Dear all, With the end of the 2022-23 academic year upon us, we would like to share some of the many accomplishments of students working with the Center for the Study of Guns and Society (CSGS) at Wesleyan University during its first full academic year. Coursework This year, the Center offered its Read more…
Every month in the US, roughly 70 women are shot and killed by their partners. Yet in February 2023, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a 1994 law banning firearms possession for people subject to domestic violence protection orders, part of a wave of lower-court challenges to gun regulations Read more…
In her May 12 opinion column in the Washington Post, Karen Attiah wrote about the allure of gun culture, following yet another mass shooting in her home state of Texas. “In the United States, the holy symbol for our cult is the gun, and its sacred text is the Second Read more…
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…
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…
