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Lary May

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Department Affiliations


Specialties

  • film and popular culture
  • popular culture
  • post-WWII American history
  • Twentieth Century political and cultural history

Educational Background

  • Ph.D.: University of California, Los Angeles, 1978.
  • B.A.: George Washington University, 1967.

Publications

  • The Big Tommorow: Hollywood and the Politics of the American Way. May, Lary L, University of Chicago Press, 2000.
  • Screening Out the Past: THe Birth of Mass Culture and the Motion Picture Industry. May, Lary L, University of Chicago Press, 1983.
  • Recasting America: Culture and Politics in the Age of Cold War. May, Lary L, University of Chicago Press, 1990.

Research Activities

  • Bringing It All Back Home: Global Hollywood and America's Cultural Wars: book in progress

Awards

  • Horace T. Morse-University of Minnesota Alumni Association Award for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education, 2001 - 2002

Courses Taught

  • AmSt 8249 - Popular Culture and the Postwar Politics of Globalization: Research Strategies
  • AmSt 8250 - Popular Culture and the Postwar Politics of Globalization: Topical Development
  • Hist 8910 - Topics in U.S. History
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Featured Faculty

  • Gary Cohen Awarded Austrian Medal of Honor

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    Gary Cohen has been awarded the Austrian Medal of Honor (Verdienstkreuz) for Science and Arts, First Class. The ceremony was held at the Austrian Embassy in Washington. He was presented the award by Dr. Christian Prosl, the Austrian Ambassador to the United States.

    Congratulations to Gary! This is a much-deserved recognition of Gary's scholarship on the Habsburg Empire and his leadership of the Center for Austrian Studies.

    November 17th, 2009
  • Regina Kunzel, Lambda Literary Award Recipient

    Regina Kunzel has been awarded the Lambda Literary Award in the category of LGBT Studies for her book Criminal Intimacy: Prison and the Uneven History of Modern American Sexuality. Congratulations Regina.

    June 5th, 2009
  • Donna Gabaccia, Fesler-Lampert Chair

    Tthe Graduate School has appointed Donna Gabaccia to the Fesler-Lampert Chair in Public Humanities for 2009-2010.

    June 5th, 2009

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