Pictured: Nathaniel Hawthorne Today we’re starting #AMSathome to keep in touch during the lockdown. This week, we’re kicking off with a run-down of five nineteenth century American writers who can teach us a thing or two about isolation! He might not be the most famous reclusive New Englander, but Nathaniel Hawthorne, in his own words, had a “cursed habit of solitude.” In particular, he spent the years between 1825 (when he left Bowdoin College) and 1837 (when he got married) exploring his “natural tendency [...] toward seclusion.” For twelve years he sequestered himself away in a house in Salem with his widowed mother and two sisters while honing his writing skills. Above, a portrait from 1841, after his reemergence into the world. #americanstudies #amsathome #americanliterature #americanhistory

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Merry Christmas from all of us in the Department of American Studies. Signing off for the holidays. #americanstudies #merrychristmas #christmas2017

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Currently celebrating the publication of Nick Grant’s new book, Winning Our Freedoms Together: African Americans & Apartheid, 1945-1960. Out now from University of North Carolina Press! #americanstudies

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On Thursday December 14, we’re delighted to be welcoming Prof Miles Orvell from Temple University. He’ll be talking about: TOO BEAUTIFUL TO BE WRONG: PHOTOGRAPHY, SOCIAL JUSTICE, AND ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS SCVA Lecture Theatre, 1-2pm, 14.12.17. All welcome! #americanstudies #photography Image: Walker Evans, 1928-30.

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Happy Birthday Joan Didion. #americanstudies #americanhistory #americanliterature

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Today! 👉 Matt Jones from the University of Toronto will be speaking about: BECOMING SOLDIER: REPLICATING THE WAR ON TERROR ON STAGE. TEC 1.04, 3pm, all welcome! #americanstudies #researchseminar

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Happy Birthday, Mark Twain. Born this day in 1835. #americanstudies #americanliterature #americanhistory #marktwain

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This Thursday we’re delighted to be welcoming Dr Sophie Seita from the University of Cambridge who’ll be talking about the Avant-Garde Little Magazine! Thursday 30 November, Queens 2.03, 3pm. See you there! #americanstudies #americanliterature

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To those who celebrate, Happy Thanksgiving. #americanstudies #americanhistory #americanliterature #thanksgiving #happythanksgiving #turkey #🦃

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Azelina Flint, one of our PhD students, is currently organising a conference devoted to the life and work of Louisa May Alcott’s sister May - a talented artist - to be hosted in Paris next year. Here’s the CFP. Also visit mayalcottnieriker.com for more information. #americanstudies #americanliterature #littlewomen

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Today’s image: Florida Gothic No. 3 by Elie Wolf (2017). A reminder that this year’s 2017 Charles Walker Memorial Lecture, sponsored by the 2nd Air Division Memorial Trust, is taking place TODAY. This year's speaker is Professor Susan Castillo Street (King's College London): The Dark Side of Paradise: 21st Century Florida Gothic in Carl Hiaasen and Karen Russell. Earlham Hall 0.12, UEA, 3.30pm. All welcome! Hope to see you there. #americanstudies #americanhistory #americanliterature #2ndairdivision #uea #heyuea

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Tomorrow! Please join us for the 2017 Charles Walker Memorial Lecture, sponsored by the 2nd Air Division Memorial Trust. This year's speaker is Professor Susan Castillo Street (King's College London): The Dark Side of Paradise: 21st Century Florida Gothic in Carl Hiaasen and Karen Russell. Earlham Hall 0.12, UEA, 3.30pm. All welcome! Hope to see you there. #americanstudies #americanhistory #americanliterature #2ndairdivision #uea #heyuea

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Released today in 1993: Midnight Marauders by A Tribe Called Quest. #americanstudies #americanmusic

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Abraham Lincoln was elected today in 1860 - pictured here with son Tad. #americanhistory #americanstudies

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"Pumpkin Carving" (1872) #americanstudies #countdowntohalloween #happyhalloween #halloween #🎃

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Happy Halloween! 🎃 👻 #americanstudies #countdowntohalloween #🎃

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Details Please join us for the 2017 Charles Walker Memorial Lecture, sponsored by the 2nd Air Division Memorial Trust. This year's speaker is Professor Susan Castillo Street (King's College London): The Dark Side of Paradise: 21st Century Florida Gothic in Carl Hiaasen and Karen Russell. Earlham Hall 0.12, UEA, 3.30pm. All welcome! Hope to see you there. #americanstudies #americanhistory #americanliterature #2ndairdivision #uea #heyuea

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Pioneering women's rights activist Elizabeth Cady Stanton died today in 1902. #americanstudies #americanhistory #feminist

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Today in 1881: The Gunfight at the OK Corral took place in Tombstone, Arizona - an iconic moment in the history of the West. Wyatt Earp is pictured here - front row, second from left - not long after. #americanhistory #americanstudies #wildwest

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Today's image: a detail from "Pumpkin Time" (1872), a lithograph from a painting by Benjamin Champney, leader of the White Mountain School. #countdowntohalloween #americanart #americanstudies #autumn🍁 #🎃

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