Christoph Straub
@cstraub.bsky.social
Managing Director #BavarianAmericanAcademy at @amerikahaus.de. American Studies | Research Management | Communication. Views = my own; reposts ≠ endorsements. he/him
Happy New Year! ✨
At the #BavarianAmericanAcademy, we look back on another eventful and very successful year. For 2026, we are extending only our best wishes: Have a happy, successful, and fulfilling New Year! 🍀
At the #BavarianAmericanAcademy, we look back on another eventful and very successful year. For 2026, we are extending only our best wishes: Have a happy, successful, and fulfilling New Year! 🍀
January 1, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Happy New Year! ✨
At the #BavarianAmericanAcademy, we look back on another eventful and very successful year. For 2026, we are extending only our best wishes: Have a happy, successful, and fulfilling New Year! 🍀
At the #BavarianAmericanAcademy, we look back on another eventful and very successful year. For 2026, we are extending only our best wishes: Have a happy, successful, and fulfilling New Year! 🍀
#CfA: We are excited to invite doctoral researchers & junior faculty to apply for the BAA Summer Academy 2026! It takes place from June 1-8 in Tutzing and is organized by the #BavarianAmericanAcademy and @apbtutzing.bsky.social.
📅 Deadline: Sun, Feb 15, 2026
💡 Details: t1p.de/usziz
📣 Share widely!
📅 Deadline: Sun, Feb 15, 2026
💡 Details: t1p.de/usziz
📣 Share widely!
December 19, 2025 at 12:49 PM
#CfA: We are excited to invite doctoral researchers & junior faculty to apply for the BAA Summer Academy 2026! It takes place from June 1-8 in Tutzing and is organized by the #BavarianAmericanAcademy and @apbtutzing.bsky.social.
📅 Deadline: Sun, Feb 15, 2026
💡 Details: t1p.de/usziz
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📅 Deadline: Sun, Feb 15, 2026
💡 Details: t1p.de/usziz
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#SaveTheDate: Am 21.01. diskutieren Patrick Cramer (Präsident, @maxplanck.de), Johannes Grave (Vizepräsident, @dfg.de) & Robert Schlögl (Präsident, @humboldt-foundation.de) mit BAA-Direktorin Kerstin Schmidt im @amerikahaus.de zum Thema "#AcademicFreedom on the Line".
➡️ Mehr erfahren: t1p.de/4o3gt
➡️ Mehr erfahren: t1p.de/4o3gt
December 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
#SaveTheDate: Am 21.01. diskutieren Patrick Cramer (Präsident, @maxplanck.de), Johannes Grave (Vizepräsident, @dfg.de) & Robert Schlögl (Präsident, @humboldt-foundation.de) mit BAA-Direktorin Kerstin Schmidt im @amerikahaus.de zum Thema "#AcademicFreedom on the Line".
➡️ Mehr erfahren: t1p.de/4o3gt
➡️ Mehr erfahren: t1p.de/4o3gt
On Wednesday, December 3, 2025, we had the great pleasure of welcoming Prof. Dr. Alys Eve Weinbaum (University of Washington, Seattle) to @amerikahaus.de.
December 4, 2025 at 10:20 AM
On Wednesday, December 3, 2025, we had the great pleasure of welcoming Prof. Dr. Alys Eve Weinbaum (University of Washington, Seattle) to @amerikahaus.de.
Join us at 6pm tonight at @amerikahaus.de for a talk with Prof. Alys Eve Weinbaum (U of Washington)!
➡️ Learn more & register: t1p.de/cpqfh
The event is organized by the #BavarianAmericanAcademy in cooperation the University of Augsburg and @fau.de.
➡️ Learn more & register: t1p.de/cpqfh
The event is organized by the #BavarianAmericanAcademy in cooperation the University of Augsburg and @fau.de.
#SaveTheDate: On December 3, 2025, the #BavarianAmericanAcademy cordially invites you to a public talk by Prof. Alys Eve Weinbaum (U of Washington, Seattle) at @amerikahaus.de. The event is organized in cooperation with the University of Augsburg and @fau.de.
