In consort with the Rising Scholars Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, sponsored by the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and the Mellon Foundation, the UVA Department of American Studies hopes to provide a departmental home to a Postdoctoral Fellow in American Studies. We seek a rising scholar (candidates who received (or will receive) their Ph.D. degree between August 24, 2020 and August 24, 2023).
AMST faculty Carmen Lamas won the Latin American Studies Association's Latinx Section's Outstanding Book Award for 2022 for her book, The Latino Continuum and the Nineteenth-Century Americas: Literature, Translation, and Historiography (Oxford University Press, 2021). This is a highly competitive award that is only awarded every other year. Congratulations, Carmen!
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MW 02:00PM-02:50PM | MRY 209
Matthew Hedstrom & Grace Hale
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a $616,670 grant to the University of Virginia to create a research institute for interdisciplinary scholarship, teaching and cultural projects related to the intersection of feminist Black and Indigenous Studies.
Read Prof. Jack Hamilton's latest article for Slate here: https://slate.com/culture/2022/02/kanye-west-documentary-jeen-yuhs-netflix-movie-review.html?curator=MediaREDEF
As featured in UVAToday: Prof. Hale (American Studies, History) is honored with the 2021 Malcolm Bell Jr. and Muriel Barrow Bell Award for her book "Cool Town: How Athens, Georgia, Launched Alternative Music and Changed American Culture". Read the full article here.
As featured on UVAToday: Prof. Jack Hamilton breaks down the history of the Beatles and their impact on rock 'n' roll. Read the full article here.
Marlene Daut (Carter G. Woodson Institute, American Studies) wrote an article for Harper’s Bazaar on the lost Haitian palace of Sans Souci and what the castle’s ruins mean during a turbulent year in Haitian history: Resurrecting A Lost Palace of Haiti
Jack Hamilton (Media Studies, American Studies) wrote a column last month for Slate about Brooklyn Nets point guard Kyrie Irving's refusal to get the COVID-19 vaccine: What Exactly Does Kyrie Irving Think He's Doing?
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MW 02:00PM-03:15PM | MON 110
Kirt Von Daacke & Ashley Schmidt
In consort with the... Read»
AMST faculty Carmen Lamas won the Latin American Studies Association's Latinx Section's Outstanding Book Award for 2022 for her book, The Latino Continuum and the Nineteenth-Century Americas:... Read»
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a $616,670 grant to the University of Virginia to create a research institute for interdisciplinary scholarship, teaching and cultural projects related... Read»
