[A Recap of the
month that was in AmericanStudying.]
February
29: Montreal Memories: The McCord Museum: A series on how Montreal
remembers kicks off with a great, complicatedly located cultural history
exhibit.
March
1: Montreal Memories: Pointe-à-Callière: The series continues with the
limitations and possibilities of archaeological history.
March
2: Montreal Memories: The Museum of Fine Arts: The artistic and historical
pavilion that complements my prior two museums, as the series rolls on.
March
3: Montreal Memories: Vieux Montréal: Three telling spots that capture the
complex past and present of Old Montreal.
March
4: Montreal Memories: Anglais and French: The series concludes with two
ways Montreal’s bilingualism can serve as a model for America.
March
5-6: Canadian Colleagues: Wrapping up a Canadian series by highlighting
some of the many great Canadian colleagues I’ve worked with!
March
7: Puerto Rican Posts: West Side Story: A Boricua series starts with the
musical’s surprising history and its limits and strengths as a cultural text.
March
8: Puerto Rican Posts: Martín Espada: The series continues with a few
complementary ways the Puerto Rican poet portrays his heritage.
March
9: Puerto Rican Posts: Raúl Julía: AmericanStudying three iconic
performances from the talented birthday boy, as the series rolls on.
March
10: Puerto Rican Posts: J. Lo and Marc Anthony: The linked but divergent
paths of two of the most famous Puerto Rican American musicians.
March
11: Puerto Rican Posts: Sotomayor’s Story: The series concludes with what’s
profoundly cultural about the Supreme Court Justice’s autobiography, and what’s
not.
March
12-13: Puerto Rican Posts: The Statehood Debate: A weekend special on five
historical moments that have brought the debate over Puerto Rican statehood up
to the present.
March
14: Political Thrillers: Tom Clancy: A thrilling series kicks off with the
guilty pleasures of my childhood favorite novelist.
March
15: Political Thrillers: Ripley and Bourne: The series continues with two
complex, thrilling, and very American characters.
March
16: Political Thrillers: The Pelican Brief: What’s not particularly
political about the John Grisham thriller and what is, as the series rolls on.
March
17: Political Thrillers: Enemy of the State: The underrated political
thriller that’s as prescient as it is paranoid.
March
18: Political Thrillers: Manchurian Candidates: The series concludes with
political thrillers on page and screen, and how reality might trump both of them.
March
19-20: Crowd-sourced Thrillers: Really interesting responses and arguments
from one fellow ThrillerStudier—please add your own in comments!
March
21: NeMLA Recaps: Public School Visits: A series recapping the 2016
Northeast MLA convention in Hartford starts with Thursday’s first steps toward
connecting NeMLA to public schools.
March
22: NeMLA Recaps: The Public Humanities: The series continues with
highlights from Friday’s presidential sessions on public humanities, leading up
to Jelani Cobb’s keynote address!
March
23: NeMLA Recaps: Creative Readings: Takeaways from three impressive
creative writers featured at the conference, as the series rolls on.
March
24: NeMLA Recaps: The State of the Academy: Three distinct but
interconnected issues that came up in Saturday’s presidential sessions on
higher ed.
March
25: NeMLA Recaps: Many Thanks: The series concludes with a few of the many
thanks I have to express to all those who made the conference so successful.
March
26-27: What’s Next for NeMLA: Three ways you can get involved in next
year’s NeMLA Convention in Baltimore and with the great organization as we move
forward.
March
28: 19th Century Humor: Irving’s Knickerbocker: An April Fool’s
series starts with Washington Irving’s ahead-of-its-time satire.
March
29: 19th Century Humor: Fanny Fern: The series continues with
the very serious side to one of our most talented humorists.
March
30: 19th Century Humor: Mary E. Wilkins Freeman: The New England
regional writer and story that are funny, wise, and anything but narrow, as the
series continues.
March
31: 19th Century Humor: Melville’s Chimney: The deeply strange
story that proves that ambiguity and allegory can be funny.
April
1: 19th Century Humor: Ah Sin: The series concludes with Mark
Twain and Bret Harte’s play and the fine line between satire and stereotypes.
Next 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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