➡️ Learn more & register: t1p.de/cpqfh
➡️ Learn more & register: t1p.de/cpqfh
December 3, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Join us at 6pm tonight at @amerikahaus.de for a talk with Prof. Alys Eve Weinbaum (U of Washington)!
➡️ Learn more & register: t1p.de/cpqfh
The event is organized by the #BavarianAmericanAcademy in cooperation the University of Augsburg and @fau.de.
➡️ Learn more & register: t1p.de/cpqfh
The event is organized by the #BavarianAmericanAcademy in cooperation the University of Augsburg and @fau.de.
Join us next Wed, Dec. 3, 2025, at @amerikahaus.de for a talk with Prof. Dr. Alys Eve Weinbaum (U Washington, Seattle)! Focusing on a novella by Rivers Solomon, she will delineate the significance of collectively holding individually embodied historical trauma.
➡️ Learn more & register: t1p.de/cpqfh
➡️ Learn more & register: t1p.de/cpqfh
November 27, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Join us next Wed, Dec. 3, 2025, at @amerikahaus.de for a talk with Prof. Dr. Alys Eve Weinbaum (U Washington, Seattle)! Focusing on a novella by Rivers Solomon, she will delineate the significance of collectively holding individually embodied historical trauma.
➡️ Learn more & register: t1p.de/cpqfh
➡️ Learn more & register: t1p.de/cpqfh
#CfA: We are excited to announce the #BavarianAmericanAcademy's Fellowship Program 2026! (Post-)Doctoral researchers affiliated with a Bavarian university and working within a discipline represented in the BAA are invited to apply!
📅 Deadline: Feb 15, 2026
👉 Details: t1p.de/3p8lz
📢 Share widely!
📅 Deadline: Feb 15, 2026
👉 Details: t1p.de/3p8lz
📢 Share widely!
November 19, 2025 at 8:16 AM
#CfA: We are excited to announce the #BavarianAmericanAcademy's Fellowship Program 2026! (Post-)Doctoral researchers affiliated with a Bavarian university and working within a discipline represented in the BAA are invited to apply!
📅 Deadline: Feb 15, 2026
👉 Details: t1p.de/3p8lz
📢 Share widely!
📅 Deadline: Feb 15, 2026
👉 Details: t1p.de/3p8lz
📢 Share widely!
#SaveTheDate: On December 3, 2025, the #BavarianAmericanAcademy cordially invites you to a public talk by Prof. Alys Eve Weinbaum (U of Washington, Seattle) at @amerikahaus.de. The event is organized in cooperation with the University of Augsburg and @fau.de.
➡️ Learn more & register: t1p.de/cpqfh
➡️ Learn more & register: t1p.de/cpqfh
October 30, 2025 at 4:37 PM
#SaveTheDate: On December 3, 2025, the #BavarianAmericanAcademy cordially invites you to a public talk by Prof. Alys Eve Weinbaum (U of Washington, Seattle) at @amerikahaus.de. The event is organized in cooperation with the University of Augsburg and @fau.de.
➡️ Learn more & register: t1p.de/cpqfh
➡️ Learn more & register: t1p.de/cpqfh
On Monday, October 6, 2025, the #BavarianAmericanAcademy had the pleasure of hosting an intriguing conversation among BAA-Honorary Member Werner Sollors (@harvard.edu ) and @danielgwydion.bsky.social (@swanseauni.bsky.social).
October 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
On Monday, October 6, 2025, the #BavarianAmericanAcademy had the pleasure of hosting an intriguing conversation among BAA-Honorary Member Werner Sollors (@harvard.edu ) and @danielgwydion.bsky.social (@swanseauni.bsky.social).
Join us on Monday at 7pm at @amerikahaus.de for an evening w/ Werner Sollors (@harvard.edu) & @danielgwydion.bsky.social (@swanseauni.bsky.social)!
Curious about what to expect? Read @chrisirmscher.bsky.social's article in the @harvardmagazine.bsky.social:
www.harvardmagazine.com/2024/12/harv...
