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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May 26 & June 2 – Guest Lecture: AMERIKA, Translation, and Kafka’s Life Writing 🗓
Guest Lecture by Michael E. Huffmaster (University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez) Amerika, Translation, and Kafka’s Life Writing May 26, 2026, 4.15-5.45 pm, 00.212, Philo II (Jakob-Welder-Weg 20) June 2, 2026, 9.40-11.10 am, N.106, Stufenhörsaal (Campus Germersheim)...
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May 19 – Guest Lecture: Artists “Selling Out” The Long History of an Idea (and the Short History of a Book) 🗓
Guest Lecture by Ian Afflerbach (University of North Georgia, USA) Artists "Selling Out" The Long History of an Idea (and the Short History of a Book) May 19, 2026, 4.15-5.45 pm, 00.212, Philo II (Jakob-Welder-Weg 20) For a hundred and fifty years, “selling out” has...
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May 7 – Guest Lecture: The Lessons of Banned Books in 21st-Century America 🗓
Guest Lecture by Corinna Norrick-Rühl & Silvia Schultermandl (University of Münster) The Lessons of Banned Books in 21st-Century America May 7, 2026, 6-8pm, P 6 (Philosophicum) The First Amendment guarantees freedom of speech. However, book banning activities have...
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Apr 27 – Discussion: “Navigating Engagement with China: Subnational Diplomacy and United Front Activities in Germany” 🗓
Expert Discussion with Dr. Glenn Tiffert (Stanford U) and Ray Wong (activist, Hong Kong/Germany) April 27, 2026, 2:30-4 pmFakultätssaal (01-185), Philosophicum ************************************************* Navigating Engagement with China:Subnational Diplomacy and...
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Apr 13/Apr 13-17 – Exhibition “History of U.S. Democracy: Looking Back in Uncertain Times” 🗓
Exhibition Opening April 13, 2026, 2:15-3 pmFoyer P2-P5, Philosophicum Exhibition open April 13-17. History of U.S. Democracy: Looking Back in Uncertain Times Posters | Podcasts | Videos | Social Media Posts 250 years after the Declaration of Independence—in times...
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Apply now! “Discover the USA” – Fulbright Summer Program for Bachelor Students 🗓
Für Bachelorstudierende der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften an deutschen Universitäten Fulbright Sommerstudienprogramm in den USA: „Discover the USA” an der University of Maryland, College Park vom 21. August bis 19. September 2026 Während des vollfinanzierten...
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Stirling Magazines and Periodicals Research Group Spring 2026
On April 22, 2026, Oliver Scheiding, Sabina Fazli, and Frank Newton will present current research at the Stirling Magazines and Periodical Research Group.
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Call for Papers – “We Hold These Truths”? 250 Years Later 🗓
Call for Papers We Hold These Truths'? 250 Years Later Student Conference (June 19-20, 2026) We are pleased to announce the upcoming student conference “'We Hold These Truths'? 250 Years Later,“ hosted by graduate students of the Obama Institute for Transnational...
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Feb 5 – Exhibition “Exploring Graphic Fiction” 🗓
Feb 5, 2026 – 16:00-18:00Fakultätssaal, 01-185 (Philosophicum) Exhibition "Exploring Graphic Fiction" Spätestens nach Art Spiegelmans Comic-Roman Maus über den Holocaust (seriell veröffentlicht zwischen 1980 und 1991) ist Graphic Fiction ein ernstzunehmendes Genre...
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OI Expert Contribution to ZDF’s Terra X History “Amerikas Rechte im Wandel: Die Geschichte einer Radikalisierung ” 🗓
Watch Professor Axel Schäfer contribute his expertise to this ZDF Terra X History short episode from Jan 11, 2026 below or on our video page. https://youtu.be/t8KAolpnL2A?si=GEwZmAaHVdQqx8Yk
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