Dr. Jeff Melton, an expert on travel writing, discusses the significance of Mark Twain’s bestselling book, The Innocents Abroad (1869), on the 150th anniversary of its publication. https://marktwainstudies.com/an-ode-to-the-innocents-abroad/
Congratulations to Dr. Odle
Congratulations to Dr. Mairin Odle for being selected for a summer residency at the prestigious National Humanities Center in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. Dr. Odle will spend the summer
New Book by AMS Faculty
Dr. Edward Tang has a new book out, From Confinement to Containment: Japanese/American Arts during the Early Cold War. It examines the lives and works of four Japanese and Japanese
AMS Alum Dr. Elliot Knight Named New Executive Director of the Arts Council
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AMS Faculty Wins Book Award
The AMS Department congratulates Dr. Stacy Morgan for winning the 2018 Wayland D. Hand Prize for Outstanding Book in Folklore and History for his monograph Frankie and Johnny: Race, Gender,
M.A. alum publishes article
Emily Tarvin published “YOU LOOK DISGUSTING: A Case Study of the YouTube Beauty Community,” in the Fall 2018 issue of Studies in Popular Culture. Emily is currently enrolled in the
AMS Majors Honored at Phi Beta Kappa Induction Ceremony
The American Studies Department congratulates Sarah Asseff, Mollie Gillis, and J.C. Godin, who were inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest academic honor society in the United States, on Friday,
Elizabeth Meese Memorial Award in Feminist Theory
Congratulations to Athena F. Richardson, a second-year Masters student and Graduate Teaching Assistant, for winning the Elizabeth Meese Memorial Award in Feminist Theory. The honor came from the 2018 Annual
New Article Published by AMS professor Michael Innis-Jiménez
Congratulations to AMS Associate Professor Michael Innis-Jiménez on the publication of his article, “Mexican Chicago’s Colonia Hull House: Food, Tourism, and Belonging in the 1930s” in the latest edition of Global
Professor Innis-Jiménez named OAH Distinguished Lecturer
Congratulations to AMS Professor Michael Innis-Jiménez for being appointed distinguished lecturers of the Organization of American Historians. For more information, see the University of Alabama News Feed and the OAH distinguished