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Jan. 9 | Call for papers: Identities and Technocultures
A 2-day conference about American culture and technologies that examines how new technologies dominate and define Americaness in the US and abroad. Co-sponsored by the University of Iowa Center for Ethnic Studies and the Arts (CESA) and the Mid-America American Studies Association (MAASA).

National Women’s Trade Union Seal,
Julia Bracken Wendt, artist,
Pen and ink on board,
ca. 1903?
Manuscript Division, Library of Congress

Four Young Men Standing Around a Large Piece of Machinery in a Workshop.
Chicago Daily New, Inc.,
1928.
Chicago Historical Society / Library of Congress

National Cathedral. Mr. Fanfani, sculptor at National Cathedral II,
Theodor Horydczak, photographer
ca. 1920-ca. 1950.
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress

“Labor, Work, Action,“
Hannah Arendt,
typescript lecture, 1967.
The Hannah Arendt Papers at the Library of Congress,
Series: Speeches and Writings File, 1923-1975.
Manuscript Division, Library of Congress
American Quarterly [official journal site]
American Quarterly [editorial site]