Welcome to the Obama Institute
for Transnational American Studies!
The Obama Institute for Transnational American Studies at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz offers a dynamic and wide-ranging program in both research and teaching for all students interested in topics related to the Americas in a global context.
With a special focus on interculturality, transnationalism, and interdisciplinarity, our expertise lies in the fields of Early American Studies, Indigenous Studies, Life Writing/Life Sciences, Political & Intellectual History, Film & Media Studies, Religion and American Culture, and Materiality.
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Obama Institute for Transnational American Studies
University of Mainz
Jakob-Welder-Weg 20
55128 Mainz
Germany
+49 6131 39-22357
+49 6131 39-29097
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June 27-28 – Workshop: Migration and Consumption 🗓
Migration and Consumption Workshop Obama Institute for Transnational American Studies CRC 1482 Studies in Human Differentiation June 27-28, 2024 CRC Conference Room Hegelstr. 59 Download the complete program here. This workshop will bring together leading scholars in...
read moreFeb 1 – Exhibition “Current Social Problems in Children’s Literature and Film” 🗓
Feb 1, 2024 – 14:00-16:00Philosophicum II – room 02.102 Exhibition "Current Social Problems in Children's Literature and Film" Can children’s literature address serious or controversial topics? Are such topics simply inappropriate for children? Or is it rather a...
read moreFeb 9-11 – Conference: Transcending Boundaries – Interdisciplinary Insights in Transpacific Studies 🗓
Transcending Boundaries – Interdisciplinary Insights in Transpacific Studies Transpacific Studies Network Hybrid Conference February 9-11, 2024 Zoom link in program. Download the program here. February 9 & 10 (Fri & Sat) Aulagebäude/Alte Mensa (1. OG, Linker...
read moreThe Persistence of the Short Story: Traditions and Futures 🗓
“The Persistence of the Short Story: Traditions and Futures”
July 10-12, 2024
International Symposium Co-Hosted by the Obama Institute for Transnational American Studies, the Society for the Study of the American Short Story, and the American Literature Association
Jan 31 – Student Conference “Human Enhancement” 🗓
Jan 31, 2024 – 16.00-18.00 (s.t.) – Student Conference "Human Enhancement: Ethics, Life Sciences, and the Human Body in Cultural Representations" P6 (Philosophicum) Human enhancement has become the topic of an increasingly controversial cultural, scholarly, and...
read moreJan 26 – Phd/Postdoc Book Launch 🗓
Jan 26, 2024 – 17.00-19.00 – PhD/Postdoc Book Launch – Fakultätssaal (Philosophicum, 01-185) Join us in celebrating...the most recent publications, dissertations, and more by young scholars from the Obama Institute: Bassimir, Anja-Maria. Evangelical News. Politics,...
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