Welcome to the Spring 2024 Semester!

Read on for news and notes from American Studies

Welcome to the Spring 2024 Semester American Studies students, faculty, alumni, and supporters!  We hope you had an enjoyable and restful winter break and a great first week of classes. We have...

Posted: February 5, 2024, 9:21 AM

Humanities Teaching Lab with Jamyla Krempel

Podcasting Workshop on Feb 23

Podcasting Workshop with Jamyla Krempel Friday, February 23 form 10:30am to 12pm In-person and online | PAHB 216 In this Humanities Teaching Lab, participants will learn how to make a...

Posted: February 1, 2024, 1:39 PM

Remembering Ed Orser (1941 – 2024)

"How do you ground the American experience in something you can get your hands around?" asks Orser. "I always thought it was helpful to bring things down to a certain scale. Maybe because that's...

Posted: January 12, 2024, 9:36 AM

Jan 22: Farm Alliance of Baltimore Benefit

"Nothing But A Man" Film Screening at Charles Theater

Charles Theater Monday evening, Jan 22. The event tickets go to support the Baltimore Farm Alliance, and include a buffet dinner served by Woodberry Kitchen + film tickets.  Tickets are sold...

Posted: January 10, 2024, 10:59 AM

Spring 2024: LLC 750.01/CSST 492.01: Black Queer Studies

Instructor: Dr. Tanya Saunders - Wednesdays, 4:30 - 7:00PM

This graduate level course is a survey course of the scholarship and key debates in the emerging field of Black Feminism and Black Queer Studies. We will take an intersectional approach in...

Posted: December 4, 2023, 2:15 PM

Spring 2024: AMST 430/680: Place-Based Artistic Research

Instructor: Dr. Rebecca Uchill - Tuesdays, 4:30 - 7:00PM

Are you interested in community-engaged art? Are you interested in learning from artists and curators doing research in and about cities like Baltimore? Seminar in American Signs: Place-Based...

Posted: December 4, 2023, 2:02 PM

2023 Library of Congress Homegrown Foodways Film Premiere

Watch links and more for "El Camino del Pan y el Mole"

"Food traditions like snowballs and seafood connect New Orleans and Baltimore, two places with their own complex histories as major Southern port cities. But beyond the crabs and snowballs, our...

Posted: November 15, 2023, 9:40 AM

This Thursday! Nov. 9 at 6PM: El Camino del Pan y del Mole

Featuring Baltimore and New Orleans Food Traditions

(español abajo) You're invited to El Camino del Pan y del Mole event on November 9 at the Creative Alliance from 6-8 PM Please reserve your spot here. The event features programming and two...

Posted: November 6, 2023, 3:38 PM

Opportunity: 2024 International Student Conferences

ISC facilitates three academic and cultural exchange programs organized by university students in the U.S., Japan, Korea, and China. Our conferences distinguish themselves from other programs in...

Posted: November 2, 2023, 2:35 PM

Design Project Survey: Saving Food on Campus

Please share with students to participate

A group of students in Professor Hamidi's Participatory Design and Community Engagement class are doing a project aiming to reduce food waste and increase access to food for students. Please...

Posted: October 17, 2023, 4:06 PM