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American Studies blog by graduate students @hcaheidelberg 🇺🇸 History, Literature, Religion, PolSci, Geography, Linguistics retweet≠endorsement

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Joined November 2018
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The new semester is here and the blog is back - check out our new flyer below and get in touch if you would like to become an author with us!
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CORRECTION 📢We are hiring! Stelle als Wiss. Mitarbeiter*in im Bereich US-Wirtschaftspolitik, zu besetzen auf DREI Jahre (2025-2028) Bewerbungsdeadline: 31. Januar 2025 Alle Infos 👇 adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de/in…
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Movie Thursday🎥 - am Donnerstag gibt es ein💬Q&A mit Kilian Nagel, dem Regisseur des Films "Beyond the Barracks: Spuren von Heidelbergs Amerika". 📍HCA, Atrium 🕰️Jan 16, 18:15 Link zum Trailer👇 youtube.com/watch?v=T6JVtkhn…
Beyond the Barracks: Spuren von Heidelbergs Amerika (Trailer)

Beyond the Barracks: Spuren von Heidelbergs Amerika (Trailer)

Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg wurde das malerische Heidelberg zum Haup...

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📣New on the Blog Marcus Dietrich writes: An American Banker in East Berlin – David Rockefeller’s Trip to Socialist Germany hcagrads.hypotheses.org/5506 via @hypothesesorg
An American Banker in East Berlin – David Rockefeller’s Trip to Socialist Germany

An American Banker in East Berlin – David Rockefeller’s Trip to Socialist Germany

by Marcus Dietrich June 5, 1975, was meticulously planned. After his arrival at Berlin-Schönefeld airport at 16:30, the honored guest was to be gifted flowers by a stewardess of the East German...

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About Tuesday👀📖 - ein Artikel vom @blog_hca zum Thema des neuen Buchs "Frieden und Frauenrechte im Kalten Krieg" von Lara Track hcagrads.hypotheses.org/4774
Women Strike for Peace – and Equality

Women Strike for Peace – and Equality

By Lara Track Poster announcing the Women’s Strike for Equality and its three key demands. Rights held by Library of Congress. On August 26, 1970, 50 years to the day after the 19th Amendment gave...

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New on the blog 📣: Just in time for the US presidential election, @carolineleicht wrote about the power of humor and its impact on presidential campaigns. You can read the article here 👇🏼 hcagrads.hypotheses.org/5432
The Power of Humor: How Political Comedy Can Make or Break a Presidential Campaign

The Power of Humor: How Political Comedy Can Make or Break a Presidential Campaign

By Dr. Caroline Leicht Image 1. Humor can be a very powerful tool in political campaigning. Kamala Harris (pictured) seems to be keenly aware of that in the 2024 election. Almost seven in ten...

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9/ If you're interested in hearing more, I have a piece on this coming out at @blog_hca this week and a piece for the US Election Analysis coming out 10 days after the election 👀 In the meantime, you can find more about my political comedy research here: carolinevleicht.weebly.com/
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Welcome back, Blog Readers! The winter semester starts out with brand new content on the U.S. presidential elections, starting with: 'John Dewey and Reflection on Negative Campaigning' by Leyla Abbasi. Enjoy! hcagrads.hypotheses.org/5402 via @hypothesesorg
John Dewey and Reflection on Negative Campaigning

John Dewey and Reflection on Negative Campaigning

by Leyla Abbasi When Tim Walz first dubbed Donald Trump and his running mate JD Vance “weird” and it caught on with voters, Democrats dropped their old line of attack against Donald Trump as being an...

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WIN-Kollegiatin @RauscherNatalie gewinnt Hengstberger-Preis der @UniHeidelberg! Mit dem Preisgeld organisiert sie ein Symposium zum Thema „Disciplinary Transformations? Humanities Impact on Reshaping the Digital Humanities“ Die Akademie gratuliert! 👇 t1p.de/8m5lp
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Apply now for the HCA's Spring Academy!
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📣2025 HCA Spring Academy for PhD students in American Studies - Call for Applications! Apply for the HCA's interdisciplinary Spring Academy! Deadline: Nov 1st 2024 See more info 👇 hca.uni-heidelberg.de/spring…
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📣2025 HCA Spring Academy for PhD students in American Studies - Call for Applications! Apply for the HCA's interdisciplinary Spring Academy! Deadline: Nov 1st 2024 See more info 👇 hca.uni-heidelberg.de/spring…
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Call for Applications Research Travel Grant University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Library & Department of History, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL/USA library.illinois.edu/hpnl/bl…
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✍️CFP: 28th NAAS Conference: Aspirations 🏡University of Turku, Finland, 🕔June 4-6, 2025 ℹ️ sites.utu.fi/naas2025/
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📣👀📷 Kagan's "Of Paradise and Power" reconsidered: This week a fantastic new piece by Richard Lange on Europe-US relations 🇺🇸🇪🇺. Out today: hcagrads.hypotheses.org/5344 #transatlantic #americanstudies #robertkagan
Still Paradise and Power? The United States and Europe.

