Finalists' Conference, May 2011
The inaugural American Studies finalists' conference held on 4 May was a genuinely rewarding event for everyone who attended and participated. Final-year students delivered short papers on a wide range of compelling topics in American history, literature and culture and answered probing questions from the audience with admirable confidence and conviction. The conference assisted development of key transferable skills and significantly enhanced the quality of finalists' dissertations. It is hoped that this event will be embedded in the curriculum from 2011-12.
Download a copy of the programme: Finalists' Conference 2011
Videos
Richard Follett discusses conflicting accounts within the narrative of slavery.
Jarod Roll speaks on religion, politics and labour in the Great Depression.
Faculty publications in '75 Great History Books' list
Robert Cook and Richard Follett have books on the list of '75 Great History Books' published by LSU Press, founded in 1935.
To celebrate its 75th anniversary, Louisiana State University Press, one of the leading academic presses in the United States, is releasing lists of its best books published in various fields. Two members of the Department of American Studies, Professor Robert Cook and Dr. Richard Follett, have had books celebrated as two of the "75 Great History Books" published by LSU Press. Professor Cook's Troubled Commemoration: The American Civil War Centennial, 1961-1965, appeared in 2007 and was a finalist for the 2008 Lincoln Award. Dr. Follett's The Sugar Masters: Planters and Slaves in Louisiana's Cane World, 1820-1860 appeared in 2005 and was a finalist for the 2007 Douglass Prize.