INTERNATIONAL ADDRESSES, PROGRAMS AND INSTITUTES VII

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Australia

Australian and New Zealand American Studies Association, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052 Australia; Pres. Ian Tyrrell; tel +612 93852345; fax +612 093851251;   http://www.anzasa.arts.usyd.edu.au

New Zealand

University of Canterbury, Dept. of American Studies, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand; Dir. Leonard Wilcox; tel +643 3642 4878; fax +643 3642 417; e-mail: l.wilcox@amst.canterbury.ac.nz; http://www.amst.canterbury.ac.nz/amst.htm; Degrees awarded: B.A., B.A. Honors, M.A., Ph.D. Program Specializations: Multiculturalism, postmodernism, cultural studies.  International Tuition: NZ$11,000 p.a. [full-time undergraduate]; NZ$14,000 p.a. [full-time postgraduate] Academic system: Four terms, academic year runs from March to October. The Department of American Studies at the University of Canterbury places special emphasis on such areas as the representation of race, gender, class, and ethnicity, the thought and writing of African Americans, the recognition of postmodernism as the definitive trend of our times, and American conceptions of "deviance." The department also offers classes on such topics as recent American literature, popular culture and film, and the frontier tradition. Two core courses, designed for majors and prospective honours and postgraduate students, provide a framework in which to apply the diverse approaches and varied subjects that together constitute American Studies. American Studies Faculty: Vernon Andrews (Ph.D.Wisconsin), Sociology of sports, race, ethnicity; Kevin Glynn (Ph.D.Wisconsin) Media studies, popular culture, cultural studies; Ken Harris (Ph.D. Harvard) Film, 19th Century literature; Jessica Johnston (Ph.D. Maryland) Theories of deviance/leisure and work, contemporary culture; Valerie Kuletz (Ph.D. Santa Cruz) Feminist theory, environmental politics, race/ethnicity; Maureen Montgomery (Ph.D. East Anglia) Gender, ethnic studies, fiction and history; Cornelia Sears (Ph.D. Berkeley) Diaspora studies, cultural history; Leonard Wilcox (Ph.D. Irvine) Modernism/postmodernism, cont. culture.