Welcome to the Obama Institute
for Transnational American Studies!
The Obama Institute for Transnational American Studies at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz offers a dynamic and wide-ranging program in both research and teaching for all students interested in topics related to the Americas in a global context.
With a special focus on interculturality, transnationalism, and interdisciplinarity, our expertise lies in the fields of Early American Studies, Indigenous Studies, Life Writing/Life Sciences, Political & Intellectual History, Film & Media Studies, Religion and American Culture, and Materiality.
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Obama Institute for Transnational American Studies
University of Mainz
Jakob-Welder-Weg 20
55128 Mainz
Germany
+49 6131 39-22357
+49 6131 39-29097
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May 7 – Guest Lecture “Beyond Liberation or Assimilation” 🗓
Jonathan Bell(University College London) "Beyond Liberation or Assimilation: LGBTQ Rights, Health Care, and the Limits of Bodily Autonomy in the United States in the 1970s and 1980s" May 7, 2024, 4:15pm, 01-618 (kl. Bibl., Philosophicum) For many at the heart of the...
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May 2 – Guest Lecture “DecoloniZine: Building Community through Arts-based Projects” 🗓
Emilee Bews, Margaret MacKenzie, and Samantha Nepton(McGill University, Montréal) "DecoloniZine: Building Community through Arts-based Projects" May 2, 2024, 6:15 - 7:45pm, P 109a (Philosophicum) A ‘zine’ is a written and/or visual piece designed to explore topics...
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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...
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Feb 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...
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Feb 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...
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The 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