American Studies Year 2

Welcome to the blog created to enhance the American Studies Lectures and Seminars that I give at the University of Cergy Pontoise. You will find links to the google group where I have posted the material you need for the class and links to articles, videos and audio documents of interest. Enjoy your visit and feel free to leave comments. Aude de Mézerac

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Legal doctrine of self defense

You may have heard of the tragic shooting of Trayvon Martin , a 17 year old African-American on 26 February. The shooter was a neighbourhood...

the Emancipation Proclamation

NPR has a very good segment on the Emancipation Proclamation and the diverging opinions historians have on its meaning. As usual, I recomme...

Monday, June 13, 2011

the Pentagon Papers

The full set of documents composing the Pentagon Papers were released last week on the anniversary of their leak to the press. Read more : ...

Thursday, May 26, 2011

the doll test today and other stories

Do you remember the psychological experiment that the supreme court justices referred to in the Brown v. Board decision? It has been conduct...

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Church and State in America

Do you know the very liberal Daily Show host Jon Stewart? Sometimes he is led to discuss constitutional matters, notably on the popular issu...

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Conseil Constitutionel vs Supreme Court

A fellow student has called my attention t o this interesting video from LCP . Jean-Louis Debré and Stephen Breyer, a Supreme Court Justice ...

Thursday, May 5, 2011

political ads 1950s-1960s

1 . The first television commercial for an electoral campaign created by Roy Disney for candidate Dwight Eisenhower in 1952 . His stature as...

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