Americanism: An Historical Conference

March 27 and 28, 2003
Copley Formal Lounge – Georgetown University – Washington, D.C.
All events free and open to the public

Keynote Address, 6 p.m. March 27
“Anti-Americanism as a Form of Americanism”
Louis Menand (City University of New York)

Panels on March 28, beginning at 9:30 a.m.

Origins of Americanism:
“Antebellum Black Responses to Thomas Jefferson,” Mia Bay (Rutgers)
“The Changing Meaning of the Armed Citizen in American Culture,” Saul Cornell (Ohio State)
“Republicanism in Early America,” Robert Shalhope (Oklahoma)

Mature Americanism:
“Aliens, Alien Citizens, and the Problem of Loyalty” Mae Ngai (U. of Chicago)
“Cosmopolitan Patriotism” Jonathan Hansen (Boston U.)
“Law and Messianic Counterwar from FDR to George W. Bush,” Anders Stephanson (Columbia)

Americanism Contested:
"Religious Diversity: The American Experiment That Works,” Alan Wolfe (Boston College)
“The Congressional Black Caucus and the National Interest,” Ronald Walters (University of Maryland)
“Sisterhood Unveiled: American Feminists and the Muslim Woman,” Melani McAlister (George Washington)

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