Call for dissertations📢
The HCA awards the Rolf Kentner Dissertation Prize for outstanding work in the field of American studies. For the 2027 award, we are still welcoming dissertations in English or German until 15 April, 2026.
More information: www.hca.uni-heidelberg.de/en/research/...
We are wrapping up this semester with a talk by Patrick Griffin from @notredame.bsky.social on "The American Revolution in a Series of Paintings" 👀 . Griffin will explore paintings by the American artists John Singleton Copley, Benjamin West, and John Trumbull.
📍 HCA, Atrium
🕰️ Feb 5, 6:15 p.m.
Next Thursday, Emma Long from the @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social talks about "Friend or Foe? The US Supreme Court and American Democracy"👀.
In this talk, Long will consider the ways in which Americans have thought about and debated the role of the Supreme Court.
📍 HCA, Atrium
🕰️ Jan 29, 6:15 p.m.
Neue Podcast-Folge🎙️
Hört in die neuste Folge des Podcasts "Quo Vadis USA?" zum Thema "Trumps Sicherheitsstrategie 2025 - Europas strategische Bewährungsprobe?" mit Anja Schüler und Jakob Wiedekind rein.
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4Hui...
Apple Podcasts:
podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/f...
This Thursday, Emily Conroy-Krutz from Michigan State University will talk about "Around the World with Arthur Brown: Missionary Diplomacy at the Turn of the 20th Century"👀.
📍 HCA, Atrium
🕰️ Jan 22, 6:15 p.m.
About the talk: www.hca.uni-heidelberg.de/de/veranstal...
On Thursday, Günter Leypoldt presents his new book "Literature’s Social Lives: A Socio-Institutional History of Literary Value". In his book, Leypoldt develops a new theory of literary value, allowing for new ways of understanding literature's cultural relevance.
🕰️ HCA, Atrium
📍 Jan 15, 6:15 p.m.
Book launch📚
On Tuesday, Jonas Faust presents his dissertation "Speaking the Unspeakable. Allen Ginsberg's Paradigm of Prophetic Poetry". His dissertations constructs a flexible definition of prophecy from Ginsberg's own perspective.
📍 HCA, Atrium
🕰️ Dec 16, 6:15 p.m.
Movie night tomorrow!🍿
Lucas Armbruster -a recent HCA graduate- will talk about his documentary. Featuring local voices on rural post-coal development, “Those Who Stayed” seeks to counteract the one-sided narrative of decline and plight in southern West Virginia.
📍 HCA, Atrium
🕰️ Dec 12, 6:15 p.m.
Join us today for a talk on "Global Mothers, local care: Maternal Health and Wellbeing across migration contexts"👀 by Dr. Marti Castaner.
This talk is part of our lecture series "Migration and the Americas".
📍 HCA, Atrium
🕰️ Dec 11, 6:15 p.m.
Book Talk tomorrow📚🥳
Das MAGA-Movement hat Wurzeln, die weit zurückreichen ins „amerikanische Jahrhundert“. Darum geht es in Bernd Greiners neuem Buch 👉"Weissglut: Die inneren Kriege der USA. Eine Geschichte von 1900 bis heute."👈…
Come join the book talk!
📍 HCA, Atrium
🕰️ 9. Dezember, 18:15
Go follow us on Instagram (@hca_unihd)!👀
The HCA just launched its new Instagram account. You can find us here: www.instagram.com/hca_unihd/
Join us next Tuesday for a talk by William Hitchcock from the University of Virginia on the topic of "Fascism in the United States: Reflections on the 1930s".👀
📍 HCA, Atrium
🕰️ December 2, 6:15 p.m.
This talk is part of the HCA's lecture series "The U.S. and the Holocaust".
On Thursday, Stephanie Wakefield from Florida Atlantic University will talk about "Miami and the Anthopocene: Urban Resilience, Environmental Change, and the Transforming Spaces of Inhabitation?".👀
More information👇
www.hca.uni-heidelberg.de/de/veranstal...
📍 HCA, Atrium
🕰️ November 20, 6:15 p.m.
Next Thursday we are talking about debt.💵
Chloe Thurston from North Western University (@polisciatnu.bsky.social) will give a lecture on "Indebted Citizens and the Political Development of American Debt".
In cooperation with the American Academy Berlin.
📍 HCA, Atrium
🕰️ November 13, 6:15 p.m.
Heute Abend lädt das Seminar für Klassische Philologie zum Zweiten Heidelberger Antiken-Gespräch ein. Das Thema des Abends dreht sich um Frauen- und Männerbilder des Antiken Griechenlands unter dem Motto "Eine literarische Auseinandersetzung mit Penelope".
