[A Recap of the month that was in AmericanStudying.]
June
5: Environmental Activisms: Aldo Leopold: A series inspired by my older son’s
summer opportunity to work with a current environmental activist kicks off with
the pioneering conservationist who helped develop three important concepts.
June
6: Environmental Activisms: Mardy Murie: The series continues with three factors
that help explain the unique life and legacy of the “Grandmother of the
Conservation Movement.”
June
7: Environmental Activisms: Animated Activism: Three examples of the
longstanding link between animation and the environment, as the series rolls
on.
June
8: Environmental Activisms: 21st Century Voices: Three recent
books that carry the legacy of environmental writing into our current moment.
June
9: Environmental Activisms: All of Us: And speaking of us, the series
concludes with three ways we can all be environmental activists.
June
10-11: Environmental Activisms: The Climate Just Cities Project: A special
weekend post on a few ways to learn more about the vital project with which my
son is working this summer.
June
12: Women in War: The Women’s Armed Services Integration Act: On the 75th
anniversary of its passage, a series on women in war starts with three women
who embody the arguments for the Women’s Armed Services Integration Act.
June
13: Women in War: Molly Pitcher: The series continues with the why the
iconic war hero who didn’t really exist still matters.
June
14: Women in War: The Civil War: Three of the complicated and compelling
women who managed to serve in the Civil War, as the series fights on.
June
15: Women in War: World War II:
Three groundbreaking organizations that helped turn the tide of history.
June
16: Women in War: Miyoko Hikiji: The series concludes with a book and
soldier that can help bring our conversations into the 21st century.
June
17-18: Women in War: Tanya Roth’s Guest Post: A repeat of a wonderful Guest
Post from September 2021, drawn from Roth’s book on women in the military.
June
19: Beach Reads: New to Liberty: Focused the annual Beach Reads series on
books by colleagues and friends, starting with DeMisty Bellinger’s debut novel.
June
20: Beach Reads: Katharine Covino’s Books: The series continues with my
colleague Katy’s co-authored books for teens.
June
21: Beach Reads: Ian Williams’ Latest: A pair of 2021 releases from my
super-talented friend Ian, as the series reads on.
June
22: Beach Reads: Illmatic Consequences: Many of my friends I haven’t met in
person yet, like Walter D. Greason, co-editor of this new collection.
June
23: Beach Reads: Forthcoming (for Next Summer, Natch): The series concludes
with a trio of forthcoming books for which you’ll need to keep room in the
beach bag.
June
24-25: Crowd-sourced Beach Reads: As usual, one of my favorite
crowd-sourced posts of the year!
June
26: Germany and America: Kennedy in Berlin: A series on German American
histories kicks off with Kennedy’s influential speech on its 60th anniversary.
June
27: Germany and America: Ben Franklin: The series continues with what we
can all learn from Franklin’s anti-German xenophobia.
June
28: Germany and America: 19th Century Figures: What four 19th
century German Americans can tell us about the century, as the series rolls on.
June
29: Germany and America: The German American Bund: Three distinct but
complementary ways to contextualize a Nazi American organization.
June
30: Germany and America: The Lives of Others: The series concludes with how
a film that’s very much about 1980s East Germany can still tell us a lot about
21st century America.
July 4th
series starts Monday,
Ben
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