Spotlights
- Continuities and Discontinuities in Intercultural Dialogues
- Bridging Worlds, Curating Knowledge
- Topics in American Studies: History, Literature, and Culture 1
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Continuities and Discontinuities in Intercultural Dialogues
SpotlightRead MoreContinuities and Discontinuities in Intercultural Dialogues: Essays Mapping the Manitoba-Szeged Partnership is the third volume of the partnership between the University of Manitoba and the University of Szeged. In 2026, we celebrate twenty-two years from the initiation of the Manitoba–Szeged cooperation and we are thrilled to see our partnership not only surviving but indeed thriving throughout the years. This long period of time reflects, among many other things, a significant commitment on both sides that prospers on trust, effort and conscious joint nurturing of a...
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Bridging Worlds, Curating Knowledge
SpotlightRead MoreThis collection of essays was compiled in honor of Roberta Maierhofer, Professor of American Studies and Director of the Center for Inter-American Studies (C.IAS) at the University of Graz, Austria, on the occasion of her retirement. As close colleagues, former students, and lifelong collaborators, we gathered our contributions in this volume around the Inter-American CEEPUS Network with its gravitational center in Graz to celebrate not only Roberta Maierhofer’s impressive intellectual contributions and extraordinary career but also the profound personal impact she has had on our...
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Topics in American Studies: History, Literature, and Culture 1
SpotlightRead MoreThis volume of Americana eBooks has been designed to explore the theme of crisis in US culture and history, showing specific concern with changes generated by critical periods in the country’s history. As well as spanning various periods, the chapters encompass a diversity of topics and approaches ranging from historical linguistics through contemporary popular culture and film studies. With few exceptions, they all revolve around the problem of change and transformation – a concomitant effect of crisis – probing into its wider significance in American culture.
