Events in 2023

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  08.12.2023

  Amerika Institut Weihnachtsfeier und Alumni Association Awardverleihung

  Am 14. Dezember um 18 Uhr in Room 201 VG, Schellingstraße 3 mehr
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  28.11.2023

  Students trip to the Christmas markets

  All are welcome to join on Tuesday, December 5 at about 4 pm. Please register till Dec, 4! mehr
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  22.11.2023

  Concrete Ecology: Brutalist Architecture with Felix Guattari

  We kindly invite you to the online talk of Hanjo Berressem (Cologne/Colorado Springs) on November 28th, at 6 pm mehr
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  16.11.2023

  Documentary “JFK: Ein Tag in Amerika"

  We kindly invite you to the documentary by National Geographic which will be screened at Amerikahaus on November 20, beginning at 7 pm mehr
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  14.11.2023

  Creative Writing Workshop

  Tuesdays, 10-12, 5 Dec 23–6 Feb 24 Registration deadline: November 28! mehr
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  21.09.2023

  Booklet der Venedig Konferenz
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  06.09.2023

  Infoveranstaltungen für alle neuen BA und MA Studierenden

  Am Donnerstag, den 28. September 2023 informieren wir Sie zum BA: 12-13.30 Uhr, und zum MA: 14-15.30 Uhr, beides in Raum 201, Schellingstr.3/VG mehr
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  18.07.2023

  “Silent Planet: The Impacts of Nuclear War-Planning”

  We kindly invite you to a guest talk with Prof. Dr. Bernd Greiner (Uni Hamburg) on Thu, 20.07.2023, 2-4pm, in S007 (Schellingstr.3) mehr
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  12.07.2023

  Graduation Ceremony and AI Summer Celebrations

  We kindly invite you to our graduation and summer party event on Friday, July, 14, at 5pm outside at the cafeteria spot and at 7pm in 201, Schellingstr.3 mehr
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  11.07.2023

  “Hurricanes in New Orleans: Environmental Knowledge between War, Crisis, and Political Change: Implications for the Present?”

  We kindly invite you to a guest talk with Prof. Dr. Eleonora Rohland (Bielefeld) on Thu, 13.07.2023, 2-4pm, in S007 (Schellingstr.3) mehr
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  07.07.2023

  Workshop: Formatting with Word

  We kindly invite you to the workshop with Alexandra Schenke on July 12 and 18, 6-7pm in Schellingstr.3, 201. Please register to participate! mehr
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  04.07.2023

  “Empire of Rubber: Scenes from Firestone’s Scramble for Land and Power in Liberia”

  We kindly invite you to a guest talk with Prof. Gregg Mitman (LMU München) on Thu, 06.07.2023, 2-4pm, in S007 (Schellingstr.3) mehr
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  04.07.2023

  "Frauen, Macht und Trauma im Kalten Krieg: Biografien vor und nach dem Eisernen Vorhang (1947-1953)"

  We kindly invite you to the disputation of Johanna Mamali Panagiotou on Wednesday, July 5, at 10am, in Schellingstr.3/RG, R 203 mehr
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  29.06.2023

  "Goddam Dangerous" — On Tour

  This July (2023), students and faculty of the Amerika-Institut will perform "Goddam Dangerous" — A Stage Reading of Historical Documents on the Cuban Missile Crisis in Jena and Berlin. mehr
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  29.06.2023

  The Anti-American as Americanizer: Revisiting the Anti-American Century in Germany

  We kindly invite you to the guest talk of Prof. Dr. Phillip Gassert (Mannheim) on July, 4, 4-6pm, Schellingstr.3, room 201. mehr
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  27.06.2023

  “Unseasonal Design: Montreal’s Underground City as Urban Environment, 1960 to the Present”

  We kindly invite you to a guest talk with Prof. Dr. Dorothee Brantz (TU Berlin) on Thu, 29.06.2023, 2-4pm, in S007 (Schellingstr.3) mehr
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  21.06.2023

  ILL-LIGHT: The Georgia Landscape in Lyric and Lens

  We kindly invite you to a talk with Andrew Zawacki, Thu, 22.06.2023 4.15-5.45pm, at the Rachel Carson Center, Conference Room (4th floor), Leopoldstr. 11a mehr
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  20.06.2023

  Militarized Visualities and Urban History

  We kindly invite you to the guest talks Noemi Quagliati and Talitta Reitz (AI/LMU University) on Thu, 22.06.2023, 2-4pm, in S007 (Schellingstr.3) mehr
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  15.06.2023

  HistorioGRAPHICS: Framing the Past in Comics

  International Conference, 15.-17.06.2023 mehr
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  09.06.2023

