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Research & Scholarship
Faculty Research
Graduate Student Research
Under Development - Spring 2002
Collaborative Projects
Early American
Seminar
Life Writing Project
Material Culture/Visual Culture Working Group
Virtual Greenbelt
Virtual Greenbelt is a unique resource for collaborative
interdisciplinary learning and creativity. Here you will find images,
interviews and other materials relating to Greenbelt, Maryland, a New
Deal-era planned community in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. Contact:
Virtual Greenbelt Collective
Centers
Art Gliner Center for Humor Studies
Art Gliner Center for Humor Studies has been established at the
University of Maryland. The Center is
directed by Dr. Lawrence E. Mintz. The mission of the Center is to
support the study of humor through research, teaching, lectures and
programs. The Center will also support other activities that focus on
the vital role fo humor in social and cultural life.
Contact: D Snyder
The Mini-Center for
Teaching Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture and Society
The Center for Teaching Interdisciplinary Studies was
established at the Department of American Studies with the main objective
of creating a learning community of faculty and graduate teaching
assistants who can support one another's efforts to improve, develop,
and disseminate ideas and techniques for interdisciplinary teaching and
scholarship in cultural and social studies. Contact: Sandor Vegh
Online Resource Projects
Academic Job Resources
Bibliography of Web Metasites for American Studies
Bibliography of Web Metasites
Students enrolled in AMST 602 in the spring of 2001 have prepared an
annotated bibliography of large scholarly Web sites that provide links
and information about online resources in the subject areas of interest
to students of American culture. The bibliography was put online by
Sandor Vegh. Contact: Mary Corbin Sies
Cultural Landscapes Bibliography
Cultural Landscapes Bibliography
This broad bibliography of sources on all subjects related to the study
of cultural landscapes was begun by Mary Corbin Sies and two classes of
students taking AMST 629L, Interpretation of Cultural Landscapes.
Annotations were provided by students enrolled in the fall 1998 course.
Gilda Anroman and Jenny Thompson added and checked citations, and
Claudia Rector edited the bibliography and formatted it for the web.
Contact: Claudia Rector
Graduate
Program in
Historic Preservation
Museum Scholarship Certificate
For more information, contact Dr. Mary Corbin Sies, Associate Professor
of American Studies, at ms128@umail.umd.edu or Dr. Robert
Friedel, Professor of History, at friedel@umd.edu.
Serial Bibliography
This is an annotated bibliography of dozens of journals of interest to
students in American Studies, and also makes note of any serial
bibliographies that exist as regular features in these journals. The
most recent version of this document was developed by students enrolled
in AMST 602 in the spring of 1998. A great resource for scholars
wishing to keep up with current literature! Edited and formatted by
Claudia Rector. Contact: Claudia
Rector
Vernacular
Architecture Forum Bibliography Database
The Vernacular Architecture Forum Bibliography Database is a compilation
of the ongoing serial bibliography on any aspect of vernacular
architecture studies that has been maintained by the organization since
its newsletter began publication in 1980. Contact:
Mary Corbin Sies
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