Dec 5 – Guest Lecture “Cyphering Books in the Archive” 🗓
Lukas Etter(Universität Siegen) "Cyphering Books in the Archive" Dec 5, 2023, 4:15pm, 00-212 (Philo II) Coupling documented artifacts and methodological reflection, this paper will center around cyphering books (alternative spelling ‘ciphering books’) from archives...
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Nov 29 & Jan 17 – Student Conference Workshops 🗓
Nov 29, 2023 & Jan 17, 2024 – 16.15-17.45 – Student Conference Workshops – P6 (Philosophicum) To all advanced Bachelor's and Master's students who are interested in learning how to write and present a conference paper: Please join us for one or both of the student...
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Nov 30 – Obama Lecture with Obama Dissertation Prize & Galinsky Prize 🗓
Nov 30, 2023 – 11.00-13.00 – Obama Lecture – Fakultätssaal (Philosophicum, 01-185) Please join us for our annual Obama Lecture a week after Thanksgiving, where we will highlight outstanding work in Transnational American Studies – with a topical contribution from our...
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Direct Exchange – Info Sessions 2023 for Programs in 2024/25 🗓
On Nov 13 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 13, 18:15-19:45 P 2 (Philosophicum) Please find all details about...
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Oct 27 – Paneldiskussion »Populärwissenschaften im Krisenmodus« 🗓
Oct 27, 2023 Fri, 18:30 Kalkhof-Rose-Saal der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur | Mainz Paneldiskussion »Populärwissenschaften im Krisenmodus« Pandemie, Klimakrise und Krieg – Die Welt ist im Krisenmodus. Populärwissenschaftliche Veröffentlichungen können...
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Call for Papers – Transcending Boundaries – Interdisciplinary Insights in Transpacific Studies 🗓
Call for Papers Transcending Boundaries – Interdisciplinary Insights in Transpacific Studies ***EXTENDED DEADLINE: 20 September 2023*** Transpacific Studies Network Hybrid Conference February 9-10, 2024 Obama Institute for Transnational American Studies, Johannes...
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July 11 – Guest Lecture “Sweet Jesus: How Evangelicalism Became the Religion of Industrial Agriculture, and How It Might Help End It” 🗓
Chad Seales (University of Texas at Austin) "Sweet Jesus: How Evangelicalism Became the Religion of Industrial Agriculture, and How It Might Help End It" July 11, 2023, 4:15pm, Fakultätssaal 01-185 (Philosophicum) This talk will be held as part of the seminar “Thesis...
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Juneteenth: OI Advisory Board Member Elizabeth West on CNN 🗓
On June 19, 2023, Obama Institute Advisory Board Member Dr. Elizabeth West (Georgia State University) appeared on OneWorld CNN with Zain Asher: https://twitter.com/zainasher/status/1670885090656649217?s=12
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June 29 – Exhibition “Migration and Graphic Fiction” 🗓
June 29, 2023Thu, 14:00-16:30Landesmuseum Mainz (Forum) Große Bleiche 49-51, 55116 Mainz Exhibition "Migration and Graphic Fiction" Comic-Romane oder „Graphic Fiction“ gelten heute längst als ernstzunehmende Literatur. Aber wie verändert sich unsere Wahrnehmung von...
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July 5 – Guest Lecture “Love and Debt: The Product Red Campaign and the Racial Dynamics of Neoliberal Religion” 🗓
Chad Seales(University of Texas at Austin) "Love and Debt: The Product Red Campaign and the Racial Dynamics of Neoliberal Religion" July 5, 2023, 12:15pm, P 203 (Philosophicum) This talk will be held as part of the seminar “Abundant America.” Chad Seales is Associate...
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4th of July – Lectures, Exhibition, Get-together, Food and Drinks 🗓
4th of July Events at the Obama Institute July 4, 2023, 4-8 p.m., P1 & Philo-Wiese (Philosophicum) What might the 4th of July mean to Americans and foreigners in general and especially in 2023? From insights into the U.S. Senate’s social fabric to an “American Way...
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June 27 – Guest Lecture “Playing at a Distance” 🗓
Sonia Fizek(Cologne Game Lab, TH Köln) "Playing at a Distance" June 27, 2023, 2:15pm, P 207 (Philosophicum) Do we play video games or do video games play us? Is nonhuman play a mere paradox or the future of gaming? And what do video games have to do with quantum...
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