Talking American Studies
Dedicated to highlighting currents of North American Studies in Germany.Also on spotify and itunes, or follow Talking American Studies on twitter/facebook/instagram!About the host/creator: I'm Verena Adamik, and I teach and research American Studies at the University of Potsdam. For my PhD project, I investigated the link between the United States' national narrative and utopianism by looking at fictional renditions of utopian communities (i.e. 'communes') in the nineteenth century. I am currently turning some of my findings into a book. Further research interests include horror fiction and African American writing, specifically sf, horror, and literary responses to White supremacist discourse. Because I miss going to seminars and lectures, I decided to just get scholars to spill their intellectual beans in this podcast.
Podcasting since 2018 • 9 episodes
Talking American Studies
Latest Episodes
Jens Temmen on Mars
... leaving this planet behind (or not) with Dr. Jens Temmen (HHU Düsseldorf). Listen in on us Talking American Studies: the difference between the PhD and the PostDoc phase, on Mars colonization, climate change, and the havoc an error in trans...
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Episode 9
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Debate, Democracy, Diversity: University Politics and American Studies; with E. Yekani, M. Klepper, E. Kimmell, N. Habib.
In this episode, Prof. Dr. Elahe Haschemi Yekani , Prof. Dr. Martin Klepper, Emma Kimmell, and Nisreen Habib,(Humboldt-Universität Berlin) reflect on university politics, racism, structural change and, of course, American Studies. The int...
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Episode 8
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Conspiracy Theories and being a 'Public' Academic with M. Butter
… all about conspiracy theories – Prof. Michael Butter (University Tübingen) talks about the history of conspiracy theories and their status today, about relating academic research to public audiences, and the importance of engaging with ...
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Episode 7
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White Supremacy (COPAS special issue) with S. Spatzek and C. Essi
In this episode we are talking White Supremacy in American Studies: Cedric Essi (https://www.lili.uni-osnabrueck.de/institu...
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Episode 6
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Black Canada with N. Sawallisch and R. Njeri
Black Canada - Dr. Nele Sawallisch and Rahab Njeri are talking American Studies: about the long history of Black people in the 'great white north,' about slavery in Canada, about what happens once people reached the final destination of the ...
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Episode 5
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