Kousar J. Azam, ed., Rediscovering America: American Studies in the New...

American Studies International;  June 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......Azam, ed., Rediscovering America: American Studies in the New Century (New Delhi: South...cloth) With the recent demise of the American Studies Research Centre (ASRC) in Hyderabad...Centre for International Studies, American studies in India ended an era of immense productivity...

American studies in India, a personal memoir.

American Studies International;  February 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......Toward a Post-Imperial, Transnational American Studies: Notes of a Frequent Flyer, ASI 36...Predecessors: Intellectual Lineages in American Studies, ed. by Rob Kroes, Amsterdam: VU University...record of an era in the history of American studies that may be ending. The termination...

From Walden Pond to Jurassic Park: Activism, Culture and American Studies....

American Studies International;  October 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......Jurassic Park: Activism, Culture and American Studies (Durham, NC: Duke University Press...Jurassic Park: Activism, Culture and American Studies is an eclectic collection of essays...over the past decade that critique American studies as a discipline and push the frontiers...

The Internationalization of American Studies.

American Studies International;  October 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......The formal scholarly organization of American Studies is about half a century old. Its beginnings...have been two distinct chapters in American Studies--the Cold War and the age of Multiculturalism...organization of the field, with the American Studies Association of the USA (ASA) at ...

Intersections: Global Feminisms, American Studies.

American Studies International;  October 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...This issue of American Studies International grows out of the work of the American Studies Association International Women's Task...scholars working at the intersections of American Studies and Women's Studies. The essays draw upon...

The Liberty weathervane points left.(The Futures of American Studies)(Book...

The Mississippi Quarterly;  March 22, 2004 ;     700+ words ......Thomas Pynchon, V. (1) The Futures of American Studies, edited by Donald E. Pease and Robyn...piece that in the naive old days of American Studies would have been called folk art. Using...review by claiming that Futures of American Studies is a good example of the bright prospect...

American Studies in a Moment of Danger

The Virginia Quarterly Review;  July 1, 2002 ;     202 words ...American Studies in a Moment of Danger, by George...metal Looking back on the history of American Studies as a discipline and its rise in...come to terms with the place of American Studies in an era of increasing globalization...

The Futures of American Studies

Ethnic Studies Review;  January 1, 2002 ;     597 words ......Robyn Wiegman, eds. The Futures of American Studies. (Durham, NC: Duke University Press...latest stocktaking in the field of American studies. Its twenty-three constituent essays...previously published) reveal that American studies, like ethnic studies, is continuing...

AMERICAN STUDIES UNDER FIRE

The Boston Globe;  February 23, 2003 ;     700+ words ...THE ACADEMIC DISCIPLINE known as American Studies has an illustrious past. In the 1950s...and technological progress. But has American Studies lost its way? In the Feb. 10 issue...one of Wolfe's goals was to shake up American Studies, he succeeded. Within the field, his...

Esteemed U. Texas American studies professor Crunden dies

University Wire;  March 29, 1999 ;     382 words ......Crunden, a University of Texas American studies and history professor, died Tuesday...served as a graduate adviser in American Studies from 1968-76 and as chair of the Department of American Studies from 1985-90. Jeffrey Meikle...

Asian American studies still waiting for an entrance at Harvard

University Wire;  December 10, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Harvard University to hire an Asian American studies professor. Twenty years later, it...has no permanent professor in Asian American studies, and the Asian American Association...flourishing at other universities, Asian American studies is still struggling to gain traction...

U. Virginia adds American Studies major

University Wire;  March 28, 2002 ;     438 words ......students will be able to major in American Studies, which until now only has been offered...concentration within a department. The American Studies major received final approval from...College' s faculty yesterday afternoon. American Studies is a 30-hour major that includes three...

American studies in Europe: Its vital role in internationalizing the field

Journal of American Culture;  January 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ......One may wonder what the position of American Studies is, or preferably should be, amid...questions and offers insights into American Studies in Europe today. It needs to be emphasized...approaches within popular culture and American Studies, and who is best acquainted with the...

The United States from Inside Out: Transnational American Studies.

Early American Literature;  March 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ......United States from Inside Out: Transnational American Studies American Studies Association Conference. 12-15 October 2006. Oakland, California. The transnational turn in American studies has revolutionized the field, or so the 2006...

Yale makes African American Studies Program a department.

M2 Presswire;  February 23, 2000 ;     538 words ......2000-YALE UNIVERSITY: Yale makes African American Studies Program a department (C)1994-2000...University will give its acclaimed African American Studies Program the status of an interdisciplinary...approved the change in status for African American Studies at its meeting on the ...