Curious about what to expect? Read @chrisirmscher.bsky.social's article in the @harvardmagazine.bsky.social:
www.harvardmagazine.com/2024/12/harv...
#SaveTheDate: On Oct 6, you are cordially invited to join us for an evening with Werner Sollors (@harvard.edu). On the occasion of the publication of "The Werner Sollors Reader," the literary scholar will visit @amerikahaus.de to discuss his work with Daniel G. Williams (@swanseauni.bsky.social).
October 1, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Join us on Monday at 7pm at @amerikahaus.de for an evening w/ Werner Sollors (@harvard.edu) & @danielgwydion.bsky.social (@swanseauni.bsky.social)!
Curious about what to expect? Read @chrisirmscher.bsky.social's article in the @harvardmagazine.bsky.social:
www.harvardmagazine.com/2024/12/harv...
Curious about what to expect? Read @chrisirmscher.bsky.social's article in the @harvardmagazine.bsky.social:
www.harvardmagazine.com/2024/12/harv...
#SaveTheDate: On Oct 6, you are cordially invited to join us for an evening with Werner Sollors (@harvard.edu). On the occasion of the publication of "The Werner Sollors Reader," the literary scholar will visit @amerikahaus.de to discuss his work with Daniel G. Williams (@swanseauni.bsky.social).
September 11, 2025 at 6:54 AM
#SaveTheDate: On Oct 6, you are cordially invited to join us for an evening with Werner Sollors (@harvard.edu). On the occasion of the publication of "The Werner Sollors Reader," the literary scholar will visit @amerikahaus.de to discuss his work with Daniel G. Williams (@swanseauni.bsky.social).
🎓 From July 16 to 23, 2025, BavarianAmericanAcademy's 13th Summer Academy took place in Montreal, QC 🇨🇦, allowing participants to engage with the topic "North American Narratives of Crisis and Repair, Past and Present."
July 24, 2025 at 1:23 PM
🎓 From July 16 to 23, 2025, BavarianAmericanAcademy's 13th Summer Academy took place in Montreal, QC 🇨🇦, allowing participants to engage with the topic "North American Narratives of Crisis and Repair, Past and Present."
⏳ Just two more days before the 13th BAA Summer Academy begins! The summer school brings together 16 early career researchers and 10 faculty members from Europe and North America at Goethe-Institut Montreal to discuss the topic "North American Narratives of #Crisis and #Repair, Past and Present."
July 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
The final preparations for the 23rd Annual Conference of the #BavarianAmericanAcademy are in full swing: From Thu to Sat, scholars from various disciplines and both sides of the Atlantic will come together in Munich to discuss various dimensions of the topic "Labor, Union, and the Future of Work".
July 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The final preparations for the 23rd Annual Conference of the #BavarianAmericanAcademy are in full swing: From Thu to Sat, scholars from various disciplines and both sides of the Atlantic will come together in Munich to discuss various dimensions of the topic "Labor, Union, and the Future of Work".
Next Fri, Sherry Lee Linkon (Georgetown U) will deliver the second keynote of the BAA-Conference "Labor, Unions, and the Future of Work," speaking about ways in which Black women have been pushing back on the erasure of Black lives and communities in narratives of deindustrialization in the US.
July 4, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Next Fri, Sherry Lee Linkon (Georgetown U) will deliver the second keynote of the BAA-Conference "Labor, Unions, and the Future of Work," speaking about ways in which Black women have been pushing back on the erasure of Black lives and communities in narratives of deindustrialization in the US.
On the opening evening of this year's BAA Conference "Labor, Unions, and the Future of Work", we are looking forward to a keynote lecture with Prof. Dr. Colin Crouch (@uni-of-warwick.bsky.social | @mpifg.bsky.social). The sociologist will ask: What do industrial relations systems look like today?
July 3, 2025 at 12:13 PM
On the opening evening of this year's BAA Conference "Labor, Unions, and the Future of Work", we are looking forward to a keynote lecture with Prof. Dr. Colin Crouch (@uni-of-warwick.bsky.social | @mpifg.bsky.social). The sociologist will ask: What do industrial relations systems look like today?
