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...would have been very half-hearted had she not.” Kelsey—who calls himself and Roberts “conjoined academic twins”—said his colleague has transformed American art history with her command of an expansive range of time studied. Americanist art history traditionally ends at 1945, after which point artwork is considered within the realm of the contemporary, according to Kelsey. But Roberts challenges the demarcation by intertwining the contemporary moment and the art and social histories of the United States. The broad spectrum of Roberts’ work...
...expect the class to focus on (the American Revolution, perhaps?) rarely come up.Fudging the “completed historical event” label is Historical Studies B-49, “History of American Capitalism,” which will be taught by Professor Sven Beckert, a nineteenth century Americanist with a predilection for nakedly Marxist historiography. Keep a lookout for B-45, a new course on the Darwinian Revolution, as the department’s few core offerings grow increasingly controversial and relevant.Then for the twentieth century: the most violent events in human history, represented in Historical Studies...
...Harvard English department cherish a special affection for an Americanist who has made Harvard and Harvardians so much his subject,” she said, mentioning his work on Oliver Wendell Holmes, Class of 1861, William James, Class of 1864, T.S. Eliot ’12 and former University President James B. Conant ’14 among others...
...signal that you are a Latin Americanist,” he says. “You wrote a thesis and you took courses in and outside of Latin America...
Mansfield calls the department's Americanist offerings "far from sufficient." He cites a nagging lack of courses in "major tracks" of American government, and a lack of senior Faculty in areas such as American political parties, the presidency, and the Supreme Court...