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American studies offers the promise of a sustained education in what it is to live in this twenty-first century American world. Knowledge about this world, this country, about how diverse and varied peoples make their lives in it and call it America, depends on open conversations that are alternately serious, playful, fun, and painful.
Upcoming Events
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Lapidus Family Fund Lecture in American Jewish Studies: Josh Lambert
Tue, Nov 27, 2018, 4:30 pmLocation: McCormick Hall, Room 101Speaker(s):Visiting Lecturer in American Studies; Academic Director, Yiddish Book Center“Rebooting Jewish Television: ‘Transparent,’ Streaming Media, and Foundation-Backed Culture” -
AMS Workshop with Tessa Lowinske Desmond
Mon, Dec 3, 2018, 12:00 pmLocation: Jones Hall, Room 102Speaker(s):Associate Research Scholar, American Studies Program“Bringing Home Here: Seed-Saving and Immigrant Foodways in the United States” -
Symposium – Japanese/America: Transpacific and Hemispheric
Fri, Feb 15, 2019, 1:30 pmLocation: Chancellor Green RotundaSpeaker(s):Assistant Professor of English, University of California, Berkeley“The Queer Origins of Japanese American Literature”Helen and Morgan Chu Endowed Director’s Chair, Asian American Studies Center, UCLA“Claiming Rights to the City: Japanese American Placemaking in LA's Little Tokyo”Professor of Literature and Creative Writing, University of California, Santa CruzBrown University -
Asian American Studies Lecture Series: Parul Sehgal
Thu, Feb 21, 2019, 4:30 pmLocation: East Pyne Hall, Room 010Speaker(s):