[A Recap of the
month that was in AmericanStudying.]
September
2: Academic Labor: Adjunctification: In place of my usual semester previews
I featured a series on academic labor, starting with the disastrous &
dehumanizing central higher ed trend.
September
3: Academic Labor: My Union: The series continues with formal and informal
ways that my faculty union represents the best of 21C academic labor.
September
4: Academic Labor: Scholarly Organizations as Advocates: How an
international and a regional academic organization can take part in labor
conversations, as the series continues.
September
5: Academic Labor: SSN and the Promise and Cherish Acts: Two vital pieces
of proposed legislation in Massachusetts, and how academics can get more
involved in supporting them.
September
6: Academic Labor: Further Reading: The series concludes with a handful of
pieces and voices to keep the academic labor conversations going.
September
7-8: Academic Labor: Hire Jeff Renye!: A special weekend tribute to my friend
and colleague who represents the frustrations and the possibilities of adjunct
faculty.
September
9: Slave Rebellions: The Stono Rebellion: On the 280th
anniversary of a largely forgotten slave revolt, a series on such rebellions
begins with two historical lessons from that event.
September
10: Slave Rebellions: Gabriel’s Rebellion: The series continues with how a
thwarted 1800 revolt both echoes and diverges from familiar historical tropes.
September
11: Slave Rebellions: Denmark Vesey: Three compelling details about the
leader of a thwarted 1822 South Carolina rebellion, as the series rolls on.
September
12: Slave Rebellions: Nat Turner: A challenge and a benefit to remembering
the rebel leader as a Virginia and American hero.
September
13: Slave Rebellions: Henry Highland Garnet’s Address: The series concludes
with the contextual and contemporary significance of a controversial speech.
September
14-15: Representing Slave Rebellions: Anticipating the forthcoming film Harriet, a weekend post on five cultural
representations of slave revolts.
September
16: Constitution Week: The Articles of Confederation: A Constitution Day
series kicks off with what was drastically different in the nation’s first
founding documents, and what wasn’t.
September
17: Constitution Week: The Anti-Federalists: The series continues with
three equally salient ways to frame the Constitution’s opposition.
September
18: Constitution Week: The Bill of Rights: The history, significance, and
limits of the Constitution’s first evolution, as the series rolls on.
September
19: Constitution Week: Gordon Barker’s Vital Book: A great scholarly work
that helps us understand a vital Constitutional and Early Republic question.
September
20: Constitution Week: Birthright Citizenship: The series concludes with
how a post-Civil War debate reveals complex, crucial realities of both the
Constitution and public scholarship.
September
21-22: Constitution Week: 21st Century Threats: A special weekend
post on current threats to the Constitution that has become even more relevant
in the subsequent week!
September
23: AmericanStudy a Banned Book: Huck Finn and The Giver: A Banned Books
Week series begins with the distinction between banned and challenged books,
and why it matters.
September
24: AmericanStudy a Banned Book: The Chocolate War and A Separate Peace:
The series continues with two iconic, frequently banned YA novels that
fractured my innocence alongside that of their characters.
September
25: AmericanStudy a Banned Book: The Satanic Verses: When banning becomes
censorship and the best way to respond to it, as the series reads on.
September
26: AmericanStudy a Banned Book: Heather Has Two Mommies: The children’s
book that reveals how cultural representations both challenge prejudice and
welcome diverse audiences.
September
27: AmericanStudy a Banned Book: 2018’s Most Challenged Books: The series
concludes with three takeaways from the ALA’s annual list of the most
challenged books.
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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