Summer 2012 Course
Preserving America's Heritage: Material Culture, Interpretation and Repatriation
In this course, we will ask why those of European or African or Asian descent wish to preserve the remnants of American Indian societies that once and still live here today – and how those who once inhabited this landscape see that past and relate to it. For more information visit On Location Exploring America.
American Lives Project Internship
Find out more about the AMCS summer internship.
American Culture Studies (AMCS) is a multidisciplinary program within Arts and Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis. The program is committed to the notion that people learn best when they draw from a broad range of perspectives. The program emerged from the realization among faculty that their scholarship and their teaching benefited from an extended conversation with people in different disciplines.
Our approach to the study of American culture allows students to explore American culture in a multidisciplinary fashion. Our approach is inclusive, emphasizing the enormous diversity within American society and the many models of cultural study. AMCS coordinates offerings across disciplines and departments, and invites students to develop curricular pathways that complement their academic and career plans.