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American Studies Programs and Centers Committee
Report from the American Studies Programs Committee 2000
T.V. Reed, Chair
The Committee on American Studies Programs inaugurated an important new service this year—the American Studies Program Directors’ listserv. While the list has not yet generated a great deal of volume, we hope to make it increasingly useful over the next year, in part by creating a better liaison with H-Amstdy whose managers have expressed interest in a more discussion-oriented format for their mostly informational listserv. We hope also to enter into more dialogue with Women’s and Ethnic Studies directors/chairs, whose interests overlap with, but are sometimes seen to conflict with, those of us who direct American Studies programs.
The Committee saw one of its central tasks, as always, to be creating an American Studies Program Director’s Workshop panel for the annual convention. This year we decided to tie ourselves closely to the theme of the conference, “American Studies in the World, the World in American Studies.“ Thus our panel, “Looking In, Reaching Out: New Directions for American Studies Programs,“ featuring presentations by Michael Bérubé and Michael Denning, will focus on what the “world” is doing to American Studies, particularly to issues surrounding the increasing “corporatization” of academe, and what American Studies programs are doing to and for the “world,“ especially in the areas of service learning and other forms of community support projects. We purposely limited the number of “talking heads” and sought to lengthen the time available for discussion and exchange of information.
The Committee has also been contacted by the Students’ Committee regarding their proposal to create a graduate students’ bill of rights. We hope to work closely with the student committee on this project, and to foster greater communication overall between our respective constituencies—directors and students.
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