American History & Cultures Workshop
The University of Chicago | Department of History
About the Workshop
The American History & Cultures Workshop–formerly the U.S. History & Culture Workshop–meets at least bimonthly, serving as a space for attendees to critically engage with a variety of projects on pre- and post-1900 U.S. & Atlantic History and its diversity of cultures. As coordinators, we are committed to providing constructive and supportive feedback on works-in-progress and aspire to build collegiality across different disciplines and subfields.
While most presenters are graduate students from the Department of History, we also welcome participation from outside students and faculty, and we are inclusive of projects which are methodologically distinct from History with the aim of strengthening academic rigor and broadening historical perspectives through wider engagement with a plurality of disciplinary and subfield specialties. This brings interdisciplinary methods and theoretical frameworks to bear on diverse historical questions and problems, while remaining mindful of their legal and sociocultural resonances in the present-day. Further, we wish to facilitate engagement and feedback between early-, mid-, and late-career scholars so that graduate students may have more opportunities for professionalization and develop skillsets which make them become more successful job candidates.
The American History & Cultures Workshop departs slightly from the traditional format of discussants and presenters in favor of more fluid mediated roundtable conversations, which encourages all attendees to participate regardless of academic rank. Finally, our workshop is distinctive because it focuses on themes and topics in North American history, serving as the primary home for the University of Chicago’s Americanists.
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Schedule of Events
Autumn Quarter, 2023
Winter Quarter, 2024
Spring Quarter, 2024
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We are currently accepting submissions for Spring Quarter 2024! To submit a proposal, please email the workshop coordinators with a brief abstract, bio, and preferred month in which to present.
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