Nov 26 – “Identity, Regional Conceptualization, and the Pacific” (Dr. Craig Santos Perez) – zoom 🗓
"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...
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Dec 6 – Online Info Session: American Studies Summer School 🗓
Join the American Studies Summer School 2022! 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 25 – Thanksgiving Obama Lecture, Obama Dissertation Prize & Galinsky Memorial Prize – Antrittsvorlesung Reisner 🗓
Nov. 25, 2021 – 15.30-17.30 – Obama Lecture – Dekanatssaal (ReWi, 03-150) 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...
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Nov 17 – Postdigital Print (Online TPC Workshop XII) 🗓
Research Group "Transnational Periodical Cultures" Postdigital Print (Workshop XII) Nov 17, 2021, 3 - 7 p.m., Online (Zoom) Please find below the program for workshop XII on “Postdigital Print”. You can download the flyer here. 15:00 Begrüßung/Einführung 15:10-16:10...
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Direct Exchange – Info Sessions 2021 for Programs in 2022/23 🗓
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! Nov 10, 18:00-19:00 (s.t.) Universities Group A (Click here to join!) Nov 10, 19:00-20:00...
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Exhibition: Paperworlds/Blätterwelten 🗓
Transnational Periodical Cultures Exhibition: Paperworlds / Blätterwelten 03.11.2021 - 28.01.2022 Schule des Sehens, JGU Mainz Als Alternative zum Mainstream wollen unabhängige Zeitschriften, sogenannte indie mags, vieles anders machen. Trotz des oft beschworenen...
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OI Welcomes GAAS/DAAD Visiting Lecturer Hugh Sheehy 🗓
Announcement GAAS/DAAD Visiting Lecturer Hugh Sheehy Winter Term 2021/22 Prof. Hugh Sheehy (Ramapo College, NJ) The Obama Institute welcomes Prof. Hugh Sheehy, author and Professor for Creative Writing and Literature at Ramapo College, NJ. Prof. Sheehy will spend the...
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CfP: Special Forum on Diagnosing Migrant Experience: Medical Humanities and Transnational American Studies 🗓
Call for Papers (abstract deadline 30 Sept. 2021): Special Forum on Diagnosing Migrant Experience: Medical Humanities and Transnational American Studies This special forum of the Journal of Transnational American Studies explores how Transnational American Studies and...
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Reissued CfP and Poster Call: Labor and Capital in U.S. History 🗓
Dear colleagues, as you can imagine, planning for the 2022 Annual Meeting of the Historians in the German Association of American Studies (DGfA) has been difficult because of the ongoing pandemic. To provide the best possible experience under the circumstances, we...
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Sep 15 – Von Dumbo zur Eiskönigin: Das Walt Disney-Imperium und die Entwicklung der Zeichentrickklassiker (Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Stefan Brandt) 🗓
Let's Talk America – Online Lecture "Von Dumbo zur Eiskönigin: Das Walt Disney-Imperium und die Entwicklung der Zeichentrickklassiker" Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Stefan Brandt (University of Graz) Wednesday, 15 September, 6:00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. Please visit...
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Job Posting – PhD Opportunity (4y, 65%): “Successful Aging” Project (SFB 1482) 🗓
Apply now! Prof. Dr. Mita Banerjee and her project team are looking for an American Studies PhD student to join their project "Alter(n) als Leistung: Successful Aging, Best Agers und die Logik der Superlative," which is part of the recently established SFB 1482...
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CfP: Labor and Capital in U.S. History 🗓
Dear colleagues, after this year’s annual meeting of the historians in the DGfA/GAAS had to move online, we hope that many of us will be able to come together next year for a more in-person event, though we are planning on virtual components for those who may still be...
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