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.
Contact
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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Jan 20 – Beefcake: Male Bodies, Masculinity, and Community-Building in Pre-Stonewall Gay Magazines (TPC Workshop X) 🗓
Research Group "Transnational Periodical Cultures" Beefcake: Male Bodies, Masculinity, and Community-Building in Pre-Stonewall Gay Magazines (Workshop X) Jan 20, 2021, 4 - 6 p.m., Online (Zoom) Please find below the invitation and Zoom link to access workshop X,...
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Happy Holidays! 🗓
On behalf of the faculty and staff at the Obama Institute for Transnational American Studies at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, we thank you – our supporters, colleagues, students, and friends – for another successful year filled with meaningful and inspiring...
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Dec 15: Online Guest Lecture “Claiming ‘The Great Black North’ in Contemporary Short Stories from Canada” 🗓
"Claiming ‘The Great Black North’ in Contemporary Short Stories from Canada" Dr. Nele Sawallisch(Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Germany) Dec 15, 09:40-11:00, BigBlueButton Free access: https://bbb.rlp.net/b/ern-ciz-knc-2v5(BigBlueButton does not require a...
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Dec 14 – Online Info Session: American Studies Summer School 🗓
Join the American Studies Summer School 2021! 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...
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Nov 26 – Thanksgiving Obama Lecture, Obama Dissertation Prize & Galinsky Memorial Prize 🗓
Nov. 26, 2020 – 16.15 - 18.00 – BigBlueButtonhttps://bbb.rlp.net/b/pli-bby-4tg-fr3 Come join us online for the annual Thanksgiving Obama Lecture, where we will hear from the Obama Institute's Executive Board members about the OI's activities and current research and...
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Nov 14-21 + Nov 19: On-demand Film Screening + Talk and Q&A with filmmaker Yehuda Sharim (UC Merced) 🗓
Watch Songs That Never End (2019) on-demandNov. 14-21 (register on eventbrite) Talk with filmmaker Yehuda SharimNov. 19, 6 pm CET (on BigBlueButton) The Obama Institute is hosting a week-long on-demand film screening (Nov 14-21,...
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