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Sep 23

Workshop | "The Myths that Made America: Teaching American Studies" at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg | 09.-10.10.2024

Ten years after the publication of Heike Paul's seminal introduction to American studies The Myths that Made America (transcript, 2014),...

Jul 3

Event | "The Poetics and Politics of Family Feelings" | 03.-05.07.2024

Heike Paul is co-organizer of a joint workshop of the two research training groups "The Sentimental in Literature, Culture, and Politics"...

Jun 17

Talk | Future of American Studies Institute at Dartmouth: Talk about "Lost Cause"-Rhetoric | 18.06.2024

Heike Paul will be joining the Futures of American Studies Institute at Dartmouth College from June 16-22 for its 25th anniversary. Her...

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...

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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