Posted by Liv in American Studies on October 27, 2015
Last Monday I attended the 14th annual american studies lecture held by Renee Romano, Professor of History, Comparative American Studies and Africana studies. The title of the lecture, “The Great Force of History”: Collective Memory, White Innocence and Making Black Lives Matter, immediately appealed, as one of my favourite aspects of american studies is exploring […]
Posted in Reseach, Studying | Tagged americanstudies, blacklivesmatter, racerelations, whiteinnocence
Posted by Liv in American Studies on October 19, 2015
Thanks to the multi-disciplined nature of American Studies, this semester we have started a Film and Visual culture module which is run by the History of Art and Film department. Although we dabbled a little in film last year, this semester we’re delving far further into the more critical study of film as an art. […]
Posted in Leisure, Studying | Tagged americanstudies, cinema, filmstudies, hollywood
Posted by Liv in American Studies on September 6, 2015
I realise now that the title of this post suggests a daunting/deep text post, but I promise it’s just my musings on the novel, which I happened to have only just read (cray I know). When I told my dad I was reading Salinger’s arguably most famous work, he commented “ah yeah loads of psychos […]
Posted in Leisure, Reseach, Uncategorized | Tagged americanstudies, bookreview, thecatcherintherye
Posted by Liv in American Studies on July 13, 2015
Having spent quite a hefty amount of money during first year (“no ragrets”), it’s finally sunk in that I should probably be getting some kind of part time job during second year to fund my (not so) lavish student lifestyle. It’s also been playing on my mind that I should also really be saving for […]
Posted in Employment, Essay | Tagged americanstudies, balance, jobs, work
Posted by Liv in American Studies on July 2, 2015
Hiya, I’m Olivia and I’m an American Studies student. I’ve just finished my first year at Leicester which flew by at record speed, which I guess is a good thing as it shows I’ve had a great time, however I will be sad to no longer be a fresher with the right of passage to […]
Posted in Friends | Tagged americanstudies, Freshers, friends, New Year
Posted by Jack in American Studies on July 1, 2015
Hey y’all. So pretty much everyone has got their results back now and I hope that you got the results you deserved! It’s hard to avoid Facebook statuses confirming everyone’s final degree mark (guilty as charged) but it’s a time to celebrate whatever mark or whatever honour you get as you’ve now completed university! In […]
Posted in Career, Dissertation, Employment, Essay, Future, Graduation, Postgraduate Study, Work | Tagged americanstudies, dissertation, friends, history, Modules, Student Blogs, University of Leicester, working
Posted by Jack in American Studies on April 2, 2015
Hey y’all. You’ve probably already found a house for next year but I just wanted to let you know where I would recommend. Clarendon: Clarendon is the area where pretty much everyone wants to live. Queen’s Road is proper handy in terms of all the crucial amenities and you can always find a bargain in […]
Posted in City, Health, Leisure, Money, Studying, Uncategorized | Tagged americanstudies, city, Drinking, film, food, Freshers, life, Moving House, Packing, September 11th, student landlords, Study Abroad
Posted by Jack in American Studies on March 24, 2015
Hey y’all. So over the last two nights I’ve watched two cracking television documentaries. One from my main man Louis Theroux and another from the old school Sir Trevor McDonald. Louis focused on mental illness in America and Trevor spent three months with some of the most notorious mafioso in American history. Both of them […]
Posted in Dissertation, Employment, Leisure, News, Reseach, Revision, Stress, Study Abroad, Studying | Tagged america, american, americanstudies, civilrights, documentaries, film, history, life, Student Blogs, Travel, tv
Posted by Jack in American Studies on March 1, 2015
Hey y’all. In past month or two there have been several prestigious occasions where celebrities have spoke about pressing societal issues, Civil rights being one of the most frequently talked topics. I think it’s important that high status celebrities voice the concerns of the public as they have a bigger platform to do so. People […]
Posted in News, Reseach, Stress, Studying, Uncategorized | Tagged america, americanstudies, film, hiphop, life, music, oscars, Student Blogs
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