Job Posting β PhD Opportunity (4y, 65%): “Successful Aging” Project (SFB 1482) π
Apply now! Prof. Dr. Mita Banerjee and her project team are looking for an American Studies PhD student to join their project "Alter(n) als Leistung: Successful Aging, Best Agers und die Logik der Superlative," which is part of the recently established SFB 1482...
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CfP: Labor and Capital in U.S. History π
Dear colleagues, after this yearβs annual meeting of the historians in the DGfA/GAAS had to move online, we hope that many of us will be able to come together next year for a more in-person event, though we are planning on virtual components for those who may still be...
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July 5 β Fourth of July Lectures 2021 π
We would like to invite everyone to the Obama Institute's annual Fourth of July Lecture on July 5 (4 p.m.). Members of the OI Executive Board will start by briefly introducing the latest news in Research at the OI, including the recently...
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June 29 β The Poetry Reading Series: Javier Zamora (USA) π
The Poetry Reading Series: Javier Zamora (USA) Tuesday, 29 June at 7:00 p.m. (co-organized and sponsored by the University of Duisburg-Essen, the Obama Institute, and Studienprogramm Q+) Zoom: https://uni-due.zoom.us/j/64684497115?pwd=TUttQXFQSWRWMmN0MTdxR1NBODQvQT09...
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OI Projects Receive Funding as Part of New Collaborative Research Center “Human Differentiation” (SFB 1482; DFG) π
DFG (German Research Foundation) approves β¬10m in funding for a new Collaborative Research Center on "Human Differentiation" (SFB 1482) The Obama Institute proudly confirms its participation in the new Collaborative Reseach Center "Human Differentiation" (SFB 1482),...
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Historians of the GAAS/DGfA Annual Conference, 2021: βLabor Historyβ (Online Event)
Dear colleagues,this year the annual conference of the historians within the GAAS/DGfA must move online. We hope you will join us for the meeting on Zoom on February 26, 2021. (Links will be posted here closer to the time of the event.) Conference Program 14:00...
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Conference Review β Transatlantic Conversations: New and Emerging Approaches to Early American Studies π
The journal Early American Literature (UNC Press) has published a conference review of the Obama Institute's 2018 conference "Transatlantic Conversations: New and Emerging Approaches to Early American Studies". You can access the review in full here: Transatlantic...
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Jan 20 β Beefcake: Male Bodies, Masculinity, and Community-Building in Pre-Stonewall Gay Magazines (TPC Workshop X) π
Research Group "Transnational Periodical Cultures" Beefcake: Male Bodies, Masculinity, and Community-Building in Pre-Stonewall Gay Magazines (Workshop X) Β Jan 20, 2021, 4 - 6 p.m., Online (Zoom) Β Please find below the invitation and Zoom link to access workshop X,...
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Happy Holidays! π
On behalf of the faculty and staff at the Obama Institute for Transnational American Studies at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, we thank you β our supporters, colleagues, students, and friends β for another successful year filled with meaningful and inspiring...
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Dec 15: Online Guest Lecture “Claiming βThe Great Black Northβ in Contemporary Short Stories from Canada” π
"Claiming βThe Great Black Northβ in Contemporary Short Stories from Canada" Dr. Nele Sawallisch(Catholic University EichstΓ€tt-Ingolstadt, Germany) Dec 15, 09:40-11:00, BigBlueButton Free access: https://bbb.rlp.net/b/ern-ciz-knc-2v5(BigBlueButton does not require a...
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Dec 14 β Online Info Session: American Studies Summer School π
Join the American Studies Summer School 2021! 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 26 β Thanksgiving Obama Lecture, Obama Dissertation Prize & Galinsky Memorial Prize π
Nov. 26, 2020 β 16.15 - 18.00 β BigBlueButtonhttps://bbb.rlp.net/b/pli-bby-4tg-fr3 Β Come join us online for the annual Thanksgiving Obama Lecture, where we will hear from the Obama Institute's Executive Board members about the OI's activities and current research and...
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