Sussex Centre for American Studies
The Sussex Centre for American Studies focuses on the interdisciplinary study of North America, emphasizing histories of resistance and liberation, transnational and diasporic race and ethnicity, the U.S. in a global context, the history of ideas, and gender and sexuality.
Image credits: John Margolies, Big Fish Supper Club, Bena, Minnesota, 1980, ; Carol Highsmith, interior of Thomas Jefferson Building dome, 2007, ‘Gold mining in California’, Currier & Ives print, c. 1871, ; Carol Highsmith, Chicago Federal Center, 2017, ; dance performance with Alvin Ailey (centre) and Charles Moore (foreground), ; Dan Rico, Noon Game, c. 1937, .