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Next Thursday we are talking about debt.💵

Chloe Thurston from North Western University (@polisciatnu.bsky.social) will give a lecture on "Indebted Citizens and the Political Development of American Debt".

In cooperation with the American Academy Berlin.

📍 HCA, Atrium
🕰️ November 13, 6:15 p.m.
November 9, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Heute Abend lädt das Seminar für Klassische Philologie zum Zweiten Heidelberger Antiken-Gespräch ein. Das Thema des Abends dreht sich um Frauen- und Männerbilder des Antiken Griechenlands unter dem Motto "Eine literarische Auseinandersetzung mit Penelope".

📍 HCA, Atrium
🕰️ 6. November, 18:15
Heidelberger Antikengespräch: Eine literarische Auseinandersetzung mit Penelope – Der Gräzist Jonas Grethlein spricht mit der Autorin Ulrike Draesner über Frauen- und Männerbilder des antiken Griechenlands www.uni-heidelberg.de/de/newsroom/...
#universität #heidelberg #uniheidelberg #antike
November 6, 2025 at 11:17 AM
At the next GKAT lecture on Tuesday, Antje Kley from the Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg will talk about "Literary Authority, Literary Form".👀

📍 HCA, Atrium
🕰️ October 28th, 6:15 p.m.
October 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
We are kicking off the new winter semester with a lecture by Dr. Gezim Visoka from Dublin City University on "The fate of contested states in transactional international relations".👀

📍 HCA, Atrium
🕰️ October 23rd, 6:15 p.m.

This lecture is part of the Baden-Württemberg Seminar fall programme.
October 17, 2025 at 9:29 AM
📢Call for Papers📢

The next GKAT Conference on the topic of "Contested Authority, Trust in Transition: Making Sense of the American Landscape“ will take place from May 20-22, 2026.

Find out more about the call for papers below👇
www.hca.uni-heidelberg.de/de/node/349
Authority and Trust in American Culture, Society, History, and Politics - Heidelberg Center for American Studies
www.hca.uni-heidelberg.de
October 14, 2025 at 8:01 PM
📢Call for Papers📢

Send in your paper for the next Spring Academy taking place from March 23-27, 2026. Our annual conference welcomes early-stage researchers in American Studies for an exciting cross-disciplinary and intercultural dialogue.

More information:👇
www.hca.uni-heidelberg.de/de/node/351
Spring Academy - Heidelberg Center for American Studies
www.hca.uni-heidelberg.de
October 13, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Nächsten Donnerstag sind Anja Schüler (HCA) und Kerstin Kohlenberg bei einer Veranstaltung am dai Heidelberg im Dialog zum Thema "Die USA am Kipppunkt? Einblicke in eine polarisierte Gesellschaft". 👀

📍 dai Heidelberg
🕰️ 18. September, 20 Uhr

Weitere Infos👇

dai-heidelberg.de/de/veranstal...
Veranstaltungen - Deutsch-Amerikanisches Institut. Haus der Kultur.
In den USA nehmen identitätsbasierte Spannungen immer weiter zu. Diese Polarisierung spiegelt sich in der Entwicklung des Zweiparteiensystems wider, in …
dai-heidelberg.de
September 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
NEW podcast episode📢

In dieser Folge des HCA-Podcasts🎙️ist Takuma Melber vom Heidelberger Centrum für Transkulturelle Studien zu Gast und erinnert im Interview an das Kriegsende im Pazifik und wirft einen Blick auf die Erinnerungskulturen in Japan und den USA.

Auch bei Apple Podcasts verfügbar.
Folge 89: Das andere Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs: Japans Kapitulation am 2. September 1945
open.spotify.com
August 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
We are excited to host an online event💻in cooperation with the German Historical Institute Washington, D.C. on the topic of "Eighty Years On: The Legacy of World War II in American Society and Politics"👀.

🕰️ September 4th, 6 p.m.

📍Please pre-register via: maxweberstiftung.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
August 22, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Next Thursday, Noelle Bridgen from Marquette University will discuss the topic of 👀 "Deporting democracy: a repression boomerang between the US and El Salvador".

More info about the talk can be found below:👇

www.hca.uni-heidelberg.de/en/veranstal...

📍 HCA, Atrium
🕰️ July 24, 18:15
July 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM
This afternoon, Ted Beatty from the University of Notre Dame will give a lecture on "Communities of Knowledge: the United States and Latin America in a Global Context" as part of the HCIAS Wednesday Colloquium.

📍 Hörsaal 1, Psychologisches Institut, Hauptstraße 47-51
🕰️ July 16, 4 p.m.
July 16, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Next Thursday, Yogita Goyal from @uofcalifornia.bsky.social ‬‬will give a lecture on "How to be a Revolutionary: Contemporary Fiction and Anticolonial Afterlives". 👀Check out our website for more info!

Part of the Baden-Württemberg Seminar / GKAT Lecture series.

📍 HCA, Atrium
🕰 July 17, 18:15
July 11, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Book Talk📚

"Dialog mit dem Drachen? Der US-Chinesische Konflikt und Europas Handlungsoptionen"

Am Donnerstag ist Marina Rudyak mit Florian Böller zu dieser Thematik im Gespräch.

