#Prequels, #sequels, #reboots, #remakes, #legacies, settings in the past (e.g. series reproducing #80s and #90s contexts) all fall in the scope of this thematic track. 5/8
#Prequels, #sequels, #reboots, #remakes, #legacies, settings in the past (e.g. series reproducing #80s and #90s contexts) all fall in the scope of this thematic track. 5/8
Analysis of intertextuality in American popular culture (from thematic/aesthetic perspectives) as well as of the dialogic relation to the present that foregrounds the origin of contemporary problems in the past (climate change, armed conflicts, economic crises) are welcome. 4/8
We aim to explore questions related to the implications of connecting nostalgia with a return to normalcy, interrogating whether and how this already-present tendency of recycling the appeal of specific formal and narrative elements has been mediated by the COVID-19 pandemic. 3/8
The panel looks for papers that, dealing with nostalgia in contemporary popular culture, focus on the intersection between a search for stability and recovery in a better past and/or that criticize the present through it. 2/8
CALL FOR #PANEL PARTICIPANTS – “Ominous Future, Damaged Present and Nostalgia for the Past: Return to Normalcy?” 16th Conference of the Spanish Association for American Studies (Granada, 28-30 March 2023) 1/8
Further information can be found here: https://vacancies.ntu.ac.uk/displayjob.aspx?jobid=11355
#AcademicJobs #AmericanStudies #AmericanHistory
#C20 #C19 #Slavery #Activism #CivilRights #USCivilWar @BAASUSSO @brancaUK @hotcus @BAAS_pgs @eaas_eu @ScotAmStudies @theIAAS
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The second advertised role requires knowledge and skills in the following specialism:
* 19th century USA history including African #Slavery and #CivilWar 4/5
The first advertised role requires knowledge and skills in the following specialisms:
* 20th century USA history including #CivilRights
* #Black #activism in 20thC America
* #Memorialisation of #slavery 3/5
We are looking to recruit two ambitious and enthusiastic historians of #modern America with the specialist knowledge to teach #undergraduate and #postgraduate programmes in History. 2/5
#JOB ALERTS – Lecturer in #American #History (x2), 0.5FTE, fixed term post for the period 1 September 2022 to 31 August 2024 at the University of Nottingham @UniofNottingham 1/5