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May 18

Talk | "Singing Songs to the Presidents: Barbra Streisand's Civil Sentimentalism" | 21.05.2024

Heike Paul is giving a talk on Barbra Streisand and her history of singing to American presidents, discussing how this relates to civil...

Mar 27

Conference | EAAS Conference 2024 at Amerikahaus Munich | 04.-06.04.2024

On April 4, Heike Paul will open the 35th biennial conference of the European Association of American Studies (EAAS) , which is held at...

Jan 1

Event | Conference on "Dimensions of Doing Without" & Author Reading with Karen Duve | 1.-2.02.2024

In context of the project “Doing Without: Re-Shaping the Cultural Imaginary of the Affluent Society“ funded by the Bavarian Academy of...

Nov 24, 2023

Event | About James Baldwin: Film Screening and Conversation with Rich Blint | 6.12.2023

The Bavarian American Academy presents an event titled "James Baldwin: At Home and Abroad," hosted at the Amerikahaus München on December...

Nov 23, 2023

Event | Panel Discussion on Anachronisms in the U.S. Political System | 27.11.2023

Heike Paul and Boris Vormann (Bard College) are invited to a panel discussion in context of the lecture series "Mutprobe Demokratie" ('A...

Oct 26, 2023

Talk | "The Role of 'Doing Without' in Classical Hollywood Melodrama" | 03.11.23

Heike Paul is giving a talk which focuses on the interplay between fulfillment, on the one hand, and renouncing and doing without, on the...

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