Nordamerikafreunde Greifswald e.V.

Nordamerikafreunde Greifswald e.V. has been active since it was founded in 1992. The members meet on a regular, monthly basis and arrange presentations on topics related to North America. 

Newport News has been a sister town of Greifswald since 2007.  As part of the partnership, employees, pupils and students from both towns take part in alternating annual visits.

2013

3^rd April    “Pre-Clovis: Earliest Settlement of America” presentation by Gunnar Möller (archaeologist from the Hanseatic Town of Stralsund)

15^th May    “New Indigenous Film in Canada” presentation by Dr. habil. Kerstin Knopf (University of Greifswald) 

15^th June    “Defeating All the Dark Forces: Anti-Fascism, Transnationalism, and American Slavs, 1937-1950” presentation by Rachel Batch (Widener University, Chester/PA/USA)

2014

5^th March    “Top Secret: Secret Organisations and Conspiracy Theories in America” presentation by Dr. Anette Brauer (University of Greifswald)

2^nd April   “Native American Experts and Myth Destroyers: Tale(s) of a Transatlantic Relationship” presentation by Prof. em. Hartmut Lutz (University of Greifswald)

7^th April   “Flash Fiction: Snapshot of a Genre“ presentation by Michael Cocchiarale (Widener University, Chester, PA/USA)

26^th May   Special event: “Coming to Terms with a Child” Henry Beissel, German-Canadian author talked about his life and read from his book.        

2015

15^th April   “Native American Ponytails, Longhairs and Afros: a Hair(y) History of the USA” presentation by Dr. Anette Brauer (University of Greifswald) 

6^th May   “A Lone Goose and Empathy: Teaching in a U.S. Maximum Security Prison” presentation by Prof. Jayne Thompson (Widener University, Chester, PA / USA)

7^th October   “The Hollywood-Western after 9/11” presentation by Dr. M. Holtz (University of Greifswald)

2016

6^th April   “Humans by Hagenbeck: Abraham Ulrikab at the Zoo” presentation by Prof. em. Hartmut Lutz (University of Greifswald)

8^th June  “American ‘Exceptionalism’ and the Rise of Donald Trump” presentation by Prof. John Serembus (Widener University, Chester, PA/USA)