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Prof. Dr. Silke Hackenesch

Prof. Dr. Silke Hackenesch

Visiting Professor for American History and Transatlantic Studies

Contact

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
Amerika-Institut
Schellingstr. 3 (VG)
80799 München

Room: 205
Phone: +49 (0)89 2180-2842

Office hours:
by appointment

Areas of Research

  • American Cultural History
  • Critical Race Studies
  • Commodity History
  • Childhood Studies
  • Adoption Studies
  • African American History
  • Black Diaspora Studies

Courses in the Fall 2024/25

  • Lecture: Being Young in America: A History of Childhood in the 19th and 20th Centuries
  • MA: Foundation Course: Theories and Concepts in Postcolonial Studies
  • MA: Advance Seminar: Abolitionism and the Criminal Justice System
  • BA: ‘I had the Time of my Life’: Coming of Age in American Movies

Selected Publications