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Program in American Studies

The Princeton Program in American Studies, founded in 1942, sponsors teaching, research, and public discussion about the history, literature, art, society and culture of the United States.  By bringing together students and faculty from the all the arts, humanities, and social sciences to explore questions that cross disciplinary boundaries, the Program reflects the creative ferment in the study of American life and culture.   We strive to gain a deeper and broader perspective on issues which profoundly affect contemporary life and scholarship.

McCosh Hall
McCosh Hall is home to the Program in American Studies


Bill Gleason, Acting Director

Judith FersztProgram Manager

Candice Kessel, Program Assistant

Michael Rivera, Computer Support Specialist


42 McCosh Hall
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08544
Phone: 609-258-4710

Fax: 609-258-2765

 



 


Applications for Graduate Summer Research Prizes are due March 1.  See here for more information


February Events

 
 

Thursday, February 16
AMS Graduate Salon with Rebecca Rosen and Roy Scranton
12:00-1:20pm
40 McCosh Hall
Rsvp to cwkessel@princeton.edu


Thursday, February 23
AMS Graduate Salon with Dael Norwood and Jessica Lowe
12:00-1:20pm
210 Dickinson Hall
Rsvp to cwkessel@princeton.edu


Opening reception and concert

Princeton and the Gothic Revival, 1870-1930

Sunday, February 26
Reception 5:30 p.m
Princeton University
Art Museum
Concert 7 p.m.
University Chapel

See here for more information
 

March Events


AMS Workshop
Brad Evans
Associate Professor of English, Rutgers University
Vogue and Ephemera
Thursday, March 1
12:00-1:20
127 East Pyne 

Cosponsored by the Department of English


Thursday, March 8
AMS Graduate Salon with Nika Elder, David Reinecke, and Brittney Edmonds
12:00-1:20pm
210 Dickinson Hall
Rsvp to cwkessel@princeton.edu

 


AMS Workshop
Gretchen Buggeln
Professor of Art History and Humanities, Valparaiso University
Architecture, Religion, and Community in the New Suburb of Park Forest, Illinois, 1948-1970
Tuesday, March 13
12:00-1:20
210 Dickinson Hall
Cosponsored by the Department of Art & Archaeology and the School of Architecture
 


AMS Workshop
Scott Manning Stevens
Director of the D’Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies at the Newberry Library
Other Homes, Other Fronts: Native America during the Civil War
Thursday, March 29
12:00-1:20
127 East Pyne 
Cosponsored by Department of History


Mr. Wyrick's Tablets: America's Embrace of the Ten Commandments


Jenna Weissman Joselit

Charles E. Smith Professor of Judaic Studies and Professor of History
Director of the Program in Judaic Studies
The George Washington University

March 29, 2012
4:30 p.m.
East Pyne 010