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Semester 1 seminars 2024-25
Thursday 24 October, 5:00-6:30pm
Doug Rossinow will be talking on his forthcoming book Promised Land: The Worlds of American Zionism. The talk will take place in 42 Bute Gardens, LT916, at 5:00pm. All welcome!
Monday 4 November, 4.30-6.00pm
Trump v. Harris 2024: Making Sense of the US Presidential Election (Roundtable). Venue TBA.
Wednesday 13 November, 2.30-4.00pm
'The US Presidential Election: Cross-Disciplinary Responses'. A Teams round table in conjunction with Keele University's David Bruce Centre for the Study of the Americas.
Wednesday 20 November, 4.00-5.30pm
Christopher Tounsel (University of Washington) – Bounds of Blackness: African Americans, Sudan, and the Politics of Solidarity (Cornell UP, 2024). Online book talk, link forthcoming. Co-sponsored with the Global History research cluster.
January, 2025 (postponed from October 2024)
John Hinshelwood: Called Back (the poems of Emily Dickinson)
A selection of Emily Dickinson's verse, set to music by John Hinshelwood
Date and Venue TBC
TBA – Book Launch – Sean Vanatta (University of Glasgow) – Plastic Capitalism: Banks, Credit Cards, and the End of Financial Control (Yale UP, 2024).
Other events TBC, including pre- and post-Presidential Election roundtables.
Postgraduate taught programmes
- Masters in American Modern Literature (not offered in 2024-25)
- Masters in American Studies (not offered in 2024-25)
- Gordon scholarships
- Testimonials
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10 Oct
The Challenge of Regulating the Virtual World: AI, The Internet and the Future
Tuesday 14 November 2023 -
08 Feb
Day of Events with Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative
Friday 17 February 2023