{"id":996,"date":"2026-05-19T13:12:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T13:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/taacs.org\/?p=996"},"modified":"2026-05-19T13:12:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T13:12:25","slug":"taacs-fifth-online-book-discussion-on-life-after-cars-freeing-ourselves-from-the-tyranny-of-the-automobile-jun-9-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taacs.org\/?p=996","title":{"rendered":"TAACS\u2019 Fifth Online Book Discussion on &#8220;Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile&#8221; (Jun. 9, 2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Upcoming Webinar: Book Discussion<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Join us for the fifth webinar in our Book Discussion Series, jointly organized by the Tunisian Association for American Cultural Studies (TAACS) &amp; the University of Birmingham\u2019s Centre for Global American Studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><br>We\u2019ll be discussing \u201c<strong><em>Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile<\/em><\/strong>\u201d by <strong>Sarah Goodyear &amp; Doug Gordon<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"509\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/taacs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/699227956_122243361032256042_7632588506143705027_n-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-997\" style=\"width:605px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/taacs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/699227956_122243361032256042_7632588506143705027_n-1.jpg 509w, https:\/\/taacs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/699227956_122243361032256042_7632588506143705027_n-1-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 509px) 100vw, 509px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\uddd3 Date: <strong>9 June 2026<\/strong><br>\ud83d\udd56 Time: <strong>7\u20139 PM (GMT+1)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">This thought-provoking session brings together scholars and practitioners to explore new perspectives in transnational American studies and rethink our relationship with mobility and urban life.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/tb3\/1\/16\/1f517.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udd17\">\u00a0<strong>Register now and be part of the conversation:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/life-after-cars-tickets-1986151949948?utm_id=97758_v0_s00_e0_tv4_a1den5eteg1izk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/&#8230;\/life-after-cars-tickets&#8230;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Upcoming Webinar: Book Discussion Join us for the fifth webinar in our Book Discussion Series, jointly organized by the Tunisian Association for American Cultural Studies (TAACS) &amp; the University of Birmingham\u2019s Centre for Global American Studies. We\u2019ll be discussing \u201cLife After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile\u201d by Sarah Goodyear &amp; Doug [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/taacs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/taacs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/taacs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taacs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taacs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=996"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/taacs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/996\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1000,"href":"https:\/\/taacs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/996\/revisions\/1000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/taacs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taacs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taacs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}