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Orientation Week Bachelor & Master in North American Studies 2023/24
This year's orientation week at the John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies will take place on the following dates: Bachelor: Monday & Tuesday- Oct 9 & 10 from 10:00 to 15:00 Master: Wednesday and Thursday- Oct 11 & 12 from 10:00- 15:00 Newly enrolled students can just attend the orientation days without prior registration or notification.
Graduierungszeremonie 2023
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A.J. Bauer (University of Alabama) giving guest lecture titled "Notes on Conservative Camp: The Perverse Pleasures of Consuming Right-Wing Media"
A.J. Bauer is an assistant professor in the Department of Journalism and Creative Media at the University of Alabama. He holds a Ph.D. in American Studies from New York University. He is co-editor of News on the Right: Studying Conservative News Cultures (Oxford, 2019).
Ort: John F. Kennedy Institute Room 340 Lansstraße 7-9 14195 Berlin
Forschungskolloquium Literatur/Kultur: Jesse Schwartz (City University of New York) spricht über "The Bolshevik Revolution, Racial Socialism, and US Print Culture, 1886-1924"
Ort: John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin R201
Forschungskolloquium Literatur/Kultur: Gabriele Schwab (University of California, Irvine) spricht über "Transspecies Imaginaries"
Ort: John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin R201
Institutsratssitzung (Ersatztermin)
Ort: Lansstr. 7-9, Raum 340 + Webex
Forschungskolloquium Literatur/Kultur: Katrin Horn (Universität Bayreuth) spricht über "Bad Manners, Good Business: Society Columns in the Late Nineteenth Century"
Ort: John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin R201
Research Colloquium So9 -Georg Rilinger (MIT): "The social order of digital markets"
This open lecture is part of the combined research colloquium of the Political Science & Sociology Departments of the JFK-I. Please find the complete program here .
Ort: JFK-I Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin Room: 319
Terra Symposium 2023: Home / Habitat
Ort: John-F.-Kennedy-Institut, Lansstr. 7-9, 14195 Berlin Raum 319
Forschungskolloquium Literatur/Kultur: Julia Rosenbaum (Bard College/ Terra Foundation Visiting Professor 2023) spricht über "What Means This Carnage?”: Civil War Soldiers’ Bodies and the Army Medical Museum
Ort: John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin R201
Research Colloquium So8 - Kathy Thelen (MIT): Attention Shoppers: American Retail Capitalism and the Rise of the Amazon Economy
This open lecture is part of the combined research colloquium of the Political Science & Sociology Departments of the JFK-I. Please find the complete program here .
Ort: JFK-I Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin Room: 319
Tiffany Florvil (University of New Mexico) will hold a lecture at the FMI about "Rethinking Black Internationalisms in the late 20th Century
Ort: Friedrich-Meinecke-Institut (FU Berlin) Koserstraße 20 Room A.336
GSNAS-Workshop "Communicating Research"
Ort: John-F.-Kennedy-Institut Graduate School for North American Studies Seminarraum 2/3 (1st floor) Lansstraße 5 14195 Berlin
Institutsratssitzung
Ort: Lansstr. 7-9, Raum 340 + Webex
Research Colloquium So7 - Laura Flierl: "Anti-eviction struggles in Oakland and Barcelona"
This open lecture is part of the combined research colloquium of the Political Science & Sociology Departments of the JFK-I. Please find the complete program here .
Ort: JFK-I Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin Room: 319
Forschungskolloquium Literatur/Kultur: Lara Langer Cohen (Swarthmore College) spricht über "The Underground Railroad’s Undergrounds"
Ort: John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin R319
Forschungskolloquium Literatur/Kultur: Nattie Golubov (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México) spricht über "The Pleasures of Reading Popular Romance Fiction"
Ort: John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin R201
Forschungskolloquium Literatur/Kultur: Joel Pfister (Wesleyan University) spricht über "Partners in Crime: American Movies, Systemic Complicity, and the Big Picture"
Ort: John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin R201
Research Colloquium So5 - Dieter Plehwe (WZB): "Global Neoliberal Think Tanks and Climate Policy: The Atlas Network"
This open lecture is part of the combined research colloquium of the Political Science & Sociology Departments of the JFK-I. Please find the complete program here .
Ort: JFK-I Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin Room: 319
Forschungskolloquium Literatur/Kultur: Susan Bernofsky (August-Wilhelm-von-Schlegel-Gastprofessorin für Poetik, FU Berlin) spricht über "Mine or Yours? Literary Translation as Creative Writing in the U.S.-American Context"
Ort: John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin R319
Forschungskolloquium Literatur/Kultur: Alexandra Ganser (Universität Wien) spricht über "Thinking Astrofuturism with Jacques Lacan and Hannah Arendt"
Ort: John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin R201
Research Colloquium So4 - Michael Doyle (Columbia University): "Cold Peace: Avoiding the New Cold War"
Michael Doyle is university professor at the University of Columbia (NYC), specializing in international relations theory, international security, and international organizations. Doyle previously served as assistant secretary-general and special adviser to United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan from 2001 to 2003. Doyle has been a member of the Council on Foreign Relations since 1992 and is the former chair of the Academic Council of the United Nations System. He has also been a vice president, senior fellow and a member (and chair) of the Board of Directors of the International Peace Institute between 1992 and 2018. He served as chair of the board of the UN Democracy Fund (UNDEF) from 2006–2013. In 2015, Doyle helped develop the Model International Mobility Convention which represents a shared framework among over 40 academics. This open lecture is part of the combined research colloquium of the Political Science & Sociology Departments of the JFK-I.
