Welcome to the Obama Institute
for Transnational American Studies!

The Obama Institute for Transnational American Studies at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz offers a dynamic and wide-ranging program in both research and teaching for all students interested in topics related to the Americas in a global context.

With a special focus on interculturality, transnationalism, and interdisciplinarity, our expertise lies in the fields of Early American Studies, Indigenous Studies, Life Writing/Life Sciences, Political & Intellectual History, Film & Media Studies, Religion and American Culture, and Materiality.

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Obama Institute for Transnational American Studies
University of Mainz
Jakob-Welder-Weg 20
55128 Mainz
Germany
+49 6131 39-22357
+49 6131 39-29097
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Dec 10 – Book Talk “‘There Are No Natives Here’: Hannah Arendt and the Erasure of Native American Citizenship” 🗓

David D. Kim(University of California, Los Angeles) “'There Are No Natives Here': Hannah Arendt and the Erasure of Native American Citizenship" Dec 10, 2024, 12:15, 00.212 (ground floor), Philo II At the height of the Cold War, Hannah Arendt mapped out...

Dec 10 – Guest Lecture “The Defenders. The Popularist Attempt to Uphold Protectionism in the United States, ca. 1880-1930” 🗓

Fritz Kusch(Universität Bremen) "The Defenders. The Popularist Attempt to Uphold Protectionism in the United States, ca. 1880-1930" Dec 10, 2024, 16:15, 01-618, kl. Bib. (Philosophicum) The project examines the popularist agitation for protectionist...

Workshop XV – Current Research in Periodical Studies 🗓

Join us on December 4, 2024 for our Workshop XV – Current Research in Periodical Studies!

Dec 16 – Info Session: American Studies Summer School 🗓

Join the American Studies Summer School 2025! The Civil Rights Movement, Southern Literature, and Southern Food & Music Experience a unique and intensive research and learning opportunity focusing on the American South. The Obama Institute offers this three-week...

Nov 19 – Guest Lecture “Canada-US Borderlands: From Wallace Stegner to Thomas King” 🗓

Astrid Fellner(Universität des Saarlandes) "Canada-US Borderlands: From Wallace Stegner to Thomas King" Nov 19, 2024, 09:40 am, N.106 (Campus Germersheim) Guest lecture as part of the lecture series “Diversity in Canadian Literature and Culture” by Prof. Dr....

Nov 21 – Obama Lecture with Obama Dissertation Prize & Galinsky Prize 🗓

Nov 21, 2024 – 10.00-13.00 – Obama Lecture – Fakultätssaal (Philosophicum, 01-185) Please join us for our annual Obama Lecture a week after Thanksgiving, where we will highlight outstanding work in Transnational American Studies – with a contribution from our current...