[A Recap of the
month that was in AmericanStudying.]
December
3: Pearl Harbor Histories: The Attack: A Pearl Harbor anniversary series
starts with three under-remembered sides to the attacks themselves.
December
4: Pearl Harbor Histories: The Conspiracy Theory: The series continues with
the conspiracy theory that doesn’t quite hold up but is illuminating
nonetheless.
December
5: Pearl Harbor Histories: The Tokyo Trials: The complex question of
whether a military attack is also a war crime, as the series rolls on.
December
6: Pearl Harbor Histories: The Varsity Victory Volunteers: The post-Pearl
Harbor community who embody the best of Hawai’i and America.
December
7-9: Pearl Harbor Histories: Remembering Infamous Days: The series
concludes with the challenging and crucial question of how we remember infamous
days.
December
10: Fall Semester Recaps: American Lit II: A Fall semester reflection
series kicks off with expected and unexpected inspirations from my American Lit
survey.
December
11: Fall Semester Recaps: Writing I: The series continues with how deeply
familiar texts can sometimes evolve before our eyes.
December
12: Fall Semester Recaps: American Lit Online: The pedagogical challenges
and inspirations of teaching online, as the series rolls on.
December
13: Fall Semester Recaps: Major American Authors: Three complex and
inspiring characters from my Major American Authors course.
December
14: Fall Semester Recaps: Adult Learning Communities: The series concludes
with takeaways from my connections to three adult learning programs.
December
15-16: Spring 2019 Preview: A special weekend post on four things I’m
looking forward to in the Spring semester.
December
17: Revolutionary Writings: Jefferson’s Paragraph: A Revolutionary series
kicks off with historical contexts for a cut Declaration paragraph, and its
frustrations nonetheless.
December
18: Revolutionary Writings: The Adams Letters: The series continues with
myths and realities of the Revolution in the John and Abigail Adams letters.
December
19: Revolutionary Writings: The Crisis: On the anniversary of its initial
publication, what contexts help us understand about Tom Paine’s crucial
pamphlet.
December
20: Revolutionary Writings: Wheatley to the Earl of Dartmouth: The poetic letter
that anticipates the Revolution and links it to slavery, as the series rolls
on.
December
21: Revolutionary Writings: Judith Sargent Murray: The series concludes
with the home, career, and Revolutionary ideas of Judith Sargent Murray.
December
22-23: A Wish for the Elves: A special holiday post on personal and public
wishes for the AmericanStudies Elves.
December
24: The Year in Review: #MeToo: A 2018 review series kicks off with
historical contexts and applications for the activist movement.
December
25: The Year in Review: Black Panther: The series continues with a
feel-good takeaway from one of the year’s biggest films.
December
26: The Year in Review: Parkland: What’s not new and what is about one of
our most tragically common contemporary stories, as the series rolls on.
December
27: The Year in Review: Kavanaugh: What’s always been true about the
Supreme Court, and what’s frustratingly new.
December
28: The Year in Review: Electing America: The series (and year) concludes
with three newly elected Americans who embody the best of our community and
identity.
New Year’s
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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