Open Section – In Progress: A Graduate Journal of North American Studies

Open Section (Vol. 2, No. 1)

2023 PGF Conference “Spaces and Affect in the Americas”

The 33rd annual conference of the Postgraduate Forum (PGF) of the German Association for American Studies (GAAS/DGfA), took place at Leibniz Universität Hannover from November 9 to 11, 2023. Headlined by the theme “Spaces of Affect in the Americas” and organized by Stefan Dierkes, Katerina Steffan, and Lujain Youssef, the conference explored the intricate relationship between affect, identity, and spatiality in American Studies and aimed to create a unique gathering space for early-career researchers from across Germany and Europe. This issue's Open Section features a conference report and two interviews with the organizers Katerina Steffan and Lujain Youssef and key note speaker Anne Potjans (HU Berlin).

Conference Report

For this open section, students from the seminar "Editing a Scholarly Journal" (taught by Felix Brinker and Kathleen Loock, Winter 2023/2024) took part in the 2023 PGF Conference “Spaces and Affect in the Americas” at Leibniz University Hannover and summarized their experiences in a conference report.

Read the full conference report.
Interview with the Local PGF Conference Organizers Katerina Steffan and Lujain Youssef

To get a better idea of what it takes to organize an academic conference, students from the seminar interviewed local organizers Katerina Steffan and Lujain Youssef.

Watch the full video of the interview.
Interview with PGF Conference Keynote Speaker Anne Potjans (HU Berlin)

Anne Potjans from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin talks about her experience as the Keynote Speaker at the 2023 PGF Conference “Spaces of Affect in the Americas.”

Watch the video of the full interview.

Open Section (Vol. 2, No. 1)

2023 PGF Conference “Spaces and Affect in the Americas”

2023 PGF Conference “Spaces and Affect in the Americas”

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