CfP: Cultural Mobility and Knowledge Formation in the Americas
June 30 – July 2, 2016 –
International Conference at the Amerikahaus, Munich, Germany, jointly
organized by the Bavarian American Academy (BAA) and the German
Historical Institute, Washington, DC (GHI)
Conveners: Volker Depkat (BAA) and Britta Waldschmidt-Nelson (GHI)
In
the ongoing debate about transnational history that gained momentum in
the 1990s, hemispheric approaches have either been discussed as one way
to transnationalize the study of U.S. history or as frames for exercises
in comparative history.