[This past weekend’s tribute to Daniel Immerwahr’s book reminded me that it’s been a while since I highlighted fellow AmericanStudiers. So this week I’ll share a handful of such voices and texts—I’d love to hear more scholars and works you’d add to the mix!]
The first two
scholars I highlighted this week are folks I’ve had the chance to meet in person,
but of course there are lots of amazing AmericanStudiers I haven’t yet met—partly
because of, y’know, the last 18 months; but also because of a more positive
factor, the countless scholars I’ve met online through the #twitterstorians
community. One of those is Holly A.
Pinheiro, Jr., a History Professor
at Augusta University whose first book, The
Families’ Civil War, will be coming out in June 2022 from the
University of Georgia Press. I can’t lie, one reason I’m highlighting Holly in
this series is that he’s perhaps the only person I’ve ever encountered who
loves the
film Glory even more than I do,
and that’s not a fact I take at all lightly. But among the many other reasons
is that Holly exemplifies how even the most seemingly exhausted topics—like the
Civil War—are being given new life and salience through the work of phenomenal
AmericanStudiers. Can’t wait to read his book!
Next highlight
tomorrow,
Ben
PS. What do you
think? AmericanStudies scholars or works you’d share?
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