Jahrestagung des Wirtschaftshistorischen Ausschusses des Vereins für Socialpolitik

Konferenz

HCA, Curt und Heidemarie Engelhorn Palais, Hauptstr. 120, Heidelberg

Programm

"'It's the Economy, Stupid!' Or Is It? Zum Verhältnis von sozialer Ungleichheit und Populismus in den USA"

Manfred Berg

Curt-Engelhorn-Stiftungsprofessor für Amerikanische Geschichte, Universität Heidelberg

HCA, Curt und Heidemarie Engelhorn Palais, Hauptstr. 120, Heidelberg

"Autorität und Vertrauen in der US-Wirtschaft: Trends und Brüche"

Podiumsdiskussion

Mit Beiträgen von Hartmut Berghoff, Alexander Engel, Korinna Schönhärl und Welf Werner. Moderation: Jan-Otmar Hesse

HCA, Curt und Heidemarie Engelhorn Palais, Hauptstr. 120, Heidelberg

"James W.C. Pennington and the World of Transatlantic Reform"

International Conference

Conveners: Jan Stievermann (HCA) & Eddie Glaude Jr. (Princeton University)

HCA, Curt und Heidemarie Engelhorn Palais, Hauptstr. 120, Heidelberg

Programm

This conference reassesses the life and work of the African American abolitionist and writer James W.C. Pennington (1807-70) in the context of nineteenth-century transatlantic reform movements. The roster of speakers includes leading experts of African American history, literature and reform, including Manisha Sinha, John Stauffer, William L. Andrews, Paul Harvey, and Eddie Glaude.

The conference is open to the public. If you would like to attend, please register with mneidig@hca.uni-heidelberg.de.

HCA Spring Academy 2020

Interdisciplinary Conference for Ph.D. Candidates

HCA, Curt und Heidemarie Engelhorn Palais, Hauptstr. 120, Heidelberg

"Participation in American Culture and Society"

International Conference

67. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Amerikastudien (DGfA)

Conveners: Manfred Berg, Ulrike Gerhard, Günter Leypoldt, Margit Peterfy, Jan Stievermann, Martin Thunert, Welf Werner

Universität Heidelberg | HCA, Curt und Heidemarie Engelhorn Palais, Hauptstr. 120, Heidelberg

"Authority and Trust: Comparative and Interdisciplinary Perspectives"

International Conference

Conveners: Graduiertenkolleg "Authority & Trust" (GKAT)

HCA, Curt und Heidemarie Engelhorn Palais, Hauptstr. 120, Heidelberg

Chicago’s Redevelopment Machine and Blues Clubs

David Wilson

Professor of Geography and Geographic Information Services, University of Illinois

HCA, Curt und Heidemarie Engelhorn Palais, Hauptstr. 120, Heidelberg

"American States of Nature: Rights, Race, and the Environment in the U.S. Constitution"

Mark Somos

Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg

HCA, Curt und Heidemarie Engelhorn Palais, Hauptstr. 120, Heidelberg

"Das schwierige Ganze: Goethe, Emerson und die Literatur der offenen Gesellschaft"

Kai Sina

Universität Göttingen

HCA, Curt und Heidemarie Engelhorn Palais, Hauptstr. 120, Heidelberg

"Transatlantic Scripts for Postindustrial Urban Futures"

Barbara Buchenau

Chair of North American Cultural Studies, University of Duisburg-Essen

In Kooperation mit GKAT

HCA, Curt und Heidemarie Engelhorn Palais, Hauptstr. 120, Heidelberg

"Reinsuring Natural Catastrophes in the U.S.: State, Private Markets, and International Organizations"

Niels-Viggo Haueter

Head Corporate History, Swiss Re, Zürich

HCA, Curt and Heidemarie Engelhorn Palais, Hauptstr. 120, Heidelberg

"Hurricanes in New Orleans"

Eleonora Rohland

Professor for Entangled History of the Americas, University of Bielefeld

HCA, Curt und Heidemarie Engelhorn Palais, Hauptstr. 120, Heidelberg

"Willa Cather and the Professionalization of American Knowledge Cultures around 1900"

