Interview | Washington Post Article on Berlin subway stop "Onkel Tom's Hütte" | 27.11.22
Heike Paul was interviewed for an article by Meena Venkataramanan in the Washington Post, titled "A Berlin subway stop is called 'Uncle...
HP.
HEIKE
PAUL
Professor of
American Studies
About Heike Paul
Prof. Dr. Heike Paul is Chair of American Studies at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and director of the Bavarian American Academy.
Her current research focuses on Global Sentimentality, American myths as well as questions of gender and sustainability.
She is the recipient of the 2018 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Award.
Research Projects
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The Global Sentimentality Project
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America Unfound(ed): Decolonial American Studies
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Doing without: Re-Shaping the Cultural Imaginary of the Affluent Society
Recent Publications
By Heike Paul
Wallstein, 2021
Amerikanischer Staatsbürgersentimentalismus
Sentimentalism in American political culture has been a firmly established pattern for generating public sentiment and community building since the founding of the United States, and it often occurs with particular poignancy in times of crisis. This book discusses Donald Trump's departure from the conventions of sentimental political symbolism as the backdrop for the invigoration of a sentimental activism against his presidency and his politics that is displayed in public articulations of grief, compassion, and empathy.
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