December 17 β “Winosburg, Ohio” β Community, Regionalism, and Cultural Mobility in Sherwood Anderson’s Winesburg, Ohio (1919) and Donald Ray Pollock’s Knockemstiff (2008) π
Jochen Achilles (University of WΓΌrzburg) December 17, 2019 6β8 p.m., P 103 (Philosophicum I) Sherwood Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio and Donald Ray Pollock's Knockemstiff are linked by common structural features as well as cultural concerns. Held side by side, both story...
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January 29-31 β CONFERENCE “Transnational Periodical Cultures: Interdisciplinary Perspectives” π
The research group on Transnational Periodical Cultures, led by Professor Ernst and Professor Scheiding, announces its conference "Transnational Periodical Cultures: Interdisciplinary Perspectives," which will take place on campus in Mainz in January 2020. For the...
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Dec 9 β Info Session: American Studies Summer School π
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...
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Nov 28 β Thanksgiving Obama Lecture, Obama Dissertation Prize & Galinsky Memorial Prize π
Nov. 28, 2019 β 10.15 - 12.00 β Dekanatssaal (ReWi, 03-150) Come join us for the annual Thanksgiving Obama Lecture, where we will hear a lecture by Prof. Dr. Heike Paul from the University of Erlangen-NΓΌrnberg and will give out awards for outstanding undergrad and PhD...
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Studying Abroad β Info Sessions 2019 for Exchange Programs in 2020/21 π
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...
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Oct 30 β Independent Magazines (Workshop) π
Research Group "Transnational Periodical Cultures" Independent Magazines (Workshop VII) Oct 30, 2019, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Senatssaal NatFak (Room 07-232) The research group "Transnational Periodical Cultures" (Jutta Ernst, Dagmar von Hoff, BjΓΈrn von Rimscha, Oliver...
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Inaugural Lecture: “Muscle Beach and the History of American Bodybuilding” π
Florian Freitag (Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz) July 2, 2019JGU Campus Gemersheim On 2 July, Dr. habil. Florian Freitag delivered his inaugural lecture (Antrittsvorlesung), entitled "Muscle Beach and the History of American Bodybuilding" at the...
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July 5 β Developing a Local University Ecosystem: Transdisciplinary, Collaborative Local Scholarship π
Brennan Collins (Georgia State University) July 5, 2019 9-11 p.m., (FakultΓ€tssaal 01-185, Philosophicum) Transdisciplinary collaboration between local universities can thrive when scholars combine resources and begin to create projects with a local audience in...
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4th of July Events β Keynote “Loyalty, Patriotism, and Nationalism in Times of Crisis”, Student Presentations, and Lecture π
4th of July Events at the Obama Institute July 4, 2019, 2β8 p.m., Philosophicum 2-4 p.m. (P4, Philosophicum) .................................... Guest LectureβLoyalty, Patriotism, and Nationalism in Times of Crisisβ Prof. Richard King(University of Nottingham, UK)...
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July 2 β Decolonizing the Garde: Avant-Garde Canadian Writing and the Indigenous Renaissance π
Gregory Betts (University College, Dublin/Brock University, Canada) July 2, 2019 4-6 p.m., P 207 (Philosophicum) Indigenous art has always been interconnected with the avant-garde, and it is increasingly fallacious to speak of the difference between Indigenous and...
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June 27 β Race and Anti-Imperialism in Merze Tateβs International Thought π
KEYNOTE: Race and Anti-Imperialism in Merze Tateβs International Thought Barbara Savage (University of Pennsylvania) Thursday, June 27, 2019 6 p.m. (s.t.) Helmholtz-Institut Mainz β Staudingerweg 18 Conference Ground Floor II β Room 1395-00-133 This keynote is part of...
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June 18 β ‘Thinking against the Grain’: Challenging the (Emerging) Liberal Consensus π
'Thinking against the Grain': Challenging the (Emerging) Liberal Consensus Richard King (University of Nottingham, UK) Tuesday, June 18, 2019 4-6 p.m. P 207 - Philosophicum After World War II, there was an emerging consensus on matters of race, including racial...
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