NAS News
Job Advertisement: Senior Lecturer Economics
The Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms University of Bonn is looking for a new position to be filled starting October 1, 2024, for a period of four years:
Senior Lecturer ("Akademische/r Oberrätin/Oberrat") (m/f/d) for North American Studies | Economics
Application deadline is May 17, 2024.
"Entangled Lives, Entangled Freedom(s)" - Talk by Prof. Meyer at the University of Texas at Austin, USA
On February 26, 2024, Prof. Sabine N. Meyer, Co-director of the North American Studies Program at the University of Bonn, gave a lecture on "Entangled Lives, Entangled Freedom(s): The Transformative Potential of Contemporary Black Indigenous Literature" at the University of Texas at Austin, USA.
Panel Discussion with Former Members of Congress
On October 24, 2023, the North American Studies Program of the University of Bonn together with its cooperation partners, the Bonner Akademie für Forschung und Lehre praktischer Politik (BAPP), the AmerikaHaus NRW e. V., the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, and the U.S. Association of Former Members of Congress (FMC), had the pleasure of hosting former members of the U.S. House of Representatives Val Demings and Luke Messer in the Festsaal of the University of Bonn. PD Dr. Jasper Trautsch (Senior Lecturer, North American Studies, University of Bonn) moderated the evening.
The former members of congress discussed the presidency of the 46th President of the United States Joe Biden, including topics ranging from his foreign and environmental politics but also the differences with his predecessor, the 45th President of the United States Donald Trump.
During the panel discussion and in a lovely reception afterwards, guests had the opportunity to ask questions and join in the lively discussion.
Ambassador's Award 2023
On the 19th of October 2023, in a ceremony presided over by Vice-Rector Prof. Dr. Birgit Ulrike Münch as part of the University of Bonn's International Days, three former students of our North American Studies Program received the prestigious Ambassador’s Award for outstanding master's theses in the field of American Studies. Monique Mauel, Meropi Papagheorghe, and Leonhard Flemisch were awarded the prize by Consul General Pauline Kao, who also gave a hopeful speech about the importance of transnational partnerships.
The titles of the outstanding theses are:
"'Keep Calm and Keep Bleeding': Twenty-First Century Representations of Menstruation on Screen" by Monique Mauel,
"A Play of Selfies: Cindy Sherman and Reluctant Autobiography on Instagram" by Meropi Papagheorghe, and
"Drawing Testimony: Strategies of Documentary Representation in Joe Sacco's Comic Paying the Land" by Leonhard Flemisch.
Career Support and Funding for Female Academics
According to the Federal Statistical Office, in 2022, only slightly over one-fourth of full-time professorships at German universities and colleges were occupied by women. From 2020 until now, the University of Bonn has sponsored 90 female scientists through the STEP program.