
27: Cultural Thanks-givings: Allegiance and Hamilton: The series concludes
with what links and what differentiates two important new musicals.
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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