Christoph Straub
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Managing Director #BavarianAmericanAcademy at @amerikahaus.de. American Studies | Research Management | Communication. Views = my own; reposts ≠ endorsements. he/him
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We are truly grateful to Werner Sollors and Daniel Williams for taking the time to join us for this wonderful discussion!
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Sollors' writings on African American literature, race and ethnicity, multilingualism, and cosmopolitanism shaped the field of #AmericanStudies, constituting a capacious body of work that retains its analytic significance and continues to prove valuable for making sense of contemporary challenges.
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On the occasion of the publication of "The Werner Sollors Reader" (@edinburghup.bsky.social, 2025), Sollors and Williams visited @amerikahaus.de to discuss Sollors' life, his thinking, and how he has become one of the most influential Americanists of his generation.
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On Monday, October 6, 2025, the #BavarianAmericanAcademy had the pleasure of hosting an intriguing conversation among BAA-Honorary Member Werner Sollors (@harvard.edu ) and @danielgwydion.bsky.social (@swanseauni.bsky.social).
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Join us on Monday at 7pm at @amerikahaus.de for an evening w/ Werner Sollors (@harvard.edu) & @danielgwydion.bsky.social (@swanseauni.bsky.social)!

Curious about what to expect? Read @chrisirmscher.bsky.social's article in the @harvardmagazine.bsky.social:
www.harvardmagazine.com/2024/12/harv...
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#SaveTheDate: On Oct 6, you are cordially invited to join us for an evening with Werner Sollors (@harvard.edu). On the occasion of the publication of "The Werner Sollors Reader," the literary scholar will visit @amerikahaus.de to discuss his work with Daniel G. Williams (@swanseauni.bsky.social).
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#SaveTheDate: On Oct 6, you are cordially invited to join us for an evening with Werner Sollors (@harvard.edu). On the occasion of the publication of "The Werner Sollors Reader," the literary scholar will visit @amerikahaus.de to discuss his work with Daniel G. Williams (@swanseauni.bsky.social).
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We are grateful to all participants and faculty members for their contributions and the supportive atmosphere. A very special "Thank you!" to our hosts at Goethe-Institut Montreal, most notably Nadja Furth and Nanna Henning, for their support and for providing this fantastic space for our event.
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Furthermore, a conversation with Susanne Aschi-Glesius, Germany's Consul General in Montreal, and Daniel Etzel, Director of The State of Bavaria in Quebec, allowed for a critical discussion about public diplomacy in the present moment. Find out more about the program: t1p.de/lsh4q.
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💡 We look back on a rich academic and cultural program. Beyond many intriguing talks by the participants and faculty members, a city tour through #Montreal, a picnic at Mont Royal, and an excursion to Kahnawá:ke gave participants the opportunity to get to know some parts of the city and its vicinity
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The international summer school brought together 16 (post-)doctoral researchers from 🇦🇹 Austria, 🇨🇦 Canada, 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇮🇹 Italy, 🇵🇱 Poland, 🇺🇸 the USA and 10 faculty members, also from both sides of the Atlantic.
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🎓 From July 16 to 23, 2025, BavarianAmericanAcademy's 13th Summer Academy took place in Montreal, QC 🇨🇦, allowing participants to engage with the topic "North American Narratives of Crisis and Repair, Past and Present."
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🛫 Safe travels to all those who participate in the event! 🙏 And a big "Thank you!" to our cooperation partners at Goethe-Institut Montreal (Nadja Furth, Nanna Henning & the entire team) for hosting us over the coming week!

We are looking forward to seeing everyone in #Montreal very soon!
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⏳ Just two more days before the 13th BAA Summer Academy begins! The summer school brings together 16 early career researchers and 10 faculty members from Europe and North America at Goethe-Institut Montreal to discuss the topic "North American Narratives of #Crisis and #Repair, Past and Present."
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🫶 A special "Thank you!" to our cooperation partners at @boeckler-stiftung.bsky.social and @fesonline.bsky.social for their generosity and to @dfg.de for supporting the event.

👉 See you at @amerikahaus.de on Thursday!
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📺 In case you cannot attend the conference, watch the keynote lectures with Colin Crouch (@uni-of-warwick.bsky.social | @mpifg.bsky.social) and Sherry Lee Linkon (Georgetown University) as well as the opening discussion with Mary Anne Trasciatti (@hofstrau.bsky.social) online: ➡️ t1p.de/myqya
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💡 Join us at @amerikahaus.de for intriguing discussions about past ideas on the #FutureOfWork, #feminist conceptions of #labor and work futures, persistent #RacialDisparities and systemic challenges in the US labor market, as well as futures of #WorkerOrganization.

➡️ Full program: t1p.de/b4e35
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The final preparations for the 23rd Annual Conference of the #BavarianAmericanAcademy are in full swing: From Thu to Sat, scholars from various disciplines and both sides of the Atlantic will come together in Munich to discuss various dimensions of the topic "Labor, Union, and the Future of Work".
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Join us at
@amerikahaus.de
or follow the livestream on YouTube!

📅 Friday, July 11, 2025, 4:00 p.m.
📍 @amerikahaus.de, Karolinenplatz 3, Munich
➡️ Further Info & Registration: t1p.de/vnmvf
📺 YouTube-Livestream: t1p.de/x3a9n
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Next Fri, Sherry Lee Linkon (Georgetown U) will deliver the second keynote of the BAA-Conference "Labor, Unions, and the Future of Work," speaking about ways in which Black women have been pushing back on the erasure of Black lives and communities in narratives of deindustrialization in the US.
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Join us at @amerikahaus.de or follow the livestream on YouTube!

📅 Thursday, July 10, 2025, 6:00 p.m.
📍 Amerikahaus München, Karolinenplatz 3, Munich
➡️ Further Info & Registration: t1p.de/e52gg
📺 YouTube-Livestream: t1p.de/2wypp
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On the opening evening of this year's BAA Conference "Labor, Unions, and the Future of Work", we are looking forward to a keynote lecture with Prof. Dr. Colin Crouch (@uni-of-warwick.bsky.social | @mpifg.bsky.social). The sociologist will ask: What do industrial relations systems look like today?