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American Studies Chair Dr. Patricia Sawin Awarded American Folklore Society’s Kenneth Goldstein Prize for Lifetime Academic Leadership

01/30/24
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The New Scholarship on the U.S. South: A Wilson Library Fellows Symposium

01/30/24
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Read about American Studies PhD Student Ari Green’s Research on the Impact of Displacement on Black Communities

01/30/24
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American Studies Professor Dr. Tim Marr Awarded NEH Grant

01/30/24
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October 25: Inaugural Carolina Seminar on Global Indigeneity and American Indian Studies

10/18/23
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Maness Lecture Imagining Chow Chow: Home Canning and Nostalgia in the Twenty-First Century

10/06/23
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September 27: Reading and Conversation with Folklore MA Alum Emily Hilliard, Author of Making Our Future: Visionary Folklore and Everyday Culture in Appalachia

09/20/23
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September 22: Book Event at CSAS with Dr. Sarah McNamara, Author of Ybor City: Crucible of the Latina South

09/20/23
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UNC American Studies Podcast Roundup

07/28/23
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UNC American Studies PhD Alum Ina Dixon Chosen as 2023-2024 Virginia Humanities Fellow

07/28/23
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