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Revolutionizing American Studies

This group is one of the arms of the Revolutionizing American Studies initiative, the fuller description of which is available at its partner blog site: http://revolutionizingamericanstudies.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2011/05/12/hello-world/. Here, we hope that the conversations generated through the various events that constitute the initiative can continue beyond their immediate here and now. We welcome posts from any and all and look forward to realizing the potential of Revolutionizing American Studies!

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  • Announcement by Kandice Chuh on 11/11/11

    Posted by Kandice Chuh on November 11, 2011 at 1:09 am

    Dear All: In solidarity with the student strikes planned for Thursday, 17 November, Professor Anne McClintock's lecture has been rescheduled to NOON on Friday, 18 November — please help spread the word, and hope to see you Friday! Location to be announced ASAP!

    Paranoid Empire: Perpetual War and the Twilight of US Power

    Friday, November 18, 12pm, Location TBA

    Professor Anne McClintock will be exploring what kind of overt U.S. empire emerged in the aftermath of 9/11, engaging notions such as paranoia and perpetual war, torture and the crisis of violence and the visible, imperial déjà vu and the empire of drones in the twilight of U.S. imperial power. McClintock will be exploring the concept of imperial deja vu through the unquiet dead of Hiroshima as the first “ground zero,” and the ubiquitous invocation of “Indian Country” in the “War on Terror.”

    co-sponsored by the President's Office, the American Studies Certificate Program
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    FREE and open to the public. All events take place at The Graduate Center, CUNY, 365 Fifth Ave btwn 34th & 35th. The building and the venues are fully accessible. For more information please visit http://centerforthehumanities.org/ or call 212.817.2005 or e-mail ch@gc.cuny.edu

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