Exploring the varied approaches to teaching American Studies in Britain today, the contributors in this volume examine how we can use critical pedagogies to empower our students to disrupt the status quo, challenge boundaries and see the United States—and the world—from new perspectives. Using a range of formats, including essays, case studies and dialogues, it explores what American Studies methodologies mean to both staff and students in UK higher education, and the possibilities that they offer in the classroom and beyond.

Kevin Gannon (Queens University of Charlotte): writes “The contributors’ discussions in this rich collection transcend the already-capacious disciplinary boundaries of American Studies to offer generative insights for all of us engaged in the work of teaching and learning in higher-ed environments. A fascinating and unflinching examination of what it means to deeply engage and thoughtfully teach difficult, complex and sometimes fraught topics – like race, power, gender and identity – this volume offers a great deal to teacher–scholars no matter where their disciplinary homes might be.”

The book is available for purchase.

We are also very pleased that the book is available open access via Jstor

We currently have a couple of events scheduled to mark the book’s launch, listed below. Please do join us if it is geographically convenient for you to do so!

Thursday 22 October, from 5pm: Book Launch Event at the Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford.

Tuesday 27 October, 1-2pm: Book Launch Event as part of the Teaching Circle Series, School of History, Classics and Archaeology, University of Edinburgh. Room G16, William Robertson Wing, Old Medical School, Teviot Place.