Discover American Studies: free CD-ROM
Funded by the Embassy of the United States of America, Discover American Studies is a free interactive CD-ROM designed to promote American Studies to students in schools and further education colleges in the UK. The CD was launched in Edinburgh at the annual conference of the British Association for American Studies on 29 March 2008. Based on the Why Study Languages? CD it contains presentations, essays, video clips and interactive features to demonstrate the benefits of studying for a degree in American Studies. The CD is being distributed to American Studies departments and members of the British Association for American Studies.
Timescale
April, 2008
Key contact(s):
Sara Wood
Department of American and Canadian Studies, University of Birmingham
s.k.wood@bham.ac.uk
John Canning
Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies
j.canning@soton.ac.uk
For further information and to order a free CD, please contact John Canning.
Funded by:
Embassy of the United States, London
Project partners:
Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies
University of Birmingham, Department of American and Canadian Studies
Links:
Discover American Studies - preview an online copy of the CD-rom
www.whystudyamerica.ac.uk
Department of American and Canadian Studies, University of Birmingham
www.uscanada.bham.ac.uk
Embassy of the United States, London
www.usembassy.org.uk
Further resources available on our website:
Papers, articles and case studies
- American Studies
Author: Niall Palmer - American Studies and the internet
Author: Sue Currell - Canadian Studies teaching in the UK
Author: Terry McDonald - Enhancing employability: A guide for teaching staff in Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies
Author: John Canning, Subject Centre - Enhancing student awareness of employability skills through the use of progress files
Authors: Dawn Leggott and Jane Stapleford - Widening Participation focus group report
Author: John Canning, Subject Centre - Widening participation in Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies: An overview
Author: John Canning, Subject Centre - State of the Subjects: Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies in the UK today
Author: Michael Kelly - Multilingualism
Author: Mahendra K Verma
Statistics
Event archive
- (13 March 2002) Area Studies: Developing Marketing Strategies
