June 19 – Student/Alumni Meet & Greet 🗓

June 19 – Student/Alumni Meet & Greet 🗓

Student/Alumni Meet & Greet

Wednesday, June 19

5 pm in P 110 (Philosophicum)

 

The OI will be hosting an informal first meet & greet for students and alumni of American Studies and cordially invites all students of the BA and MA programs to connect with each other and our alumni. This is your chance to talk about possible careers after finishing an American Studies program and ask any question you might have on how to make the most of your degree and ambitions.

Three alumnae of American Studies at JGU will speak about their jobs and their working experiences to students interested in finding out more about opportunities and perspectives for American Studies graduates.

You can download the poster for the event here.

Watch out for news about future alumni events and stay in touch!

Contact
Dr. Julia Velten
Dr. Sonja Georgi

 

Jan 26 – Phd/Postdoc Book Launch 🗓

Jan 26 – Phd/Postdoc Book Launch 🗓

Jan 26, 2024 – 17.00-19.00 – PhD/Postdoc Book Launch – Fakultätssaal (Philosophicum, 01-185)

Join us in celebrating…
the most recent publications, dissertations, and more by young scholars from the Obama Institute:

  • Bassimir, Anja-Maria. Evangelical News. Politics, Gender, and Bioethics in Conservative Christian Magazines of the 1970s and 1980s (Religion and American Culture). Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press, 2022.
  • Scott, Daniel. Atheism and Theism in Contemporary Fantasy Fiction. Heavens of Invention. Peter Lang Verlag, 2023 (Mainzer Studien zur Amerikanistik 77).
  • Velten, Julia. Extraordinary Forms of Aging. Life Narratives of Centenarians and Children with Progeria. Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, 2022.
  • Seibert, Johanna. Early African Caribbean Newspapers as Archipelagic Media in the Emancipation Age. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2023.
  • Evans, Vanessa and Mita Banerjee (eds). Cultures of Citizenship in the Twenty-First Century: Literary and Cultural Perspectives on a Legal Concept. Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, 2023.
  • Scheiding, Oliver and Sabina Fazli (eds.). Handbuch Zeitschriftenforschung. Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, 2023.
  • Corrigan, John, Melani McAlister and Axel R. Schäfer (eds.). Global Faith, Worldly Power. Evangelical Internationalism and U.S. Empire. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2022.

Come and discuss…
plans for publications and careers after graduation.

Meet and mingle…
with current and former PhD students, postdocs, and professors as well as students, faculty, and friends.

Everyone is welcome!

Contact
Prof. em. Dr. Winfried Herget
herget@uni-mainz.de

Dec 8 – Online Career Talk Series: Young Researchers in Transnational American Studies 🗓

Dec 8 – Online Career Talk Series: Young Researchers in Transnational American Studies 🗓

Career Talk Series: Young Researchers in Transnational American Studies

02: Journal Editing at the Journal of Transnational American Studies

Friday, 8 December, 4-6.30 p.m.

Online on MS Teams; please click here in order to access the meeting.

This link will open the meeting in your browser or the MS Teams application, if you have it. You don’t need to have it installed in order to join the meeting; you can do so using your browser.

Everyone is welcome to join us for the second event of our Career Talk Series Young Researchers in Transnational American Studies!

Please see below for details or click here for the flyer.

On December 8, 2023, we will hear from five researchers who dedicate part of their work time to editing the Journal of Transnational American Studies (JTAS). JTAS has two editorial homes – one at Stanford University and the other at JGU’s Obama Institute – and the team behind it works from all over the world.

Next to presentations of their currents projects, we will also discuss aspects of screening submissions, finding reviewers, copy editing, and preparing galley proofs for publication on the eScholarship platform of California. The symposium will also include the way in which this editorial work aids in building a professional academic career.

Professor Alfred Hornung will host this event. If you have further questions about the event, please contact him at hornung@uni-mainz.de.

Apr 25 – Student/Alumni Meet & Greet 🗓

Apr 25 – Student/Alumni Meet & Greet 🗓

Student/Alumni Meet & Greet

Tuesday, April 25

6-8 pm in P 13 (Philosophicum)

The OI will be hosting an informal first meet & greet for students and alumni of American Studies and cordially invites all students of the BA and MA programs to connect with each other and our alumni. This is your chance to talk about possible careers after finishing an American Studies program and ask any question you might have on how to make the most of your degree and ambitions.

Two alumnae, who are holding qualified positions, will speak about their jobs and their working experiences to students interested in finding out more about opportunities and perspectives for American Studies graduates.

You an download the poster for the event here.

Watch out for news about future alumni events and stay in touch!

Contact

Dr. Sonja Georgi
Dr. Claudia Görg
Dr. Julia Velten

Dec 7 – New (Online) Career Talk Series: Young Researchers in Transnational American Studies 🗓

Dec 7 – New (Online) Career Talk Series: Young Researchers in Transnational American Studies 🗓

Career Talk Series: Young Researchers in Transnational American Studies

01: Journal Editing at the Journal of Transnational American Studies

Tuesday, 7 December, 2-4 p.m.

Zoom Access: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88302349541

Everyone is welcome to join us for the first event of our new Career Talk Series Young Researchers in Transnational American Studies!

Please see below for details or click here for the flyer.

On December 7, 2021, we will hear from four researchers who dedicate part of their work time to editing the Journal of Transnational American Studies (JTAS). JTAS has two editorial homes – one at Stanford University and the other at JGU’s Obama Institute – and the team behind it works from all over the world.

Let’s hear about what challenges arise when editing an academic journal and what opportunities the work can hold for young researchers!

Professor Alfred Hornung and Professor Mita Banerjee will host this event. If you have further questions about the event, please contact Christine Plicht.