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Jun. 30 | 2012 Bode-Pearson Prize
Nominations for the 2012 Bode-Pearson Prize for Outstanding Contributions to American Studies due
Jun. 30 | 2012 Mary C. Turpie Prize
Nominations for the 2012 Mary C. Turpie Prize for Outstanding Contributions to American Studies Teaching, Advising, and Program Development due
Oct. 1 | Travel Grants for Graduate Students
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Resources: Abstracts of American Studies Dissertations
By University | By Year
Columbia University
Aleiss, Angela M. "From Adversaries to Allies: The American Indian in Hollywood Films, 1930-1950," May 1991.
Austin, John Peter Nathaniel. "The Literary Compilation in Antebellum America: 1820-1850," Department of English and Comparative Literatures. October 2000.
Berman, Aaron. "Nazism, the Jews and American Zionism, 1933-1948," December 1985.
Davis, John. "Picturing Palestine: The Holy Land in Nineteenth-century," American Art and Culture. January 1991. (13, 2, 16)
Jordan, Kurt. "The Archaeology Of The Iroquois Restoration: Settlement, Housing, and Economy At A Dispersed Seneca Community, ca. A.D. 1715-1754," May 2002.
Lott, Eric. "The Seeming Counterfeit: Blackface Minstrelsy and Working-Class Culture in America," January 1991. Advisor: Andrew Delbasco (2, 18, 1)
Matson, Cathy. "Fair Trade, Free Trade: Economic Ideas and Opportunities in Eighteenth-Century New York City Commerce," September 1985.
Murphy, Geraldine A. "The Ideology of American Romance Theory," September 1985.
Rowe, Joyce A. "The Equivocal Ending and its Relation to Narrative Structure in Some Classic American Novels: The Scarlet Letter, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Ambassadors, The Great Gatsby," May 1985. (11, 12)
Sappol, Michael. "The Cultural Politics of Anatomy in 19th-Century America: Death, Dissection, and Embodied Social Identity," History Department. 1997.
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