Organized by the Bavarian American Academy, Heike Paul hosted an event centered around the myth of the so-called "Lost Cause" in American Society today. For this, Heike Paul was joined by Sarah Churchwell (University of London) to talk about her book The Wrath to Come: Gone with the Wind and the Lies America Tells (2022) and the lost cause myth and its role, especially leading up to the 2024 presidential elections in November. A film screening of the documentary Ghosts of a Lost Cause (USA 2023, 30 min.) and a subsequent discussion with the two filmmakers Sherman Neil II and Gerry Seavo James (online) concluded the event.
For more information on the event see here.
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