Of Bridges and Borders Gillian Roberts Gillian Roberts discusses sameness and difference on the Canada-US border, FX’s remake of The Bridge, and other things, over on the CCUSB blog: http://ccusb.wordpress.com/2013/09/03/of-bridges-and-borders/ More
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Special Issue of the European Journal of American Studies Guest editors: Florian Freitag (JGU Mainz, Germany) & Kirsten Sandrock (U Göttingen, Germany) Earlier discussions of literary and cultural regionalism in North America have frequently tended to cluster around specific regions and their relations to the nation. By contrast, this thematic issue of EJAS seeks to explore new perspectives by focusing espec... More
If Detroit Tunnel Goes on the Block, Windsor Wants It – Canada Real Time – WSJ. Debt-laden Detroit, which filed for bankruptcy last week, isn't planning to sell off assets to pay back its creditors. But if any Detroit assets do go on the market, a Canadian mayor says there's one his city wants. It's not landmark sites like the world-class Detroit Institute of Arts, the 982-acre island park of Bell... More
Warrior or Peacemaker? The Battle over Canada’s Identity, 1914-2014 2014 marks the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War, a conflict in which several hundred thousand Canadians participated and 60,000 lost their lives. Governments around the world, including Canada's, will be actively looking to commemorate key battles and other moments of the war. In the Canadian case, these efforts... More
U.S. eyes high-tech security boost at Canadian border – Politics – CBC News. A U.S. senator says a low-cost, high-tech cable sensor system could be planted along the Canada-U.S. border to boost security without impeding business. Montana Democrat Senator Jon Tester, who will chair a special field meeting of the U.S. Senate homeland security committee today focusing on the northern border, said cutting-edge techn... More