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Today, we are looking at the field of American Studies and its attention to the environmental humanities @PSA_APG @ClimateChangeUS (1/5)

After yesterday’s focus on the global study of…

After yesterday’s focus on the global study of the Americas, today’s Tweets highlight opportunities for global travel through the degree. In this 75th anniversary year of @USUKFulbright program, we celebrate our own US Study Abroad programmes @USAinUK @educationusa

As part of our ongoing coverage of American…

As part of our ongoing coverage of American Studies in the UK, today we are considering the way in which the field is expansive, global, and dynamic—we explore the US presence around the world, and the influence of the world on the US, as well as the wider American hemisphere 🌎

Great thread here on the ways in which…

Great thread here on the ways in which American Studies extends beyond the boundaries of the US @AmericanStudies 🇺🇸 https://t.co/0dZxOEFDUV

And finally, further details below on how @AMST_Swansea…

And finally, further details below on how @AMST_Swansea are exploring the impact of the invention of cinema on US fiction in the twentieth century. @NATEfeed View post on X

And in this thread @AmericanStudies at UEA you…

And in this thread @AmericanStudies at UEA you can read more about the study of American children’s literature. https://t.co/BM8DL5tJH6

Further examples here of how @NUAmStudies embeds US…

Further examples here of how @NUAmStudies embeds US literature intro the field of American Studies View post on X

Great overview of the Gothic texts studied as…

Great overview of the Gothic texts studied as part of American Studies @NUAmStudies. View post on X

A thread on the study of literature: Brilliant…

A thread on the study of literature: Brilliant examples of the fresh perspectives that American Studies scholars in the UK are bringing to the study of literature, and the imaginative ways in which they are training students to approach and think about the subject. @NATEfeed

To the rise of Jim Crow and civil…

To the rise of Jim Crow and civil rights; the persistence of white supremacy and Black Lives Matter—and it crafts new ways to understand these histories @RoyalHistSoc (2/2)