The coronavirus crisis has resulted in major shifts within all of our lives, unfortunately including the delay of graduation celebrations and ceremonies for college seniors. While we may not be able to celebrate in person, our “Celebrating AMST Seniors” series … Continued

On Friday, April 5, 1940, the University of North Carolina published a catalogue advertising for the first time the existence of the Curriculum in Folklore and the possibility of earning an MA in folklore. Folklorist and professor of Spanish linguistics … Continued

Congratulations to Professor Dan Cobb, whose essay “A Sickness which has Grown to Epidemic Proportions,” which he co-authored with UNC students Sarah Barger and Lily Skopp, has just been published in Comparative American Studies. The epidemic referred to in the … Continued

Many of us are sharing the universal reality that involves being affected, on some level, by COVID-19 and the measures put in place to mitigate its spread. We have seen across social media and our own networks different book lists … Continued

Want to learn more about the faculty, students, and staff that make up the Department of American Studies? Follow along with our new AMST/FOLK Coffee Chat series where we ask our community about new research, old hobbies, and everything in … Continued

Congratulations to Professor Dan Cobb, who received an Undergraduate Research Consultant Team Grant from the Office of Undergraduate Research. Drawing on innovative methodologies, neglected sources, cutting edge scholarship, and traditional and digital means of communication, “Born in the Opposition: The Experiential … Continued

Dr. Melanie B. Taylor will present the talk “The Afterlives of Southern Studies” on Monday, February 17, at 5 PM in Donovan Lounge.

  Dr. Bryant Simon will present the talk “The Here and the Away: From Southern Studies to Public Bathrooms and Back Again” on Thursday, February 6, at 12:30 PM in Donovan Lounge. Lunch will be provided.

Join us for the first talk in the Spring 2020 American Studies Colloquium Series, “The ‘Mobilizing Passions’ of White Supremacy from the Klan to the Alt-Right,” with speaker Niko Heikkilä’s critical inquiry into the historical roots of white supremacy in … Continued