Understanding “American culture” as the interplay of material practices and the realm of ideas

The Undergraduate degree program in American Studies considers technology, economy, urbanism, and ecology, as well as literature, the arts, and political and geographic history. American Studies takes a particular interest in cultural hybridity, cultural layering, and in American culture exported abroad.

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Spotlight on American Studies Graduates

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Tanvi Agrawal

Beyond Human: Augmented Reality Technology and the Making of Human 2.0
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Emma Bianco

“A Subversive Monstrosity:” The Right Wing’s Struggle with History Education in Orange County, California, 1965-1970
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Josh Begley

Color-Blind Jim Crow: Common Sense in an Age of 'Racism without Racists'
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Tyana Cullen

Visual Aid or Visual Distraction?: Multimodality and Classroom Theming as Methods of Immersion

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Laura Spautz
265 Evans Hall
amerstd@berkeley.edu