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

facebook Follow

May 3 – Beautiful Deceptions: Aesthetics, Politics, and the Early American Novel

Philipp Schweighauser (University of Basel) May 2, 2018, 10-12 a.m., P 10 This talk starts with a brief overview of the three main subgenres of the early American novel—the picaresque, the gothic, and the sentimental—before zooming in on deception. The stories these...

April 24 – Re-Mapping the Canon: Early American Newspaper Printers and Their Transnational Routes

Mark Noonan (New York City College of Technology) April 24, 2018, 6-8 p.m., P 103 In her recent book Through Other Continents: American Literature Across Deep Time, Wai Chee Dimock writes: “For too long, American literature has been seen as a world apart, sufficient...

Call for Papers – Cultural Performance in Transnational American Studies 🗓

Closing Conference of the DFG-funded research network “Cultural Performance in Transnational American Studies” (DFG # BA 3567/4-1)
June 21-23, 2018, Obama Institute for Transnational American Studies, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz.
Conference organizers: Dr. Pia Wiegmink (Obama Institute) and Dr. Birgit M. Bauridl (U Regensburg)

Call for Papers – The Post-Obama Ethos. A Symposium at GSU

“The Post-Obama Ethos: The Transnational U.S. in the Aftermath of Hope” International Interdisciplinary Symposium Symposium Sponsors: Obama Institute & Georgia State University Host Institution: Georgia State University March 22 – 23, 2018 CfP Post...