If you are a member of the German Association for American Studies (DGfA|GAAS) please transfer the conference fee to the account specified below. Once you have done so, you are automatically registered. You will find your receipt in your conference folder. If you register for the conference only, the reference (‘Verwendungszweck’) should read as follows:…
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62nd Annual Conference of the German Association for American Studies (GAAS) Knowledge Landscapes North America Date: May 28-31, 2015 Conference venue: Universität Bonn, Main Building, Regina-Pacis-Weg 3, 53111 Bonn Local organizer: North American Studies Program, Universität Bonn Conference Program Thursday, May 28 7:30-9:00 am(during breakfast) Business Meeting of the…
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This conference aims to explore the history of everyday heroism (Alltagsheldentum) in the United States, Germany, and Britain between 1800 and the present. For the purposes of this conference, everyday heroes and heroines are defined as ordinary men, women, and children who are honored for actual or imagined feats that are considered heroic by their…
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In 20th-century America, military heroism became a key symbol of what was regarded as a heterosexual, masculine white nation. Military heroism thus became a major discursive battleground on which dominant notions of race, gender, and national identity were negotiated, challenged, and revised. The conference seeks to probe this complex interrelationship and how it changed between…
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Date and Venue: 13 Feb. 2015 – 15 Feb. 2015, Augustinerkloster, Erfurt Conveners: Nina Mackert, Jürgen Martschukat (Erfurt University) we are happy to invite you to the next annual meeting of the historians in the GAAS on “Histories of American Foodways.” Attached you’ll find our conference program which reflects the many angles and exciting variety…
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Deadline January 15, 2015. All members of the association and those interested are invited to submit paper proposals for the 2015 Annual Conference of the German Association for American Studies “Knowledge Landscapes North America.“ The 2015 Annual Conference endeavors to map North American knowledge landscapes from the perspectives of literary, cultural, and media studies, history,…
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International Conference and Photography Exhibition American Studies, Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt, December 5-6, 2014 “To be in the world, to be situated at all, is to be in place,” writes philosopher Edward Casey. In a culture dominated by images, photography is the prime medium for situating us in such specific places, as photography relates to…
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Date and Venue: 13 Feb. 2015 – 15 Feb. 2015, Augustinerkloster, Erfurt Conveners: Nina Mackert, Jürgen Martschukat (Erfurt University) we are happy to invite you to the next annual meeting of the historians in the GAAS on “Histories of American Foodways.” Attached you’ll find our conference program which reflects the many angles and exciting variety…
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