G.W.F. Hegel (top row, 2nd right) and the entire organizing team proudly sport their “Knowledge Landscapes” t-shirts
University of Bonn rector Michael Hoch
Ready to roll!
Faculty of Arts dean Andreas Bartels
Speeches during the conference opening ceremony: GAAS president Carmen Birkle
Mayor Reinhard Limbach
Maximum security
Conference organizer Sabine Sielke
Charlotte Securius-Carr (Fulbright Commission) and Fulbright American Studies Award winner Boris Vormann
U.S. ambassador John B. Emerson
Carmen Birkle, Derek Kelly (Consul for Political and Economic Affairs, Düsseldorf), Sabine Sielke, and Michael Hoch (1st row); Sabine Bröck and Thomas S. Miller (Minister-Counselor for Public Affairs, U. S. Embassy Berlin) (2nd row)
The University of Bonn Jazz Choir (conductor: Jan-Hendrik Herrmann) during their performance
Britta Waldschmidt-Nelson and Thomas Schaber (Steiner Verlag) with Franz Steiner Prize winner Elisabeth Engel (left)
Heike Paul and Ebeling Fellowship winner Sebastian M. Herrmann
Oliver Scheiding and Best AmSt Article Award winner Katja Sarkowsky
Christopher Newfield during his keynote address
Sarah Wasserman introduces the first keynote speaker
Christa Buschendorf (workshop “Tacit Knowledge”)
Andreas Bartels, Sabine Sielke, Carmen Birkle, John B. Emerson, Michael Hoch, and Christopher Newfield
Sverker Sörlin during his keynote address
Frank Kelleter introduces keynote speaker Siva Vaidhyanathan
Edmunda Ferreira and alumna Ursula Soyez
Partytime
Andrew Gross in discussion with our authors
Students of the North American Studies Program
Our student assistants await the thirsty crowd
Sabine Sielke recharging the battery … 😉
Justin Sully and Mark Seltzer (workshop “Making News”)
Our student assistants enjoy the cruise on the Rhine
Vivian Seidel (GAAS office)
… as do Klaus Lösch, Barbara Buchenau, Miriam Strube, Katja Sarkowsky, and Heike Paul
Heinz Ickstadt speaking about John Williams’s Stoner (workshop “The Campus Novel”)
Susan Schuppli during her keynote address
Hanjo Berressem introduces keynote speaker Susan Schuppli
Gerald McMaster (workshop “Indigenous Knowledges”)
… as well as Sarah Wasserman, Ulfried Reichardt, Peter Schneck, Laura Bieger, Heinz Ickstadt, and Sabine Sielke
Siva Vaidhyanathan during his keynote address
Birgit Däwes (co-organizer workshop “Indigenous Knowledges”)
Christopher Newfield, Laura Bieger, and Antje Kley
North American Studies Program alumnus Peter Schniering speaks at our birthday party
… and enjoying it
Sabine Sielke and Alfred Hornung
Faculty members and students of the North American Studies Program listen intently
Susan Schuppli and Antje Kley in the PGF workshop
Henrike Viehrig and Lothar Hönnighausen
Ulfried Reichardt introduces keynote speaker Sverker Sörlin
Klaas Staal and Christian Klöckner
Former North American Studies Program research assistants Nico Völker & Timo Weidner and our former office manager Edmunda Ferreira
Sabine Sielke introduces her predecessor as Director of the North American Studies Program, Lothar Hönnighausen
On the dancefloor
GAAS Executive Director Philipp Gassert, Christina Maria Koch, and GAAS Vice President Heike Paul
Conference participants in the auditorium foyer
Polonaise!
Georg Schiller poses a question
Simone Knewitz, Sabine Sielke, Lothar Hönnighausen, and Elisabeth Schäfer-Wünsche
Rivka Galchen
Queuing for the best conference coffee ever 😉
North American Studies Program alumni
Let them eat cake
… is presented with a bouquet by Sabine Sielke as the conference ends.
Andrew Gross, Antje Kley, and Catrin Gersdorf enjoy themselves
Susanne Rohr introduces keynote speaker Antje Kley on Sunday morning
… busting a move
Joseph O’Neill reads from The Dog
Sylvia Mayer, Catrin Gersdorf, Susanne Rohr, and Susan Schuppli are all ears
Antje Kley during her keynote address
North American Studies Program office manager Ilona Krupp
Andrew Gross introduces Joseph O’Neill and Rivka Galchen at the authors’ reading
Sabine Sielke and Philipp Gassert
Pictures taken by Katharina Lurz, Bonn
Knowledge Landscapes North America 