Events in 2022

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  20.12.2022

  The pleasuring-ground for the benefit and enjoyment of the people”: 150 Years of Tribal Consultation with Yellowstone National Park

  We kindly invite you to our guest talk by Yvette Towersap on Tuesday 20, 4-6 pm, via ZOOM mehr
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  15.12.2022

  Memory Wars: A podcast exploring how society confronts sin

  Guest Talk by Mallory Noe-Payne on Monday, December 19, from 2-4 pm, via Zoom mehr
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  14.12.2022

  Exhibition Tour with the Photographer Lila Hartig, Author of "Home-Based in Bavaria"

  We kindly invite you to visit the exhibition Home-Based in Bavaria Photography by Lila Hartig on December 16, at 3 pm, at the Amerikahaus. mehr
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  09.12.2022

  "Unfinished: America at 250"

  Guest talk by Marty Blatt on Tuesday Dec 13, 4-6 pm, via Zoom mehr
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  02.12.2022

  Peter Viereck and the Counter-Revolution of the Word

  on Dec. 6 (2-4 pm) Prof. Andrew Gross (Universität Göttingen) will give a talk via Zoom mehr
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  24.11.2022

  The AI X-Mas Party

  on December 14, at 6 pm in Room 201 VG, Schellingstraße 3 mehr
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  17.11.2022

  "History of Intellectual Culture. Participatory Knowledge"

  New "open-access" publication by Charlotte Lerg, Johan Östling and Jana Weiß mehr
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  10.11.2022

  "Places of Assimilation: Canada’s Residential Schools."

  We kindly invite you to our guest lecture with Ken Letander, on November, 15, at 10:15 am, at the RCC Conferenceroom (4th floor) mehr
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  08.11.2022

  Nov, 9–11: "Civil Sentimentalism in the Americas"

  Internationaler Workshop mit Heike Paul (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg & Bavarian American Academy) und Ursula Prutsch (LMU München) mehr
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  20.10.2022

  Guest Lecture: Why We Remember the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

  We kindly invite you to our guest lecture by Dr. Mary Anne Trasciatti (Hofstra University) on Friday, October 28, 12:15 pm, via Zoom mehr
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  14.10.2022

  Szenische Lesung: “Goddam Dangerous”: The Cuban Missile Crisis Revisited

  Wir laden Sie herzlich zur inszenierten Lesung historischer Dokumente aus der Kubakrise ein. Im Amerikahaus München, am 27. Oktober, um 19 Uhr. mehr
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  14.10.2022

  Podiumsdiskussion: “Als die Welt am Abgrund stand: Die Kubakrise 1962”

  Wir laden Sie herzlich ein zu unserer Podiumsdiskussion im Amerikahaus, 17. Oktober 2022, um 19 Uhr mehr
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  04.10.2022

  Leopoldine von Habsburg Kaiserin von Brasilien – Naturforscherin – Ikone der Unabhängigkeit

  Die neue Publikation von Prof. Ursula Prutsch ist ab sofort erhältlich! mehr
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  29.09.2022

  Exhibition Opening "'Goddam Dangerous' 60 Years Later: The Cuban Missile Crisis Revisited"

  We kindly invite you to our student exhibition, starting with a vernissage on Friday, October 14, 2022, 7 p.m. at the Amerikahaus mehr
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  20.09.2022

  Information Session for New BA and MA Students

  September 29, we offer information sessions for new BA and MA students mehr
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  02.09.2022

  Wir trauern um Christiane Deska

  Die Alumni gedenken unserer sehr beliebten und langjährigen Sekretärin am Amerika-Institut, Christiane Deska, die vergangene Woche verstorben ist. Am 7. September 2022 findet um 9 Uhr ihre Beisetzung am Westfriedhof statt. mehr
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  21.07.2022

  Monsanto’s Past and Our Food Future

  The AI kindly invites you to the guest talk of Bartow Elmore (Ohio State University) on July, 25, 12 to 14, room 201 in Schellingstr.3/VG mehr
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  05.07.2022

  New Orleans, A Sense of Place: Environmental and Cultural Resilience

  The AI and RCC kindly invites you to the interdisciplinary conference on Thursday, July 21, 2022 mehr
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  23.06.2022

  Paradise Blues - Reisen in die Natur und die Geschichte der USA

  Wir laden Sie herzlich ein zum Vortrag von Prof. Christof Mauch am Montag, 11. Juli 2022, 19 Uhr, im Amerikahaus mehr
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  22.06.2022

  Imaging the Scenes of War: Aesthetic Crossovers in American Visual Culture

  Christof Decker has just published a new book on aesthetic crossovers in American visual culture. mehr
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  22.06.2022

  Here in Berlin: Transatlantic Convergence in the Work of Cristina García and Werner Sollors

  The AI kindly invites you to the lecture of Prof. John Lowe (U of Georgia) on 5 July 2022 at 1pm sharp, in room 201 (Schellingstr.3) mehr

• 15.06.2022

  The Reparation of Reconciliation. The Evolution of Financial Compensation to Indigenous Peoples in Canada as a Result of Colonialism

