Jennifer Tucker, director of the Center for the Study of Guns and Society (CSGS), was recently interviewed on the Brady podcast in an episode titled, “The Rising Lethality of the Second Amendment.” Tucker describes her early introduction to guns in popular culture and how she came to study guns as Read more…
Center for the Study of Guns & Society at Wesleyan Newsletter – March/April 2023 Dear All, As the Center for the Study of Guns and Society (CSGS) marks its one-year anniversary in April, we would like to share several developments over the past few months, as well as extend an invitation Read more…
Joseph Slaughter, associate director of the Center for the Study of Guns and Society, was recently interviewed by Current—an online journal of commentary and opinion on contemporary culture, politics, and ideas—about his research on how Christianity and gun culture became intertwined in the U.S. Slaughter discussed his research on gun Read more…
Since the Supreme Court’s landmark 2022 decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, the expertise of those who study history and laws related to firearms in the U.S. has taken on new relevance, according to a March 14, 2023 article in The New York Times. That Read more…
In its Winter 2022–23 newsletter, the National Park Service highlighted a budding partnership between the Center for the Study of Guns and Society at Wesleyan University and Coltsville National Historical Park, writing: “The partnership represents a strong foundation for supporting current research and student engagement locally, throughout the Precision Valley, Read more…
The following article by Joseph Slaughter, associate director, Center for the Study of Guns and Society, was recently published by The Conversation U.S. Joseph P. Slaughter, Wesleyan University Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching. Title of course: “God and Guns: the Read more…
Center for the Study of Guns and Society at Wesleyan Newsletter – January 2023 Dear friends, Happy 2023! As the new year kicks off, we are writing to express gratitude for your ongoing support of the Center for the Study of Guns and Society (CSGS) at Wesleyan University, and share updates on Read more…
A U.S. Judge for the Southern District of Mississippi has cited a book co-edited by Jennifer Tucker, director of the Center for the Study of Guns and Society, in an order on a case concerning a federal statute prohibiting felons from possessing firearms. “In reviewing the briefing and authorities presented Read more…
In 2022, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awarded a three-year, $1 million grant to support the Carceral Connecticut Project (CCP) at Wesleyan University, an interdisciplinary project to investigate the state’s racial, industrial, and political history. The award includes support for the design and implementation of new courses, including “Reenacting Justice: Read more…
Moderator: Sean McCann (Wesleyan University) Panelists: Demetrius L. Eudell (Wesleyan University): “Carceral Connecticut Project: The History of Race, Violence, and Capitalism in the Connecticut River Valley” Joshua Aiken (Yale University): “The Social Life of Gun Control: Handguns, Violence, & Disorder in the 1960s & 70s” Brennan Gardner Rivas (Texas Christian Read more…
