The Official Blog of the John F. Kennedy-Institute for North American Studies

Commentary, Events and Announcements by the JFKI's Departments

JFK-I Graduation Ceremony, Nov. 30, 2013

 

Graduation speech by JFK-Institute Chair, Prof. Irwin Collier. Nov. 30, 2013.

Forschungskolloquium der Abteilung Politik

Thursday November 28: John F. Kennedy’s Many Faces

We would like to invite you to our commemoration of President John F. Kennedy on November 28, 2013 .

Dr. Andreas Etges from the Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität in Munich will talk about „The Many Faces of John F. Kennedy: Video, Audio, and Behind Closed Doors“.

The event will take place in Room 340 at the John F. Kennedy Institute (Lansstr. 7-9, 14195 Berlin) and starts at 6pm c.t.

Livestream CBS news TV

Original  CBS news 1963 Kennedy Assassination news coverage beginning at 14:00 Berlin time.

 

Professor Frank Kelleter enters the MOOC debate in a piece published this week in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

Der Online-Angriff auf den Unterricht

18.11.2013 ·  Ein Zug, von dem in den Vereinigten Staaten die Ersten schon wieder abspringen, soll hierzulande erst noch Fahrt aufnehmen: Die universitäre Lehre im Internet. Eine Warnung.

German Trade Surpluses and the Kennedy Assassination

 

Both topics discussed in the Deutsche Welle English talk-show Agenda. Former instructor at JFK-I Stormy Mildner and current economics professor Irwin Collier were guests.

Valeria Benko at the History Colloquium

Forschungskolloquium: Mark Blyth

GSNAS: Feierliche Eröffnung des akademischen Jahres 2013/2014

Feierlichee Begrüßung des siebten Doktorandenjahrgangs der Graduiertenschule für Nordamerikastudien des John-F.-Kennedy-Instituts der Freien Universität Berlin am  

Festvortrag: Mark Blyth (Brown University)  

„Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea“

2. Dezember 2013 um 18 Uhr c.t.
Ort: John-F.-Kennedy-Institut
Raum 340
Lansstraße 7-9
14195 Berlin

Dem Vortrag schließt sich ein Empfang an.

Updated History Colloquium Schedule

Sebastian Jobs presents at the History Colloquium


The History Colloquium invites you to attend Sebastian Jobs‘ talk this coming Monday.  We hope to see you there!

The German Trade-Surplus Debate

https://www.dw.de/made-in-germany-the-business-magazine-2013-11-12/e-17172828-9798

Beginning at 1:45 in the Deutsche Welle show „Made in Germany“ of 12 Nov 2013.