American Crossroads
The “American Crossroads” Symposium Series highlights pivotal moments in American history from the colonial era to the present through a cross-section of scholarly disciplines and backgrounds. It is a part of a broader and longer-running Humanities Symposium Series, which invites interested students, faculty, local high school teachers, and the general public to hear top scholars address historical issues that resonate with a broad audience today.
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Past Events
Impeachment: Its Past and Prospects
Friday, February 28, 2020
Michael Les Benedict, Professor Emeritus of History, Ohio State University
On Andrew Johnson
Robert Fitrakis, Professor of Political Science, CSCC
On Richard Nixon
Nancy Kassop, Professor of Political Science and International Relations, SUNY—New
Paltz
On Bill Clinton
Peter M. Shane, Jacob E. Davis and Jacob E. Davis II Chair in Law, Ohio State University
On Donald Trump
Watch the video of these guest speakers addressing their topics; Steven George, Associate Professor of History, CSCC, delivering opening remarks and introducing the speakers; and G. Matt Adkins, Associate Professor of History, CSCC, moderating a discussion with the speakers.
Make America 1919 Again? Anti-immigrant Sentiment, a Century and Back
Friday, February 22, 2019
White Whine: The Ku Klux Klan and the Language of Victimhood
Felix Harcourt, Assistant Professor of History, Austin College
Temporary Admittance: American Immigration Policy and the Entertainment Industry,
1880s – 1920s
Krystyn Moon, Professor of History and Director of American Studies, University of
Mary Washington
War, Nativism, and Immigration Restriction
Maddalena Marinari, Assistant Professor of History, Gustavus Adolphus College
A History of Violence: Mexican Lynchings, Deportations, and a Perspective on their
Meaning, 1876 – 1924
John Flores, Associate Professor of History and Co-director of the Social Justice
Institute, Case Western Reserve University
Protest Art During the Great Depression
February 2, 2018
The Federal Theatre Project: Ground-Zero for Artistic Expression
Frank Barnhart, Assistant Professor of Theater, CSCC
Still Trampling Out the Vintage: Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath
Robert J. DeMott, Edwin and Ruth Kennedy Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Ohio University
The Personal was Political: Jazz, Gender and Subcultural Resistance during the Great
Depression
Beth Kattelman, Associate Professor of Theater, OSU
Contesting Documentary in the 1930s
Drew Sawyer, Head of Exhibitions and William J. and Sarah Ross Soter Associate Curator
of Photography