The Center for the Study of Guns & Society will be the first academic site dedicated to interdisciplinary humanities study and teaching on the social and cultural history of firearms. Guns hold a central and uniquely polarizing place in American society and culture today, yet there are many unanswered questions Read more…
Spring 2023, Spring 2024 Taught by Joseph Slaughter This course examines the history of firearms and religion in the United States, ultimately seeking to understand the significance of gun culture within American Christianity and the powerful “God & Guns” story at the core of many Americans’ identity. Beginning with an Read more…
Fall 2022 Taught by Peter Rutland While most societies condemn physical violence between individuals, they condone and encourage collectively organized violence in the form of warfare. War is obscene, yet all modern societies have engaged in warfare. This course will examine war as a social, political, and historical phenomenon. We Read more…
