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.

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Talking American Studies

Jens Temmen on Mars

May 22, 2021 • Verena Adamik (and others) • Season 1 • Episode 9

... 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 translation can wreak.

Featuring

Dr. Jens Temmen https://www.anglistik2.hhu.de/en/anglistik-ii-american-studies/faculty/staff/dr-jens-temmen

Dr. Verena Adamik https://vadamik.wordpress.com/
Anja Söyunmez

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