Still Paradise and Power? The United States and Europe.

  By Richard Lange More than twenty years ago, in 2002, the American foreign policy expert Robert Kagan published his essay – later turned into a book – Of Paradise and Power, in which he argued that...

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📣 Latest post is online! Annabelle Hennemann writes: The Ladies Association of Philadelphia: Political Consciousness and Political Leadership of Elite Women in the American Revolution hcagrads.hypotheses.org/5307 via @hypothesesorg

The Ladies Association of Philadelphia: Political Consciousness and Political Leadership of Elite...

By Annabelle Hennemann The American Revolution is regarded as one of the most critical events in the history of the United States, culturally and politically (Greene 2000: 92-93). Until today, books,...

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📣 New on the blog: @SimonSchaub5 looks at the US and its international obligations regarding climate change. What has the US promised to do? Which policies have the federal and state govs adopted? Have those helped to reduce emission? Find out here ⬇️ hcagrads.hypotheses.org/5238…
The US and climate change – on track to fulfill its international obligation?

The US and climate change – on track to fulfill its international obligation?

by Dr. Simon Schaub Climate change represents one of the most polarized issues in the United States (Smith et al. 2024) and the upcoming presidential elections in November will probably be decisive...

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📢 New blog post! Don't miss out on our latest article by Layla Koch on "The 'No Breakfast Plan' Between Science and Religion." Dive into the fascinating intersection of science and religion in this thought-provoking read! ➡️ hcagrads.hypotheses.org/5192📚✨

The Most Important Announcement since Christ: The ‘No Breakfast Plan’ Between Science and Religion

By Layla Koch

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🏆The Rolf-Kentner-Dissertationspreis 2023 is awarded to Julia Lange, University Hamburg, with a following lecture about “Identity Trouble: German American Politics of Memory and the Holocaust.” 🕰️ 25 April, 6:15 pm 📍 HCA Atrium
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🎉 We are back for the summer term with brand new content! First, Max Schiersner Caodaglio takes us on a journey to the South in his analysis of : The Skeleton Key, Historical Erasure, and Cultural Appropriation hcagrads.hypotheses.org/5111 via @hypothesesorg

The Skeleton Key, Historical Erasure, and Cultural Appropriation

By Max Schiersner Caodaglio Figure 1: Hampton Plantation, Charleston County, South Carolina Horror is an easily recognizable literary genre due to its frequent exploration of what torments our minds...

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New Jersey was struck by an earthquake today, which took place very close to where an earthquake struck in 1783. For some historical context on that 29 November 1783 earthquake, have a look at my @blog_hca blog article: hcagrads.hypotheses.org/4839. #envhist #earthquakenj
Shaken Awake: The Nighttime Earthquake of 1783

Shaken Awake: The Nighttime Earthquake of 1783

By Katrin Kleemann Earthquakes in the United States? California is probably the first state that comes to mind. The largest earthquake with an estimated 8.7-9.2 magnitude in the contiguous US was a...

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The M4.8 earthquake that just struck New Jersey is the largest event in the catalog for this map area. Seeing huge numbers of felt reports! Typically, East Coast quakes are felt over wider areas than West Coast ones due to...
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📣New on the blog: Eva Rieger from @UniPassau writes: Feminist Foreign Policy and the United States - Is it a match? hcagrads.hypotheses.org/5059 via @hypothesesorg #feministforeignpolicy #FFP #foreignpolicy

Feminist Foreign Policy and the United States: Is it a match?

by Eva Rieger American Exceptionalism entails the belief in the United States’ outstanding characteristics and is rooted in classical liberal values and their propagation. Consequently, U.S. foreign...

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