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American Studies at Brown University American Civilization at Brown is now American Studies at Brown!

The Department of American Studies at Brown remains committed to the interdisciplinary study of the American experience, drawing on a range of methodologies and practices to understand American society and cultures. As one of the oldest departments of American Studies, Brown’s program has an almost seventy year history of activist teaching faculty fully engaged in research; prize-winning and productive graduate students who now teach their own students around the world; and curious and exciting undergraduates who use their educations in a wide range of fields from medicine to law; from social work to library science. In recent years, American Studies has begun a new MA in Public Humanities and based our revitalized undergraduate curriculum on the idea of a publically engaged scholarship. Faculty and students have together pioneered new avenues in transnational research, exploring the role of the United States in the world and the importance of the world in the United States, and expanded our research and teaching into digital scholarship.

Join us this year for our annual Tam Tran lecture series, featuring Greg Grandin from Yale!
09/24/2026

Join us this year for our annual Tam Tran lecture series, featuring Greg Grandin from Yale!

Welcome back AMSTonians™!!! Please join us for a BBQ tomorrow from 12-2 on the back lawn of Nicholson House!
09/16/2026

Welcome back AMSTonians™!!! Please join us for a BBQ tomorrow from 12-2 on the back lawn of Nicholson House!

09/04/2026

American Studies is hiring!

The Department of American Studies at Brown University invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position as Assistant Professor of American Studies, with a focus on Black and/or Latinx expressive culture. We particularly encourage applications from scholars working at the intersection of these fields. We seek a scholar with expertise in expressive culture, conceived broadly to include literature, visual and material culture, and/or performing arts, with a focus on the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Secondary specializations in Trans Studies, Disability Studies, Public Humanities, Digital Humanities, and/or Archival Studies would be of great interest. Candidates are expected to develop introductory courses that contribute to the American Studies and Ethnic Studies undergraduate curricula.

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