Heike Paul is invited to give a keynote, titled "American Myths in the Age of Re(tro)visionism", at the conference "Morphing America", organized by the PAAS (Polish Association for American Studies). The conference takes place at the University of Szczecin from September 16 to September 18. For more information, see here.

Heike Paul was interviewed by Doris Schäfer-Noske for "Kultur heute" (Deutschlandfunk) about the exhibition "Chimes of Freedom: Protest, Patriotism & the Power of Song" at the new Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music on the Monmouth College campus in New Jersey. To listen to the full conversation, see here.

Together with Katrin Kinzelbach and Leonard Stöcklein, Heike Paul participates in a roundtable on “Research under Pressure”. The discussion is part of the program for the “Tag der Forschung” (Researchers’ Day), organized by the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Theology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. For more information (in German), see here.

As one of the project leaders of the newly established research group "Neoimperialismus als Herausforderung der Gegenwart" (Neoimperalism as the Challenge of the Present), Heike Paul participates in its kick-off event. Following a talk by Jörn Leonhard, Heike Paul takes part in a discussion with Jörn Leonhard and fellow project leaders Martin Schulze Wessel and Carlo Masala. For more information (in German), see here. All Pictures © BAdW / Philipp Gülland

For an episode of the podcast SWR Kultur Forum, Karsten Umlauf talks to Heike Paul, Elisabeth Bronfen, and Till Kadritzke about the self-representation of the U.S. in Hollywood cinema. The episode is available via ARD Sounds as well as on other common platforms for podcasts. For more information and to listen to the episode, see here.

Together with Martin Schulze-Wessel and Carlo Masala, Heike Paul joins the new research group “Neoimperialismus als Herausforderung der Gegenwart“ (Neoimperalism as the Challenge of the Present) at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BAdW) as a PI. The research group runs from 2026 to 2029. For more information (in German), see here. © BAdW / Philipp Gülland