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

In context of the Research Day 2022 at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Heike Paul will participate in a panel discussion addressing questions on...

Heike Paul is the speaker of the newly established research training group "The Sentimental in Literature, Culture, and Politics" at...