Understanding “American culture” as the interplay of material practices and the realm of ideas
The Undergraduate degree program in American Studies considers technology, economy, urbanism, and ecology, as well as literature, the arts, and political and geographic history. American Studies takes a particular interest in cultural hybridity, cultural layering, and in American culture exported abroad.
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American Studies in the News: 9/11 shaped the U.S. in unimaginable ways. This class helps Gen Z students grasp how
Sep 13 2024This news story originally appeared in UC Berkeley News, September 11, 2024 Twenty-three years after the 9/11 terrorist attack, UC Berkeley Professor Michael Mark Cohen is teaching a course that examines how disastrous its consequences ...
American Studies Majors in the News: Brandon Fellows and the Re-Emerging Scholars Program for formerly incarcerated individuals
Jun 27 2024American Studies major Brandon Fellows ('24) was recently featured in "Community college program helps formerly incarcerated students find opportunity," in the Sacramento Bee. Here is an excerpt from the article: If you ask Brandon Fellows where ...
Oddyard, interdisciplinary student journal, published with support from American Studies
May 14 2024Oddyard, an interdisciplinary student journal, has published its third issue, "Third Places," with support from the Interdisciplinary Program in American Studies. Founded by undergraduate students in several disciplines and schools on campus, Oddyard focuses on ...
May 14, 2024 UGIS Commencement Ceremony will be live streamed and recorded
May 10 2024The UGIS Commencement ceremony on May 14, 7-9pm, at Zellerbach Hall, will be live streamed with captioning at the link below. And on Thursday, May 16, a recorded video of the ceremony will be available ...
Spotlight on American Studies Graduates
Emma Silver
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, Just Sing: World War II in Musicals and the American Attempt to Decipher Wartime Trauma and Sexual Anxieties
David Swatt
From Cornfields to Cadillacs: The Evolution of Beverly Hills
Claire Rider
Community Gardens in Berkeley and Albany, CA; The Sociopolitical Benefits that Maintain Community Spaces in Affluent Neighborhoods
