WELCOME BACK!!! Activities for and by AMST are up and going... Dr. Zaborskis & Jeremy Boorum are featured contributors in The PA LGBT History Network's exhibit "Out on Campus: A History of LGBTQ+ Activism at PA Colleges & Universities at Historic Harrisburg (1230 N. 3rd St.)
As Summer Break is coming to a close, check your Canvas Inbox for details of the August 29 AMST Beginning of Year Gathering 4:30-6 p.m. in the Morrison Gallery. Registration is requested. Need more information - email [email protected]
Welcome Dr. Mariah (Gruner) Kupfner who will be joining the faculty in August as Assistant Professor of American Studies & Public Heritage. Kupfner holds a BA in Cultural Anthropology from Tufts University & a PhD in American and New England Studies from Boston University...
"Nettie Asberry's Lace Coat" (Contingent Magazine, 2021). This Fall, Kupfner will be teaching our Seminar in Public Heritage (AMST 550) & an undergraduate course in American Material Culture (AMST 309N). She will also eventually take over as coordinator of our Graduate...
Join the American Studies Student Assoc. on Saturday, April 23 for the 2022 American Studies Research Symposium in the EAB from 9-noon. This free event is open to all--registration link & schedule can be found on Canvas, Facebook or by emailing [email protected] or [email protected]
Penn State Harrisburg School of Humanities presents the Spring musical "Little Shop of Horrors" at the Kulkarni Theatre - April 6-9. Get tickets at https://t.co/rc0A954bGN
Looking for AMST related exhibit - Lebanon Valley College's Suzanne H. Arnold Art Gallery is featuring "Our Strength is Our People - The Humanist Photographs of Lewis Hine" through April 6. Admission is FREE, hours W-5-8 pm, Thur/Fri - 1-4:30 p.m.,Sat/Sun 11 a.m.- 5 p.m.
American Folklore Society's AFS Fellows and the Society for Disability Studies will co-sponsor a FREE webinar "Interrogating the Normal: Folkloristic Engagements with Disability" March 25, 2022 - noon -2 p.m. EDT. Preregister at https://t.co/9RFsxMarC8
Upcoming Humanities Dept Free events --"Summer!" Music Program March 23-24 7 p.m. - Kulkarni Theatre and Ken Burns Benjamin Franklin Film March 29 7 p.m. EAB 103 - registration at https://t.co/RLDaXCsyd8
American Studies Student Assoc. meet up THIS FRIDAY - 3/18 at 5 p.m. to enjoy the Susquehanna Art Museum's "In Nature's Studio: Two Centuries of American Landscape Painting". It's 3rd in the BURG, free and amazing art. We will meet at 5 in Museum lobby. ? email [email protected]
Reminder TODAY - NOON - Center for Holocaust & Jewish Studies will present Neal Bascomb -- The Hunt for Adolf Eichmann -- via ZOOM. Details were sent earlier this month, email [email protected] by 11:30 if you need them forwarded.
PSU Hbg is hiring! Currently seeking a tenure-track Assistant Professor of American Studies and Public Heritage. See here for further information:
https://t.co/SleEv4OEPm
AMST PhD Student Jeremy Boorum is leading a relaunch of the PSU Hbg Pride Organization. He is also teaching a new class in Fall 2022 -- LGBTQ+ Identity, Culture & The Arts (ART 207N/WMNST 207N) More info can be found in https://t.co/70SQUgqigc in The Return of Pride article.
Congrats to Dr. Jared Rife on successful completion of his dissertation defense this morning via Zoom! For photo -- see us on our new Instagram "amststudent" as Twitter won't allow photo upload for some unknown reason.