Ort: JFK-I Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin Room: 340
The Political Science Section of GAAS: Sources of Legitimacy - Rethinking US-American Democracy
Ort: John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin
Forschungskolloquium Literatur/Kultur: Richard Peña (Columbia University) spricht über "Brave New World: Yiddish Cinema in America"
Ort: John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin R201
Institutsratssitzung
Ort: Lansstr. 7-9, Raum 340 + Webex
Research Colloquium So3 - Andrea Binder (FU Berlin): "Offshore Finance: Scoping the Eurodollar System 1977-2022"
This open lecture is part of the combined research colloquium of the Political Science & Sociology Departments of the JFK-I. Please find the complete program here .
Ort: JFK-I Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin Room: 319
Forschungskolloquium Literatur/Kultur: Winfried Fluck (Freie Universität Berlin) spricht über "Critical Theories, Populist Utopias, and Unforeseen Developments: Changing Narratives about the Mass Media in American Studies"
Ort: John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin R201
[ONLINE] Research Colloquium So2 - David Schultz (Hamline University): “The Role of Swing States and Swing Voters in the Coming 2024 US Presidential Election”
This open lecture is part of the combined research colloquium of the Political Science & Sociology Departments of the JFK-I. Please find the complete program here .
Ort: Please note: This talk will be held online via Webex: https://fu-berlin.webex.com/fu-berlin/j.php?MTID=mb19df88615086670393278050407fb68
Forschungskolloquium Literatur/Kultur: Ruth Mayer (Leibniz Universität Hannover) spricht über "The Original Flapper is a Copy: Modernist Periodicals, Serial Circulation and the Modern Girl Multiplied"
Ort: John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin R201
Research Colloquium So1 - Mark Schwartz (University of Virginia): "Triffin reloaded: The matrix of contradictions around global quasi-state money"
This open lecture is part of the combined research colloquium of the Political Science & Sociology Departments of the JFK-I. Please find the complete program here .
Ort: JFK-I Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin Room: 319
Forschungskolloquium Literatur/Kultur: Iryna Yakovenko (Borys-Grinchenko-Universität Kyiv) spricht über "Chornobyl and the Exclusion Zone as a Lived Experience and a Trope in American Literature: From Nonfiction to Thrillers"
Ort: John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin R201
Forschungskolloquium Literatur/Kultur: Mahshid Mayar (Universität zu Köln) spricht über "The World in Pieces: Home, Empire, and Childhood in the 1890s"
Ort: John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin R201
Institutsratssitzung
Ort: Lansstr. 7-9, Raum 340 + Webex
Simon Voß am Society of Government Economists Annual Conference in Washington DC
Ort: American University Washington College of Law 4300 Nebraska Ave. NW, Washington, D.C.
Forschungskolloquium Literatur/Kultur: Scott Zukowski (Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz) spricht über "Freedom’s Journal and the Intermedial Power of Early Black Periodicals"
Ort: John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin R201
Prof. Max Steinhardt beim Econ. Forschungsseminar der University of Pittsburgh
Ort: Wesley W. Posvar Hall, 4940 230 S Bouquet St, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Simon Voss auf dem Workshop zur Mikroökonomie in Lüneburg
Ort: Leuphana Universität Lüneburg Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre Universitätsallee 1 21335 Lüneburg
Conference "To Be Continued:"The Novel and Forms of Narrative Continuation
Ort: John-F.-Kennedy-Institut, Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin R340
Research Colloqium S08 - Jared Sonnicksen (RWTH Aachen): The Places People Make. Re-Exploring Federal-Democratic Dynamics of State- Making in the U.S
This open lecture is part of the combined research colloquium of the Political Science & Sociology Departments of the JFK-I. You may find all lectures that are part of this series here , as well as an overview here .
Research Colloqium S07 - Clara Heinrich (JFK-I): BlackRock’s ‚Stakeholder Capitalism‘ On the Productive Power of the Structurally Privileged
This open lecture is part of the combined research colloquium of the Political Science & Sociology Departments of the JFK-I. You may find all lectures that are part of this series here , as well as an overview here .
Research Colloqium S06 - Margit Mayer (JFK-I, Emeriti): The Left in the US and the Democratic Party
This open lecture is part of the combined research colloquium of the Political Science & Sociology Departments of the JFK-I. You may find all lectures that are part of this series here , as well as an overview here .
Christoph Trebesch als Gastredner beim Research Seminar in Economics
Ort: Kaminzimmer Boltzmannstr. 16-20 14195 Berlin-Dahlem
Research Colloqium S05 - Michael Herron (Dartmouth): Evaluating claims of Election Malfeasance in 2020 and beyond
This open lecture is part of the combined research colloquium of the Political Science & Sociology Departments of the JFK-I. You may find all lectures that are part of this series here , as well as an overview here .
