As part of her ifk Fellowship, Heike Paul gives a talk on renunciation (Verzicht) in the context of American cultural history. The talk is held at the ifk Arkade on March 9, 6pm. For more, see here .

"Sentimental State(s)", edited by Heike Paul and Sarah Pritz, has been reviewed by Kathryn Starnes and listed as one of the Top 5 books of January 2026 by International Affairs. It is the third book in transcript’s Global Sentimentality series and contains contributions from GRK2726 members and fellows. For the blog entry see here and for the full review see here . The volume is available in print and open access here .

Heike Paul is interviewed by Melanie Mühl (F.A.Z.) about the role and presentation of women under Trump's second presidency. To read the full interview (in German), see here .

Heike Paul is invited to give a key note at the “Historical Fictions Research Conference 2026: Feelings and Emotions”, held at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg February 19-20. The title of her talk is “Historical Fiction and Historical Revisionism in the Age of Polarization.” For more information, see here .

Coming soon: A volume on "renunciation" as a key concept in current political, social, and scholarly discourses. The contributions offer a much-needed interdisciplinary discussion of the concept, problematizing and systematizing various semantics of renunciation in different areas of society, past and present. For more information, see here .

Heike Paul participates in a workshop on "USA 2025: Perspektiven auf Gesellschaft, Politik, Kultur und Wirtschaft im Lichte aktueller Entwicklungen" at the Akademie für Politische Bildung Tutzing. She gives a talk on "American Myths" and a talk on "Polarization in the U.S., Past and Present". For more information, see here .