American Studies Area Group

Grab a copy of Michael Leja’s Looking Askance: Skepticism and American Art From Eakins to Duchamp (University of California Press, 2004) and join us for a chat at Slattery’s Midtown Pub (E 36th between 5th and Madison) on Friday, December 3rd, starting at 5pm. Please register on the Registration page.

See everyone there!

Meet up with you Fellow Americanists at Rattle N’ Hum (E 33rd between Madison and 5th) for a drink and a much-needed break! We’ll start at 5 pm, and end…?…

http://rattlenhumbarnyc.com/

Come join us in Room 5409 today (Wednesday, 10/6) at 4:30 for our first mock conference panel.

The panelists will include:

Talia Argondezzi
“Transnational Biopolitics and the Divided Self in Sansay’s Secret History”

Allison Brown
“Discovering the Extended Caribbean: The Literary Connections between the Caribbean and and the American South”
Nick Grant-Collins “Algerian Slavery and the Dangers of Recognition: Enclosing ‘Liberty’ and Valuing Freedom in Slaves of Algiers and Humanity in Algiers”

Frances Tran “Circum-Atlantic Capitalism, Correspondence, and the Question of Cultural Cohesion”

Hope to see everyone there!

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