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Springsteen studies

The “Born to Run” conference

John Fea   |  February 24, 2025

Here is the Asbury Park Press: The Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music at Monmouth University in West Long Branch has issued a call for papers and panel abstracts for an academic conference devoted to the “life, work […]

Springsteen reads a fan’s research paper during a concert in Edinburgh

John Fea   |  June 1, 2023

Nathan Collet‘s University of Nottingham 12,000 word research paper (it looks like a master’s thesis) was titled, “Brilliant Disguises: An Analysis of Masculinity Through the Works and Life of Bruce Springsteen.” I’ll let the Daily Record take it from here: […]

Episode 106: “Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Long Walk Home'”

John Fea   |  December 5, 2022

In this episode we chat with historian Jonathan D. Cohen about his edited collection Long Walk Home: Reflections on Bruce Springsteen and the current state of “Springsteen Studies.” We also ask Cohen if there is any connection between his current book, For a Dollar […]