Press Releases

2024

February 20, 2024

Young Researchers from Heidelberg to Research Polycrises
Gordon Friedrichs and Natalie Rauscher accepted into the WIN-Kolleg of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities

2023

June 7, 2023

Universität Heidelberg Confers James W. C. Pennington Award
Eleventh prize-winner is American political scientist Melvin L. Rogers

2022

June 3, 2022

Pennington Award for Two Outstanding Hisotrians
Double award ceremony: Manisha Sinha and Carol Anderson have been honoured

May 30, 2022

Universität Heidelberg Confers James W.C. Pennington Award
Double award ceremony: distinction goes to two historians from the United States

April 5, 2022

Gespräch mit Reinhard Bütikofer: Die liberale Weltordnung in der Krise?
Diskussionsabend zur Rolle der Europäischen Union im Spannungsfeld zwischen westlichen und östlichen Großmächten

2021

November 29, 2021

Neue Perspektiven auf China, die USA und Europa
Heidelberger Wissenschaftler diskutieren mit prominenten Gästen aus Politik, Wirtschaft und Kultur

November 11, 2021

Second Funding Period for Research Training Group in Interdisciplinary American Studies
Research Training Group at Heidelberg University receives DFG funds totalling approx. 4.3 million euros

October 21, 2021

150 Years of German-American Relations Covered for the First Time
New publication by US expert Detlef Junker obtainable as open access e-book

August 13, 2021

International Conference on James W.C. Pennington
The writer and opponent of slavery received an honorary doctorate from Heidelberg University in 1849 as the first African American

July 29, 2021

HCA Fireside Chat - Die Außenbeziehungen der USA
New digital series of the Heidelberg Center for American Studies

2020

April 30, 2020

Podcast: Corona in den USA
Heidelberg Center for American Studies with new digital offer