Direct Exchange – Info Sessions 2020 for Programs in 2021/22 πŸ—“

Direct Exchange – Info Sessions 2020 for Programs in 2021/22 πŸ—“

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

Dec 9 – Info Session: American Studies Summer School πŸ—“

Dec 9 – Info Session: American Studies Summer School πŸ—“

Join the American Studies Summer School 2020!

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 American Studies Summer School traveling through Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, and Tennessee from the end of July to mid-August. This educational trip provides students with courses in language, literature, and cultural studies. Starting in Little Rock, Arkansas and ending in Washington DC, participants will study the Civil Rights Movement, the history of food and music in the US South, and Southern Literature. They benefit from lectures, readings, and films, as well as on-site learning. Summer School participants can receive course credits in Independent Studies, Cultural Studies, or Written English.

INFO SESSION
Monday, December 9, 2019, 6 p.m., Room P 15
(Philosophicum)

If you cannot come to the info session but are interested in joining,
please contact Julia Velten (juvelten@uni-mainz.de).

You can download the flyer for the info session here.

Studying Abroad – Info Sessions 2019 for Exchange Programs in 2020/21 πŸ—“

Studying Abroad – Info Sessions 2019 for Exchange Programs in 2020/21 πŸ—“

On Oct 23, Oct 29, and Oct 31 the Department and the Obama Institute will hold info sessions on their various exchange programs.

Oct 23: General Info, 6pm s.t., P2
Oct 29: Direct Exchange American Studies, 6pm s.t., P3
Oct 31: ERASMUS Exchange, 6pm s.t., P2

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

May 28 – Reorienting Atlantic World Financial Capitalism: America and the German States πŸ—“

May 28 – Reorienting Atlantic World Financial Capitalism: America and the German States πŸ—“

David Thomson (Sacred Heart University, CT, USA)

Tuesday, May 28, 2019
4-6 p.m.
P 207 (Philosophicum)

The story of transatlantic finance in the nineteenth century has often been one that fixates largely on a US-British binary. Capital flows between these two nations (increasingly centered around financial instruments pertaining to cotton) have been detailed at length in an array of monographs. While some historians have explored the power of Dutch financiers, especially as it pertained to American railroad stock, little attention has been paid to German financiers in nineteenth century specifically as it pertains to their increasing interest and interconnectedness with the United States. While partly down to a dearth of surviving primary source evidence, the importance and connections between German financiers and American counterparts helps to explain evolving notions of transatlantic finance but also in part the respective rise of these two economies as they eclipsed the British by the early twentieth century. What began as two economies operating on the periphery of a dominant British financial network in the earlier part of the nineteenth century evolved by century’s end. Finance played but one part in this narrative of American and German ascension, but the financing of debt is one window into this critical story of the nineteenth century.
David Thomson is a historian of the 19th century United States with a special focus on the history of capitalism in the Civil War era. Thomson received his Ph.D. from the University of Georgia and joined the faculty at Sacred Heart in the fall of 2016. He teaches both halves of the United States history survey as well as electives on the American Civil War, Reconstruction, American Capitalism, and United States Foreign Policy.

You can download the poster for the event here.

Jan 21 – American Studies Summer School – Info Session πŸ—“

Jan 21 – American Studies Summer School – Info Session πŸ—“

Apply for the American Studies Summer School 2019!

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 American Studies Summer School traveling through Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, and Tennessee from the end of July to mid-August. This educational trip provides students with courses in language, literature, and cultural studies. Starting in Little Rock, Arkansas and ending in Washington DC, participants will study the Civil Rights Movement, the history of food and music in the US South, and Southern Literature. They benefit from lectures, readings, and films, as well as on-site learning. Summer School participants can receive course credits in Independent Studies, Cultural Studies, or Written English.

Join our INFO SESSION
Monday, January 21 at 4pm, Room P 11
(Philosophicum)

If you cannot come to the info session, please contact:
Nina Heydt (niheydt@uni-mainz.de) or Julia Velten (juvelten@uni-mainz.de)