We’re headed to Baltimore for the American Studies Association conference! Check out our booth and conference guide for awesome resources.
American studies resources
New Books in October by Ideas on Fire Authors
Awesome new books by Ideas on Fire authors about Black liberatory pedagogy, postconflict utopias, New Orleans dance cultures, and more.
New Books in September by Ideas on Fire Authors
Awesome new books by Ideas on Fire authors about queer crip California history, resisting anti-Asian violence, Disney theme parks, and more.
Raven Maragh-Lloyd on Black Networked Resistance
Cathy Hannabach interviews Raven Maragh-Lloyd about Black digital resistance strategies including cancel culture and Black Twitter.
Juan Llamas-Rodriguez on the Visual Politics of Border Tunnels
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews media scholar Juan Llamas-Rodriguez about how representation of the US–Mexico border shapes public policy
Cynthia Franklin on Narrative and Activist Politics
Cathy Hannabach interviews Cynthia Franklin about movement politics, life writing, and radical solidarity beyond the human.
Katie Walkiewicz on Indigenous and Black Freedom
Cathy Hannabach interviews Katie Walkiewicz about the role of states’ rights in US settler colonialism, enslavement, and dispossession.
Jasmine Nichole Cobb on Haptic Blackness
Cathy Hannabach interviews Jasmine Nichole Cobb about haptic blackness and the cultural politics of Black hair in US visual culture.
Mairead Sullivan on Lesbian Feminist World-building
Cathy Hannabach interviews women’s and gender studies professor Mairead Sullivan about the histories and futures of lesbian feminism.
Josen Masangkay Diaz on Postcolonial Configurations
Cathy Hannabach interviews ethnic studies scholar Josen Masangkay Diaz about US–Philippine relations during the Cold War and Filipino America today.
Jennifer Lynn Kelly on Anticolonial Solidarity Tourism
Cathy Hannabach interviews Jennifer Lynn Kelly about the temporality of ethnographic research and letting our writing projects change over time.
Josef Nguyen on the Politics of Flexibility
Cathy Hannabach interviews digital media scholar Josef Nguyen about the promises and perils of flexible planning in education, work, and life.