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Ben Lisle

Title

Assistant Professor of American Studies

Department

American Studies

Information

Address

4587 Mayflower Hill Waterville, Maine 04901-8853

Current Courses

CRS Title Sec
AM171 Introduction to American Studies A
AM293 Methods in American Studies A
AM337 Gentrification A
AM493 Senior Seminar: Capstone Project A

Education

Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 2010
M.A., University of Virginia, 2001
B.A., Carleton College, 1997

Areas of Expertise

  • Urban Studies
  • Cultural Geography
  • Built Environment
  • Sports History
  • Digital Humanities

Books

Modern Coliseum: Stadiums and American Culture. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2017

Essays

“Materiality and Meaning: Synthetic Grass, Sport, and the Limits of Modern Progress.” In Material Matters: Selections from the Winterthur Material Culture Symposium for Emerging Scholars, 2013.

“Football, Fútbol, and Chuck.” In Chuck Klosterman and Philosophy, edited by Seth Vannatta. Chicago: Open Court, 2012.

“‘We Make a Big Effort to Bring Out the Ladies’: Visual Representations of Women in the Postwar American Stadium.” In The Visual in Sport, edited by Mike Huggins and Mike O’Mahony. London: Routledge, 2011.

“‘We Make a Big Effort to Bring Out the Ladies’: Visual Representations of Women in the Postwar American Stadium.” International Journal of the History of Sport 28, no. 8-9 (2011): 1203-1218.

“In Conversation: Gary Green with Ben Lisle,” Tilted Arc (October 2015).

Professional Activities

Digital Maine, project coordinator (2016-)