Alexander Starre

John-F.-Kennedy-Institut für Nordamerikastudien, FU Berlin

In Kooperation mit GKAT

HCA, Curt and Heidemarie Engelhorn Palais, Hauptstr. 120, Heidelberg

"Ill Winds: Saving Democracy from Russian Rage, Chinese Ambition, and American Complacency"

Larry Diamond

Hoover Institution and Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University

In Kooperation mit dem Institut für Politische Wissenschaft

HCA, Curt und Heidemarie Engelhorn Palais, Hauptstr. 120, Heidelberg

"Ipse Venena Bibas"

Bill Moran & William Brian Sain

In Kooperation mit der HCA Fachschaft

HCA, Curt und Heidemarie Engelhorn Palais, Hauptstr. 120, Heidelberg

Equality: An American Dilemma

Charles Postel

San Francisco State University

HCA, Curt und Heidemarie Engelhorn Palais, Hauptstr. 120, Heidelberg

"Immigration in Comparative Perspective"

Roberto Suro

Professor of Journalism and Public Policy, University of Southern California

In Kooperation mit der American Academy in Berlin

HCA, Curt und Heidemarie Engelhorn Palais, Hauptstr. 120, Heidelberg

"Lincoln and the Champions of Righteousness: How Religious Nationalism Fueled the American Civil War"

Richard Carwardine

Emeritus Rhodes Professor of American History, University of Oxford

HCA, Curt und Heidemarie Engelhorn Palais, Hauptstr. 120, Heidelberg

"The Corrosion of the Liberal Democratic Order? Transatlantic Perspectives in Perilous Times"

International Conference

Annual Meeting of the Political Science Section of the German Society for American Studies

Conveners: Florian Böller (HCA) & Markus B. Siewert (Bavarian School for Public Policy / TUM School of Governance)

HCA, Curt und Heidemarie Engelhorn Palais, Hauptstr. 120, Heidelberg

"Political Parties and the Crisis of Democratic Capitalism"

Didi Kuo

Associate Director for Research and Senior Research Scholar; Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law; Stanford University

In Kooperation mit der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Amerikastudien, Sektion Politikwissenschaft

HCA, Curt und Heidemarie Engelhorn Palais, Hauptstr. 120, Heidelberg

A Reading from Hell or High Water

Joy Castro

Willa Cather Professor of English and Ethnic Studies, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

HCA, Curt und Heidemarie Engelhorn Palais, Hauptstr. 120, Heidelberg

"From John McCloy to George Bush: America’s Foreign Policy Establishment, European Unity, and German Reunification, 1945-1990"

Thomas A. Schwartz

Distinguished Professor of History; Professor of Political Science; Professor of European Studies, Vanderbilt University

In Kooperation mit der U.S. Embassy in Berlin

HCA, Curt und Heidemarie Engelhorn Palais, Hauptstr. 120, Heidelberg

"Seriality and Gender: The Politics and Practices of American Television"

Maria Sulimma

University of Duisburg-Essen

HCA, Curt und Heidemarie Engelhorn Palais, Hauptstr. 120, Heidelberg

"A Hegemonic Transition? Reconfigurations of Global Economic and Security Orders in the Age of Trump"

International Conference

Conveners: Welf Werner & Florian Böller (HCA)

HCA, Curt und Heidemarie Engelhorn Palais, Hauptstr. 120, Heidelberg

"Zukunft der Arbeit – Chancen und Risiken der Digitalisierung"

Podiumsdiskussion

HCA, Curt und Heidemarie Engelhorn Palais, Hauptstr. 120, Heidelberg

Veranstaltungsnachlese

"That Which Is God In Us: Howard Thurman and American Religion in the 20th Century"

Paul Harvey

Professor and Presidential Teaching Scholar, Department of History, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, and James W.C. Pennington Fellow, Heidelberg University

HCA, Curt und Heidemarie Engelhorn Palais, Hauptstr. 120, Heidelberg

Veranstaltungsnachlese

"Life Imitates Art, or: The True History of Oscar Wilde’s American Tour and Transatlantic 19th-century Racism"

Michèle Mendelssohn

Associate Professor of English Literature, Oxford University

HCA, Curt und Heidemarie Engelhorn Palais, Hauptstr. 120, Heidelberg

Veranstaltungsnachlese

"Merze Tate: A Black Scholar’s International Thought on War, Race, and Anti-Imperialism"

Barbara Savage

Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought, Department of Africana Studies, University of Pennsylvania, and Harmsworth Visiting Professor of American History, 2018-19, University of Oxford

HCA, Curt und Heidemarie Engelhorn Palais, Hauptstr. 120, Heidelberg

Veranstaltungsnachlese

"Wie gefährdet ist die amerikanische Demokratie?"

