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One of the nation's most rigorous and intellectually innovative departments devoted to the interdisciplinary study of American culture and society. @GWtweets americanstudies.columbian.gwu.edu Washington, D.C. Joined July 2015-
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Current PhD candidate Cam Cannon has been named a 2024 Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellow for their project "Standard: Trans Activism and the History of Gender-Affirming Medicine in the United States"!! Congratulations Cam!! @CamCannon11 @gwucolumbian
Current PhD candidate Cam Cannon has been named a 2024 Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellow for their project "Standard: Trans Activism and the History of Gender-Affirming Medicine in the United States"!! Congratulations Cam!! @CamCannon11 @gwucolumbian
Heartfelt thank you to everyone who attended last week's 2024 Mergen-Palmer Distinguished Lecture in American Studies featuring the brilliant Prof. Karen Tongson (@inlandemperor)! Full house!
Professor Libby Anker's (@libankerDC) course "Politics & Film" was rated Best for Fun Class by the GW Hatchet!! @gwhatchet gwhatchet.com/2024/04/08/bes…
Senior American Studies and Music major Maureen Rafter was recently profiled in GWToday (@GWtweets) for her current Luther Rice Fellowship project entitled “Rock the Vote: Barack Obama’s Sonic Identity in Rock Campaign Music” gwtoday.gwu.edu/born-runfor-pr…
Following a path from early Black blues women to today’s culture wars, students in American Studies Professor Gayle Wald’s class trace U.S. historical trends to understand how art both reflects life—and shapes it. gwtoday.gwu.edu/semesters-jour…
One week away!! Join us on Monday, April 8 for the 2024 Mergen-Palmer Distinguished Lecture featuring Prof. Karen Tongson (@inlandemperor)! Tongson will discuss "Normporn", their latest monograph from @NYUpress. Link in bio to register or visit go.gwu.edu/mergenpalmer
🚨 JUST ANNOUNCED! We are elated to welcome Prof. Karen Tongson (@inlandemperor) to campus in April for the 2024 Mergen-Palmer Distinguished Lecture! Join us on April 8, 2024 at 4 PM. Learn more and register at: go.gwu.edu/mergenpalmer
GW AMST faculty, alumni, and students spotted during the 2023 ASA Conference in Montreal! 🥰
📣 There's still time to register for today's virtual alumni event—"What Can You Do With Your American Studies Degree?" Visit go.gwu.edu/gwamst ✨
💐 MAJOR Congrats to Prof. Anker (@libankerDC) on the honorable mention of "Ugly Freedoms" for ASA's Franklin Prize. Get a copy from @DukePress!
💐 MAJOR Congrats to Prof. Anker (@libankerDC) on the honorable mention of "Ugly Freedoms" for ASA's Franklin Prize. Get a copy from @DukePress!
📣 Just TWO more days until our virtual event "What Can You Do With Your American Studies Degree?"—convening alumni from all three of our degree programs to talk about their post-graduation careers. Don't forget to register! go.gwu.edu/gwamst
EVENT ALERT📣: "What Can You Do With Your American Studies Degree?" — Join GW AMST and over a dozen alumni from our BA, MA, PhD programs to to talk about their career trajectories. The panels will be held on Zoom. Link in bio to register or visit go.gwu.edu/gwamst
Prof. Libby Anker (@libankerDC) will be discussing her new project at UM today! 👏
Prof. Libby Anker (@libankerDC) will be discussing her new project at UM today! 👏
GW’s University-wide Commencement will be held on Sunday, May 19, 2024 on the National Mall! View the #GWCommencement school and college graduation celebration schedule: commencement.gwu.edu/schedule
A guide to D.C. late-night spots for students under 21, no fake ID necessary gwhatchet.com/2023/09/18/und…
Our @curareligion series on Religion & Empire begins Friday with David Glovsky's “A Cross-Border Colonial Ummah: Clerics, Qur’anic Schooling, and Migrant Farmers in the Making of a Transnational Islam.” To register visit: bu.edu/cura/2023/08/1…
Major congrats to PhD candidate GJ Sevillano (@justthe2letters) for their recent published review in Ampersand! @AmpersandBU 🎉
Major congrats to PhD candidate GJ Sevillano (@justthe2letters) for their recent published review in Ampersand! @AmpersandBU 🎉
Major congrats to current AMST PhD candidate Camilla Cannon on recently being named a 2023 Henry F. May Fund Fellow by the Society for U.S. Intellectual History!! 🎉 s-usih.org/2023/06/meet-t…
We're still beaming from our 2023 AMST Graduation Celebration! Congrats again to all of the graduates. 🎉 Photos by Maria Luz Bravo.
