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\n<\/p>\n

\n

[A Recap
\nof the month that was in AmericanStudying.]<\/p>\n

December
\n30: 2025 Anniversaries: King Philip\u2019s War<\/span><\/a>: My annual historic anniversaries
\nseries kicks off with the 350th<\/sup> anniversary of a tragic early
\nAmerican conflict. <\/span><\/p>\n

December
\n31: 2025 Anniversaries: Lexington and Concord<\/span><\/a>: The series continues with two
\nimportant ways to add to our Revolutionary memories for the 250th<\/sup>. <\/span><\/p>\n

January 1:
\n2025 Anniversaries: The Erie Canal<\/span><\/a>: For the 200th<\/sup> anniversary
\nof its opening, three figures who helped construct the Erie Canal. <\/span><\/p>\n

January 2:
\n2025 Anniversaries: Two 1875 Laws<\/span><\/a>: The Page Act, the Civil Rights Act,
\nand the worst and best of America, as the series remembers on. <\/span><\/p>\n

January 3:
\n2025 Anniversaries: 1925 Literature<\/span><\/a>: A link to a Saturday Evening Post<\/i>
\nConsidering History column where I argued for complementing The Great Gatsby
\n<\/i>with other 1925 lit. <\/span><\/p>\n

January
\n4-5: 2025 Anniversaries: Five 1975 Films<\/span><\/a>: The series concludes with quick
\nthoughts on what five class 1975 films can tell us in 2025. <\/span><\/p>\n

January 6:
\nGreat Society Laws: Civil and Voting Rights<\/span><\/a>: For the Great Society\u2019s 60th<\/sup>
\nanniversary, a series on its groundbreaking laws kicks off with three pivotal
\ncivil rights acts. <\/span><\/p>\n

January 7:
\nGreat Society Laws: Education and the Arts<\/span><\/a>: The series continues with two
\nspecific laws and one broader effect of the Great Society. <\/span><\/p>\n

January 8:
\nGreat Society Laws: Economic Safety Nets<\/span><\/a>: Three distinct and equally important
\nways that the Great Society created safety nets, as the series acts on. <\/span><\/p>\n

January 9:
\nGreat Society Laws: Medicare and Medicaid<\/span><\/a>: How the Great Society reflected two
\ndistinct ways of thinking about health care, and why the second is still
\nurgently needed. <\/span><\/p>\n

January
\n10: Great Society Laws: Immigration and America<\/span><\/a>: The
\nseries concludes with one definitively inclusive thing the 1965 Immigration Act
\ndid, one more complicated effect, and the bottom line. <\/span><\/p>\n

January
\n11-12: The Great Society in 2025<\/span><\/a>: A special weekend follow-up on where
\nwe are in January 2025, and why we need to fight for the Great Society now more
\nthan ever. <\/span><\/p>\n

January
\n13: Spring Semester Previews: Graduate Research Methods<\/a>: For my Spring
\nsemester previews series, I wanted to focus on skills we\u2019ll be working on in my
\nclasses this semester, starting with the combination of clarity and nuance in
\nmy Grad course. <\/span><\/p>\n

January
\n14: Spring Semester Previews: First-Year Writing II<\/a>: The series continues
\nwith a film I\u2019m for the first time hesitant to share with my First-Year Writing
\nstudents, and why that makes it even more important to do so. <\/span><\/p>\n

January
\n15: Spring Semester Previews: Major American Authors of the 20C<\/a>: How creative
\nassignments can complement and strengthen analytical writing, as the series
\nteaches on. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

January
\n16: Spring Semester Previews: American Literature II<\/a>: Why I\u2019m still
\ncommitted to including longer works in my literature classes despite the
\nchallenges.<\/span><\/p>\n

January
\n17: Spring Semester Previews: The Short Story Online<\/a>: The series concludes
\nwith the unmistakable frustrations of generative AI, and how I\u2019m trying to push
\nback. <\/span><\/p>\n

January
\n18-19: Spring Semester Previews: My Scholarly Work and You<\/a>: A special weekend
\npost on my ideas for a next public scholarly podcast, and how you all can help!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

January
\n20: Misread Quotes: MLK\u2019s Dream<\/a>: To build on my annual MLK Day post on the
\nmisunderstood King, a series on misread and -remembered quotes, starting with
\nKing\u2019s most famous one. <\/span><\/p>\n

January
\n21: Misread Quotes: Lincoln\u2019s 2nd<\/sup> Inaugural<\/a>: The series
\ncontinues with why one of our most justifiably famous inaugural addresses needs
\nto be remembered more accurately. <\/span><\/p>\n

January
\n22: Misread Quotes: The Constitution<\/a>: Three sections of the Constitution
\nthat conservatives consistently get wrong, as the series reads on. <\/span><\/p>\n

January
\n23: Misread Quotes: The Bible<\/a>: And three sections of Scripture about which
\nI would say the same. <\/span><\/p>\n

January
\n24: Misread Quotes: Churchill on Politics and Age<\/a>: The series concludes
\nwith a Churchill quote that never happened, and why it\u2019s even wronger than
\nthat. <\/span><\/p>\n

January
\n27: Musical Activism: \u201cWe Are the World<\/a>\u201d: For the recording\u2019s 40th<\/sup>
\nanniversary, a musical activisms series kicks off with three figured who embody
\nthe multiple layers of \u201cWorld.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

January
\n28: Musical Activism: Live Aid and Farm Aid<\/a>: The series continues with an overblown
\ncontroversy at one benefit concert that helped produce another enduring one. <\/span><\/p>\n

January
\n29: Musical Activism: Post-9\/11 Songs<\/a>: How connections to political and
\nhistorical events can change what songs mean and do, as the series plays on. <\/span><\/p>\n

January
\n30: Musical Activism: Artists United Against Apartheid<\/a>: Two American
\ncontexts for an inspiring 1985 musical activism. <\/span><\/p>\n

January
\n31: Musical Activism: Endorsements<\/a>: The series concludes with three
\nexamples and types of political endorsements from musicians. <\/span><\/p>\n

Super Bowl
\nseries starts Monday,<\/span><\/p>\n

Ben<\/span><\/p>\n

PS. Topics
\nyou\u2019d like to see covered in this space? Guest Posts you\u2019d like to contribute? <\/span>Lemme know<\/span><\/a>!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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