Podiumsdiskussion

Neue Universität, Manfred-Lautenschläger-Hörsaal

Veranstaltungsnachlese

"The Economic History of Trumpism"

John Komlos

Professor Emeritus of Economic History, LMU München

HCA, Curt und Heidemarie Engelhorn Palais, Hauptstr. 120, Heidelberg

Veranstaltungsnachlese

"Public History, Public Memory: Pivotal Moments and How They are Remembered"

Edward Lengel

2018-19 Colonial Williamsburg Revolutionary in Residence

HCA, Curt und Heidemarie Engelhorn Palais, Hauptstr. 120, Heidelberg

Veranstaltungsnachlese

"The Changing Global Economic Geography"

Robert Zoellick

Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University; President, World Bank (2007-2012); U.S. Trade Representative (2001-2005); Deputy Secretary of State (2005-2006)

Alfred-Weber-Lecture 2019 | In Kooperation mit dem Alfred-Weber-Institut für Wirtschaftswissenschaften

Alte Aula, Univeristät Heidelberg, Grabengasse 1, Heidelberg

Veranstaltungsnachlese | Video

"The Populist Temptation: Economic Grievance and Political Reaction in America"

Barry Eichengreen

George C. Pardee and Helen N. Pardee Professor of Economics and Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley

Alte Aula, Univeristät Heidelberg, Grabengasse 1, Heidelberg

Veranstaltungsnachlese | Video

"Nature Shock: Getting Lost in America"

Jon Coleman

Professor of History, University of Notre Dame

HCA, Curt und Heidemarie Engelhorn Palais, Hauptstr. 120, Heidelberg

Veranstaltungsnachlese

When Brooklyn Was Queer

Hugh Ryan

Writer and Queer Historian, New York City

In Kooperation mit GKAT und dem Heidelberg Queer Festival

HCA, Curt und Heidemarie Engelhorn Palais, Hauptstr. 120, Heidelberg

Veranstaltungsnachlese

"Charisma als Resonanzbeziehung"

Hartmut Rosa

Professor für allgemeine und theoretische Soziologie, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena

In Kooperation mit GKAT

HCA, Curt und Heidemarie Engelhorn Palais, Hauptstr. 120, Heidelberg

Veranstaltungsnachlese

"Regeneration through Non-Violence: Cooper, Stowe, and the Politics of the Early Peace Movement"

Sandra Gustafson

Professor of English, University of Notre Dame

HCA, Curt und Heidemarie Engelhorn Palais, Hauptstr. 120, Heidelberg

Veranstaltungsnachlese

"Unpresidented: Liberalism, Democracy, and the Politics of Truth after the Election of Donald Trump"

David Greenberg

Professor of History and of Journalism & Media Studies at Rutgers University, New Brunswick

Alte Aula, Univeristät Heidelberg, Grabengasse 1, Heidelberg

Veranstaltungsnachlese

"Woodstock and the Nation"

Ausstellung

HCA, Curt und Heidemarie Engelhorn Palais, Hauptstr. 120, Heidelberg

Veranstaltungsnachlese

"Zwei Jahre Trump – Transatlantische Partnerschaft, quo vadis?"

Podiumsdiskussion

In Zusammenarbeit mit der Außen- und sicherheitspolitischen Hochschulgruppe der Universität Heidelberg

HCA, Curt und Heidemarie Engelhorn Palais, Hauptstr. 120, Heidelberg

Veranstaltungsnachlese

Die Präsidenten der USA: 45 historische Porträts von George Washington bis Donald Trump (HCA Book Launch)

Manfred Berg, Detlef Junker, Martin Thunert & Britta-Waldschmidt-Nelson

HCA, Curt und Heidemarie Engelhorn Palais, Hauptstr. 120, Heidelberg

Veranstaltungsnachlese