Reading America in Europe 2022: On crisis, Challenge, and Resilience: Student Essays – Cristina Cheveresan (ed. coord.)

PREZENTARE CARTE The seventh American Studies volume in the West University of Timișoara’s series concludes yet another year of academic search and research on the part of the growing team of M.A. and Ph.D. students who have grown familiar with and fascinated by this generous field of study. For a multitude of evident reasons, Reading America in Europe 2022 has, indeed, been a matter of coping with complex circumstances. Therefore, the contributors’ individual and group musings, as varied as they might be, have brought to the surface the essential notions of crisis, challenge, and resilience, as underlying and uniting their constant research interests and, implicitly, the submitted articles. As Timișoara is preparing for its 2023 role as European Capital of Culture, the American Studies team remains more focused than ever on building inter- and trans-continental bridges, understanding cultural and civilizational issues via the generous lenses of critical thinking, and contributing its share of informed conversation to the dynamic life of the academic community.