The American Cultures Workshop unites scholars of disparate disciplinary and methodological backgrounds from across the Asia/Pacific region who share a common research focus on the United States. This workshop featured guest speaker Nick Holm of Massey University on the topic “The Political (Un)Consciousness of Contemporary American Humour”.
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American Cultures Workshop | The political (un)consciousness of contemporary American humour
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26 October 2016. 6.30am–8.00am
US Studies Centre Boardroom, Institute Building, City Road
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7.30am
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Decades before the “deep state” entered the parlance, Mr Smith Goes to Washington explores how a corrupt political machine falsifies evidence to expel the idealistic Boy Rangers leader who was appointed to the Senate.
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8.00am
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Republican presidential candidates gathered in Milwaukee for the biggest event of the 2024 election cycle so far: the first Republican presidential debate.
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6.00am
-7.30am
Professor Steven Chu, Nobel Prize laureate and former US Secretary of Energy during the Obama administration, discussed potential paths to a sustainable future at this in-person, public talk.
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