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 โ one at Stanford University and the other at JGUโs Obama Institute โ and the team behind it works from all over the world.
Letโs 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.
“Identity, Regional Conceptualization, and the Pacific”
Dr. Craig Santos Perez (U of Hawai’i at Manoa)
Friday, 26 November, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. (s.t.)
Everyone is welcome to join us for this guest lecture! Please see and download the poster below for more details and the zoom access link.
If you have further questions, please contact Sandra Meerwein, who will host this guest lecture as part of her course on “Transpacific American Studies”.
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.
You can find further information in the Download section on the Summer School page.
Come join us for the annual Thanksgiving Obama Lecture, where we will hear a lecture on “Graphic Narratives of the Middle Passage” by Prof. Dr. Daniel Stein from the University of Siegen and will give out awards for outstanding undergrad and PhD work.
Following the Obama Lecture and Award Ceremonies, please join us online on MS Teams for Dr. habil Philipp Reisner’s รffentliche Antrittsvorlesung on “Crises of Faith in Jonathan Franzen’s Fiction and the Role of Theology in American Studies”
On Nov 10 the Obama Institute will hold info sessions on its Direct Exchange programs. Please join us on MS Teams for more information about the exciting exchange opportunities!
