The Futures of American Studies is weeklong academic summer institute on the field of American Studies held at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH. The Institute was started in 1995 and 2012 marks the Institute's sixteenth year. Donald E. Pease, Professor of English at Dartmouth College, organizes and directs the Institute.
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