Online Seminar: American Futures: Ideas of Borders and Belonging in Popular Culture and Literature
Seminar number:
26-0326
Date:
Thursday, March 26, 2026
9 am - 4 pm
Location:
Online via Click Meeting
In cooperation with:
Pädagogisches Landesinstitut Rheinland-Pfalz
Butenschönstraße 2
67346 Speyer
Target group:
Teachers from Rheinland-Pfalz, general interested audience.
Registration:
Lehrkräfte aus Rheinland-Pfalz melden sich bitte direkt über diesen Link des Pädagogischen Landesinstituts an. Die PL Veranstaltungsnummer lautet
261325En58.
Please register here if you are not a teacher but interested in participating in the event.
Content:
The seminar “American Futures” takes a deep dive into iconic and popular images and narratives of American Culture. How have progress, futures and encounters been described, dreamed about and feared in popular novels, tv shows and overall narratives? How can we draw parallels between these cultural products and current political and societal developments in the United States? Experts will introduce concepts and themes, for example the American Wild West, Climate Narratives or Star Trek, to participants and provide teachers with background information on the topics and how they can be discussed against the current backdrop of American decline and disruption.
The seminar is geared towards teachers, yet we welcome members of the public to participate!
Program:
9 am
Welcome Remarks
9.15 am
Resources for the Classrooms
Anna Schönbach, Pädagogisches Landesinstitut Rheinland-Pfalz
10.15 am
Short break
10.30 am
TBD
Dr. Torsten Kathke, Obama Institute for Transnational Studies, Universität Mainz
11.30 pm
Lunch Break
12 pm
America at 250, Star Trek at 60: What Can Futures Hold?
Dr. Sabrina Mittermeier, Universität Kassel
1.15 pm
LunchBreak
2.15 pm
What Kind of Future? Narrating the Climate Crisis
Dr. Lea Espinoza Garrido, John F. Kennedy Institute, FU Berlin
4 pm
End of Program Day
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