June 27-28 – Workshop: Migration and Consumption 🗓
Migration and Consumption Workshop Obama Institute for Transnational American Studies CRC 1482 Studies in Human Differentiation June 27-28, 2024 CRC Conference Room Hegelstr. 59 Download the complete program here. This workshop will bring together leading scholars in...
read moreFeb 1 – Exhibition “Current Social Problems in Children’s Literature and Film” 🗓
Feb 1, 2024 – 14:00-16:00Philosophicum II – room 02.102 Exhibition "Current Social Problems in Children's Literature and Film" Can children’s literature address serious or controversial topics? Are such topics simply inappropriate for children? Or is it rather a...
read moreFeb 9-11 – Conference: Transcending Boundaries – Interdisciplinary Insights in Transpacific Studies 🗓
Transcending Boundaries – Interdisciplinary Insights in Transpacific Studies Transpacific Studies Network Hybrid Conference February 9-11, 2024 Zoom link in program. Download the program here. February 9 & 10 (Fri & Sat) Aulagebäude/Alte Mensa (1. OG, Linker...
read moreThe Persistence of the Short Story: Traditions and Futures 🗓
“The Persistence of the Short Story: Traditions and Futures”
July 10-12, 2024
International Symposium Co-Hosted by the Obama Institute for Transnational American Studies, the Society for the Study of the American Short Story, and the American Literature Association
Jan 31 – Student Conference “Human Enhancement” 🗓
Jan 31, 2024 – 16.00-18.00 (s.t.) – Student Conference "Human Enhancement: Ethics, Life Sciences, and the Human Body in Cultural Representations" P6 (Philosophicum) Human enhancement has become the topic of an increasingly controversial cultural, scholarly, and...
read moreJan 26 – Phd/Postdoc Book Launch 🗓
Jan 26, 2024 – 17.00-19.00 – PhD/Postdoc Book Launch – Fakultätssaal (Philosophicum, 01-185) Join us in celebrating...the most recent publications, dissertations, and more by young scholars from the Obama Institute: Bassimir, Anja-Maria. Evangelical News. Politics,...
read moreJan 16 – Guest Lecture “twen. Zum Design von Literaturbeiträgen in einem Zeitgeistmagazin der frühen Bundesrepublik” 🗓
Philipp Pabst(Universität Münster) "twen. Zum Design von Literaturbeiträgen in einem Zeitgeistmagazin der frühen Bundesrepublik" Jan 16, 2024, 4:15pm, 00-212 (Philo II) Das Zeitgeistmagazin twen war in den 1960er-Jahren tonangebend in Fragen moderner Lebensführung...
read moreDec 11 – Symposium with Chinese Delegation: Chinese and Western Literary and Artistic Thoughts 🗓
Symposium with Chinese Delegation: The comparative study of Chinese and Western literary and artistic thoughts in the light of interacting civilizations Monday, 11 December, 10 a.m.-12 noon & 2-4 p.m. Philo II, room 02.102, Jakob-Welder-Weg 20 A high potential...
read moreDec 8 – Online Career Talk Series: Young Researchers in Transnational American Studies 🗓
Career Talk Series: Young Researchers in Transnational American Studies 02: Journal Editing at the Journal of Transnational American Studies Friday, 8 December, 4-6.30 p.m. Online on MS Teams; please click here in order to access the meeting. This link will open the...
read moreDec 5 – Guest Lecture “Cyphering Books in the Archive” 🗓
Lukas Etter(Universität Siegen) "Cyphering Books in the Archive" Dec 5, 2023, 4:15pm, 00-212 (Philo II) Coupling documented artifacts and methodological reflection, this paper will center around cyphering books (alternative spelling ‘ciphering books’) from archives...
read moreNov 29 & Jan 17 – Student Conference Workshops 🗓
Nov 29, 2023 & Jan 17, 2024 – 16.15-17.45 – Student Conference Workshops – P6 (Philosophicum) To all advanced Bachelor's and Master's students who are interested in learning how to write and present a conference paper: Please join us for one or both of the student...
read moreNov 30 – Obama Lecture with Obama Dissertation Prize & Galinsky Prize 🗓
Nov 30, 2023 – 11.00-13.00 – Obama Lecture – Fakultätssaal (Philosophicum, 01-185) Please join us for our annual Obama Lecture a week after Thanksgiving, where we will highlight outstanding work in Transnational American Studies – with a topical contribution from our...
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