November 30-December 1, 2024: November 2024 Recap

[A Recapof the month that was in AmericanStudying.]

November4: The 1924 Election: Harding’s Shadow: A series on the 100th anniversaryof another wild election starts with lingering scandals from a deceasedpresident.

November5: The 1924 Election: Three VP Nominees: The series continues with threeGOP VP candidates who embody electoral chaos.

November6: The 1924 Election: KKKonventions: The Klan’s influence on both 1924Conventions and a contemporary echo, as the series campaigns on.

November7: The 1924 Election: La Follette’s 3rd Party: In honor of oneof the most successful 3rd party candidates in American history,three ways to analyze why such candidates exist at all.

November8: The 1924 Election: Foreshadowing the Future: The series concludes withthree ways that the 1924 election foreshadowed future political events.

November9-10: 2024 Election Reflections: I wanted in much of a mood for extendedreflecting after the 2024 election, but I did have one thing I wanted to makesure to say.

November11: AmericanStudies’ 14th Anniversary!: Foregrounding Favorites:For the blog’s 14th anniversary I wanted to highlight a handful ofthe types of posts that have kept me blogging all these years, starting with myfocus on favorites.

November12: AmericanStudies’ 14th Anniversary!: Lifelong Learning: The anniversaryseries continues with posts that have helped me continue to learn.

November13: AmericanStudies’ 14th Anniversary!: Teaching Thoughts: Howmuch I’ve appreciated the chance to reflect on my teaching in this space, asthe series celebrates on.

November14: AmericanStudies’ 14th Anniversary!: Great Guests: GuestPosts have been my favorite part of writing this blog—and I hope you’ll proposeone of your own!

November15: AmericanStudies’ 14th Anniversary!: Communal Crowd-Sourcing:The series concludes with a second way I’ve been able to share y’all’s thoughtson the blog.

November16-17: AmericanStudies’ 14th Anniversary!: Thankful Tributes: Aspecial weekend tribute to five folks who have helped make the blog what it’s becomeover these 14 years.

November18: AmericanTemperanceStudying: A 1623 Origin Point: For a famous organization’s150th anniversary, a TemperanceStudying series kicks off with afoundational law.

November19: AmericanTemperanceStudying: The Early Republic: The series continueswith three milestone moments in the movement’s early 19C evolutions.

November20: AmericanTemperanceStudying: Three Reformers: Takeaways from a trio ofradical reformers across the 19C, as the series abstains on.

November21: AmericanTemperanceStudying: The Anti-Saloon League: One importantinnovation and one troubling interconnection for America’s most influential temperanceorganization.

November22: AmericanTemperanceStudying: Prohibition: Three great scholarly booksthat can help us consider the multilayered contexts for temperance’s greatestsuccess.

November23-24: AmericanTemperanceStudying: The WCTU: The series concludes with six womenwho helped shape the Women’s Christian Temperance Union on its 150thanniversary.

November25: Podcast Thanks: A Serendipitous Conversation: For this year’sThanksgiving series I wanted to give thanks for moments and folks who helpedmake my podcast what it was, starting with a conversational origin point.

November26: Podcast Thanks: Supportive Peers: The series continues with fellowpodcasters who both modeled the work and gave me a chance to talk about mine.

November27: Podcast Thanks: CEM Connections: A vital website without which I neverwould have been able to create my podcast, as the series thanks on.

November28: Podcast Thanks: Audience Love: For Thanksgiving, how three of myfavorite people became pitch-perfect audience members for the podcast.

November29: Podcast Thanks: A Narrative History: And the series and thanks concludewith a narrative history that modeled that challenging and crucial form.

Nextseries starts Monday,

Ben

PS. Topicsyou’d like to see covered in this space? Guest Posts you’d like to contribute? Lemme know!