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American Contagions: Epidemics and the Law from Smallpox to COVID-19

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CFP: Movement and Mobility in America (Online)

WHAT, WHEN & WHERE American Studies Association of Turkey (ASAT) 40th International American Studies Conference Movement and Mobility in America Online Conference June 28-29, 2021 Movement and mobility lie at the core of American society. Whether through immigration, internal migration, social mobility, or domestic and global expansionism, the United States has always been defined as a nation of frontiers and pioneers, a country that is constantly (re)defining itself, where self-(re)invention is part of the American dream. Movement and mobility in the American context can also be physical, sociological, psychological, or political, as in the case of mobilizing for racial justice, such as with the Black Lives Matter movement that is sweeping the nation. The Trump Administration has prompted a reevaluation of movement and mobility across the political spectrum. While some argue that this has stimulated a visible resurgence in activism and a revival of social movements in the United States, […]

RAI: the RAI Goes to the Movies – I Am Not Your Negro

The sixth of a series of film discussions exploring important movies by African American filmmakers. I am Not Your Negro (2016, dir. Raoul Peck, 95 min) Introduced by Dr. Nigel Hatton (University of California, Merced.) Phil Bertelsen and Rachel Dretzin, award-winning filmmakers and executive producers of Netflix docuseries 'Who Killed Malcolm X?'  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-rai-goes-to-the-movies-i-am-not-your-negro-2016-dir-raoul-peck-tickets-139975332989

HOTCUS 2021 Winter Symposium: Amerians in the World (Online)

The HOTCUS 2021 Winter Symposium will be held via Zoom on February 20, 2021. The theme of this year’s event is Americans in the World, and we are delighted to announce that the plenary speaker will be Dr Kaeten Mistry (University of East Anglia ), author of The United States, Italy, and the Origins of Cold War: Waging Political Warfare (Cambridge University Press, 2014) and co-editor of Whistleblowing Nation: The History of National Security Disclosures and the Cult of Secrecy (Columbia University Press, 2020).