Nov 9-10 – Workshop Series on U.S. Urban History and Urban Studies with Professor Alan Lessoff 🗓
Workshop Series U.S. Urban History and Urban Studies Nov 9-10, 2026 Workshop SessionNov 9, 4-6 pm, 02.102 (Philo II, Jakob-Welder-Weg 20)This workshop session will endeavor to place U.S. arguments over urban sprawl within transnational trends in and debates over urban...
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Direct Exchange – Info Sessions 2026 for Programs in 2027/28 🗓
On Nov 10 the Obama Institute will hold an info session on its Direct Exchange programs. Please join us in room P 2 (Philosophicum) for more information about the exciting exchange opportunities! Nov 10, 18:00-19:30P 2 (Philosophicum) Please find all details about the...
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Nov 4 – Welcome Event/Get-Together for (International) Master Students 🗓
Are you...currently enrolled in the American Studies MA program and would like to connect with other students in a relaxed environment? Do you...have questions regarding the Obama Institute, the JGU or just life in Germany in general? Then come to our get-together on...
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Oct 26 – Welcome Event for First-Year American Studies Students (B.A. AmSt/B.Ed. English) 🗓
Are you a Bachelor student starting your American Studies degree at JGU? Then you’re welcome to join us for an orientation meeting and a cup of coffee or tea. No matter if American Studies is your major or your minor, this event is an opportunity for you to connect...
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Oct 12 – A Conversation With: Josephine Links – Director and Author of WE ALL BLEED RED 🗓
A Conversation With: Josephine Links – Director and Author of We All Bleed Red (2024) Oct 12, 2026, 2 pm, room 00.212 (Philo II, Jakob-Welder-Weg 20) In her documentary We All Bleed Red (2024), Josephine Links takes us behind the work of photographer Martin Schoeller,...
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July 16 – Workshop: Supreme Court Amendments and Evangelicals 🗓
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...
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July 13 – Guest Lecture: The Political Economy of Black Masculinity and Fatherlessness: The Obama Biographies 🗓
Guest Lecture by Cliff "Ubba" Kodero (Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA) The Political Economy of Black Masculinity and Fatherlessness: The Obama Biographies July 13, 2026, 5 pm, room P 7 (Philosophicum) In this developing project, Kodero utilizes life...
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July 14 – Guest Lecture: Racialization as Script: Narrative Permission and Differential Racial Time in INTERIOR CHINATOWN 🗓
Guest Lecture by Ren Haiyan (Hunan Normal University, China) Racialization as Script:Narrative Permission and Differential Racial Time in Interior Chinatown July 14, 2026, 5 pm, room P 7 (Philosophicum) In Interior Chinatown, Charles Yu uses the screenplay form, role...
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July 8 – Die bipolare Nation: Fourth-of-July Event 2026 🗓
Fourth-of-July Event 2026 presented by the Obama Institute and the Leibniz Institute of European History July 8, 2025, 6 p.m.Leibniz-Institut für Europäische Geschichte, Alte Universitätsstraße 19, 55116 Mainz Die bipolare Nation. Was Amerika der Welt gegeben hat. Im...
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Info Session: Planned Student Project Exhibition (USA at 250) 🗓
USA at 250 – Reflecting on Democracy and Current Debates Info Session for Planned Student Project Exhibition July 6, 12:00-13:0000.212 (Philo II, ground floor)Jakob-Welder-Weg 20 Work on what moves you! As part of our event series on the 250th anniversary of the...
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July 4 – Guest Lecture: Indigenous Scholarship and Its Responses to ‘America250’ 🗓
Guest Lecture by Christianna Stavroudis (University of Wuppertal) Indigenous Scholarship and Its Responses to ‘America250’ July 4, 2026, 09:00 a.m., P 110, Philosophicum Events like the 1893 Columbian Exposition and the 1976 U.S. Bicentennial illustrate how Indigenous...
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June 2 – Guest Lecture: DNA, Family Secrets, and the Stories We Inherit 🗓
Guest Lecture by Helga Lenart-Cheng (Saint Mary’s College of California, USA) DNA, Family Secrets, and the Stories We Inherit June 2, 2026, 16.15-17.45, 01-618 (kl. Bibl.), Philosophicum This talk examines how genetic genealogy platforms and public media reshape the...
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