Ort: Room 319 John-F.-Kennedy-Institut für Nordamerikastudien Abteilung Politik Lansstraße 7-9 14195 Berlin
FMI Midterm Lecture: Ekaterina Pravilova (Princeton University) will give a talk on "The Ruble: A Political History"
Ort: Hörsaal B Friedrich-Meinecke-Institut Koserstr. 20 14195 Berlin
Research Colloqium S04 - James Wood (University of Cambridge): Does American Politics Research Have A Political Economy Problem? A Quantitative Text Analysis on How Political Science Is Economical on Economics, 1950-2018:
This open lecture is part of the combined research colloquium of the Political Science & Sociology Departments of the JFK-I. You may find all lectures that are part of this series here , as well as an overview here .
"Imagining Native American/Indigenous Futures" - Guest Lecture by David Treuer (University of Southern Carolina)
David Treuer , professor of English at the University of Southern Carolina, is giving a guest lecture at the Henry-Ford-Bau of the FU Berlin. This talk has been organized in cooperation with The American Academy in Berlin . The event can be attended without previous notice or reservation.
Ort: Freie Universität Berlin, Henry Ford Bau, Lecture Hall D (1st floor) Garystraße 35 14195 Berlin
Silke Übelmesser als Gastrednerin beim Research Seminar in Economics
Ort: Kaminzimmer Boltzmannstr. 16-20 14195 Berlin-Dahlem
Research Colloqium S03 - Mike Cowburn (GSNAS): Mock-Up PhD Thesis Defense
This open lecture is part of the combined research colloquium of the Political Science & Sociology Departments of the JFK-I. You may find all lectures that are part of this series here , as well as an overview here .
Max Steinhardt Max Steinhardt präsentiert seine Arbeit auf dem Workshop "The Political Economy of Migration Regimes"
Ort: Boltzmannstrasse 1, 14195 Berlin
Manuel Santos de Silva als Gastredner beim Research Seminar in Economics
Ort: Kaminzimmer Boltzmannstr. 16-20 14195 Berlin-Dahlem
Erik Haustein wird auf dem "Sozialwissenschaftlichen Forschungskolloquium" präsentieren
Ort: Freie Universität Berlin John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies Room 319 Lansstraße 7-9 14195 Berlin
Research Colloqium S02 - Erik Haustein (Helmut Schmidt University Hamburg): Do Natural Disasters Affect Household Saving? Evidence From the August 2002 Flood in Germany
This open lecture is part of the combined research colloquium of the Political Science & Sociology Departments of the JFK-I. You may find all lectures that are part of this series here , as well as an overview here .
Christian Lammert is joining the online panel: Lame Duck Presidency? Die USA nach den Zwischenwahlen
Ort: Online via ClickMeeting Please sign up here: https://atlantischeakademie.clickmeeting.com/usa-nach-der-wahl/register
Research Colloqium S01 - Danielle Kerrigan (McGill University): The benevolent landlord: Understanding Housing Policy towards landlords in Phoenix
This open lecture is part of the combined research colloquium of the Political Science & Sociology Departments of the JFK-I. You may find all lectures that are part of this series here , as well as an overview here .
Panel Discussion on "Populism, Political Movements and Challenges for Democracy in Canada"
Ort: The event is held in lecture hall -1.2009 in the "Holzlaube" on Fabeckstraße 23-25. Live stream at https://fu-berlin.webex.com/fu-berlin/j.php?MTID=m2f7474c65b4be71826daddc3bb2c572c
Mike Cowburn (GSNAS) spricht beim Atlantik Forum: "Whose Party is it Anyway? Intra-Party Politics in a Partisan Era"
Ort: Online via ClickMeeting, you can sign up here: https://atlantischeakademie.clickmeeting.com/atlantic-forum-whose-party-is-it-anyway-intra-party-politics-in-a-partisan-era/register
URANIA Berlin: Die USA vor den Kongresswahlen Richtungswahl mit innen- & außenpolitischen Konsequenzen
Ort: Urania Berlin An der Urania 17 10787 Berlin or via livestream
Penny Von Eschen (University of Virginia): Paradoxes of Nostalgia: Cold War Triumphalism and Global Disorder since 1989
Ort: JFKI, room 201
Orientierungswoche Bachelor & Master Nordamerikastudien 2022/23
Die diesjährige Orientierungswoche des John F. Kennedy Instituts für Nordamerikastudien findet an folgenden Terminen statt: Bachelor: Montag und Dienstag, 10. & 11 . Oktober 2022 Master: Mittwoch und Donnerstag, 12. & 13. Oktober 2022 Neu immatrikulierte Studierende können ohne vorherige Anmeldung oder Benachrichtigung vor Ort an den Orientierungstagen teilnehmen.
Ort: John F. Kennedy Institut für Nordamerikastudien Raum 340 Lansstraße 7-9 14195 Berlin