Kent Americanist Symposium 2022

Come check out the GAMERICA exhibit at @UniKent A curation by the amaze @drjonw. @BritishAcademy_ @UniKentHistory

Video Games Exhibition, Studio 3, Kent Uni campus, opening from tomorrow, all welcome! Thanks to: @BritishAcademy_ @UnikentICCI @FutureHumanUoK @UniKentHistory @JHUPress @OUPress #gamestudies #RETROGAMING #videogames #Atari #RedDeadRedemption2

Come visit! Starts next Thursday. #gamestudies #RETROGAMING

@Farradeh5 Bigger conferences such as the British Society for the History of Science offered childcare, stipends to ECRs, private POC lead-social events, and other equity programming. It def factors down to how intentional + embedded org committee members are

@Farradeh5 This was such an important aspect of conference planning for the Americanist symposium, and takes a bit of foresight but is easily manageable.

@S_Mittermeier speaking on the framing of “Euro”Disney

@catbateson @Farradeh5 @UniKentHistory @Kent_AMST @UniKentHistory

Another great set of panels and research on day two of @KentAmSymposium - so impressed by the discussions, the state of the field is strong!! Particular shout out to my academic adviser @Farradeh5 for her brilliant paper on 1950s & 1960s Barbie! 👏👏👏

@Farradeh5 history undergraduate here gives us a great paper on Barbie history! @UniKentHistory

@scifemmefans @S_Mittermeier @UniKentHistory

@S_Mittermeier giving her keynote! @KentAmSymposium

Looking at how lavish mainstreet USA in EuroDisney is, “Imagineer Ryman to draw the spirit of main street.”

@scifemmefans @S_Mittermeier “A cultural Chernobyl?” Examining Spain or France for infrastructure of creating EuroDisney

@DrTalksALot here from the @NHM_London emphasising the power of play and the potential for educational games - a wonderful, animated presentation #games #scienceeducation #academictwitter #britishmuseum #heritage

@DrTalksALot speaking to us about science and nature + scicomm + video games @KentAmSymposium

Brilliant presentation for all us gamers - Alastair Binns "Beyond the Call of Duty: America and the "Hero Narrative" in Historical Video Games" - looking at the representation of America as hero, and the different ways the US dominates the market #amskent #gamer #americanstudies

Alastair Binns on Call of Duty: America and hero narratives

Fascinating presentation from @Farradeh5 about the history and impact of Barbie - including its impact on young Black women in the 1950s-60s. #amskent

@MarshBen1 moderates q+a with @b3njamintran @BENWRITESONHERE

Brilliant perspective-changing presentation from @b3njamintran on the lost voice of South Vietnam #academicchatter #research

@b3njamintran is delivering his paper on vietnamization and agency in the south. #kentams