July 16 – Workshop: Supreme Court Amendments and Evangelicals 🗓

July 16 – Workshop: Supreme Court Amendments and Evangelicals 🗓

Events, News, Workshops

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 Evangelicals.

We are happy to welcome doctoral student Alexander Brackebusch from the University of Munich, and Associate Professor of History and Politics, Emma Long, from the University of East Anglia. Alexander Brackebusch will introduce us to his research, and we will facilitate a conversation between Alexander, Emma Long, Axel Schäfer and Anja-Maria Bassimir.

Alexander Brackebusch is writing his thesis on “Morality Amendments” to the Constitution, asking “why political actors continue to propose these amendments despite their exceedingly low likelihood of success.” He is especially interested in proposed amendments by actors associated with the Christian Right.

Emma Long has worked on two main topics – the Constitution and Supreme Court; and Evangelicals. In her forthcoming book, Lobbying for the Lord: The National Association of Evangelicals and the Growth of Post-war Evangelical Political Activism, Emma explores Evangelical politics in the 1940s and 50s. She has also studied Supreme Court decisions, especially in connection with reproductive rights, as in her articles “Reproductive Care and Justice” (2024) and “Last Word: Will Abortion Sway the 2024 US Presidential Election?” (2024).

To join the workshop, please sign up with Anja-Maria Bassimir via e-mail: bassimir@uni-mainz.de

Stirling Magazines and Periodicals Research Group Spring 2026

Stirling Magazines and Periodicals Research Group Spring 2026

Events, Presentations, Workshops

On March 31, Lois Burke and Kristie Blair (University of Sterling) will lead a discussion on “Research Directions in Manuscript Magazine Studies,” and on April 22, 2026, Oliver Scheiding, Sabina Fazli, and Frank Newton are invited to speak at the Stirling Magazines and Periodical Research Group, introducing Transnational, Indigenous, and Post-Digital Magazines Cultures.

Workshop XV – Current Research in Periodical Studies 🗓

Workshop XV – Current Research in Periodical Studies 🗓

Events, News, Workshops

Date: December 4, 2024

Venue: Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Stiftungshaus, STH 2, Room 106 (Ground Floor), 55128 Mainz

Flyer (PDF)

9:00 Welcome and Introduction

9:15 Scott Zukowski (Graz): “Black Ink, White Space: Visualizing Black Citizenship in Freedom’s Journal”

10:30 Barbara Korte (Freiburg): “Travel in Victorian Periodicals: Media Logic and Cultural Work”

11:45 Céline Mansanti (Amiens): “Transnational Cultural Transfers and Periodicals: Perspectives and Challenges”

12:45 Lunch (Baron, Johann-Joachim-Becher-Weg 3, 55128 Mainz)

14:15 Madleen Podewski (Berlin/Erfurt): „Die NBI (Neue Berliner Illustrierte) während der ‚Wende‘ oder: Wie erfasst man eine rasant beschleunigte Titeldynamik?“

15:30 Nora Ramtke (Bochum/Freiburg): “From Preprint to Piracy: Heinrich Böll’s Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum as a 1970s Press Affair”

16:45 Jörg Requate (Kassel): “How Far Can We Push the Limits? The Satire Magazines Pardon/Titanic and Hara-Kiri/Charlie Hebdo and Their Handling of Social Taboo Topics”

17:45 Final Discussion

Workshop XV – Current Research in Periodical Studies 🗓

Workshop XV – Current Research in Periodical Studies 🗓

Workshops

Date: December 4, 2024

Venue: Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Stiftungshaus, STH 2, Room 106 (Ground Floor), 55128 Mainz

Flyer (PDF)

9:00 Welcome and Introduction

9:15 Scott Zukowski (Graz): “Black Ink, White Space: Visualizing Black Citizenship in Freedom’s Journal”

10:30 Barbara Korte (Freiburg): “Travel in Victorian Periodicals: Media Logic and Cultural Work”

11:45 Céline Mansanti (Amiens): “Transnational Cultural Transfers and Periodicals: Perspectives and Challenges”

12:45 Lunch (Baron, Johann-Joachim-Becher-Weg 3, 55128 Mainz)

14:15 Madleen Podewski (Berlin/Erfurt): „Die NBI (Neue Berliner Illustrierte) während der ‚Wende‘ oder: Wie erfasst man eine rasant beschleunigte Titeldynamik?“

15:30 Nora Ramtke (Bochum/Freiburg): “From Preprint to Piracy: Heinrich Böll’s Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum as a 1970s Press Affair”

16:45 Jörg Requate (Kassel): “How Far Can We Push the Limits? The Satire Magazines Pardon/Titanic and Hara-Kiri/Charlie Hebdo and Their Handling of Social Taboo Topics”

17:45 Final Discussion

19:30 Dinner