Heike Paul’s talk “Gefühlte Aufklärung? Politische Emotionen und die amerikanische Demokratie" has been uploaded under the title „Declaration of Independence – Der Stellenwert von Gefühlen in der US-Politik“ by Deutschlandfunk Nova. The recording is available in the Deutschlandfunk App, on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and in the ARD Mediatheque. Heike Paul originally gave the talk on 18 March 2026 as part of the lecture series “Umkämpftes Vermächtnis: Die ›Declaration of Indepen

Heike Paul was interviewed for the audio documentary “Skinny – Körper und Kontrolle”, published by the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BAdW). The documentary consists of three episodes; the second and third feature Heike Paul as a speaker. It is available (in German) in the mediatheque of the BAdW as well as on other common platforms for podcasts. For more information (in German), see here.

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,

As part of the seminar “Writing America: The United States at 250”, organized by the Centro Studi Americani in Rome, Heike Paul is invited to give two talks and participate in a roundtable discussion. On Tuesday, May 12, Heike Paul gives a talk on “Narratives of American Beginnings: ‘Lost Colonies’ and Historical Imagination.” Her second talk, on Wednesday, May 13, is about “Civil Sentimentalism versus ‘Toxic Empathy’: Affective Politics of Order and Belonging.” Additionally,

Heike Paul is invited to give a talk on “The Frontier Myth” at the University of Zurich on April 13. The guest lecture is part of Nicole Koenigsknecht’s seminar “(Re)imagining the American West.”

Heike Paul is invited to give a talk as part of the lecture series “Umkämpftes Vermächtnis: Die ›Declaration of Independence‹ als lebendige Tradition, 1776–2026” at the John McCloy Transatlantic Forum of the Forschungskolleg Humanwissenschaften, Bad Homburg. Registration until 12 March ( anmeldung@forschungskolleg-humanwissenschaften.de ). For more, see here .