"Anti-Public: How Elite Discourse Harms Public Education (and What We Can Do About It)" by Ronald E. Chennault
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Published by Rutgers University Press.
#EliteDiscourse #AmericanStudies #Education #PublicEducation
www.rutgersuniversit...
Published by Rutgers University Press.
#EliteDiscourse #AmericanStudies #Education #PublicEducation
October 8, 2026 at 3:00 PM
"Anti-Public: How Elite Discourse Harms Public Education (and What We Can Do About It)" by Ronald E. Chennault
www.rutgersuniversit...
Published by Rutgers University Press.
#EliteDiscourse #AmericanStudies #Education #PublicEducation
www.rutgersuniversit...
Published by Rutgers University Press.
#EliteDiscourse #AmericanStudies #Education #PublicEducation
Read our author Q&A on how cheer sits at the crossroads of empowerment & objectification: utpress.utexas.edu/b...
Grab a copy of the book: utpress.utexas.edu/9...
#Cheerleading #SportsHistory #GenderStudies #AmericanStudies #WomenInSports
Grab a copy of the book: utpress.utexas.edu/9...
#Cheerleading #SportsHistory #GenderStudies #AmericanStudies #WomenInSports
Q&A with Natalie G. Adams on The Cheer Reader
Learn more Cheerleading was born in 1869 as a diversion for Ivy League men. The Cheer Reader collects fourteen wide-ranging essays on what happened next
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October 6, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Read our author Q&A on how cheer sits at the crossroads of empowerment & objectification: utpress.utexas.edu/b...
Grab a copy of the book: utpress.utexas.edu/9...
#Cheerleading #SportsHistory #GenderStudies #AmericanStudies #WomenInSports
Grab a copy of the book: utpress.utexas.edu/9...
#Cheerleading #SportsHistory #GenderStudies #AmericanStudies #WomenInSports
PS. In the meantime, check out the Guest Posts featured at the top of the blog's page--from @walterdgreason.bsky.social & @dieselfunk.bsky.social, my @scholars.org mentee Regina Mills, & students at UMass Lowell & Sacred Heart! & then proposed your own Guest Posts, please!
AmericanStudier - Black and White and Read All Over
Ben Railton's daily blog on all things AmericanStudies
blackwhiteandread.com
September 30, 2026 at 4:48 PM
PS. In the meantime, check out the Guest Posts featured at the top of the blog's page--from @walterdgreason.bsky.social & @dieselfunk.bsky.social, my @scholars.org mentee Regina Mills, & students at UMass Lowell & Sacred Heart! & then proposed your own Guest Posts, please!
University of Michigan (@umich.edu) is hiring:
Assistant Professor in American Culture
#assistantprofessor #americanstudies #humanities
Assistant Professor in American Culture
#assistantprofessor #americanstudies #humanities
September 27, 2026 at 1:42 PM
University of Michigan (@umich.edu) is hiring:
Assistant Professor in American Culture
#assistantprofessor #americanstudies #humanities
Assistant Professor in American Culture
#assistantprofessor #americanstudies #humanities
#disabilitystudies #wgs #queerstudies #southernstudies #gradstudents #feminism #womensstudies #fyc #rhetoric #americanstudies #bipoc #indigenousstudies #crt
In a political and cultural moment when feminisms are under attack, WGS South invites our community to engage with the generative nature of fugitivity by joining us for our 51st annual conference on "Fugitive Feminisms."
wgssouth.org/2027cfp
Submissions due Dec. 1st! #highered #edusky #academicsky
wgssouth.org/2027cfp
Submissions due Dec. 1st! #highered #edusky #academicsky
September 23, 2026 at 8:26 PM
2 new books in our collection - on the topic of Black humour!
"Sass: Black Women's Humor & Humanity" by J Finley looks at Black women comedians' usage of sass as a subversive means to speak back to authority
#BlackStudies #AfricanAmericanStudies #AmericanStudies #MediaStudies #GenderStudies
"Sass: Black Women's Humor & Humanity" by J Finley looks at Black women comedians' usage of sass as a subversive means to speak back to authority
#BlackStudies #AfricanAmericanStudies #AmericanStudies #MediaStudies #GenderStudies
September 22, 2026 at 7:00 AM
2 new books in our collection - on the topic of Black humour!
