News and Events

2022 14th Annual Michael D. Green Lecture – November 1st Joy Harjo

10/31/22

November 7th 5:30pm Southern Jews and The Lost Cause: Confederate Memory and Jewish Identity

10/31/22

Coffee Chat: Dr. Antonia Randolph, Assistant Professor of American Studies

10/05/22

COFFEE CHAT: Patricia Sawin

09/21/22

Professor Ben Frey continues his extraordinary work on the preservation of the Cherokee language

07/27/22

Professor Ben Frey continues his extraor … Read more

Professor Sharon Holland, now the Townsend Ludington Distinguished Professor of American Studies

07/27/22

Professor Sharon Holland, now the Townse … Read more

American Studies students at every level continue to make wonderful contributions

07/27/22

American Studies students at every level … Read more

FOLK MA alumnus Katy Clune named the new Virginia State Folklorist and director of the Virginia Folklife Program

02/10/22

Carter Sickels (Folklore MA, 2010) won the 2021 Southern Book Prize for his novel, “The Prettiest Star.”

05/03/21

In March, Department Chair Dr. Sharon P. Holland was the keynote speaker at Duke University’s 2021 Feminist Theory Workshop, hosted by its Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies department.

05/03/21