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Weaving eyewitness history through US history, Forming the Public reveals what understanding the journalism landscape can teach us about the nature of journalism’s own interests in race, gender, and class while tracing the factors that shaped the contours of dominant American culture.
Based at the Amerika-Institut at the University of Munich, the project “Documentary Drawing in the 20th Century” is seeking a PostDoc researcher (100%; 36 months) with a background in Art History, American History, or a related field. Key responsibilities include running and researching the section of the project concerned with “documentary drawing in war”, and co-curating the exhibition planned for 2027. Job starts no later than May 2025.
The Politics of Hate demonstrates how Christian Right organizations educate and train networks of soldiers to tactically engage the enemy in local, state, and national legal and political battles. Wilson carefully documents their history of co-belligerency, their strategies of political warfare, and, importantly, the impact of this war that has, over the past fifty years, forever changed American politics.
'A remarkable story of awakening, commitment, grit, and fearlessness in the wake of personal pain, grassroots struggle, and state violence. This first-ever historical biography of Ericka Huggins is itself a meditation on the pertinence and power of spiritual wellness and encourages us to consider what a radically holistic movement for liberation might need. Wholly original and illuminating!' ~Rhonda Y. Williams, author of Concrete Demands: The Search for Black Power in the 20th Century
The American Politics Group's 2025 Annual Conference welcomes anyone with an interest in American domestic and international politics, political history, government and society. We invite proposals for conference papers on any aspect of US politics: the November elections and their consequences are likely to prove a central topic of discussion, but papers examining contemporary US political institutions or processes, US foreign policy, or US political history will all be very welcome. We particularly encourage proposals from postgraduate students and early career researchers.
Call for Papers: Disabilities and American Art Histories SAAM American Art Journal Deadline: April 1, 2025 https://go.americanart.si.edu/e/980712/ies-and-american-art-histories/h3d3t/733537467/h/NM_1tSwoUZs9-i9T8FTo7VcfmFdZRvzHxyNyVHtIxfw
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