[A Recap of the
month that was in AmericanStudying.]
September
3: Fall 2018 Previews: Writing I: My annual Fall previews series kicks off
with the value of stability in my first-year writing course, and the need for
change nonetheless.
September
4: Fall 2018 Previews: American Lit II: The series continues with the
perils and pleasures of returning to an old friend after a few years apart.
September
5: Fall 2018 Previews: American Lit II Online: What I can’t change about
teaching a lit survey online, and what I hope to, as the series rolls on.
September
6: Fall 2018 Previews: Major American Authors of the 20th Century:
The difficult decision to replace a long-time favorite text, and the
opportunity it has opened up.
September
7: Fall 2018 Previews: Voices of Resistance for ALFA: The series concludes
with couple of voices I know I’ll be featuring in my next adult learning class,
and a request for nominations!
September
8-9: Other Fall 2018 Updates: Other good things happening and coming in
Fall 2018, including a new blog everyone should check out!
September
10: MassacreStudying: Lattimer: On the anniversary of a forgotten labor
massacre, a massacre series kicks off with one pessimistic and one optimistic
takeaway.
September
11: MassacreStudying: Mystic: The series continues with three texts that
help us remember one of early America’s darkest moments.
September
12: MassacreStudying: Wounded Knee: Three distinct attempts to raise
national awareness of a horrific event, as the series continues.
September
13: MassacreStudying: Reconstruction Massacres: Three under-remembered Reconstruction-era
massacres that contributed to the period’s failures.
September
14: MassacreStudying: My Lai: The series concludes with cultural
engagements with one of our more recent and troubling dark histories.
September
15-16: 21st Century Massacres and Hate Crimes: A special post on
how the legacies of historic massacres continue in two of our darkest
contemporary trends.
September
17: Mass Protest Studying: Occupy Wall Street: On OWS’ anniversary, a mass
protests series starts with frustrating and inspiring legacies of the movement.
September
18: Mass Protest Studying: The Whiskey Rebellion: The series continues with
two distinct ways to AmericanStudy one of our first domestic crises.
September
19: Mass Protest Studying: The NYC Draft Riots: A popular historical film
that gets a Civil War mass protest exactly wrong, as the series rolls on.
September
20: Mass Protest Studying: The Bonus Army: The veterans movement that ended
in both tragedy and lasting success.
September
21: Mass Protest Studying: The Armies of the Night: The series concludes
with the literary classic that both narrates and challenges mass protests.
September
22-23: Mass Protest Studying: The Boston March for Science: A special post
on a recent, very telling example of 21st century mass protest.
September
24-26: NeMLA Panels You Should Submit To!: Today’s the deadline for
submitting abstracts for NeMLA’s 50th anniversary convention in DC
in March—so hie thee hence!
September
27-29: Tina Powell’s Guest Post: My latest Guest Post, Professor Tina
Powell on reading and teaching refugee literatures and stories.
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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