We are excited that, in just over a week, the 23rd International Conference of the #BavarianAmericanAcademy begins, bringing scholars and practitioners from both sides of the Atlantic together to discuss the topic "Labor, Unions, and the Future of Work"!
➡️Learn more: t1p.de/oy585
➡️Learn more: t1p.de/oy585
July 2, 2025 at 10:16 AM
We are excited that, in just over a week, the 23rd International Conference of the #BavarianAmericanAcademy begins, bringing scholars and practitioners from both sides of the Atlantic together to discuss the topic "Labor, Unions, and the Future of Work"!
➡️Learn more: t1p.de/oy585
➡️Learn more: t1p.de/oy585
#SaveTheDate: On Thu, July 3, Prof. Alys Weinbaum (U of Washington) will present a public keynote lecture at @fau.de, exploring the affordances of dystopian novels to speak directly and eloquently to questions of both reproductive dispossession and reproductive freedom.
➡️ Learn more: t1p.de/wytje
➡️ Learn more: t1p.de/wytje
June 20, 2025 at 11:24 AM
#SaveTheDate: On Thu, July 3, Prof. Alys Weinbaum (U of Washington) will present a public keynote lecture at @fau.de, exploring the affordances of dystopian novels to speak directly and eloquently to questions of both reproductive dispossession and reproductive freedom.
➡️ Learn more: t1p.de/wytje
➡️ Learn more: t1p.de/wytje
📅 #SaveTheDate: From July 10-12, 2025, the 23rd international conference of the #BavarianAmericanAcademy takes place at @amerikahaus.de in #Munich, bringing scholars from various disciplines and from both sides of the Atlantic together to explore the topic "Labor, Unions, and the Future of Work."
June 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
📅 #SaveTheDate: From July 10-12, 2025, the 23rd international conference of the #BavarianAmericanAcademy takes place at @amerikahaus.de in #Munich, bringing scholars from various disciplines and from both sides of the Atlantic together to explore the topic "Labor, Unions, and the Future of Work."
📣 #CfA Reminder: Until Friday, we accept submissions for the 2025 AGBC Travel Grant. We invite applications by (post-)doctoral researchers working on projects with a transatlantic focus/transatlantic dimensions, who will benefit from a #ResearchStay in the US. 🎓
➡️ www.amerikahaus.de/bayerische-a...
➡️ www.amerikahaus.de/bayerische-a...
#CfA: Are you working on a doctoral or post-doctoral project that requires research in the #US? The American-German Business Club Munich and the #BAA invite emerging scholars to apply for the 2025 AGBC Travel Grant! 🎓
📅 Deadline: May 30, 2025
👉 www.amerikahaus.de/bayerische-a...
📣 Share widely!
📅 Deadline: May 30, 2025
👉 www.amerikahaus.de/bayerische-a...
📣 Share widely!
May 27, 2025 at 8:07 AM
📣 #CfA Reminder: Until Friday, we accept submissions for the 2025 AGBC Travel Grant. We invite applications by (post-)doctoral researchers working on projects with a transatlantic focus/transatlantic dimensions, who will benefit from a #ResearchStay in the US. 🎓
➡️ www.amerikahaus.de/bayerische-a...
➡️ www.amerikahaus.de/bayerische-a...
Last night, the #BAA had the pleasure of hosting an evening with poet & scholar Tsitsi Jaji (@duke-university.bsky.social). Prof. Jaji read some of her new poems, elaborated on her poetic practice, and engaged in an intriguing conversation with @nathalieaghoro.bsky.social (@lmumuenchen.bsky.social).
May 21, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Last night, the #BAA had the pleasure of hosting an evening with poet & scholar Tsitsi Jaji (@duke-university.bsky.social). Prof. Jaji read some of her new poems, elaborated on her poetic practice, and engaged in an intriguing conversation with @nathalieaghoro.bsky.social (@lmumuenchen.bsky.social).
