Nov 26 – Thanksgiving Obama Lecture, Obama Dissertation Prize & Galinsky Memorial Prize 🗓

Nov 26 – Thanksgiving Obama Lecture, Obama Dissertation Prize & Galinsky Memorial Prize 🗓

Events, Lectures, News

Nov. 26, 2020 – 16.15 – 18.00 – BigBlueButton
https://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 will award the Obama Dissertation Prizes as well as the Galinsky Prize for outstanding PhD and undergrad work. Each recipient will present their project and we will open a conversation about their work as part of and in relation to the research conducted at the OI.

Please download the flyer here or see below. It includes more information and access details.

 

 

 

Nov 14-21 + Nov 19: On-demand Film Screening + Talk and Q&A with filmmaker Yehuda Sharim (UC Merced) 🗓

Nov 14-21 + Nov 19: On-demand Film Screening + Talk and Q&A with filmmaker Yehuda Sharim (UC Merced) 🗓

Events, General, Lectures, News

Watch Songs That Never End (2019) on-demand
Nov. 14-21 (register on eventbrite)

Talk with filmmaker Yehuda Sharim
Nov. 19, 6 pm CET (on BigBlueButton)

 

The Obama Institute is hosting a week-long on-demand film screening (Nov 14-21, https://obamainstitute.eventbrite.com) of Yehuda Sharim’s documentary film Songs that Never End (2019). Part of a trilogy, with Seeds of All Things, Songs that Never End offers a lyrical, poetic, and intimate portrayal of the emotional histories tied to displacement and immigration.

LOGLINE
Having fled their home in Iran, the Dayan family is greeted in Houston with hurricanes and perilous politics. Nine-year-old Hana is bold and brilliant and struggles to be heard while her family comes to grips with life in the sprawling Texan metropolis, constantly reaching out to all that is gone but is still here: a hunger for the future, and songs about a kind world.

In addition, the filmmaker has kindly agreed to be available for an online talk and Q&A session (Nov 19, 18:00, https://bbb.rlp.net/b/pli-yvk-y8a-lot) about his film.

Come join us and share your questions and thoughts on the film or simply listen to the discussion!

For more details and all links to the event, please see or download the poster here or click on the image below.

www.songsthatneverend.com
www.sharimstudio.com

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Direct Exchange – Info Sessions 2020 for Programs in 2021/22 🗓

Direct Exchange – Info Sessions 2020 for Programs in 2021/22 🗓

Events, Exchange Programs, General, News

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, 7-8 p.m.
Universities Group B (https://bbb.rlp.net/b/vel-uyc-szp-ypo)

Please find all details regarding each session on the flyer, which is available for download here and on the Exchange page.

Looking forward to seeing you online!

Anne Bull, Sandra Meerwein, Nina Heydt, and Julia Velten

Oct 22: Online Talk/Film Screening with Yehuda Sharim (UC Merced) 🗓

Oct 22: Online Talk/Film Screening with Yehuda Sharim (UC Merced) 🗓

Events, General, Lectures, News

“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 performance studies, as well as an award-winning film director. His films provide alternative visions on migration, transnational mobility, class and cultural belonging. He will especially speak about and screen excerpts from his recent films, Songs that Never End (2019) and Seeds of All Things (2018).

For more details and the link to the event, please see or download the poster here.

We are very much looking forward to seeing you (electronically) at the lecture!

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Job Posting: Student Assistant (6h/w) for the DFG Research Training Group “Life Sciences – Life Writing” 🗓

Job Posting: Student Assistant (6h/w) for the DFG Research Training Group “Life Sciences – Life Writing” 🗓

General, News, Opportunities

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 Mainz. The group is led by Prof. Dr. Mita Banerjee (Obama Institute for Transnational American Studies) and Prof. Dr. Norbert Paul (Institute for History, Philosophy, and Ethics of Medicine).

For all details regarding the job description and how to apply, please see the official posting below or download it here.

The application deadline is Oct 31, 2020.