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Monatsarchiv für Juni 2014

Screening of Dagmar Schultz‘ film „Audre Lore – The Berlin Years, 1984-1992“

Thursday, July 3rd at 6.00 pm in room 340 of the John F. Kennedy Institute. The film focuses on Audre Lorde’s relation to the German Black Diaspora, her literary as well as political influence, and is a unique visual document about the times the author spent in Germany. The film observes the development of the Afro-German movement in the 1980s […]

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Interdisciplinary Forum at the Graduate School of North American Studies

On Wednesday, July 2, 2014, Simon Schleusener will present his project „Poetics of the Market: Capitalism, Culture, and the Politics of Affect“. The workshop takes place from 3.00 to 4.30 pm (s.t.) in the seminar room of the Graduate School.

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Anh Nguyen (MIT): The Place of “Witz” in Kant’s ‘Anthropologie in pragmatischer Hinsicht’ — Gastvortrag am 3. Juli 2014

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Robert Dimand on „Mabel Timlin and the Transformation of Canadian Economics.“

In cooperation with the Embassy of Canada to Germany, the John F. Kennedy Institute presents a lecture by Prof. Robert Dimand of Brock University (Ontario) on „Mabel Timlin and the Transformation of Canadian Economics.“ Prof. Dimand is a visiting Professor of the Graduate School of North American Studies.   Mabel Timlin (1891-1976), author of Keynesian […]

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Die Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften am JFK-I – Das Jahr 1914 in den USA

Unter dem Motto: Come to America! Wir laden ein, in die Welt und Kultur der USA von 1914 einzutauchen hat das Institut am 28.06.2014 an der Langen Nacht teilgenommen, diesmal organisiert von der Abteilung Geschichte, der Abteilung Wirtschaft und der Bibliothek.  Das Jahr 1914 war „ein ganz normales Jahr“ in den USA: modern und rückwärtsgewandt […]

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Interdisciplinary Forum at the Graduate School of North American Studies

On Wednesday, June 18, 2014, Thomas Dikant will present his project „On Consequences“. The workshop takes place from 3.00 to 4.30 pm (s.t.) in the seminar room of the Graduate School.

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Lecture and exhibition opening: Audre Lorde – The Berlin Years

June 19, 2014, 6 pm, room 340, John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies A joint event of the Women’s Representative and the Library of the John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies Audre Lorde, afro-american author, feminist and civil rights activist, taught in 1984 as a guest professor at the John F. […]

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Interdisciplinary Forum at the GSNAS on June 4, 2014

On Wednesday, June 4, 2014, Sophie Spieler will present her project „The Chosen and Their Gatekeepers: Theorizing and Historicizing the American Educational Elite“ The workshop takes place from 3.00 to 4.30 pm (s.t.) in the seminar room of the Graduate School.

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