January 27: "King Philip's War"
Now largely forgotten, the massacres of 1675 to 1676, known as King Philip's War, ended the harmonious relations that had existed between Native Americans and the colonists since their arrival at Plymouth Rock in 1620. The savagery resulted in the clearing of the native populations from southern New England and the unopposed expansion of the New England colonies. It also became the brutal model on which the United States came to deal with its native peoples. Mike Tougias, author of King Philip's War: The History and Legacy of America's Forgotten Conflict, will present a slide show and talk at 4pm in Moore Hall I. This program is co-sponsored with the History Department and the History Club.
February 15: "Multicultural Feminism"
Please join Aida Hurtado, author of Chicana/o Identity in a Changing U.S. Society, will present a talk on "Multicultural Feminism" at 4pm . Co-sponsored with Women's Studies, Balfour Center for Multicultural Affairs, Center for Teaching Excellence, Feinstein, Modern Languages, Psychology, and Sociology Departments, and Office of Academic Administration.
March 14: "Making WAVES: Women in World War II"
The "Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service" WAVES played a vital role in World War II. Dr. Evelyn Cherpak, curator of the Naval Historical Collection of the Naval War College, will present a slide show and commentary that illuminates women's motives for joining the war effort, their wartime experiences and social lives, and the impact military service had on their subsequent lives and careers.
March 31: US Foreign Policy, Domestic Politics, and American Theatre
Prize-winning author Bruce McConachie uses scripts, set designs, and reviews to explore how theater audiences in the 1950s projected themselves into stage figures that gave them pleasure. He focuses on three types of theatrical
Co-sponsored by Office of Academic Administration, American and Women's Studies Programs and the History, Art/Art History and Theater, Dance and Film Departments
May 1: Annual Celebration of American Studies - Senior Presentations
Senior presentations begin at 4pm in concurrent panels. A dinner and farewell to the class of 2005 will follow in the Quiet Dining Room, Slavin Cafeteria.