Jan 27 – Dirk Mönkemöller (“The Weekender”): Aus dem Alltag eines Magazinmachers 🗓
Dirk Mönkemöller (The Weekender): Aus dem Alltag eines Magazinmachers Jan 27, 2022, 12 noon - 1 p.m., Online (Zoom) Dirk Mönkemöller gibt seit 10 Jahren das Magazin The Weekender heraus. Der freiberufliche Gestalter und Journalist aus Köln ist seit 10 Jahren...
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Feb. 11–12 – Labor and Capital in U.S. History Conference
The transnational turn has introduced significant new perspectives on the history of labor and capitalism in the United States. While the state remains an important object of analysis, decentering the nation in labor history provides additional lenses that focus on...
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Jan 18 – Online ERASMUS Guest Lectures by Patricia Peñate 🗓
Three Online ERASMUS Guest Lectures by Patricia Peñate Jan 18, 2022 12 noon - 2 p.m.: From Lemonade to Homecoming: Beyoncé's Spatial Politics (Host: Sonja Georgi)4 - 6 p.m.: Project Presentation "Sistrunk" with Professor Elizabeth West, Georgia State U (Hosts: Axel...
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Dec 16: Robopocalypse – Online Guest Lecture and Discussion with Author 🗓
Robopocalypse: Online Author Talk and Discussion Daniel H. Wilson (Cherokee | Author and Robotics Engineer, Portland, Oregon) Dec 16, 18:00, Zoom Access here: Thema: Guest Lecture, Daniel H. Wilson Uhrzeit: 16.Dez..2021 06:00 PM Amsterdam, Berlin, Rom, Stockholm, Wien...
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Dec 10 – “The Status of American Democracy” – Lecture Series (zoom) 🗓
"The Status of American Democracy" Moustafa Bayoumi (Brooklyn College, City University of New York)David Sirakov (Atlantic Academy Rheinland-Pfalz)Sean M. Theriault (The University of Texas at Austin)Chad E. Seales (The University of Texas at Austin) Friday, 10...
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Dec 7 – New (Online) Career Talk Series: Young Researchers in Transnational American Studies 🗓
Career Talk Series: Young Researchers in Transnational American Studies 01: Journal Editing at the Journal of Transnational American Studies Tuesday, 7 December, 2-4 p.m. Zoom Access: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88302349541 Everyone is welcome to join us for the first...
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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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