Center for Electronic Projects in American Culture Studies (CEPACS)

Randy Bass, Director

The Center for Electronic Projects in American Culture Studies (CEPACS) was founded in 1994 to coordinate and develop a range of electronic projects related to interdisciplinary studies in the culture and history of the United States.

CEPACS supports a range of projects affiliated with the American Studies Program and English Department at Georgetown University:

The Crossroads Project is sponsored by the American Studies Association and is funded by the Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), the Annenberg/CPB Project and the American Studies Program at Georgetown University which helps provide a rich resource in American Studies which includes a listing of:

• American Studies Programs
• American Studies Curricula
• Subject Maps to Fields of American Studies
• Key American Studies Internet Sites
• International American Studies
• New Media and Technologies in American Studies

This site includes dynamic syllabi for the courses in the American Civilization sequence, as well as student projects on such topics as the Civil War and Social Variables in the Nineteenth Century. Additionally, the Georgetown University American Studies Newsletter is now online. Links to other related internet resouces can also be found, as well as a list of faculty members involved in American Studies, a complete list of thesis topics of all Georgetown American Studies graduates, and a list of concentrations for the American Studies Class of 1995. This is also the home of The American Quarterly. It also is the home of the Jesuit Plantation Project.

The Jesuit Plantation Project involves the conversion of the Maryland Province Archive to an electronic format. The archive contains over 200 years of personal, legal, and financial documents produced by the six Jesuit-owned plantations in Maryland. As an electronic archive project, the Jesuit Plantation Project is fully integrated with the American Studies Core Curriculum at Georgetown University. The students and faculty work collaboratively on the ongoing development of this site.

The Electronic Archives for Teaching the American Literatures is primarily a resource for educators. The site is partially sponsored by the D.C. Heath Publishing Company. T-AMLIT serves as a complimentary site to the T-AMLIT (Teaching the American Literatures) Discussion List and includes:

• Collaborative Bibliographies
• The Archive of Teaching Materials (syllabi, assignments, pedagogical strategies)
• Issues in Teaching the American Literatures (from the T-Amlit Electronic Journal)
• Guide to Electronic Texts in American Literature
• Essays on Teaching the American Literatures (from the Heath Anthology of American
• Literature Journal)
  The Electronic Archives site also includes:
• The Heath Anthology of American Literature Newsletter On-line (see below).
• List of Campus Wide Servers in American Literature and American Culture Studies

A publication devoted to the expanding the forum of dialogue amongst educators of American literature. Features of the newsletter include:

• Essays on Teaching the American Literatures
• Syllabi and Course Descriptions
• Other Essays
• Heath Student Essay Contest Winners

Director:
Randy Bass, English Department

Interns:
Sara Cantwell
Sharon Leon
Brian Reilly
Mark Sample
Abby Trooboff
Lynn Weiss

Inquiries should be directed to:
Center for Electronic Projects in American Culture Studies
c/o Randy Bass, English Department
Georgetown University
Washington, D.C. 20057
(202)687-4535
tamlit@gusun.georgetown.edu