July 1-2, 2023: June 2023 Recap

[A Recapof the month that was in AmericanStudying.]

June5: Environmental Activisms: Aldo Leopold: A series inspired by my older son’ssummer opportunity to work with a current environmental activist kicks off withthe pioneering conservationist who helped develop three important concepts.

June6: Environmental Activisms: Mardy Murie: The series continues with three factorsthat help explain the unique life and legacy of the “Grandmother of theConservation Movement.”

June7: Environmental Activisms: Animated Activism: Three examples of thelongstanding link between animation and the environment, as the series rollson.

June8: Environmental Activisms: 21st Century Voices: Three recentbooks that carry the legacy of environmental writing into our current moment.

June9: Environmental Activisms: All of Us: And speaking of us, the seriesconcludes with three ways we can all be environmental activists.

June10-11: Environmental Activisms: The Climate Just Cities Project: A specialweekend post on a few ways to learn more about the vital project with which myson is working this summer.

June12: Women in War: The Women’s Armed Services Integration Act: On the 75thanniversary of its passage, a series on women in war starts with three womenwho embody the arguments for the Women’s Armed Services Integration Act.

June13: Women in War: Molly Pitcher: The series continues with the why theiconic war hero who didn’t really exist still matters. 

June14: Women in War: The Civil War: Three of the complicated and compellingwomen who managed to serve in the Civil War, as the series fights on.

June15: Women in War: World War II: Three groundbreaking organizations that helped turn the tide of history.

June16: Women in War: Miyoko Hikiji: The series concludes with a book andsoldier that can help bring our conversations into the 21st century.

June17-18: Women in War: Tanya Roth’s Guest Post: A repeat of a wonderful GuestPost from September 2021, drawn from Roth’s book on women in the military.

June19: Beach Reads: New to Liberty: Focused the annual Beach Reads series onbooks by colleagues and friends, starting with DeMisty Bellinger’s debut novel.

June20: Beach Reads: Katharine Covino’s Books: The series continues with mycolleague Katy’s co-authored books for teens.

June21: Beach Reads: Ian Williams’ Latest: A pair of 2021 releases from mysuper-talented friend Ian, as the series reads on.

June22: Beach Reads: Illmatic Consequences: Many of my friends I haven’t met inperson yet, like Walter D. Greason, co-editor of this new collection.

June23: Beach Reads: Forthcoming (for Next Summer, Natch): The series concludeswith a trio of forthcoming books for which you’ll need to keep room in thebeach bag.

June24-25: Crowd-sourced Beach Reads: As usual, one of my favoritecrowd-sourced posts of the year!

June26: Germany and America: Kennedy in Berlin: A series on German Americanhistories kicks off with Kennedy’s influential speech on its 60th anniversary.

June27: Germany and America: Ben Franklin: The series continues with what wecan all learn from Franklin’s anti-German xenophobia.

June28: Germany and America: 19th Century Figures: What four 19thcentury German Americans can tell us about the century, as the series rolls on.

June29: Germany and America: The German American Bund: Three distinct butcomplementary ways to contextualize a Nazi American organization.

June30: Germany and America: The Lives of Others: The series concludes with howa film that’s very much about 1980s East Germany can still tell us a lot about21st century America.

July 4thseries starts Monday,

Ben

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