American Studies

Bring your lunch and join us in Lindner 110 as we discuss current research and scholarship.

Join African and African-American Studies as we celebrate the 75th anniversary of Zora Neale Hurston's novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, and Richard Wright's manifesto, "Blueprint for the Negro."

Visiting Professor of Italian and Italian American Studies Samuele Pardini presented a paper titled "Images of Italian Americans in African American literature during Jim Crow," at the "Reimagining White Ethnicity. Expressivity, Identity, Race" conference held at the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute in New York City, on April 27-28, 2012.

Professor of History Jim Bissett presented a paper titled "Demanding Democracy: The Socialist Movement and Oklahoma Politics" at the Woody Guthrie Symposium hold at the University of Tulsa in March 2012, as part of the celebration to honor the legendary American folksinger 100th anniversary.

The Emory University professor will deliver his lecture, "God, Death and the Absurd: What Makes Life Worth Living?," in the Isabella Cannon Room at 7:30 p.m.

Samuele Pardini, visiting assistant professor of Italian, and Michael Frontani, associate professor of communications, hosted Fred L. Gardaphé, distinguished professor of English and Italian-American Studies at Queen's College/CUNY Graduate Center, for an appearance as part of the Fund for Excellence Lecture Series.

A February article in The Pendulum, the student-run newspaper at Elon, highlighted the benefits of minoring in American Studies.