Indigenous Print Cultures, Media, and Literatures 🗓
Date: July 6-9, 2022 Location: Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz Hosted by the Obama Institute for Transnational American Studies and the Humanities Research Center at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU)
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May 24 – Lunch Lecture on Narrative Medicine 🗓
Danielle Spencer Academic Director, Narrative Medicine Program Columbia University, New York May 24, 2022, 12-1 p.m., 02.102 (Philo II) This talk offers an introduction to Narrative Medicine, as well as the concept of metagnosis as the revelation of a longstanding...
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Research Summer 2022
The Obama Institute for Transnational American Studies welcomes several internationally renowned scholars in the summer term of 2022. Please join us for their contributions to our course and research program! May 92–4pm, P3, Philosophicum I Imagined Pasts: Historical...
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Oliver Scheiding receives Gutenberg Research College “Zielgerade” Fellowship 🗓
Oliver Scheiding has been awarded the Gutenberg Research College fellowship “Zielgerade” to finish his book project Print Technologies and the Emergence of American Literary Culture, which is under contract with Wiley-Blackwell. The fellowship includes funding for a...
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“Africans, Americans, and Colonial Germany” Symposium, Apr. 29, 2022
SYMPOSIUM Africans, Americans, and Colonial Germany An online symposium on Zoom (use meeting code 207060) April 29, 2022 The Obama Institute for Transnational American Studies organizes a symposium on the heritage of Colonial Germany and the presence of people of...
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Apply now! Fulbright PhD Scholarships (2023) for German Students 🗓
Chancen für Nachwuchswissenschaftler:innen: Vernetzen Sie sich mit der Forschung in den USA Werden Sie Teil der internationalen Community von Fulbright-Stipendiat:innen und Alumni. Bis zum 1. Juni 2022 können sich deutsche Promotionsstudierende bei Fulbright Germany...
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Exhibition: Paperworlds/Blätterwelten in Germersheim 🗓
Transnational Periodical Cultures Exhibition: Paperworlds / Blätterwelten 27.04.2022 - 22.07.2022 JGU, Campus Germersheim, Mensa Als Alternative zum Mainstream wollen unabhängige Zeitschriften, sogenannte indie mags, vieles anders machen. Trotz des oft beschworenen...
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Labor and Capital in U.S. History Conference – Recordings Now Available!
The conference on February 11–12 brought together scholars working on labor and capital in U.S. history for virtual panels. Don't worry if you missed it, you can now stream or download recordings! Recordings for the whole conference can be accessed here. For more...
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“Heroes in Print: Media Representations and Changing Frames of Heroism” Symposium, Mar. 4-5, 2022
SYMPOSIUM Heroes in Print: Media Representation and Changing Frames of Heroism An Online Symposium organized by Simge Büyükgümüs (Obama Institute for Transnational Periodical Studies) March 4-5, 2022 The symposium "Heroes in Print: Media Representations and...
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Jan 27 – Dirk Mönkemöller (“The Weekender”): Aus dem Alltag eines Magazinmachers 🗓
Dirk Mönkemöller (The Weekender): Aus dem Alltag eines Magazinmachers Jan 27, 2022, 12 noon - 1 p.m., Online (Zoom) Dirk Mönkemöller gibt seit 10 Jahren das Magazin The Weekender heraus. Der freiberufliche Gestalter und...
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Feb. 11–12 – Labor and Capital in U.S. History Conference
The transnational turn has introduced significant new perspectives on the history of labor and capitalism in the United States. While the state remains an important object of analysis, decentering the nation in labor history...
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Jan 18 – Online ERASMUS Guest Lectures by Patricia Peñate 🗓
Three Online ERASMUS Guest Lectures by Patricia Peñate Jan 18, 2022 12 noon - 2 p.m.: From Lemonade to Homecoming: Beyoncé's Spatial Politics (Host: Sonja Georgi)4 - 6 p.m.: Project Presentation "Sistrunk" with Professor Elizabeth West, Georgia State U (Hosts: Axel...
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