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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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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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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Dec 2 – Guest Lecture CRC 1482: The Commercial Fan Magazine Between Fandom and Brandom 🗓
Guest Lecture by Dr. Matt Hills (University of Bristol) “This is Very Much Not On-Message for DWM”: The Commercial Fan Magazine Between Fandom and Brandom — Doctor Who Magazine in the Disney/“RTD2” Era December 2, 2025, 6-8pm, P 6 (Philosophicum) This talk will build...
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Nov 27 – Obama Lecture with Obama Dissertation Prize & Galinsky Prize 🗓
Nov 27, 2025 – 10.00-ca. 12.30 – Obama Lecture – Fakultätssaal (Philosophicum, 01-185) Please join us for our annual Obama Lecture on Thanksgiving, where we will highlight outstanding work in Transnational American Studies and show appreciation for the work of young...
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Nov 25 – Guest Lecture: Childrearing Discourses, Early U.S. Periodicals, and the THE MISSIONARY HERALD, 1810s 🗓
Guest Lecture by Layla Koch (University of Heidelberg) "O that our Children": Childrearing Discourses, Early U.S. Periodicals, and the The Missionary Herald, 1810s November 25, 2025, 6-8pm, P 6 (Philosophicum) The Panoplist, later renamed to The Missionary Herald, was...
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Nov 20 – Film Screening / 30th Anniversary USA Library at JGU 🗓
Film screening of The Librarians at 6:30 p.m. on November 20 in the “Muschel,” lecture hall N3  This week the USA Library celebrates its 30th anniversary: On November 20, 1995, the Library for North America Studies first opened its doors at Mainz University. The...
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November 2025: Lectures and Talks by Obama Fellows and Guests đź—“
The Obama Institute for Transnational American Studies regularly welcomes internationally renowned scholars who contribute to our courses and research program.We invite you to join us in exploring current research trends and to meet leading people in American Studies...
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Direct Exchange – Info Sessions 2025 for Programs in 2026/27 🗓
On Nov 13 the Obama Institute will hold an info session on its Direct Exchange programs. Please join us in room P 2 (Philosophicum) for more information about the exciting exchange opportunities! Nov 13, 18:00-19:30P 2 (Philosophicum) Please find all details about the...
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Nov 11 – Autorenlesung: Drew Hayden Taylor liest aus COLD 🗓
Autorenlesung Alles beginnt mit einem Flugzeugabsturz... 11. November 2025, 13:30, N.106, Campus Germersheim Drew Hayden Taylor liest aus seinem Roman COLD. Aus dem Englischen von Leo Strohmca. 445 SeitenErscheinungstermin: 30. Oktober 2025 Â Alles beginnt mit einem...
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Nov 11 – Guest Lecture: Introducing Scottish Magazine Culture, from BLACKWOOD’S to RADICAL SCOTLAND đź—“
Guest Lecture by Scott Hames (University of Stirling, Scotland, UK) Introducing Scottish Magazine Culture, from Blackwood's to Radical Scotland November 11, 2025, 6-8pm, P 6 (Philosophicum) Periodicals have been unusually central to Scottish literary culture, and have...
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