Events
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 .
Location: Room 319 John-F.-Kennedy-Institut für Nordamerikastudien Abteilung Politik Lansstraße 7-9 14195 Berlin
Christoph Trebesch at the Research Seminar in Economics
Location: Kaminzimmer Boltzmannstr. 16-20 14195 Berlin-Dahlem
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 .
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 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 .
FMI Midterm Lecture: Ekaterina Pravilova (Princeton University) will give a talk on "The Ruble: A Political History"
Location: 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.
Location: Freie Universität Berlin, Henry Ford Bau, Lecture Hall D (1st floor) Garystraße 35 14195 Berlin
Silke Übelmesser at the Research Seminar in Economics
Location: Kaminzimmer Boltzmannstr. 16-20 14195 Berlin-Dahlem
Research Colloqium S03 - Mike Cowburn (GSNAS): Partisan Polarization in Congressional Nominations: How Ideological & Factional Primaries Influence Candidate Positions
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 presents his work at the "Political Economy of Migration Regimes: Origin and Destination Country Perspectives" Workshop
Location: Boltzmannstrasse 1, 14195 Berlin
Manuel Santos de Silva at the Research Seminar in Economics
Location: Kaminzimmer Boltzmannstr. 16-20 14195 Berlin-Dahlem
Erik Haustein at the "Social Science Research Colloquium"
Location: 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
Location: 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"
Location: 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) speaks at the Atlantik Forum: "Whose Party is it Anyway? Intra-Party Politics in a Partisan Era"
Location: 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
Penny Von Eschen (University of Virginia): Paradoxes of Nostalgia: Cold War Triumphalism and Global Disorder since 1989
Location: JFKI, room 201
Orientation Week Bachelor & Master in North American Studies 2022/23
This year's orientation week at the John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies will take place on the following dates: Bachelor: Monday and Tuesday, October 10th & 11th, 2022 Master: Wednesday and Thursday, October 12th & 13th, 2022 Newly enrolled students can just attend the orientation days without prior registration or notification.
Location: John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies Room 340 Lansstraße 7-9 14195 Berlin
Workshop: Media, Discourses, and Practices in the African Atlantic
Location: Room 340
Research Colloquium S05: Curd Knüpfer (JFKI): Right-Wing Counterpublics
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 .
Location: John F. Kennedy Institute Room 319 Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin
History Research Colloquium: Dorothee Schwieters (University of Cologne) will give a talk on "In Harm's Way: Five Decades of Environmental Justice Struggle in Houston, TX"
Location: Seminar Room 201 John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin
Canceled: Research Colloquium Culture & Literature: Gabriele Schwab (University of California, Irvine)
Location: Room 340
Research Colloquium S08: Christian Lammert / Sebeastian-Kohl: Collaboration Project Brainstorming
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 .
Location: John F. Kennedy Institute Room 319 Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin
History Research Colloquium: Tiffany Florvil (University of New Mexico) will hold a talk on "Mobilizing Black Germany: Afro-German Women and the Making of a Transnational Movement"
Location: Seminar Room 201 John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin
Research Seminar in Economics: Tobias Heidland (Kiel University & ifw)
Location: 202 Sitzungsraum / Kaminzimmer Boltzmannstr. 16-20 14195 Berlin
William Glass - Protest and Change in a Democracy: The Civil Rights Movement
Prof. William Glass from the University of Warsaws American Studies Center is giving a lecture in conjuncture with Dr. Thomas Grevens seminar American Politics and Film . The lecture titled " Protest and Change in a Democracy: The Civil Rights Movement " is open to the public and will be held in room 340 at the John F. Kennedy Institute.
Location: Room 340 John F. Kennedy Institute Lansstraße 7-9 14195 Berlin
Research Colloqium S07: Ernesto Domínguez López (University of Havanna) hält einen Vortrag zu " Right-Wing Populism in the US: Cultures and Trends"
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 .
Location: John F. Kennedy Institute Room 319 Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin
History Research Colloquium: Philip Wendler (University of Hamburg) will give a talk on "The German Migration Research Network: An International, Digital Teaching-Learning Approach"
Location: Seminar Room 201 John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin
Rodrigo Nunes (PUC-Rio): "Why a Theory of Political Organization?"
