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 .

In her talk titled "The Myths That Made America – Revisited" at the University of Cologne, Heike Paul discusses the popular and powerful narratives of US-American national beginnings which have shaped discourses on 'Americanness'. With attention to current U.S. politics, Heike Paul explores American culture(s) through foundational myths such as the myth of Columbus' 'discovery' of America, the myth of the Founding Fathers, or the myth of the self-made man.   For more informat

Heike Paul looks at mythologized tales of American beginnings and analyzes the narratives of the "Lost Colony" and the "Lost Cause" in...