The German Research Association (DFG) has extended the funding period for the research training group “The Sentimental in Literature, Culture, and Politics”, of which Heike Paul is the speaker. The research training group examines forms and functions of the sentimental in synchronic and diachronic perspectives, conceiving of the sentimental as a communicative and relational code which can draw on emotional knowledge and activate empathy. The disciplines collaborating in the r

Heike Paul is invited to give a talk as part of the lecture series "Machtmissbrauch", organized by the Women's Representatives of the the Faculty of Humanities, Social Scienes, and Theology, FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg. The talk is titled "Machtmissbrauch und #Metoo im Film: Wie Hollywood von sich selbst erzählt" and takes place on Wednesday, May 27, 6pm. For more information on the talk (in German) see here, and for more information on the lecture series, including the zoom link,

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 .

As an opening to the workshop "The Myths that Made America: Teaching American Studies" (held at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg on October 9-10,...

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

In context of the conference "Sentimental State(s) - Sentimental Politics of Order and Belonging" held in Erlangen from September 20-22, 2023, Heike Paul - together with Sarah Marak - talk about the United States' National Christmas Tree as a tradition that has been in place for already 100 years. The full title of the talk is "'Rally Around the Christmas Tree' - The Sentimental Politics of a Civil Religious Holiday" and it will be given as part of a panel on "The People's