Guest Lectures
Tuesday, January 14, 2020 – 10:15 AM
Looking Back Across the Atlantic: Europe and the U.S. Prison System
Nigel Hatton (University of California, Merced)
Tuesday, May 7, 2019 – 12:15 PM
What Europe Can and Should Not Transfer From American Universities
Prof. Charles McClelland (Univ. of New Mexico, NM/Univ. of Texas, Galveston, TX)
Wednesday, April 10, 2019 – 4:15 PM
Historical Justice and Notions of Empire Since 1990
PD Dr. Axel Jansen (Deputy Director of the German Historical Institute Washington)
Thursday, January 17, 2019 – 8:15 AM
Ecocriticism and Cultural Ecology
Prof. Dr. Hubert Zapf (Universität Augsburg)
Wednesday, July 11, 2018 – 2:00 PM
How to Kick Ass When Life Is a Bitch: The Story of Human Rights
Prof. Asha Varadharajan (Queen's University)
Tuesday, June 19, 2018 – 4:15 PM
Did the American Media "Create" Dreadlocks? A Reading
Prof. Bertram Ashe
Thursday, December 14, 2017 – 2:15 PM
Environmental Risk Narratives: Climate Change and the American Novel
Prof. Dr. Sylvia Mayer
Tuesday, December 12, 2017 – 6:15 PM
Gothic Literature: An American Phenomenon and Its Roots in English Literature
Prof. James L. Thorson
Tuesday, December 12, 2017 – 12:15 PM
"The Sight of Abject Poverty": Two Lectures on Jack London's Writings on the Life of the Poor
Prof. Dr. Noël Mauberret and Prof. Jeanne C. Reesman, Ph.D.
Thursday, December 7, 2017 – 10:15 AM
Adventure and Anguish: Jack London, the Hobo Who Learned Socialism in Erie County, NY, Penitentiary
Prof. Jeanne C. Reesman, Ph.D.
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 – 6:15 PM
Inclusion in American Teacher Education
Dr. Richard Snyder, Ed.D. (Wartburg College, Iowa)
Wednesday, June 28, 2017 – 2:15 PM
Predators on Screen: Cinematic Monsters in the New Century
Gillian Harkins (University of Washington)
Monday, June 26, 2017 – 6:15 PM
From Alternative to the Metropolitan: The Theatre of Robert Lepage
Prof. Dr. Katalin Kürtösi (Universität Szeged)
Thursday, June 22, 2017 – 1:00 PM
After the NATO Meeting in Brussels: The Future of the Transatlantic Alliance
Prof. Dr. Matthew Rhodes (George C. Marshall Center)
Tuesday, June 13, 2017 – 10:15 AM
Impressions of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s By a Contemporary Observer
Gregory R. Zieren (Austin Peay State University)
Wednesday, November 23, 2016 – 2:15 PM
Agency and Voice: The History and Impact of Postcolonial Studies and a Look into its Future
Prof. Asha Varadharajan (Queen's University)
Saturday, November 19, 2016 – 8:30 AM
Year of the Woman or More of the Same? The Status of Women in American Politics after Election 2016
Dr. Kelly Dittmar (Rutgers University)
Thursday, November 17, 2016 – 5:00 PM
The Role of the Media in the U.S. Presidential Elections 2016
Prof. William James Willis (Azusa Pacific University)
Monday, November 14, 2016 – 6:30 PM
German Jews Beyond Germany: A Transnational History
Prof. Tobias Brinkmann (Pennsylvania State University)
Tuesday, June 28, 2016 – 6:15 PM
The Ordeal of Citizenship: Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" and Mid-Century American Culture
Prof. Michael Grimwood