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The Black University Concept & The Second Curriculum (A Tale of Today, Episode #6)

The Black University Concept & The Second Curriculum (A Tale of Today, Episode #6)

by Center For Mark Twain Studies | Oct 31, 2024 | A Tale of Today, The American Vandal

Originally posted by: Center for Mark Twain Studies on October 31, 2024 Apple Podcasts Spotify A brief history of HBCUs through conversations with five scholars about the second curriculum which informs movement for Civil Rights in the midcentury US, segregation...
First As Farce: Structures of Feeling In The Gilded Age (A Tale of Today, Bonus Episode)

First As Farce: Structures of Feeling In The Gilded Age (A Tale of Today, Bonus Episode)

by Center For Mark Twain Studies | Oct 18, 2024 | A Tale of Today, The American Vandal

Originally posted by: Center for Mark Twain Studies on October 18, 2024 Apple Podcasts Spotify As Nathan Wolff himself puts it, his recent keynote address at the 2024 Quarry Farm Fall Symposium is “very much in dialogue with The American Vandal.” In this talk, Wolff...
The Historical Novel (A Tale of Today, Episode #5)

The Historical Novel (A Tale of Today, Episode #5)

by Center For Mark Twain Studies | Oct 14, 2024 | A Tale of Today, The American Vandal

Originally posted by: Center for Mark Twain Studies on October 15, 2024 Apple Podcasts Spotify Organized around a comparison of György Lukács’s The Historical Novel (1937) and Mark Twain & Charles Dudley Warner’s The Gilded Age (1873), in this episode we take a...
Always Historicize? (A Tale of Today, Episode #4)

Always Historicize? (A Tale of Today, Episode #4)

by Center For Mark Twain Studies | Oct 1, 2024 | A Tale of Today, The American Vandal

Originally posted by: Center for Mark Twain Studies on October 1, 2024 Apple Podcasts Spotify From Fredric Jameson on why “the most important goal is history itself” follows a series of conversations about dialectical criticism vs. new historicism [5:00], the wisdom...

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