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In her new German-language podcast "Corona in den USA: Eine Betrachtung der Krise aus transatlantischer Perspektive" for the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Heike Paul talks about the corona crisis in the U.S., the roles of state governors and the president, as well as societal and political fault lines made visible by the crisis. Continue

In March 2020, Heike Paul has contributed to the Thomas Mann House series “55 Voices for Democracy.” The video is available on YouTube; more information on the series can be found here. Continue

In the last couple of days, several measures have been adopted at FAU in response to the coronavirus threat. This post consolidates the most important aspects and specifies them further for the English and American Studies Department: Continue

At this year's dissertation awards ceremony of the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Theology, two English and American Studies alumni were honored for their excellent theses. Continue

Die Abschlusstagung des DFG-Netzwerks „Paragesellschaften“ soll aufzeigen, wie das Konzept der ‚Paragesellschaften‘ die Perspektive auf Fragen gesellschaftlicher Homogenität, Heterogenität und Diversität weitet und eine differenzierte Annährung an Phänomene ermöglicht, die in politisch-medialen Kont... Continue

This volume provides the essential vocabulary currently employed in discourses on the future in 50 contributions by renowned scholars in their respective fields, which examine future imaginaries across cultures and time. Continue

Prof. Dr. Heike Paul, chair of American Studies, has been selected by the Thomas Mann House Advisory Board as one of the twelve fellows for 2020. Continue