"Sass: Black Women's Humor & Humanity" by J Finley looks at Black women comedians' usage of sass as a subversive means to speak back to authority
#BlackStudies #AfricanAmericanStudies #AmericanStudies #MediaStudies #GenderStudies
"Sass: Black Women's Humor & Humanity" by J Finley looks at Black women comedians' usage of sass as a subversive means to speak back to authority
#BlackStudies #AfricanAmericanStudies #AmericanStudies #MediaStudies #GenderStudies
In "The Black Pack" Artel Great tells the story of 5 Black comedians - Eddie Murphy, Paul Mooney, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Robert Townsend & Arsenio Hall - and their work of using satire & Black humour to transform American comedy
#BlackStudies #AmericanStudies #MediaStudies #CulturalStudies #BlackPack
#BlackStudies #AmericanStudies #MediaStudies #CulturalStudies #BlackPack
September 22, 2026 at 7:00 AM
In "The Black Pack" Artel Great tells the story of 5 Black comedians - Eddie Murphy, Paul Mooney, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Robert Townsend & Arsenio Hall - and their work of using satire & Black humour to transform American comedy
#BlackStudies #AmericanStudies #MediaStudies #CulturalStudies #BlackPack
#BlackStudies #AmericanStudies #MediaStudies #CulturalStudies #BlackPack
Which also means, as I argue in the culminating post in my Returning to Deadwood blog series, that the show makes a beautiful argument for the best of community as resistance & alternative to the forces of incorporation—& an embodiment of our collective ideals.
blackwhiteandread.com/september-19...
blackwhiteandread.com/september-19...
September 19-20, 2026: Returning to Deadwood: An AmericanStudies Analysis – Black and White and Read All Over
[Earlier this year, I shared with Vaughn one of my favorite TV shows and cultural works of all time, Deadwood. Watching and talking about it with her made me realize how many AmericanStudies layers it...
blackwhiteandread.com
September 19, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Which also means, as I argue in the culminating post in my Returning to Deadwood blog series, that the show makes a beautiful argument for the best of community as resistance & alternative to the forces of incorporation—& an embodiment of our collective ideals.
blackwhiteandread.com/september-19...
blackwhiteandread.com/september-19...
Through her own multifaceted identity & relationship to Hearst, & even more so through her son Odell & the brief, contrasting, & tragic relationships he has with both of them on the show, Aunt Lou adds vital AmericanStudies themes of race, power, & 19C America.
blackwhiteandread.com/september-18...
blackwhiteandread.com/september-18...
September 18, 2026: Returning to Deadwood: Aunt Lou and Odell – Black and White and Read All Over
[Earlier this year, I shared with Vaughn one of my favorite TV shows and cultural works of all time, Deadwood. Watching and talking about it with her made me realize how many AmericanStudies layers it...
blackwhiteandread.com
September 18, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Through her own multifaceted identity & relationship to Hearst, & even more so through her son Odell & the brief, contrasting, & tragic relationships he has with both of them on the show, Aunt Lou adds vital AmericanStudies themes of race, power, & 19C America.
blackwhiteandread.com/september-18...
blackwhiteandread.com/september-18...
Thrilled to announce the year’s schedule for this series at BU’s American Studies Program.
Join us if you are in town!!
Join us if you are in town!!
September 17, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Thrilled to announce the year’s schedule for this series at BU’s American Studies Program.
Join us if you are in town!!
Join us if you are in town!!
But as I write in the next post in my Returning to Deadwood blog series, this time around, watching & talking through Seasons 2 & 3, with Vaughn, I felt that both Steve & this character relationship with Fields had so much to tell us about MAGA men & mentalities, & much more.
September 17, 2026: Returning to Deadwood: Steve and Samuel – Black and White and Read All Over
[Earlier this year, I shared with Vaughn one of my favorite TV shows and cultural works of all time, Deadwood. Watching and talking about it with her made me realize how many AmericanStudies layers it...
blackwhiteandread.com
September 17, 2026 at 5:14 PM
But as I write in the next post in my Returning to Deadwood blog series, this time around, watching & talking through Seasons 2 & 3, with Vaughn, I felt that both Steve & this character relationship with Fields had so much to tell us about MAGA men & mentalities, & much more.
