The following are past events, series, and symposia that were sponsored or co-sponsored by the American Studies Program.
American Studies Graduate Student Conference
Find previous conferences, including Framing Narratives, click here.
Annual Fraternal Studies Lecture
This annual lecture series, funded through the generosity of Boston University Lodge A.F. & A.M., brought to campus scholars doing the best current innovative work on the role of fraternal societies within American society. Click here to see a list of previous lectures.
American Conversation Series
An annual lecture series that featured scholars from around the country. For past events in the American Conversation series, including the Cultural Politics/ Political Culture series and the Material Culture Lecture series, visit Past American Conversation Events.
Archives and Knowledge Keepers: Native American and Indigenous Studies and the Art of History
This one day symposium showcased early career scholars whose work engages Indigenous modes of knowledge production and might incorporate textual archives but also artifacts, oral traditions, and non-alphabetic material texts. May 4, 2023 | 10am-5pm
Robert Pinsky & Dan Chiasson in Conversation about New Books
Held on April 28, 2026, this event celebrated the publication of Dan Chiasson’s Bernie for Burlington (Knopf, 2026) and Robert Pinsky’s On Poetry, Culture, and Democracy and The First Two Books of Poems (Princeton University Press, 2026).