June 24 – Info Session: New American Studies M.A. Curriculum 🗓

June 24 – Info Session: New American Studies M.A. Curriculum 🗓

Join us for an info session about the new American Studies M.A. curriculum!

Starting in the winter semester of 2025/26, the American Studies M.A. program at JGU will launch a newly accredited curriculum.

The updated program offers greater flexibility:
You can now choose to complete all 120 credits within American Studies, combine your studies with two modules from another discipline, or earn additional credits through certified programs.

Who can apply?
Current Bachelor students majoring or minoring in American Studies, students enrolled in the Bachelor of Education program, as well as first-semester American Studies Master students who are considering switching to the new curriculum.

Want to learn more?
Join our info session to get all the details.

INFO SESSION
Tuesday, June 24, 2025, 18:00
P13 (Philosophicum)

Download the flyer for the info session here.

Workshop XV – Current Research in Periodical Studies 🗓

Workshop XV – Current Research in Periodical Studies 🗓

Date: December 4, 2024

Venue: Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Stiftungshaus, STH 2, Room 106 (Ground Floor), 55128 Mainz

Flyer (PDF)

9:00 Welcome and Introduction

9:15 Scott Zukowski (Graz): “Black Ink, White Space: Visualizing Black Citizenship in Freedom’s Journal

10:30 Barbara Korte (Freiburg): “Travel in Victorian Periodicals: Media Logic and Cultural Work”

11:45 Céline Mansanti (Amiens): “Transnational Cultural Transfers and Periodicals: Perspectives and Challenges”

12:45 Lunch (Baron, Johann-Joachim-Becher-Weg 3, 55128 Mainz)

14:15 Madleen Podewski (Berlin/Erfurt): „Die NBI (Neue Berliner Illustrierte) während der ‚Wende‘ oder: Wie erfasst man eine rasant beschleunigte Titeldynamik?“

15:30 Nora Ramtke (Bochum/Freiburg): “From Preprint to Piracy: Heinrich Böll’s Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum as a 1970s Press Affair”

16:45 Jörg Requate (Kassel): “How Far Can We Push the Limits? The Satire Magazines Pardon/Titanic and Hara-Kiri/Charlie Hebdo and Their Handling of Social Taboo Topics”

17:45 Final Discussion

Dec 16 – Info Session: American Studies Summer School 🗓

Dec 16 – Info Session: American Studies Summer School 🗓

Join the American Studies Summer School 2025!

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 American Studies Summer School traveling through Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, and Tennessee from the end of July to mid-August. This educational trip provides students with courses in language, literature, and cultural studies. Starting in Little Rock, Arkansas and ending in Washington DC, participants will study the Civil Rights Movement, the history of food and music in the US South, and Southern Literature. They benefit from lectures, readings, and films, as well as on-site learning. Summer School participants can receive course credits in Independent Studies, Cultural Studies, or Written English.

You can find further information in the Download section on the Summer School page.

INFO SESSION
Monday, December 16, 2024, 18:00
P13 (Philosophicum)

If you cannot attend the info session but are interested in joining,
please contact Dr. Claudia Görg (cgoerg@uni-mainz.de).

Download the flyer for the info session here.

Workshop XV – Current Research in Periodical Studies 🗓

Workshop XV – Current Research in Periodical Studies 🗓

Date: December 4, 2024

Venue: Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Stiftungshaus, STH 2, Room 106 (Ground Floor), 55128 Mainz

Flyer (PDF)

9:00 Welcome and Introduction

9:15 Scott Zukowski (Graz): “Black Ink, White Space: Visualizing Black Citizenship in Freedom’s Journal

10:30 Barbara Korte (Freiburg): “Travel in Victorian Periodicals: Media Logic and Cultural Work”

11:45 Céline Mansanti (Amiens): “Transnational Cultural Transfers and Periodicals: Perspectives and Challenges”

12:45 Lunch (Baron, Johann-Joachim-Becher-Weg 3, 55128 Mainz)

14:15 Madleen Podewski (Berlin/Erfurt): „Die NBI (Neue Berliner Illustrierte) während der ‚Wende‘ oder: Wie erfasst man eine rasant beschleunigte Titeldynamik?“

15:30 Nora Ramtke (Bochum/Freiburg): “From Preprint to Piracy: Heinrich Böll’s Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum as a 1970s Press Affair”

16:45 Jörg Requate (Kassel): “How Far Can We Push the Limits? The Satire Magazines Pardon/Titanic and Hara-Kiri/Charlie Hebdo and Their Handling of Social Taboo Topics”

17:45 Final Discussion

19:30 Dinner

Dec 6 – Info Session: American Studies Summer School 🗓

Dec 6 – Info Session: American Studies Summer School 🗓

Join the American Studies Summer School 2023!

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 American Studies Summer School traveling through Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, and Tennessee from the end of July to mid-August. This educational trip provides students with courses in language, literature, and cultural studies. Starting in Little Rock, Arkansas and ending in Washington DC, participants will study the Civil Rights Movement, the history of food and music in the US South, and Southern Literature. They benefit from lectures, readings, and films, as well as on-site learning. Summer School participants can receive course credits in Independent Studies, Cultural Studies, or Written English.

You can find further information in the Download section on the Summer School page.

INFO SESSION
Tuesday, December 6, 2022, 18:00
P3 (Philosophicum)

If you cannot attend the info session but are interested in joining,
please contact Julia Velten (juvelten@uni-mainz.de).

Download the flyer for the info session here.