Location: Room 340 John F. Kennedy Institute, Lansstr. 7-9, 14195 Berlin
Research Seminar in Economics: Alessandra Casarico (Bocconi University)
Location: 202 Sitzungsraum / Kaminzimmer Boltzmannstr. 16-20 14195 Berlin
Research Colloquium Culture & Literature: Karen Ruoff (Kramer) (Stanford University)
Location: Room 340
Resilient Colors - Photo Exhibition
Location: Foyer in front of the library John F. Kennedy Institute Lansstr. 7-9, 14199 Berlin
Research Colloquium S06: Hannah Pool (Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies): Financial Passages - The Role of Money and Borders in Undocumented Migration
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 .
Location: John F. Kennedy Institute Room 319 Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin
History Research Colloquium: David Thomson (Sacred Heart University) will give a talk on "Bonds of War: How Civil War Financial Agents Sold the World on the Union"
Location: Seminar Room 201 John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin
Towards Anti-Racist and Anti-Sexist Teaching at the JFKI - Workshop 3
Location: Online via webex.
American Grids: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Housing, Energy, and Infrastructure
Location: Room 340 J.F.Kennedy Institute Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin
International Graduate Workshop 2022 hosted by the GSNAS
Location: Lansstr. 7-9, 14195 Berlin
Research Colloquium Culture & Literature: Evangelia Kindinger (Humboldt Universität Berlin)
Location: Room 340
Research Colloquium S04: Inaugural lectures: Sebastian Kohl, Céline Teney
This open lecture is part of the combined research colloquium of the Political Science & Sociology Departments of the JFK-I. Information about the inaugural lecture can be found here . You may find all lectures that are part of this series here , as well as an overview here .
Location: John F. Kennedy Institute Room 319 Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin
Research Colloquium Culture & Literature: MaryAnn Snyder-Körber (Universität Würzburg)
Location: Room 340
Poetry Reading and Film Screening "Audre Lorde: the Berlin Years 1984-1992"
Location: JFKI, room 340
Research Colloquium Culture & Literature: JoAnne Mancini (Maynooth University / TERRA Visiting Professor)
Location: Room 340
Research Colloquium S03: Hans Noel (Georgetown University) will give a talk on "The Dynamics of Ideology: How Donald Trump could change what it means to be “conservative” in the United States"
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 .
Location: John F. Kennedy Institute Room 319 Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin
EXTRA SESSION Research Colloquium Culture & Literature: Brett Mills (University of East Anglia)
Location: Raum 319
History Research Colloquium: Thomas Schira (University of Trier) will give a talk on "Imagining Alterity: The Historicity and Transformation of Knowledge in John Jewitt's Captivity Narrative (1807-2015)"
Location: Seminar Room 201 John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin
Richard Peña (Columbia University / Director Emeritus, New York Film Festival) "Altered Visions: The Rise of the American Avant-Garde"
Location: Room 340
Research Colloquium Culture & Literature: Marie-Jeanne Rossignol (Université Paris Diderot)
Location: Room 340
Research Colloquium S02: Kenton Card (UCLA): Housing Politics from the Streets to the Statehouse: Comparing Policies and Movements in Los Angeles and Berlin 2008-2020
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 .
Location: John F. Kennedy Institute Room 319 Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin
History Research Colloquium: Andrew Johnston (Visiting Professor from Carleton University) will give a talk on "The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, the First World War, and the Origins of 'Human Security'"
Location: Seminar Room 201 John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin
Jane Elliott (Kings College London) will give a talk on "Live Models and the Agony of Allocative Choice”
Location: The lecture will be held on Zoom. For more on the event and how to register, please visit the homepage of the research network: https://model-aesthetics.com/events/
Mary Morgan (LSE) will give a talk on "Narrative Practices with Models”
Location: The lecture will be held on Zoom. For more on the event and how to register, please visit the homepage of the research network: https://model-aesthetics.com/events/
Research Colloquium Culture & Literature: Fabián Orán Llarena (Universidad de La Laguna)
Location: Room 340
Research Colloquium S01: Christian Güse - Guarantueeing the Flow
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 .
Location: John F. Kennedy Institute Room 319 Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin
History Research Colloquium: Jacob Birken (University of Cologne) will give a talk on "Timeless Designs: The Material Culture of 19th Century US Utopianism"
Location: Seminar Room 201 John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin
Research Colloquium Culture & Literature: Leigh Claire La Berge (City University of New York | Humboldt Fellow)
Location: Room 340
Book Presentation: "Le président est-il devenu fou?" by Patrick Weil moderated by Prof. Gienow-Hecht
Research Colloquium Culture & Literature: Matthew D. Morrison (New York University | DHC Fellow)
Location: Room 340
Towards Anti-Racist and Anti-Sexist Teaching at the JFKI - Workshop 2
Location: Online via webex.
