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 đź—“
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” đź—“
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 ” đź—“
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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Jan 28-30 – Ausstellung: Ein unendlich dunkles Erbe / Jan 29 – Gespräch mit Prof. Dr. Jens Temmen und Fotograf Lewis Bush (in English) 🗓
"Ein unendlich dunkles Erbe"Gespräch mit Prof. Dr. Jens Temmen und Fotograf Lewis Bush (in English) Podiumsgespräch und Führung durch die Ausstellung (in englischer Sprache) Donnerstag, den 29. Januar 2026, 18.00 Uhr Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur |...
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Jan 28 – TPC Workshop XVI: Magazines and Mobility 🗓
Magazines and Mobility (Workshop XVI) Research Group "Transnational Periodical Cultures" Jan 28, 2026, 10am - 4pmGermersheim CampusRoom A.119 Please find below the program for workshop XVI on “Magazines and Mobility”. You can download the flyer here. For further...
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Jan 22 – Guest Lecture: Vanishing Oil in John Joseph Mathews’s SUNDOWN (1934) 🗓
Guest Lecture by Jannis Buschky, M.A. (University of Konstanz) Vanishing Oil in John Joseph Mathews’s Sundown (1934) January 22, 2026, 6-8pm, P 6 (Philosophicum) When Osage writer John Joseph Mathews wrote his novel Sundown (1934) about the Osage oil boom in the early...
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Jan 20 – Guest Lecture: The Literary World According to MUNSEY’S – Epistemic Style in US Mass Magazines around 1900 đź—“
Guest Lecture by Alexander Starre (John F. Kennedy Institute, FU Berlin) The Literary World According to Munsey’s:Epistemic Style in US Mass Magazines around 1900 January 20, 2026, 16.15-17.45, 02.102, Philo II (Jakob-Welder-Weg 20) During the magazine revolution of...
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Happy Holidays from the team! đź—“
Pressemitteilung: 30-Jahr-Feier USA-Bibliothek đź—“
Von rechts nach links: Generalkonsul Brian Heath, Dr. Monika Hagenmaier, Dr. Nora Kuster, Dr. Michael Hansen, Prof. Dr. Schäfer ©Universitätsbibliothek Mainz Am Donnerstag, 20. November 2025, luden die Universitätsbibliothek und das Obama Institute for Transnational...
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Dec 16 – Guest Lecture: Getting Their Word Out – Native Rhetorical Strategies in the School Press of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School 🗓
Guest Lecture by Christianna Stavroudis, M.Sc. (Bonn) Getting Their Word Out:Native Rhetorical Strategies in the School Press of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School December 16, 2025, 6-8pm, P 6 (Philosophicum) Deemed the “disciples of Gutenberg” by school...
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Dec 9 – Guest Lecture: Humor on Social Media as Practice of Native American Survivance 🗓
Guest Lecture by Teresa Fischler (University of Passau) “Laughter Is Good Medicine”:Humor on Social Media as Practice of Native American Survivance December 9, 2025, 6-8pm, P 6 (Philosophicum) This talk explores the dynamic intersection of Indigenous presence, humor,...
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