21st-century United States: A Historical Assessment

21st-century United States: A Historical Assessment

Description: In 1941, Henry Luce referred to the 20th century as “the American century,” highlighting the United States’ emergence as a global superpower and providing a celebratory concept that embodied both national narratives and international perceptions of...
Re-Examining American Literature Student Symposium (REAL)

Re-Examining American Literature Student Symposium (REAL)

Description: Landmark works such as Appandurai’s The Social Life of Things (1986) suggest that there has been an increasing interest in material objects in aesthetic and literary theory: things are no longer relegated to anthropological study of material...