October 16 – 19, 2014

The American Studies division is organizing an international conference on “Obama and Transnational American Studies” from October 16 to 19, 2014. At this conference we would like to look at the concept of Transnational American Studies in light of changes brought about during the Obama presidency from the perspective of the areas of concentration in Mainz American Studies: Early American Studies, Comparative Indigenous Studies, and Transcultural Life Writing. Besides referring to the president, the name of Obama also refers to Michelle Obama and her “Let’s Move Campaign” as well as African and Asian siblings, such as Auma Obama and Mark Ndesandjo, and their respective areas of expertise.

A preliminary program of the conference can be downloaded here.

For more informartion, please visit the conference homepage.