[A Recap of the month that was in AmericanStudying.]
January
1: 2024 Anniversaries: New Netherland in 1674: A New Year’s series begins
with the 350th anniversary of a handover that changed a lot—but not
nearly everything.
January
2: 2024 Anniversaries: The First Continental Congress in 1774: The series
continues with three lesser-known delegates from the First Continental Congress
on its 250th anniversary.
January
3: 2024 Anniversaries: The 1874 Midterms: On the importance but not the
inevitability of historical turning points, as the series commemorates on.
January
4: 2024 Anniversaries: J. Edgar Hoover in 1924: What J. Edgar Hoover immediately
brought to his new role as the Director of the Bureau of Investigation 100
years ago.
January
5: 2024 Anniversaries: 1974 Films: The series concludes with
AmericanStudies contexts for five of the many great films released 50 years
ago.
January
6-7: 2024 Anniversaries: The 1824 Election: But wait, a special weekend
post on the controversial presidential election that might and might not
foreshadow our moment.
January
8: AmericanStudying Columbia Pictures: Three Origin Points: A series on the
studio’s 100th anniversary kicks off with three pre-1924 starting
points.
January
9: AmericanStudying Columbia Pictures: The Three Stooges and Friends: The
series continues with why the Stooges were just the tip of the iceberg when it
came to comic shorts.
January
10: AmericanStudying Columbia Pictures: Technicolor: Three films through
which Columbia finally entered the technicolor age, as the series screens on.
January
11: AmericanStudying Columbia Pictures: Jungle Jim: A longstanding B-movie
series that reflects Hollywood’s multimedia influences in all directions.
January
12: AmericanStudying Columbia Pictures: Matt Helm and Casino Royale: The
series concludes with a pair of ways that the studio tried to make up for
losing out on Bond.
January
13-14: Vaughn Joy’s Hollywood Histories: I couldn’t share a Hollywood histories
series without paying tribute to the best public scholar working on those histories.
January
15: Spring Semester Previews: First-Year Writing II: A Spring semester series
focused on why we teach & study the humanities kicks off with the skills at
the heart of first-year writing.
January
16: Spring Semester Previews: American Literature II: The series continues with
the many core American reasons to teach our literary histories.
January
17: Spring Semester Previews: Intro to Sci Fi/Fantasy: The crucial importance
of diversifying speculative fiction syllabi, as the series learns on.
January
18: Spring Semester Previews: The Short Story Online: How all-online courses
help us share the humanities with broader and more varied audiences.
January 19: Spring Semester Previews: Grad Historical
Fiction: The series concludes with my latest grad course and a request for
connections to our grad programs!
January
20: MLK Day and the Humanities: The first of two weekend follow-ups, an MLK
Day tribute to his many connections to the humanities.
January
20-21: Ava DePasquale’s Guest Post on Grey Dog: And the second, my latest
great Guest Post from an awesome FSU English Studies alum!
January
22: AmericanStudying Groundbreaking Women: Judith Sargent Murray: A series
for the 175th anniversary of Elizabeth Blackwell’s MD kicks off with
the Gloucester home that was both prison and liberation for Judith Sargent
Murray.
January
23: AmericanStudying Groundbreaking Women: Elizabeth Blackwell: The series continues
with three institutions that help tell the story of the groundbreaking
physician on her 175th anniversary.
January
24: AmericanStudying Groundbreaking Women: Nelly Bly: A rightly famous work
of groundbreaking investigative journalism and one that should be, as the
series trailblazes on.
January
25: AmericanStudying Groundbreaking Women: Pauli Murray and Black Women in the
Law: Linking to a Saturday Evening
Post column of mine on the latest in a long line of groundbreaking African
American women and the law.
January
26: AmericanStudying Groundbreaking Women: Shirley Chisholm: The series
concludes with two telling political efforts beyond Chisholm’s groundbreaking
presidential campaign.
January
27-28: AmericanStudying Groundbreaking Women: 21st Century Icons:
But the groundbreaking continues, so here are six 21st century women
carrying on the legacy.
January
29: Quirky American Traditions: Pumpkin Chunkin: A Groundhog Day series on
quirky traditions kicks off with the very American balance between the local
and the national.
January
30: Quirky American Traditions: National Hollerin’ Contest: The series
continues with the challenges of preserving traditions, and how the intertubes
can help.
January
31: Quirky American Traditions: Ostrich Racing: Three ways to contextualize
a very strange “sports” tradition, as the series celebrates on.
February
1: Quirky American Traditions: Nenana Ice Classic: What a unique Alaskan
tradition can tell us about both Alaska and traditions.
February
2: Quirky American Traditions: Groundhog Day: And the series concludes with
two ways to explain why we celebrate this quirkiest of American holidays.
Super Bowl
series starts Monday,
Ben
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