  “Mom says, all soldiers come back different…” Veterans and Homecoming in Hollywood Films since World War II

  We kindly invite you to the guest talk of Dr. Andreas Etges (LMU University) on Thu, 15.06.2023, 2-4pm, in S007 (Schellingstr.3) mehr
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  07.06.2023

  Bridging the Ivory Tower and the Streets: Academia and Activism in Times of Crisis Ordinariness

  Workshop to take place June 8-10, 2023 at Ca’ Foscari University and Venice International University. mehr
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  25.05.2023

  Cold War Crises

  We kindly invite you to the guest talks of Daniel Dumas MA and Alex Schenke MA (LMU University) on Thu, 01.06.2023, 2-4pm, in S007 (Schellingstr.3) mehr
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  23.05.2023

  Race, Disaster and Displacement in Vanport, Oregon

  We kindly invite you to the guest talk of Prof. Dr. Uwe Lübken (LMU University) on Thu, 25.05.2023, 2-4pm, in S007 (Schellingstr.3) mehr
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  09.05.2023

  Chernobyl Children in the United States: Traveling with a Nuclear Disaster as Luggage

  We kindly invite you to the guest talk of Prof. Dr. Melanie Arndt (Freiburg University) on Thu, 11.05.2023, 2-4pm, in S007 (Schellingstr.3) mehr
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  27.04.2023

  The Ammunition King Fritz Mandl: How an Emigrant of Jewish Origin was Turned into a Nazi by the United States in World War II

  We kindly invite you to the geust talk of Prof. Dr. Ursula Prutsch on Thu, 04.05.2023, 2-4pm, in S007 (Schellingstr.3) mehr
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  22.03.2023

  International Conference: 200 Years of the Monroe Doctrine. Visions of the Americas since the 1820s

  We kindly invite you to our conference in the Amerikahaus: Friday, March 24, 2023, 2.p.m. - 7 p.m., and Saturday, March 25, 2023, 9:30 a.m. - 8:30 p.m.. Organized by "Amerika-Institut" and "Lehrstuhl für Neueste Geschichte / Historisches Seminar", in cooperation with "Bayerische Amerika-Akademie". mehr
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  31.01.2023

  "Goddam Dangerous" — 2ND PERFORMANCE; Back by Popular Demand

  On Wednesday, February 8 at 7pm, students and faculty of the Amerika-Institut will perform, for the second time, "Goddam Dangerous" — A Stage Reading of Historical Documents on the Cuban Missile Crisis at the Amerikahaus München. mehr
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  27.01.2023

  "Reisen in die Natur und Geschichte der USA"

  On Feruary, 1, at 6pm, The Literaturradio Hörbahn will record a reading and a discussion with Christof Mauch (in German) of Paradise Blues. All are welcome. mehr
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  25.01.2023

  “The State of Disaster: Fighting Coastal Land Loss and Neglecting Culture Loss”

  On January, 26, 2-4pm, Schellingstr.3, S007, Prof. Craig Colten (LSU) will give a guest lecture in the lecture of Prof. Dr. Uwe Lübken. Everyone is welcome. mehr
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  25.01.2023

  Public History in Canada

  On Monday Jan. 30 2-4 pm David Dean (Carleton University in Ottawa) will take about public history in Canada (controversies and public history projects) via ZOOM mehr
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  25.01.2023

  “What Counts as Surviving? Negotiations of Indigenous Dispossession and Poverty in Morgan Talty's Night of the Living Rez.”

  On February 1 at 2 pm in the lecture hall 007, Schellingstr.3, Katharina Motyl (University of Mannheim) will give a guest lecture. Everyone is welcome! mehr
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  12.01.2023

  "Compensation over Reconciliation: Land Claim Processes and Canada’s Search for 'Certainty.'"

  On Tuesday, 17 January at 11:00 am, Allister Morrison (Senior Policy Advisor at Indigenous Services Canada) will present his guest lecture mehr
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  12.01.2023

  “Class, Race, and Power in Kiley Reid’s Such a Fun Age.”

  On January 18 at 2 pm in the lecture hall 007, Giorgia Tommasi (LMU) will talk about “Class, Race, and Power in Kiley Reid’s Such a Fun Age.” mehr
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  10.01.2023

  “Social Documentary Photography and the Contours of Liberalism in the 1960s.”

  On January 11 at 2 pm in the lecture hall 007, Katharina Fackler (Bonn University) will talk about “Social Documentary Photography and the Contours of Liberalism in the 1960s.” mehr
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  06.12.2022

  "Wege in den Beruf", Praxiskolloquium der Fakultät 13, 11.1. bis 20.1.2023

  Anmeldeschluss ist der 23. Dezember 2022 mehr