American Soundcheck - The JAS Podcast

‘“Stop Murder Music” and the Invention of Black Homophobia’ - Professor John Howard

jnlamstudies — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 09:40:06 +0000

Too often taken as given, “black homophobia” is a recent cultural construct requiring careful scrutiny. Perpetuating anti-black racism, the notion has spread beyond measure during the decade-long transatlantic campaign against homophobic hate lyrics, now known as “Stop Murder Music.” Ignoring a longer radical tradition of queer interracialism, white gay activists and journalists have repeatedly expressed their individual outrage, foreclosing multiracial collective solutions. This lecture argues that the direct-action techniques and righteous rhetorics inherited from early AIDS-era street theatre frequently disregard its most important lessons in leadership development, coalition-building, and empowerment, as well as those of the African-American civil rights movement.

‘Who’s Irish? Henry James, Colm Toibin, James Joyce, Gish Jen’ - Professor Wai-Chee Dimock

jnlamstudies — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 10:01:07 +0000

The 2010 Journal of American Studies Lecture, ‘Who’s Irish? Henry James, Colm Toibin, James Joyce, Gish Jen’, given on April 9th 2010 by Professor Wai-Chee Dimock at the 55th British Association for American Studies Conference.

Introduced by Dr Susan Castillo, editor of Journal of American Studies.

JAS, and Cambridge University Press, would like to thank Professor Dimock for allowing us to offer her lecture for download.

The Bitter but Beautiful Struggle - Why American Studies Matters Now

jnlamstudies — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 09:44:24 +0000

The Journal of American Studies Lecture, April 18th 2009, at the British Association for American Studies Conference, University of Nottingham

Delivered by Professor George Lipsitz, University of California

Introduced by Dr Susan Castillo, Kings College London, Editor of Journal of American Studies, and Professor Scott Lucas, University of Birmingham, Associate Editor of JAS.

The Journal, and Cambridge University Press, would like to thank Professor Lipsitz for granting us permission to offer the lecture for download.