📍 HCA, Atrium
🕰️ 6. November, 18:15
At the next GKAT lecture on Tuesday, Antje Kley from the Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg will talk about "Literary Authority, Literary Form".👀
📍 HCA, Atrium
🕰️ October 28th, 6:15 p.m.
We are kicking off the new winter semester with a lecture by Dr. Gezim Visoka from Dublin City University on "The fate of contested states in transactional international relations".👀
📍 HCA, Atrium
🕰️ October 23rd, 6:15 p.m.
This lecture is part of the Baden-Württemberg Seminar fall programme.
📢Call for Papers📢
The next GKAT Conference on the topic of "Contested Authority, Trust in Transition: Making Sense of the American Landscape“ will take place from May 20-22, 2026.
Find out more about the call for papers below👇
www.hca.uni-heidelberg.de/de/node/349
📢Call for Papers📢
Send in your paper for the next Spring Academy taking place from March 23-27, 2026. Our annual conference welcomes early-stage researchers in American Studies for an exciting cross-disciplinary and intercultural dialogue.
More information:👇
www.hca.uni-heidelberg.de/de/node/351
Nächsten Donnerstag sind Anja Schüler (HCA) und Kerstin Kohlenberg bei einer Veranstaltung am dai Heidelberg im Dialog zum Thema "Die USA am Kipppunkt? Einblicke in eine polarisierte Gesellschaft". 👀
📍 dai Heidelberg
🕰️ 18. September, 20 Uhr
Weitere Infos👇
dai-heidelberg.de/de/veranstal...
NEW podcast episode📢
In dieser Folge des HCA-Podcasts🎙️ist Takuma Melber vom Heidelberger Centrum für Transkulturelle Studien zu Gast und erinnert im Interview an das Kriegsende im Pazifik und wirft einen Blick auf die Erinnerungskulturen in Japan und den USA.
Auch bei Apple Podcasts verfügbar.
We are excited to host an online event💻in cooperation with the German Historical Institute Washington, D.C. on the topic of "Eighty Years On: The Legacy of World War II in American Society and Politics"👀.
🕰️ September 4th, 6 p.m.
📍Please pre-register via: maxweberstiftung.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Next Thursday, Noelle Bridgen from Marquette University will discuss the topic of 👀 "Deporting democracy: a repression boomerang between the US and El Salvador".
More info about the talk can be found below:👇
www.hca.uni-heidelberg.de/en/veranstal...
📍 HCA, Atrium
🕰️ July 24, 18:15
This afternoon, Ted Beatty from the University of Notre Dame will give a lecture on "Communities of Knowledge: the United States and Latin America in a Global Context" as part of the HCIAS Wednesday Colloquium.
📍 Hörsaal 1, Psychologisches Institut, Hauptstraße 47-51
🕰️ July 16, 4 p.m.
Next Thursday, Yogita Goyal from @uofcalifornia.bsky.social will give a lecture on "How to be a Revolutionary: Contemporary Fiction and Anticolonial Afterlives". 👀Check out our website for more info!
Part of the Baden-Württemberg Seminar / GKAT Lecture series.
📍 HCA, Atrium
🕰 July 17, 18:15
Book Talk📚
"Dialog mit dem Drachen? Der US-Chinesische Konflikt und Europas Handlungsoptionen"
Am Donnerstag ist Marina Rudyak mit Florian Böller zu dieser Thematik im Gespräch.
📍 HCA, Atrium
🕰️ 10. Juli, 18:15
On Thursday, Yaatsil Guevara González will talk about "Food as infrastructure: homemaking practices among (transit) migrants across the Americas". 👀
Part of our lecture series "Migration and the Americas"
📍 HCA, Atrium
🕰️ July 3, 18:15
Podiumsdiskussion "Die NATO, die USA und China"
Morgen sprechen der ehemalige Bundesminister des Inneren Thomas de Maizière und Florian Böller im Rahmen einer Podiumsdiskussion über neue Herausforderungen für Europa.👀
In Zusammenarbeit mit dem CATS.
📍Alte Universität, Alte Aula
🕰️ 1. Juli, 18:15
Pennington Award🏆
Tomorrow, the recipient of the 2025 James W.C. Pennington Award, Lerone Martin, will give a lecture on "The young King: How a faithless teenager became an iconic man of faith". 👀
📍 HCA, Atrium
🕰️ June 24, 18:15
13th Pennington Award🏆
This year's recipient, Lerone Martin from Stanford University, will hold a lecture on "The Young King: How a Faithless Teenager Became an Iconic Man of Faith"
More info on the Pennington Award👇
www.hca.uni-heidelberg.de/en/research/...
📍 HCA, Atrium
🕰️ June 24th, 18:15
