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
Email
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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Direct Exchange – Info Sessions 2020 for Programs in 2021/22 🗓
On Nov 11 the Obama Institute will hold info sessions on its Direct Exchange programs. Please join us on BigBlueButton for more information about the exciting exchange opportunities! Nov 11, 6-7 p.m. Universities Group A (https://bbb.rlp.net/b/mee-xih-fuc-v4k) Nov 11,...
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Oct 22: Online Talk/Film Screening with Yehuda Sharim (UC Merced) 🗓
"We & We: Cinema of Two" Oct. 22, 7pm, BigBlueButton https://bbb.rlp.net/b/pli-yvk-y8a-lot We would very much like to invite you to the virtual guest lecture by Prof. Yehuda Sharim (UC Merced). Prof. Sharim is an accomplished scholar, a professor in film and...
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Job Posting: Student Assistant (6h/w) for the DFG Research Training Group “Life Sciences – Life Writing” 🗓
Literary and Cultural Studies meet Life Sciences – Join the team! The interdisciplinary DFG-funded research training group "Life Sciences – Life Writing" is looking for a student (3rd semester or higher) to assist and support the team 6 hours/week at the Unimedizin...
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