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Thanks to everyone for coming out and filling the lecture hall with all the eclipse vibes and generosity of spirit. 💝
Heartfelt thank you to everyone who attended last week's 2024 Mergen-Palmer Distinguished Lecture in American Studies featuring the brilliant Prof. Karen Tongson (@inlandemperor)! Full house!
Following a path from early Black blues women to today’s culture wars, students in American Studies Professor Gayle Wald’s class trace U.S. historical trends to understand how art both reflects life—and shapes it. gwtoday.gwu.edu/semesters-jour…
D.C.! I’ll be there a week from today to deliver the Mergen-Palmer distinguished lecture in American Studies. Details below. The event is free, but you have to register and there are limited tickets left. Hope to see you there.
One week away!! Join us on Monday, April 8 for the 2024 Mergen-Palmer Distinguished Lecture featuring Prof. Karen Tongson (@inlandemperor)! Tongson will discuss "Normporn", their latest monograph from @NYUpress. Link in bio to register or visit go.gwu.edu/mergenpalmer
Excited for this!
One week away!! Join us on Monday, April 8 for the 2024 Mergen-Palmer Distinguished Lecture featuring Prof. Karen Tongson (@inlandemperor)! Tongson will discuss "Normporn", their latest monograph from @NYUpress. Link in bio to register or visit go.gwu.edu/mergenpalmer
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OK which of you guys is writing “Bohemian Grove: The Musical” because I’m waiting
6/ ProPublica found Thomas has been a regular at the Bohemian Grove for 25 years as Harlan Crow’s guest, according to records and interviews. ProPublica found 6 specific trips he didn’t disclose
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Kvelling over this review of Ugly Freedoms @kbruyneel "A vital, creative analysis, Anker reveals the ugliness of dominant, ennobled practices of liberal freedom and gestures toward alternative freedoms we nourish by embracing those condemned as degenerate" tinyurl.com/hcj2k3ta
By closely examining three recently published Filipino cookbooks, G.J. Sevillano demonstrates how cookbooks become important cultural sites where Filipino American concerns about diasporic identity are reflected.
Vol II, Issue 2 spotlight: GJ Sevillano (@justthe2letters, @GWUAMST) reviews A Taste of Empire: A Play and shows how cuisine is tied to colonialism. Read it here: sites.bu.edu/ampersandjourn…
I am SO excited to be among the fellows for this coming academic year. The time off from teaching is precious, but the chance to talk to this extraordinary cohort of colleagues is the best part of the deal. @gwucolumbian
Today, we announce our 2023–2024 fellows, a cohort whose projects contend with the urgent, the beautiful, and the vast: from reckoning with the challenges of climate change to creating digital models of iconic Italian violins to detecting distant galaxies. radcliffe.harvard.edu/news-and-ideas…
Today, we announce our 2023–2024 fellows, a cohort whose projects contend with the urgent, the beautiful, and the vast: from reckoning with the challenges of climate change to creating digital models of iconic Italian violins to detecting distant galaxies. radcliffe.harvard.edu/news-and-ideas…
@IsaacRowlett @mkefrizz @trvsschwnts American Studies brain @GWUAMST
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A musical inspired by @GWUAMST professor @GayleWald's book Shout, Sister, Shout! recently debuted at Ford's Theatre. Catch the Ford’s Theatre production through May 13th before its next stop: Broadway! 🎶 gwtoday.gwu.edu/shout-sister-s…
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