Canceled: Research Colloquium Culture & Literature: Scott Zukowski (Universität Graz)
Location: Room 340
1st Berlin Workshop on Empirical Public Economics: Preferences and Public Policy
Location: John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies Lansstraße 7-9, 14195 Berlin
Student Council / FSI Meeting #04 (2022)
Join the Student Council (Fachschafts Initiative) of the JFK-I and inform yourself about the political happenings in and around your university and our institute, help identify and tackle problems within that system and also meet a merry bunch of perpetually angry (but fun !) student colleagues, that want to make these institutions better than they are today!
Towards Anti-Racist and Anti-Sexist Teaching at the JFKI - Workshop 1
Location: Online via webex.
Rebecca Brückmann (Ruhr-Universität Bochum) – Where's Your Manhood? - White Women and White Supremacy in 20th Century U.S. History
Rinvorlesung WS21/22 - Lecture #15
Peihua Deng (FU Berlin) - Income inequality and SWB in China
Rinvorlesung WS21/22 - Lecture #14
Student Council / FSI Meeting #03 (2022)
Join the Student Council (Fachschafts Initiative) of the JFK-I and inform yourself about the political happenings in and around your university and our institute, help identify and tackle problems within that system and also meet a merry bunch of perpetually angry (but fun !) student colleagues, that want to make these institutions better than they are today!
Tommy Curry (University of Edinburgh) – Misandric Aggression as a Managerial Strategy: How the Death and Dying of Black Men in the United States is Necessary to Racist Hierarchy
Rinvorlesung WS21/22 - Lecture #13
Luca Stella (FU Berlin) - Unhealthy Sleep Assimilation
Rinvorlesung WS21/22 - Lecture #12
Workshop “The Socioeconomics of Housing and Finance – Evidence from the US and Europe"
Location: John-F.-Kennedy-Institut room 319, 340 2. OG Lansstraße 7-9 14195 Berlin
1st Berlin Workshop on Empirical Public Economics: Preferences and Public Policy
Location: John-F.-Kennedy-Institut Raum 319, 340 2. OG Lansstraße 7-9 14195 Berlin
Joy Milligan (University of Virginia) - Racism, the American State, and the Constitution: Can the Harms Be Repaired?
Rinvorlesung WS21/22 - Lecture #11
Student Council / FSI Meeting #02 (2022)
Join the Student Council (Fachschafts Initiative) of the JFK-I and inform yourself about the political happenings in and around your university and our institute, help identify and tackle problems within that system and also meet a merry bunch of perpetually angry (but fun !) student colleagues, that want to make these institutions better than they are today!
James Dorson (FU Berlin) – The Monster as Metaphor for Inequality
Rinvorlesung WS21/22 - Lecture #10
Student Council / FSI Meeting #01 (2022)
Join the Student Council (Fachschafts Initiative) of the JFK-I and inform yourself about the political happenings in and around your university and our institute, help identify and tackle problems within that system and also meet a merry bunch of perpetually angry (but fun !) student colleagues, that want to make these institutions better than they are today!
Max Klose (FU Berlin) - Gender, Race, and Darwinism
Rinvorlesung WS21/22 - Lecture #9
Student Council / FSI Meeting #23 (2021)
Join the Student Council (Fachschafts Initiative) of the JFK-I and inform yourself about the political happenings in and around your university and our institute, help identify and tackle problems within that system and also meet a merry bunch of perpetually angry (but fun !) student colleagues, that want to make these institutions better than they are today!
Leigh Claire La Berge (City University of New York) "Decommodified Labor: Work and Culture after the Wage"
Location: Online via Webex: https://fu-berlin.webex.com/fu-berlin-en/j.php?MTID=m1ef3109a105de58a69997cc907c47160
CANCELLED: Matthias Erdbeer (Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster): “Notes on Modelling: A Poetics of Conceptual Representation"
Location: Online via webex: https://fu-berlin.webex.com/fu-berlin-en/j.php?MTID=m5328f7e562eb4581fe1d067a7f6f0532
Laura Kettel (FU Berlin) - Unequal Streets: Homelessness Policy in the American City
Rinvorlesung WS21/22 - Lecture #8