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The American Studies Association is the nation’s oldest and largest association devoted to the interdisciplinary study of American culture and history.
Chartered in 1951, the American Studies Association now has 5,000 individual members along with 2,200 library and other institutional subscribers.
* Together these members represent many fields of inquiry, such as history, literature, religion, art and architecture, philosophy, music, science, folklore, ethnic studies, anthropology, material culture, museum studies, sociology, government, communications, education, library science, gender studies, popular culture, and others.
* They include persons concerned with American culture, such as teachers, researchers, and other professionals whose interests extend beyond their specialty; faculty and students associated with American Studies programs in universities, colleges and secondary schools; museum directors and librarians interested in all segments of American life; public officials and administrators concerned with the broadest aspects of education.
* They approach American culture from many directions but have in common the desire to view America as a whole rather than from the perspective of a single discipline. Read more about what the ASA does.
FROM THE EDITORS
Membership in the ASA
http://www.theasa.net/about/page/membership_in_the_asa/
Published on April 17, 2008 by John F Stephens.
Encyclopedia of American Studies Online
What is American Studies?
The term American studies encompasses a vast range of disciplines, all of which, in one way or another, are trying to describe the cultures of the United States. In recent years American studies has also incorporated comparative studies of Canada and Latin America; and indeed a transnational, global perspective on American culture has become one of the leading currents in the field as we begin the twenty-first century. Where, after all, do the borders of America stop, when its influence was, throughout the twentieth century, so pervasive on world cultures?
Published on April 11, 2008 by John F Stephens.
WHAT'S NEW IN THE COMMUNITY
Route 66 and the ASA Annual Meeting in October
Danish Am. Studies graduate student in search of material on Route 66 - and possibly tips on where to stay in Albuquerque, NM, during the annual meeting.
Published in Students Committee on 4/25/08 by Ann Christine Brandt.
Alaska joins PNASA
Alaska joins PNASA
Published in Pacific Northwest American Studies Association on 4/21/08 by Donna M Campbell.
check out SASA’s brand-new website
URL for Southern ASA’s brand-new website is http://sasa.gmu.edu
Published in Southern American Studies Association on 4/07/08 by Dennis Moore.
Sixth Annual Material Culture Symposium for Emerging Scholars
Published in Material Culture Caucus on 3/31/08 by Shirley Wajda.
KTASA PROGRAM EDIT
FALL CREEK FALLS, TN IS ON CENTRAL TIME!
Published in Kentucky-Tennessee American Studies Association on 3/20/08 by Susan Myers-Shirk.
KTASA Program 2008
KTASA Annual Meeting
Fall Creek Falls, Pikeville, TN
April 4 & 5, 2008
Published in Kentucky-Tennessee American Studies Association on 3/19/08 by Susan Myers-Shirk.
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