January 27-28, 2018: January 2018 Recap

[A Recap of the month that was in AmericanStudying.]

January 1-5: New Books for the New Year: 2018 kicks off with a handful of recent and new releases which I’m excited to read in the new year.

January 6-7: Crowd-sourced Books for the New Year: A crowd-sourced follow-up, with suggestions from fellow AmericanStudiers—add yours in comments, please!

January 8: Gay Rights Histories: The Society for Human Rights (1924): A series in honor of Harvey Milk’s 30^th anniversary kicks off with the nation’s oldest gay rights organization.

January 9: Gay Rights Histories: Harvey Milk: For the 30^th anniversary of his inauguration, on Milk’s tragic assassination and remembering his legacy beyond it.

January 10: Gay Rights Histories: 1950s Discriminations: The series continues with two horrific 1950s decisions and whether we can find light in such dark moments.

January 11: Gay Rights Histories: Stonewall: The significance of violence for civil rights movements and remembering beyond it, as the series rolls on.

January 12: Gay Rights Histories: 1970s Advances: The series concludes with three 1973 moments that helped advance the movement in distinct but interconnected ways.

January 13-14: Gay Rights Histories: Fitchburg State’s Exhibition: A special post on two of the many reasons to love FSU’s striking visual exhibition on the movement.

January 15: MLK Day Figures: The Real King: A MLK Day series kicks off with my annual post on remembering King beyond “I Have a Dream.”

January 16: MLK Day Figures: Elizabeth Freeman and Quock Walker: The series continues with two inspiring and groundbreaking Revolutionary era African American leaders.

January 17: MLK Day Figures: David Walker: An aggressive, impassioned, and vital Early Republic African American voice, as the series rolls on.

January 18: MLK Day Figures: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: An African American author and reformer whose works and efforts spanned much of the 19^th century.

January 19-21: MLK Day Figures: James Weldon Johnson: The series concludes with the professor, preacher, poet, and performer who embodies the concept of a Renaissance person.

January 22: Spring Semester Previews: 19C African American Lit: A Spring preview series on teaching particular texts kicks off with Henry Highland Garnet’s “Address to the Slaves” (1843).

January 23: Spring Semester Previews: English Studies Capstone: The series continues with two distinct but complementary reasons to teach more drama in literature courses.

January 24: Spring Semester Previews: American Literature I: A moment that delightfully solidified the joys of teaching Fanny Fern, as the series rolls on.

January 25: Spring Semester Previews: American Lit Online: For my second online course, the question of substituting shorter works for novels in an online literary survey.

January 26: Spring Semester Previews: Talking Exclusion & Inclusion: The series concludes with my next book talk, my broader goals for the project, and how you can help!

Super Bowl series starts Monday,

Ben

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