  The AI and the BAA invites you to the guest talk of Jean-Pierre Morin (History Department at Carleton University), on June 20, 7 pm, via Youtube Livestream mehr

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  15.06.2022

  Between 'letrados' and 'social engineers': Lawyers and legal education in Inter-American development cooperation, 1945-1969

  The AI kindly invites you to the talk of Andrés Jinénez Angel (Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, LMU Munich) on Monday, June 20, Room 201, Schellingstr.3/VG, 6-7pm (sharp) mehr
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  03.06.2022

  What's a nice British firm doing in a place like this? How the Albatross Press Got Around Nazi Censorship

  The AI kindly invites you to our guest talk with Prof. Michele Troy (University of Hartford), on June 13, at 12 noon, Schellingstr. 3VG room 201 mehr
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  03.06.2022

  Science, Agriculture and Development in Latin America

  The AI kindly invites you to the talk of Sandro Dutra e Silva (State University of Goias/Evangelical University of Goias) and Ryan Nehring (Cambridge University) on June 15 at 6 pm via Zoom mehr
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  25.05.2022

  LMU Latin America Forum 2022

  Vom 31. Mai – 1. Juni findet das „LMU Latin America Forum“, in Kooperation mit dem LMU Lateinamerikanetzwerk, im LMU Senatssaal und via Zoom statt. mehr
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  24.05.2022

  Info-Event for anyone thinking about an M.A. in American History, Culture and Society

  Join us for our Info Event on Wednesday, June 1 at 8 pm (s.t.), and you will get a chance to learn more about the MA program at LMU's Amerika-Institut and hear from current students and faculty. mehr
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  10.05.2022

  Gastvorträge am AI im SoSe22

  Entdecken Sie unsere Themen- und Recherchenvielfalt in unseren aktuellen Gastvorträgen mehr
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  10.05.2022

  Guest lecture: "Magic GM Beans: soybean, history, and development of first GM varieties in the Americas"

  The AI kindly invites you to our guest talk with Claudio da Silva (UFFS, Brazil), on May 30, 2022, 12am-2pm, in Schellingstr.3/VG, room 201. mehr
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  22.04.2022

  Amerikanische Revolution

  Das neue Buch von Charlotte A. Lerg mehr
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  12.04.2022

  Bryan Wagner, Visiting Professor from UC Berkeley, SoSe 2022

  Bryan Wagner, Professor in the English Department and American Studies Program at the University of California, Berkeley, will join the Amerika-Institut in the summer semester as a Visiting Professor through the LMU-UCB Research in the Humanities cooperation. mehr
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  11.04.2022

  Unique, Ambitious, Global - Self-Identity Narratives of Chinese Students in the USA

  Das Amerika-Institut lädt Sie herzlich ein zur Disputatio von Sarah Köksal, am Di, 3.5.22, um 18 Uhr, in Raum 201, Schellingstr.3/VG. mehr

• 24.02.2022

  Dr. Nadine Klopfer zum Fellow des Historischen Kollegs berufen

• 24.02.2022

  Activist Writing – The Pamphlet in Practice, History, Media, and the Public Sphere

  Online Conference – February 24-26, 2022 mehr

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  21.02.2022

  Doctoral Scholarship for International Doctoral Students

  Application Deadline: February 21, 2022 mehr
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  18.02.2022

  Kontakte, Konflikte, Kooperationen. Deutsch-skandinavische Begegnungen im "Upper Midwest", 1850-1900

  Das AI lädt Sie herzlich zur Disputatio von Juri Rebkowetz ein: am Fr, den 18.02.22, von 13 bis 15 Uhr, in Raum S 201, Schellingstr.3/VG. Um Voranmeldung wird gebeten: valenzuela@lmu.de mehr
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  10.02.2022

  Against Home: Neanderthal Ontology, Movement, and Locative Thinking

  The AI kindly invites you to the lecture of Prof. Dr. Bryan Banker (TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara) on Thurs, Feb 10, 2022, at 4.15pm via Zoom. To register, please contact anna.fluegge@lmu.de mehr
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  10.02.2022

  Der Deutsche Reichstag und die Vereinigten Staaten in der Wilhelminischen Epoche (1895 - 1914)

  Das AI lädt Sie herzlich zur Disputatio von Markus Hiltl ein: am Do, den 10.02.22, von 14 bis 16 Uhr, in Raum S 201, Schellingstr.3/VG. Um Voranmeldung wird gebeten: valenzuela@lmu.de mehr
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  28.01.2022

  Justice, Punishment, and Human Rights; The Death Penalty in the United States

  The AI kindly invites you to this Student Conference, January 28-29, 2022, via Zoom and YoutTube Livestream mehr
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  19.01.2022

  Talk and discussion: U.S. Consul General Timothy Liston

  The AI kindly invites you to our talk and discussion with the new US Consul General, on January 19, 2022,2:00-3:00 pm in Schellingstr. 3 (Rückgebäude) Raum R 051 or via Zoom. Please register for participation: etges@lmu.de mehr