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
Pathfinders Wanted! Independent Studies/Internship Opportunity (July-Dec) 🗓
Internship/Independent Studies PATHFINDER Program July – December, 2023 We are looking for students who will assist incoming exchange students from the U.S. in all organizational matters prior to their stay and during their first weeks in Germany. Your tasks will...
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June 20 – Guest Lecture “The Racial Sellout: Language, History, and Popular Culture” 🗓
Associate Professor Ian Afflerbach(University of North Georgia, USA) "The Racial Sellout: Language, History, and Popular Culture" June 20, 2023, 4:15pm, 00.212 (Philo II, Jakob-Welder-Weg 20) What does it mean to "sell out" your race? This talk will examine the...
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June 18 – Interstellar – Ein Menschlicher Blick auf das Universum 🗓
„Interstellar - Ein Menschlicher Blick auf das Universum“ Filmvorführung und Gespräch im Rahmen der Reihe „Akademie Trifft Kino im Wissenschaftsjahr ‚Unser Universum‘“ Am Sonntag, den 18. Juni 2023, 15.30 Uhr, zeigen wir im CAPITOL Mainz Christopher...
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June 14 – Reading: FAMILY MATTERS – Of Life in Two Worlds 🗓
FAMILY MATTERS – Of Life in Two Worlds A Reading with American Studies Mainz Alumna Martina J. Kohl Co-organized by the Obama Institute and the Atlantische Akademie Rheinland-Pfalz June 14, 6 pmP 4 (Philosophicum) Jakob-Welder-Weg 18, Mainz FAMILY MATTERS follows the...
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May 16 – Guest Lecture Germersheim: “Margaret Atwood’s Venture into Graphic Novels” 🗓
Prof. Dr. Brigitte Johanna Glaser (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) May 16, 2023, 9:40am, N.106 (Stufenhörsaal) "Margaret Atwood's Venture into Graphic Novels: The Angel Catbird Trilogy and the War Bears Series" Professor Glaser’s research focus is in Canadian...
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“One University – One Book” Shared Reading of THE WHALE RIDER 🗓
This summer term, all members of JGU - students, teachers, administrative staff - are invited to come together to immerse themselves into Witi Ihimaera's novel The Whale Rider. The book tells the story of Kahu, the daughter of a respectable Māori family, who struggles...
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