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SUMMARY:59th Annual Conference of the German Association for American Studies 2012
DESCRIPTION:Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz\NThe 59th Annual Conference of the
	 German Association for American Studies\Nresounds with the wide scope of
	 issues and approaches that distinguishes the\Nacademic field of American
	 Studies. The program promises a conference dedicated\Nto the commitment
	 of German American Studies to innovative
	 interdisciplinary\Nscholarship\, international exchange\, political
	 awareness\, and public outreach.\N\NThe topic of the 2012 conference\,
	 “American Lives\,” has held a central position in American Studies since
	 the beginnings of our discipline. Theoretical developments in the past
	 decades have continued to emphasize the critical assessment of
	 representations of American lives in all forms of cultural production
	 and from a multitude of different perspectives. The turn to
	 transnational American Studies foregrounds the implications of
	 ‘American’ lives and the consequences of their projections and
	 interventions in global contexts and from vantage points outside
	 traditional boundaries.\N\NThe plenary lectures\, workshops\, and
	 special events of the conference will give\Nnew significance to the
	 exploration of the diversity of American lives. They will discuss the
	 ambiguous power of American lives and investigate the contexts\Nand
	 trajectories that have shaped them at home and abroad. The
	 cooperation\Nwith the life sciences will open new venues for
	 interdisciplinary interaction in\NAmerican Studies and beyond.\N\NThe
	 conference coincides with the 60th anniversary of American Studies at
	 the\NUniversity of Mainz. Throughout the past six decades\, Mainz has
	 been one of the\Ncenters of American Studies in Germany. With the 2012
	 annual convention\,\NMainz American Studies once again serves as the
	 crossroads for stimulating\Nacademic and personal exchange and for
	 cutting-edge scholarship.\N\NAnnual conferences and institutional
	 anniversaries provide important opportunities to reflect on issues of
	 disciplinary identity and agenda-setting past\, present\, and\, above
	 all\, future. It is in the spirit of such future-oriented reflection and
	 celebration that all of us are looking forward to the 2012 conference.
	 \N\NThe conference is open only for registered visitors. Please register
	 in advance via http://www.uni-mainz.de/dgfa2012.\N\Ndgfa2012@uni-
	 mainz.de\N\Nhttp://www.uni-mainz.de/dgfa2012\N
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URL:http://www.idw-online.de/de/event39891
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LOCATION:Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz\; D 55099 Mainz 55128 Mainz 
 Rheinland-Pfalz Deutschland
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