Current Issues in North American and Cultural Studies
Each term renowned national and international scholars share their expertise in their respective research areas in our lecture series “Current Issues in North American and Cultural Studies.” All lectures are open to the public, so come join us for one of our upcoming events.
You can find this semester's program here.
Next Lecture: "The Original Flapper is a Copy: Modern Periodicals, Serial Circulation and the Modern Girl Multiplied" (Dr. Ruth Mayer)
Tuesday, May 23, 2023
6:00 c.t.-8:00 pm
IAAK, 1.004 (Room A)
Regina-Pacis-Weg 5
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Program
Dr. Jörg Tiede: "Academic Freedom in the United States"
Tuesday, 18 April, 2023 | 6:00 c.t.-8:00 pm | Room B, IAAK
Dr. Jörg Tiede | American Association of University Professors, Washington D.C.
Academic Freedom in the United States
Dr. Elfi Bettinger: "The West is Everywhere: The Western as a Transcultural Genre"
Tuesday, 16 May, 2023 | 6:00 c.t.-8:00 pm | Room A, IAAK
Dr. Elfi Bettinger | Independent Scholar, Berlin
The West is Everywhere: The Western as a Transcultural Genre
Prof. Dr. Ruth Mayer: "The Original Flapper is a Copy: Modern Periodicals, Serial Circulation and the Modern Girl Multiplied"
Tuesday, May 23, 2023 | 6:00 c.t.-8:00 pm | Room A, IAAK
Prof. Dr. Ruth Mayer | Universität Hannover
The Original Flapper is a Copy: Modern Periodicals, Serial Circulation and the Modern Girl Multiplied
Prof. Frederick Reiken: Reading & Conversation with the Author
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 | 6:00 c.t.-8:00 pm | Room A, IAAK
Prof. Frederick Reiken | Emerson College & Hanse Institute for Advanced Study (HWK)
Reading & Conversation with the Author
Dr. Karin Esders: "Aesthetics and Excess: Contemporary Feminist Art"
Tuesday, June 20, 2023 | 6:00 c.t.-8:00 pm | Room A, IAAK
Dr. Karin Esders | Universität Bremen
Aesthetics and Excess: Contemporary Feminist Art
Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton: Reading & Conversation with the Author
Friday, June 23, 2023 | 4:00 c.t.-6:00 pm | Dekanatssaal, Rabinstraße 8, 53111 Bonn
Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton
Reading & Conversation with the Author
Prof. Christopher Newfield: "Humanities Research and the Crisis of Knowledge"
Tuesday, June 27, 2023 | 6:00 c.t.-8:00 pm | Room A, IAAK
Prof. Christopher Newfield | University of California, Santa Barbara &
Independent Social Research Foundation, London
Humanities Research and the Crisis of Knowledge
Prof. Dr. Susanne Rohr: "The Transnational Imaginary in Katie Kitamura’s 'Intimacies'"
Tuesday, July 4, 2023 | 6:00 c.t.-8:00 pm | Room A, IAAK
Prof. Dr. Susanne Rohr | Universität Hamburg
The Transnational Imaginary in Katie Kitamura’s Intimacies
Dr. Christine Künzel: "I'm going to right this wrong": Rape and Revenge in Amy Hatvany's novel It Happens All the Time