Universitat Heidelberg (@uniheidelberg.bsky.social) is hiring:
Full Professorship (W3) in American Studies
#fullprofessor #americanstudies #socialsciences
Full Professorship (W3) in American Studies
#fullprofessor #americanstudies #socialsciences
September 16, 2026 at 4:38 AM
Universitat Heidelberg (@uniheidelberg.bsky.social) is hiring:
Full Professorship (W3) in American Studies
#fullprofessor #americanstudies #socialsciences
Full Professorship (W3) in American Studies
#fullprofessor #americanstudies #socialsciences
As I write in the next post in my Return to Deadwood blog series, Wu frustratingly upholds certain stereotypes of late 19C Chinese Americans & yet also shines a light on the racial violence they consistently faced. & by introducing his grandson, the movie adds a beautiful multi-generational layer.
September 16, 2026: Returning to Deadwood: Wu – Black and White and Read All Over
[Earlier this year, I shared with Vaughn one of my favorite TV shows and cultural works of all time, Deadwood. Watching and talking about it with her made me realize how many AmericanStudies layers it...
blackwhiteandread.com
September 16, 2026 at 4:30 PM
As I write in the next post in my Return to Deadwood blog series, Wu frustratingly upholds certain stereotypes of late 19C Chinese Americans & yet also shines a light on the racial violence they consistently faced. & by introducing his grandson, the movie adds a beautiful multi-generational layer.
So for today's post in my Return to Deadwood blog series, takeaways from the show's crucial pairings of Alma & Trixie and Jane & Joanie, & one bracing & one beautiful way to connect all four of these complex & crucial characters.
blackwhiteandread.com/september-15...
blackwhiteandread.com/september-15...
September 15, 2026: Returning to Deadwood: Four Women – Black and White and Read All Over
[Earlier this year, I shared with Vaughn one of my favorite TV shows and cultural works of all time, Deadwood. Watching and talking about it with her made me realize how many AmericanStudies layers it...
blackwhiteandread.com
September 15, 2026 at 5:31 PM
So for today's post in my Return to Deadwood blog series, takeaways from the show's crucial pairings of Alma & Trixie and Jane & Joanie, & one bracing & one beautiful way to connect all four of these complex & crucial characters.
blackwhiteandread.com/september-15...
blackwhiteandread.com/september-15...
Starting with yesterday's post, on the iconic Wild West legend on whom the show's opening episode focuses, Wild Bill Hickok (the great Keith Carradine), & how he embodies not only its genre as a revisionist Western, but also some striking lessons for celebrity culture in our 21C moment!
September 14, 2026: Returning to Deadwood: Wild Bill – Black and White and Read All Over
[Earlier this year, I shared with Vaughn one of my favorite TV shows and cultural works of all time, Deadwood. Watching and talking about it with her made me realize how many AmericanStudies layers it...
blackwhiteandread.com
September 15, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Starting with yesterday's post, on the iconic Wild West legend on whom the show's opening episode focuses, Wild Bill Hickok (the great Keith Carradine), & how he embodies not only its genre as a revisionist Western, but also some striking lessons for celebrity culture in our 21C moment!
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is hiring:
Assistant Professor in American Studies and Global Studies
#assistantprofessor #multisitedglobalsouths #americanstudies
Assistant Professor in American Studies and Global Studies
#assistantprofessor #multisitedglobalsouths #americanstudies
September 14, 2026 at 3:57 AM
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is hiring:
Assistant Professor in American Studies and Global Studies
#assistantprofessor #multisitedglobalsouths #americanstudies
Assistant Professor in American Studies and Global Studies
#assistantprofessor #multisitedglobalsouths #americanstudies
My daily AmericanStudier blog turns 16 this November & is still going strong, so hear hear!
September 10, 2026 at 5:08 PM
My daily AmericanStudier blog turns 16 this November & is still going strong, so hear hear!
NEW SLAS BLOG
"A Turning Point: Decolonization and the Future of Latin American Studies in the UK"
Irene Mamani-Velazco reflects on the PILAS conference and asks crucial questions about who produces knowledge, about whom, and the coloniality of knowledge production.
READ HERE: shorturl.at/V8ZPq
"A Turning Point: Decolonization and the Future of Latin American Studies in the UK"
Irene Mamani-Velazco reflects on the PILAS conference and asks crucial questions about who produces knowledge, about whom, and the coloniality of knowledge production.
READ HERE: shorturl.at/V8ZPq
A turning point: decolonization and the future of Latin Americanstudies in the UK
by Irene Mamani-VelazcoParticipating in the conference Future Archives: Forging the Next Generation of LatinAmerican Studies, organized by The Postgraduates in Latin American Studies (PILAS)Network wa...
