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American studies

September 2026

  • Stephen Fender’s life was marked by creative restlessness

    Other lives
    Stephen Fender obituary

    Other lives: Californian who taught American studies in UK universities

March 2026

  • Peter Messent

    Other lives
    Peter Messent obituary

    Other lives: Professor of American studies at Nottingham University and an authority on the writer Mark Twain

March 2025

  • Lou Kushnick set up the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah race relations resource centre in Manchester

    Other lives
    Lou Kushnick obituary

    Other lives: American Studies and sociology lecturer with a specialism in race relations

July 2024

  • Steve Mills

    Other lives
    Steve Mills obituary

    Other lives: American studies lecturer at Keele University who later became a visiting tutor at Ruskin College

September 2020

  • The influence of the United States on modern history, politics and culture is undeniable.

    University Guide 2023
    University subject profile: American studies

    The study of American culture, literature, history and politics – includes Canadian and Latin American studies

February 2020

  • WJ Aylward’s 1754 painting depicting the Mayflower arriving at Plymouth, Massachusetts.

    Richard More: the Shropshire outcast who sailed to riches on the Mayflower

  • Brian Lee

    Other lives
    Brian Lee obituary

June 2019

  • Traditional paths for graduates include journalism, publishing, teaching and the civil service.

    University Guide 2020
    University subject profile: American studies

    The study of American culture, literature, history and politics – includes Canadian and Latin American studies

April 2015

  • Gary Younge

    double quotation markThe Cornel West-Michael Eric Dyson feud is petty. Black people are dying in the streets

    Gary Younge
    The circular confrontation is of such an insular nature there are no sides to take, just disappointment that the two academics are fighting one another

February 2015

  • Rupert WIlkinson, American studies scholar, who has died aged 78

    Rupert Wilkinson obituary

    American studies scholar fascinated by elites, power and character

October 2014

  • Park Honan

    Letter: Park Honan brought American literature to life

    Chris Turner writes: Park Honan’s lecture on The Scarlet Letter was delivered in the style of a Hollywood film producer

June 2014

  • University guide 2015 subject tables
    University guide 2015: league table for American studies

    University guide 2015: league table for American studies

October 2011

  • Joseph Garland

    Joseph Garland obituary

    Voice of Gloucester, Massachusetts

September 2011

  • Sarah Palin draped in the American flag

    Research notes
    Researcher tries to get to grips with what it means to be 'un-American'

    The concept of 'un-American' activities has existed almost as long as America. But does anyone know what it means?

January 2011

  • American flag

    What to do with a degree in …
    What to do with a degree in American studies?

    It's a big draw and living the American dream need not be out of reach

April 2010

  • Allan Lloyd Smith

    Allan Lloyd Smith obituary

    Distinguished British scholar of American literature and culture

September 2009

  • Mosaic mask of the god Tezcatlipoca

    A preview of Moctezuma: Aztec Ruler

  • David Herbert Donald

    David Herbert Donald

March 2009

  • Liverpool University

    Liverpool staff promise strike over subject cuts

    Staff vote to take industrial action if probability, politics and philosophy departments close down after disappointing RAE results

May 2008

  • So you want to study
    So you want to study ...

    ... A master's in American studies

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