Reposted by Christoph Straub
What an inspiring evening and conversation on ecopetics and diasporic kinship with the poet and scholar Tsitsi Ella Jaji who read new poems and pieces from her collections Mother Tongues and Beating the Graves nupress.northwestern.edu/978081014135...
www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978...
www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978...
May 20, 2025 at 9:32 PM
What an inspiring evening and conversation on ecopetics and diasporic kinship with the poet and scholar Tsitsi Ella Jaji who read new poems and pieces from her collections Mother Tongues and Beating the Graves nupress.northwestern.edu/978081014135...
www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978...
www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978...
Join us tomorrow evening at @amerikahaus.de for a poetry reading and discussion with Tsitsi Jaji (@duke-university.bsky.social)!
➡️ Info & Registration: www.amerikahaus.de/en/exhibitio...
➡️ Info & Registration: www.amerikahaus.de/en/exhibitio...
#SaveTheDate: On Tue, May 20, at 7 pm, we cordially invite you to @amerikahaus.de for an evening with Tsitsi Jaji (@duke-university.bsky.social). Jaji will present some of her new poetic work, which takes inspiration from Shona clan poetry.
➡️ Info & Registration: www.amerikahaus.de/ausstellunge...
➡️ Info & Registration: www.amerikahaus.de/ausstellunge...
May 19, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Join us tomorrow evening at @amerikahaus.de for a poetry reading and discussion with Tsitsi Jaji (@duke-university.bsky.social)!
➡️ Info & Registration: www.amerikahaus.de/en/exhibitio...
➡️ Info & Registration: www.amerikahaus.de/en/exhibitio...
📢 #JobOpportunity: Das GRK "Das Sentimentale in Literatur, Kultur und Politik" an der @fau.de (Sprecherin: Heike Paul; gefördert von der @dfg.de) sucht zum 1. Sep 2025 eine*n Koordinator*in in Teilzeit (50%).
📅 Bewerbungsfrist: 20. Juni 2025
Details: www.sentimental.phil.fau.de/2025/05/13/o...
📅 Bewerbungsfrist: 20. Juni 2025
Details: www.sentimental.phil.fau.de/2025/05/13/o...
May 14, 2025 at 6:48 AM
📢 #JobOpportunity: Das GRK "Das Sentimentale in Literatur, Kultur und Politik" an der @fau.de (Sprecherin: Heike Paul; gefördert von der @dfg.de) sucht zum 1. Sep 2025 eine*n Koordinator*in in Teilzeit (50%).
📅 Bewerbungsfrist: 20. Juni 2025
Details: www.sentimental.phil.fau.de/2025/05/13/o...
📅 Bewerbungsfrist: 20. Juni 2025
Details: www.sentimental.phil.fau.de/2025/05/13/o...
#JobOpportunity: The RTG "The
#Sentimental in Literature, Culture, and Politics" at @fau.de (speaker: former BAA-Director Heike Paul; funded by @dfg.de) invites applications for three fully funded doctoral positions.
📅 Deadline: June 30, 2025
👉 Starting date: September 1, 2025
📢 Share widely!
#Sentimental in Literature, Culture, and Politics" at @fau.de (speaker: former BAA-Director Heike Paul; funded by @dfg.de) invites applications for three fully funded doctoral positions.
📅 Deadline: June 30, 2025
👉 Starting date: September 1, 2025
📢 Share widely!
May 14, 2025 at 5:49 AM
#JobOpportunity: The RTG "The
#Sentimental in Literature, Culture, and Politics" at @fau.de (speaker: former BAA-Director Heike Paul; funded by @dfg.de) invites applications for three fully funded doctoral positions.
📅 Deadline: June 30, 2025
👉 Starting date: September 1, 2025
📢 Share widely!
#Sentimental in Literature, Culture, and Politics" at @fau.de (speaker: former BAA-Director Heike Paul; funded by @dfg.de) invites applications for three fully funded doctoral positions.
📅 Deadline: June 30, 2025
👉 Starting date: September 1, 2025
📢 Share widely!