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September 10, 2026 at 10:28 AM
NEW SLAS BLOG
"A Turning Point: Decolonization and the Future of Latin American Studies in the UK"
Irene Mamani-Velazco reflects on the PILAS conference and asks crucial questions about who produces knowledge, about whom, and the coloniality of knowledge production.
READ HERE: shorturl.at/V8ZPq
"A Turning Point: Decolonization and the Future of Latin American Studies in the UK"
Irene Mamani-Velazco reflects on the PILAS conference and asks crucial questions about who produces knowledge, about whom, and the coloniality of knowledge production.
READ HERE: shorturl.at/V8ZPq
I spent the last day of this year's #EAAS2026 conference in Bologna attending a panel discussion on Teaching #AmericanStudies in Europe, a panel on US #DokuPoetry, the concluding keynote on the representational history of #CrispusAttucs & eating delicious pasta. Full brain + full stomach = ☺️
September 5, 2026 at 5:33 PM
I spent the last day of this year's #EAAS2026 conference in Bologna attending a panel discussion on Teaching #AmericanStudies in Europe, a panel on US #DokuPoetry, the concluding keynote on the representational history of #CrispusAttucs & eating delicious pasta. Full brain + full stomach = ☺️
So thrilled to be able to take part in this year's #EAAS conference in Bologna. Today's opening was wonderful, not least for seeing so many colleagues & friends from all over #Europe and the US come together to discuss the state of our field & examine different "Visions of Freedom." #AmericanStudies
September 1, 2026 at 10:17 PM
So thrilled to be able to take part in this year's #EAAS conference in Bologna. Today's opening was wonderful, not least for seeing so many colleagues & friends from all over #Europe and the US come together to discuss the state of our field & examine different "Visions of Freedom." #AmericanStudies
BTW: diesen Mittwoch auf der #EAAS2026 in Bologna co-hoste ich ein panel zu post-planetarity in den #AmericanStudies zusammen mit @clairecazajousauge.bsky.social
#EAAS
#EAAS
Trump benennt Erde in "Planet Amerika" um www.der-postillon.com/2026/08/plan...
Trump benennt Erde in "Planet Amerika" um
Deutschlands größte Tageszeitung der Welt
www.der-postillon.com
August 31, 2026 at 3:05 PM
BTW: diesen Mittwoch auf der #EAAS2026 in Bologna co-hoste ich ein panel zu post-planetarity in den #AmericanStudies zusammen mit @clairecazajousauge.bsky.social
#EAAS
#EAAS
"The Rose & the Briar - Death, Love and Liberty in the American Ballad" is a collection of essays on #ballads and what they tell us about America, edited by Wilentz & Marcus, incl an essay on #DollyParton 's "Down from Dover" by Eric Weisbard
🥀
#DollyParton #songwriting #AmericanStudies
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#DollyParton #songwriting #AmericanStudies
August 26, 2026 at 3:03 PM
"The Rose & the Briar - Death, Love and Liberty in the American Ballad" is a collection of essays on #ballads and what they tell us about America, edited by Wilentz & Marcus, incl an essay on #DollyParton 's "Down from Dover" by Eric Weisbard
🥀
#DollyParton #songwriting #AmericanStudies
🥀
#DollyParton #songwriting #AmericanStudies
I’d like to compile a thread with research literature on a certain contemporary novel series written in American English.
Since I actually come from medieval studies/German studies:
What’s the usual Bsky hashtag for #EnglishStudies #AmericanStudies?
Many thanks in advance!
Since I actually come from medieval studies/German studies:
What’s the usual Bsky hashtag for #EnglishStudies #AmericanStudies?
Many thanks in advance!
August 18, 2026 at 7:57 PM
I’d like to compile a thread with research literature on a certain contemporary novel series written in American English.
Since I actually come from medieval studies/German studies:
What’s the usual Bsky hashtag for #EnglishStudies #AmericanStudies?
Many thanks in advance!
Since I actually come from medieval studies/German studies:
What’s the usual Bsky hashtag for #EnglishStudies #AmericanStudies?
Many thanks in advance!
Laurel was incorporated in 1882--& while that term means something specific for a town, this town's incorporation around the lumber industry is impossible to separate from broader AmericanStudies contexts such as the late 19C "incorporation of America" & the concurrent "rise of the New South."
August 18, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Laurel was incorporated in 1882--& while that term means something specific for a town, this town's incorporation around the lumber industry is impossible to separate from broader AmericanStudies contexts such as the late 19C "incorporation of America" & the concurrent "rise of the New South."