July 16 – Workshop: Supreme Court Amendments and Evangelicals 🗓
Workshop Obama Institute for Transnational American Studies Supreme Court Amendments and Evangelicals July 16, 2026 2-4 p.m. Obama Institute conference room (02.102) Philo II, Jakob-Welder-Weg 20 Please join us for our Workshop on Supreme Court Amendments and...
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July 13 – Guest Lecture: The Political Economy of Black Masculinity and Fatherlessness: The Obama Biographies 🗓
Guest Lecture by Cliff "Ubba" Kodero (Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA) The Political Economy of Black Masculinity and Fatherlessness: The Obama Biographies July 13, 2026, 5 pm, room P 7 (Philosophicum) In this developing project, Kodero utilizes life...
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July 14 – Guest Lecture: Racialization as Script: Narrative Permission and Differential Racial Time in INTERIOR CHINATOWN 🗓
Guest Lecture by Ren Haiyan (Hunan Normal University, China) Racialization as Script:Narrative Permission and Differential Racial Time in Interior Chinatown July 14, 2026, 5 pm, room P 7 (Philosophicum) In Interior Chinatown, Charles Yu uses the screenplay form, role...
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July 8 – Die bipolare Nation: Fourth-of-July Event 2026 🗓
Fourth-of-July Event 2026 presented by the Obama Institute and the Leibniz Institute of European History July 8, 2025, 6 p.m.Leibniz-Institut für Europäische Geschichte, Alte Universitätsstraße 19, 55116 Mainz Die bipolare Nation. Was Amerika der Welt gegeben hat. Im...
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Info Session: Planned Student Project Exhibition (USA at 250) 🗓
USA at 250 – Reflecting on Democracy and Current Debates Info Session for Planned Student Project Exhibition July 6, 12:00-13:0000.212 (Philo II, ground floor)Jakob-Welder-Weg 20 Work on what moves you! As part of our event series on the 250th anniversary of the...
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July 4 – Guest Lecture: Indigenous Scholarship and Its Responses to ‘America250’ 🗓
Guest Lecture by Christianna Stavroudis (University of Wuppertal) Indigenous Scholarship and Its Responses to ‘America250’ July 4, 2026, 09:00 a.m., P 110, Philosophicum Events like the 1893 Columbian Exposition and the 1976 U.S. Bicentennial illustrate how Indigenous...
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June 2 – Guest Lecture: DNA, Family Secrets, and the Stories We Inherit 🗓
Guest Lecture by Helga Lenart-Cheng (Saint Mary’s College of California, USA) DNA, Family Secrets, and the Stories We Inherit June 2, 2026, 16.15-17.45, 01-618 (kl. Bibl.), Philosophicum This talk examines how genetic genealogy platforms and public media reshape the...
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May 26 & June 2 – Guest Lecture: AMERIKA, Translation, and Kafka’s Life Writing 🗓
Guest Lecture by Michael E. Huffmaster (University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez) Amerika, Translation, and Kafka’s Life Writing May 26, 2026, 4.15-5.45 pm, 00.212, Philo II (Jakob-Welder-Weg 20) June 2, 2026, 9.40-11.10 am, N.106, Stufenhörsaal (Campus Germersheim)...
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May 19 – Guest Lecture: Artists “Selling Out” The Long History of an Idea (and the Short History of a Book) 🗓
Guest Lecture by Ian Afflerbach (University of North Georgia, USA) Artists "Selling Out" The Long History of an Idea (and the Short History of a Book) May 19, 2026, 4.15-5.45 pm, 00.212, Philo II (Jakob-Welder-Weg 20) For a hundred and fifty years, “selling out” has...
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May 7 – Guest Lecture: The Lessons of Banned Books in 21st-Century America 🗓
Guest Lecture by Corinna Norrick-Rühl & Silvia Schultermandl (University of Münster) The Lessons of Banned Books in 21st-Century America May 7, 2026, 6-8pm, P 6 (Philosophicum) The First Amendment guarantees freedom of speech. However, book banning activities have...
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Apr 27 – Discussion: “Navigating Engagement with China: Subnational Diplomacy and United Front Activities in Germany” 🗓
Expert Discussion with Dr. Glenn Tiffert (Stanford U) and Ray Wong (activist, Hong Kong/Germany) April 27, 2026, 2:30-4 pmFakultätssaal (01-185), Philosophicum ************************************************* Navigating Engagement with China:Subnational Diplomacy and...
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Apr 13/Apr 13-17 – Exhibition “History of U.S. Democracy: Looking Back in Uncertain Times” 🗓
Exhibition Opening April 13, 2026, 2:15-3 pmFoyer P2-P5, Philosophicum Exhibition open April 13-17. History of U.S. Democracy: Looking Back in Uncertain Times Posters | Podcasts | Videos | Social Media Posts 250 years after the Declaration of Independence—in times...
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