📍 HCA, Atrium
🕰️ 10. Juli, 18:15
July 7, 2025 at 2:40 PM
On Thursday, Yaatsil Guevara González will talk about "Food as infrastructure: homemaking practices among (transit) migrants across the Americas". 👀

Part of our lecture series "Migration and the Americas"

📍 HCA, Atrium
🕰️ July 3, 18:15
June 30, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Podiumsdiskussion "Die NATO, die USA und China"

Morgen sprechen der ehemalige Bundesminister des Inneren Thomas de Maizière und Florian Böller im Rahmen einer Podiumsdiskussion über neue Herausforderungen für Europa.👀

In Zusammenarbeit mit dem CATS.

📍Alte Universität, Alte Aula
🕰️ 1. Juli, 18:15
June 30, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Pennington Award🏆

Tomorrow, the recipient of the 2025 James W.C. Pennington Award, Lerone Martin, will give a lecture on "The young King: How a faithless teenager became an iconic man of faith". 👀

📍 HCA, Atrium
🕰️ June 24, 18:15
Universität Heidelberg verleiht James W.C. Pennington Award: Ausgezeichnet wird der amerikanische Religionshistoriker Lerone A. Martin www.uni-heidelberg.de/de/newsroom/...
#universitat #heidelberg #uniheidelberg #religion #historiker #auszeichnung
June 23, 2025 at 10:23 AM
13th Pennington Award🏆

This year's recipient, Lerone Martin from Stanford University, will hold a lecture on "The Young King: How a Faithless Teenager Became an Iconic Man of Faith"

More info on the Pennington Award👇
www.hca.uni-heidelberg.de/en/research/...

📍 HCA, Atrium
🕰️ June 24th, 18:15
June 18, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Check out the latest contributions to the HCA Graduate Blog. 🖋️

Among other interesting contributions, Peggy Reeder writes about "Manifest Destiny or Science Fiction? Elon Musk’s Mars Colonization Plans and the New Nexus of Religion".

hcagrads.hypotheses.org/5814
Manifest Destiny or Science Fiction? Elon Musk’s Mars Colonization Plans and the New Nexus of Religion
by Peggy Reeder   “We will pursue our manifest destiny into the stars, launching American astronauts to plant the Stars...
hcagrads.hypotheses.org
June 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Come check out our Leonard McCombe photography exhibition!👀📷

McCombe's impressive portrayal of the aftermath of war in Europe will be featured at the HCA until July 11th (Mo- Fri, 9 am - 5 pm, admission free).
June 6, 2025 at 10:13 AM
On Thursday, Kyle William Bishop from Southern Utah University will talk about 👀 “The government as the true monster: the collapse of authority and trust in zombie narratives"

Part of the Baden-Württemberg Seminar / GKAT Lecture series.

📍 HCA, Atrium
🕰️ June 5, 18:15
June 2, 2025 at 7:48 AM
On Tuesday, we start off with our new lecture series "Geopolitics in the Age of Trump". 👀

Our first lecture by Daniel Béland from‪ @lawmcgill.bsky.social is on the topic of "Beggar Thy Neighbour? The Impact of America First on Canadian Politics and US Alliances".

📍 HCA, Atrium
🕰️ June 3, 18:15
May 30, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Am Dienstag hält Agnes Mueller am DAI Heidelberg 👀 einen Vortrag zum Thema "Migrationsgeschichte des Holocaust: Die Zukunft der Erinnerungskultur".

dai-heidelberg.de/de/veranstal...

Organisiert mit: American Academy Berlin & HCA

📍 Deutsch-Amerikanisches Institut Heidelberg
🕰️ 27. Mai, 20 Uhr
May 24, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Next Tuesday, Marietta van der Tol from @tcddublin.bsky.social will talk about 👀👇

"The global impact of the far right: a US-Europe comparative perspective"

More about the topic: www.hca.uni-heidelberg.de/en/veranstal...

📍 HCA, Atrium
🕰️ May 27, 18:15
May 24, 2025 at 9:45 AM
GKAT Lecture 👉 "Transitionalist Pragmatism: Re-assembling history, materiality, and identity for a better future"

Ihnji Jon from Cardiff University discusses how transitionalist pragmatism can help us reframe the politics of urbanisation 👀.

📍 HCA, Atrium
🕰️ May 22, 18:15
May 20, 2025 at 9:44 AM
16. Alfred Weber Lecture🥂

Morgen spricht Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln über das Thema "Wirtschaft ohne Arbeitskräfte? Ursachen und Folgen des Fachkräftemangels"

📍 Alte Universität, Aula
🕰️ 20. Mai 2025, 18:15
Alfred Weber Lecture: Wirtschaft ohne Arbeitskräfte? – Präsidentin des Wissenschaftszentrums Berlin für Sozialforschung spricht über die Ursachen und Folgen des Fachkräftemangels
www.uni-heidelberg.de/de/newsroom/...
#universität #heidelberg #uniheidelberg #vortrag #fachkraftemangel
May 19, 2025 at 6:11 PM