Presented by the American & New England Studies Program
Thank you for another great year! American Studies for the Future is on hiatus for the 2024/25 academic year. We look forward to seeing you again in 2025/26 .
Previous Programs:
2023-2024
November 9, 2023
5:00 PM: A public talk with Victoria E. Johnson, “If You Build It…”: The Sports Experience Economy and “Flyover” Dreams.”
February 28, 2024
2:00 PM: A seminar with Takeo Rivera (BU, English), who discussed a pre-circulated chapter, “Another Joke is Possible: Kristina Wong and Mutual Aid Carnivalesque,” with Diana Taylor (New York University) responding.
5:00 PM: Public talk with Diana Taylor, “Zuckerberg’s Smile or Presence in the Age of Digital Technologies.”
May 1, 2024
4:00 PM: Keynote lecture by Nazli Kibria (BU, Sociology), “Model Minority and Brown Threat: South Asians in the U.S. Racial Landscape.”
2022-2023
November 8, 2022
2:00 PM, Seminar with Andrew Robichaud (BU History), who discussed a pre-circulated chapter, “Frozen Time: Ice and the Political Economy of Dead Meat,” with Walter Johnson (Harvard University) responding.
5:00 PM, Public talk with Walter Johnson, “John Brown’s Economy.”
February 9, 2023
2:00 PM: Seminar with Ianna Hawkins Owen (BU, English) and Christina Sharpe (York University), responding. In this seminar, we discussed a pre-circulated paper by Prof. Owen entitled “Sweating Diaspora.”
5:00 PM: Public talk with Christina Sharpe, “Ordinary Notes.”
April 20, 2023
4:00 PM: Keynote with Anita Patterson (BU English)
2021-2022
February 10
2:00 PM: Seminar with Ross Barrett (BU, History of Art), and Alan Braddock (William & Mary) responded. In this seminar, we discussed a pre-circulated paper by Prof. Barrett entitled “Painting and Property on Prout’s Neck.”
5:00 PM: public lecture by Alan Braddock, “Black Landscapes: Artistic Origins of Environmental Justice and Dilemmas of Decolonization.”
March 3
2:00 PM; Seminar with Paula Austin (BU, History & Af-Am Studies), and Cheryl Hicks (University of Delaware) responded. In this seminar, we discussed a pre-circulated paper by Prof. Austin entitled “‘Thugs in Uniform or Why Must Such Extreme and Fatal Force Be Used’: Black DC’s Campaign to End Police Violence 1919 – 1970.”
5:00 PM; public lecture by Cheryl Hicks, “‘A Woman of This Stamp’: Sexual Politics and Black Progressive-Era Activism.”
April 21
4:00pm; Keynote Address by André de Quadros (BU, Music), “The Exilic Condition in America: A Personal Encounter with Power, Asymmetry, and Border Crossings.”