... leaving this planet behind (or not) with Dr. Jens Temmen (HHU Düsseldorf). Listen in on us Talking American Studies: the difference between the PhD and the PostDoc phase, on Mars colonization, climate change, and the havoc an error in trans

Debate, Democracy, Diversity: University Politics and American Studies; with E. Yekani, M. Klepper, E. Kimmell, N. Habib.

Nov 13th, 2020 39m 39s

In this episode, Prof. Dr. Elahe Haschemi Yekani , Prof. Dr. Martin Klepper, Emma Kimmell, and Nisreen Habib,(Humboldt-Universität Berlin) reflect on university politics, racism, structural change and, of course, American Studies. The intervie

Conspiracy Theories and being a 'Public' Academic with M. Butter

Oct 17th, 2020 36m 4s

… all about conspiracy theories – Prof. Michael Butter (University Tübingen) talks about the history of conspiracy theories and their status today, about relating academic research to public audiences, and the importance of engaging with so-ca

White Supremacy (COPAS special issue) with S. Spatzek and C. Essi

Mar 20th, 2020 30m 30s

In this episode we are talking White Supremacy in American Studies: Cedric Essi (https://www.lili.uni-osnabrueck.de/institut_fuer_anglistikamerikanistik/lehre/lehrende/mitarbeiterdetails.html) and Samira Spatzek (http://www.fb10.uni-bremen.de/l

Black Canada with N. Sawallisch and R. Njeri

Dec 20th, 2019 27m 3s

Black Canada - Dr. Nele Sawallisch and Rahab Njeri are talking American Studies: about the long history of Black people in the 'great white north,' about slavery in Canada, about what happens once people reached the final destination of the und

African American Worldmaking in the Long Nineteenth Century

Nov 1st, 2019 23m 36s

We’re talking American Studies, Black Canadian Studies, Postcolonial studies, subjectivity and agency, HBCUs, Monticello, Sally Hemings, Zora Neale Hurston, Dawn, --- and that’s just the beginning. Featuring Chet'la Sebree (Bucknell University)

Native North American Archives of the Future with K. Baudemann

May 25th, 2019 28m 23s

Talking American Studies with Kristina Baudemann from the Europa-Universität Flensburg about her and Prof. Birgit Däwes’ new project - Knowing Tomorrow 2.0: Twenty-first Century Native North American Archives of Futurity - about Indigenous Futu

Risk Fiction with S. Mayer and J. Cortiel

Feb 27th, 2019 23m 33s

The second episode of this podcast is inspired by the project “Contemporary American Risk Fiction” at the University of Bayreuth. The two professors behind it, Prof. Dr. Jeanne Cortiel and Prof. Dr. Sylvia Mayer, are talking about the underlyin

Digital Humanities with A. Dunst and D. Mischke

Dec 15th, 2018 28m 58s

Our very first episode features the two editors of the current special issue of Amerikastudien/American Studies on Digital Humanities. They are talking about the challenges and advantages of DH, bring up some of their favorite projects that mer

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