[A Recap of the
month that was in AmericanStudying.]
March
6: AmericanStudies Events: The American Dream at Leominster Library: A
series reflecting on recent talks starts with what I tried to bring and what I
took away from a community conversation.
March
7: AmericanStudies Events: Exclusion and Inclusion at the Monadnock Inn: The
series continues with an inspiring conversation that has helped kick-start my
next book.
March
8: AmericanStudies Events: Twain as Public Scholar at the Mark Twain House:
Three inspiring layers to one of my favorite talks to date, as the series rolls
on.
March
9: AmericanStudies Events: Why We Teach at BOLLI: What’s unique about
Brandeis’ adult learning program, and what I’ve already learned from it.
March
10: AmericanStudies Events: Looking for More!: The series concludes with a
request for more opportunities for talks, panels, and events!
March
11-12: NeMLA 2017 Preview: A preview of the newest initiative at the 2017
NeMLA conference—for reflections on which see this coming Monday’s post!
March
13: Andrew Jackson’s America: Jacksonian Democracy: A series inspired by
Jackson’s 250th birthday starts with what’s accurate and what’s left
out of a central part of his legacy.
March
14: Andrew Jackson’s America: Indian Removal: The series continues with
what’s unquestionably horrific about Jackson’s signature policy, and what might
have been different.
March
15: Andrew Jackson’s America: The Bank Battle: Three lesser-remembered
moments in Jackson’s crusade against the Second Bank of the US, as the series
rolls on.
March
16: Andrew Jackson’s America: Dueling Histories: What two of Jackson’s many
duels help us see about the activity and the man.
March
17: Andrew Jackson’s America: The $20 Bill: The series concludes with three
historical ironies surrounding Jackson’s presence (for now!) on the twenty.
March
18-19: Andrew Jackson and Donald Trump: A special post on what links and
what separates the two polarizing presidents.
March
20: Spring in America: Williams and Eliot: A spring series starts with two
Modernist poets that offer contrasting yet complementary images of hope.
March
21: Spring in America: “Appalachian Spring”: The series continues with the
composer and work that helped bring classical music to America, and vice versa.
March
22: Spring in America: “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?”: A simple and
vital song that captures the essence of protest music, as the series rocks on.
March
23: Spring in America: Children’s Stories: Frog and Toad, Abdul Gasazi, and
two sides to images of spring in children’s literature.
March
24: Spring in America: The Mayflower and the Maypole: The series concludes
with two contrasting narratives of spring for New England’s earliest English
arrivals.
March
25-26: Crowd-sourced Spring: Fellow AmericanStudiers share their images and
associations of spring—add yours in comments, please!
March
27: Televised Fools: Catastrophe: An April Fool’s series on recent comedy
on TV starts with three contexts for the raunchy Amazon original series.
March
28: Televised Fools: Master of None: The series continues with what’s
groundbreaking and what’s not about Aziz Ansari’s Netflix series.
March
29: Televised Fools: Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Two characters who walk the
fine line between humor and offensiveness, as the series rolls on.
March
30: Televised Fools: Archer: The pleasures and limits of parody, and a show
that transcends both.
March
31: Televised Fools: Social Satire: The series concludes with four shows
from which we can learn a great deal about our society and culture.
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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