Inspired by the community of crankie makers that has emerged around the work of folk duo Anna and Elizabeth, Folklore MA first years Zoe van Buren and Anna Keneda have made a crankie of their own for Bill Ferris’s Southern … Read more

Second-year Ph.D. Student, Kimber Thomas, was recently awarded the second annual Luther Brown Prize for her paper and presentation, “Black Characterization in the Southern Soul-Blues,” at the International Conference on the Blues hosted by Delta State University in October. The … Read more

Each Tuesday from 2-3pm, students come together in room 102 of Abernethy Hall to be immersed in the Cherokee language. Cherokee has been spoken in North Carolina for over 11,000 years and is a quintessential part of the state’s history. … Read more

 Anna Keneda, originally from Oklahoma, received a B.A. in Political Science from Emory University. After her undergraduate she worked with the Aga Khan Development network teaching and developing English Literature and Music curriculum in Mombasa, Kenya. Anna‘s research interests include … Read more

Dan Cobb, Associate Professor of American Studies, will be reading from his latest publication, SAY WE ARE NATIONS: DOCUMENTS OF POLITICS AND PROTEST IN INDIGENOUS AMERICA SINCE 1887 at two upcoming events. The first will take place on Thursday, November … Read more

Professor Dan Cobb will be speaking at an event celebrating the life and work of Makah documentary filmmaker Sandy Osawa at the University of Washington-Tacoma on Wednesday, October 28. On October 30, he will be giving a lecture based on … Read more

Dr. Bill Andrews, esteemed Americanist colleague in the English Department, with an adjunct appointment in American Studies, has been honored with UNC’s Thomas Jefferson Award, presented annually to “that member of the academic community who through personal influence and performance … Read more

Doctoral student Trista Reis Porter will present “‘How One Idea Leads to the Next’: Notions of Tradition, Art, and Globalism in the Work of Chris Luther and the Seagrove Pottery Community” at the 2015 Southeastern College Art Conference (SECAC) this … Read more

First year MA candidate Jaycie Vos recently published an essay about her work on New Roots in Oral History in the Digital Age, a product of an Institute of Museum and Library Services. New Roots is an oral history project … Read more

Three members of the department presented at the American Studies Association conference in Toronto. Professor Tim Marr presented “The Battle of Bayang: Jihad and American Imperialism in the Muslim Philippines,” Professor Michelle Robinson presented “A Politics of Divestiture: Resisting Kenneth … Read more