Events
The North American Studies Program is a vibrant place of research and scholarly exchange in the academic community. We regularly host national and international experts who present their current research in our lecture series as well as during the conferences and symposia that we organize. Together with our cooperation partners, we frequently organize events for the public at large. And we keep in close touch with our alumni to forge ties between present and former students.
Trump’s Economic Policies on the Ballot: The Road to the Midterms
Main Building of the ...
06:15 PM - 07:45 PM
The US midterm elections are approaching at a time of great economic uncertainty. Energy and gas prices have surged amid the ongoing conflict with Iran, rising ...
Indigenous Peoples' Day Lecture
Rabinstraße 8 | 53111 ...
06:15 PM - 07:45 PM
The Settler-state border that separates the US and Canada has bisected Indigenous families, homelands, and sacred spaces for centuries. Far from accepting ...
Panel Discussion with Former Members of Congress
Poppelsdorfer Schloss | ...
06:15 PM - 07:45 PM
The 2026 US midterm elections will mark a crucial crossroad for the country’s future political direction. With all seats in the House of Representatives and ...
Achieving Ascription and the Pursuit of Whiteness
Rabinstraße 8 | 53111 ...
06:15 PM - 07:45 PM
Until 1952, U.S. naturalization law imposed racial prerequisites, restricting citizenship to those it classified as “white” or as being “of African ...
Yearning for America
Rabinstraße 8 | 53111 ...
06:15 PM - 07:45 PM
Join us for a conversation with Udo Zindel, former public radio journalist and author of "Yearning for America: Two German Immigrants and the Promise of a New ...
The Chamber of Influence: Corporate Power in American Courts
Rabinstraße 8 | 53111 ...
06:15 PM - 07:45 PM
This project documents the accumulation by American business interests of formidable legal capacities that allow them to take advantage of the outsized role of ...
Martin Luther King Jr. Day Lecture
Main Building of the ...
06:15 PM - 07:45 PM
Join us for a talk by Dr. Kinitra Brooks on "Returning Home: The Power of the Kitchen Table in Black Liberation Struggles".
Researching Canadian Indigenous Histories in a Good Way
Rabinstraße 8 | 53111 ...
06:15 PM - 07:45 PM
In this talk, Professor Crystal Gail Fraser examines the history of residential schooling in Canada's western Arctic. Beginning in 1959, thousands of ...
The Rise and Fall of U.S. Soft Power in Transatlantic Relations
Rabinstraße 8 | 53111 ...
06:15 PM - 07:45 PM
Soft power is the ability to get what you want through attraction rather than coercion or payment. It traditionally rests on resources such as culture, values, ...