The history of surveillance is often associated with the history of the state. However, commercial organizations in the United States – from insurance companies to audience rating firms and database marketers, to corporate personnel and auditing departments – also exercise power over citizens through systems of identification, classification, and monitoring. The history of commercial surveillance thus intersects with key issues concerning the history of privacy, information, social sorting and discrimination, and technologies of discipline and control.
Mese: Aprile 2018
Si segnala la pubblicazione del bando per la XIV Summer School CISPEA (Centro Inter-universitario di Storia e Politica Euro-Americana) 1968-2018 – Dalla crisi dell’ordine newdealista all’America di Trump. La scuola si terrà dal 24 al 27 giugno presso l’Istituto Alcide Cervi di Reggio Emilia, in collaborazione con Istituto Banfi, Istituto Cervi e Cooperativa Boorea. Il bando mette a … Read More “Bando e Brochure XIV Summer School CISPEA” »
Si informa (si veda locandina allegata) che in data 19 aprile alle ore 10 al Dipartimento di Lettere e Filosofia dell’università di Trento, si terrà il seminario dal titolo “Narrative and Counter-narratives: The Stories Americans Tell About Race” condotto dalla Prof. a Jessica Maucione, Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington State. Il seminario è offerto dall’Ambasciata USA nell’ambito del … Read More “19/04/2018 – Seminario American Studies Italy, Università degli studi di Trento” »
The Society for the Study of American Travel Writing invites proposals for the Society for the Study of American Women Writers 2018 Triennial Conference in Denver, Colorado. November 7-11, 2018.
Speaking in Tongues:
Celebrating Walt Whitman in Translation
Université Paris-Est Créteil
June 13-14, 2019
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“Intersectionality: Theories, Policies, Practices”
February 14-17, 2019, Grainau, Germany
40th Annual Conference of the Association for Canadian Studies
in German-Speaking Countries (GKS)
Let the Sun Shine In: American Theatre, Protest and Censorship
An international conference co-sponsored by the American Theatre & Drama Society
and the Eccles Centre for American Studies
https://www.bl.uk/eccles-
October 26-27, 2018
British Library, London (UK)
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International conference “Fifty Years and Counting: The Global Memory and Legacy of Martin Luther King” organized by Centro di studi Americani e Transatlantici Bairati. April, 12-13, 2018 – Campus Luigi Einaudi Lungo Dora Siena 100 – Torino If you’d like to read more about MLK heritage, here’s a post serie by Robert Greene II on … Read More “13-14/04/18, Turin (IT). International conference “Fifty Years and Counting: The Global Memory and Legacy of Martin Luther King”” »