BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5016-f01cb3db5ae0d58eca5b03306746a09e@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260810T160150Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210416T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210416T130000 SUMMARY:\"American Literary Studies Beyond the Brink\" a CALS Unprecedented Webi nar DESCRIPTION:\nThe Chronicle Review introduced their recent via via Zoom\ n\nZoom collection &ldquo\;Endgame: Can literary studies\n\nsurvive?&rdq uo\; with the bold statement\, &ldquo\;The academic\n\nstudy of literatu re is no longer on the verge of field\n\ncollapse. It&rsquo\;s in the mi dst of it.&rdquo\; The sentiments here\n\nexpressed seem far less bold a nd more obvious\n\nin the midst of the unfolding effects COVID-19 is\n\n having on employment and funding in academia\n\ngenerally and American l iterary studies in particular.\n\nVarious interrelated forces could be a nd have been\n\nidentified as having contributed to this moment\,\n\nsuc h as changes in university funding sources\,\n\nprivatization of researc h\, externalization of revenue\,\n\nthe increasing debt burden for stude nts\, threats\n\nto academic freedom\, the shifting demands of\n\nprofes sionalization\, and the decreasing public\n\nvaluation of humanistic stu dy. This webinar\n\napproaches the demise of the profession by\n\nconsid ering again what it means to continue in this\n\nwork now\, as well as t he whys and hows of studying\n\nAmerican literature and culture at this moment.\n\nWhat shape might American literary and cultural\n\nstudies ta ke in order to contest developments that\n\nhave left the discipline on the brink of collapse?\n\nhttps://psu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-VvRQ1 MQTSmgTqMKssWlQw\n\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/am erican_literary_studies_beyond_the_brink_a_cals_unprecedented_webinar/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Chronicle R eview introduced their recent via via Zoom
Zoom collection “E ndgame: Can literary studies
survive?” with the bold statemen t, “The academic
study of literature is no longer on the verg e of field
collapse. It’s in the midst of it.” The sent iments here
expressed seem far less bold and more obvious
in t he midst of the unfolding effects COVID-19 is
having on employment and funding in academia
generally and American literary studies in particular.
Various interrelated forces could be and have been
identified as having contributed to this moment,
such as changes i n university funding sources,
privatization of research, externaliz ation of revenue,
the increasing debt burden for students, threats< br />to academic freedom, the shifting demands of
professionalizati on, and the decreasing public
valuation of humanistic study. This w ebinar
approaches the demise of the profession by
considering again what it means to continue in this
work now, as well as the wh ys and hows of studying
American literature and culture at this mom ent.
What shape might American literary and cultural
studies t ake in order to contest developments that
have left the discipline on the brink of collapse?

https://psu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN _-VvRQ1MQTSmgTqMKssWlQw

For more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/american_literary _studies_beyond_the_brink_a_cals_unprecedented_webinar/

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