Research Grant to Amanda Lagerkvist
2019-09-12
Former SINAS affiliate Amanda Lagerkvist, Department of Informatics and Media, Uppsala University, has received a major grant from two Wallenberg foundations within the national research program on the societal and individual effects of artificial intelligence. Her five year project is called ”BioMe: Existential challenges and ethical imperatives of biometric AI in everyday lifeworlds”
Our warmest congratulations to Amanda!
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Seminarium om president- och kongressvalet i USA 2020
2020-12-09
Den 3 november hölls president- och kongressval i USA. Fyra svenska riksdagsledamöter deltog på plats som valobservatörer inom ramen för OSSE (Organisationen för säkerhet och samarbete i Europa). De svenska ledamöterna observerade valet i delstaterna Wisconsin och Michigan.
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Ny bok - Erik Åsard: Med lögnen som vapen - Donald Trump och den amerikanska drömmens kris
2020-09-28
Erik Åsard, professor emeritus i Nordamerikastudier, utkommer med ännu en rykande aktuell bok om världens supermakt nummer ett.
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Ny bok - Erik Åsard: Hotet mot demokratin - Högerpopulismens återkomst i Europa och USA
2020-09-17
Erik Åsard, professor emeritus i nordamerikastudier, och Martin Gelin, DN:s korrespondent i New York, ger oss en djupare förståelse för ett samtida fenomen som i hög grad har satt agendan för det politiska samtalet.
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Seminarium Online: USA inför partikonventen och presidentvalet
2020-05-05
Av vem och hur kommer USA styras under de närmaste fyra åren?
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Commentary on Demographic and Political Developments in the USA
2020-03-05
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USA:s alla presidenter
2019-09-23
If you are in the Stockholm region, welcome to ABF-huset on Oct 2 at 18.00 for a discussion of Karin Henriksson´s book USA:s alla presidenter with the author herself and Dag Blanck. See https://abfstockholm.se/evenemang/usas-alla-presidenter/
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New podcast episode
2019-09-23
A new episode of our podcast amerikaanalys is now out. Please check it out!
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Research Grant to Amanda Lagerkvist
2019-09-12
Former SINAS affiliate Amanda Lagerkvist, Department of Informatics and Media, Uppsala University, has received a major grant from two Wallenberg foundations within the national research program on the societal and individual effects of artificial intelligence. Her five year project is called ”BioMe: Existential challenges and ethical imperatives of biometric AI in everyday lifeworlds”
Our warmest congratulations to Amanda!
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Distinguished Fulbright Chair in American Studies 2019/2020
2019-09-10
SINAS is happy to announce the arrival of the 2019/2020 Distinguished Fulbright Chair in American Studies. This year´s incumbent is Dr Jayson Gonzales Sae-Saue who is Associate Professor of English in Dedman College of Humanities & Sciences at Southern Methodist University in Dallas.
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New Podcast: Amerikaanalys
2019-08-23
The news noise about the United States is sometimes deafening. The new podcast Amerikaanalys (in Swedish) should appeal to those who really want to understand what is happening, and why, in American politics and social development. We discuss topics that do not really fit into the usual news flow. Together with a US-based journalist, researchers from Halmstad University and Uppsala University talk in depth about the complex and difficult issues.
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News from America
2019-04-29
Welcome to News from America
A one-day seminar at Uppsala UniversityHow do Swedes get their information about the U.S.? What role do Swedish correspondents in the U.S. play? How does the news reporting shape our understanding of the United States? What role does the current president of the United States play for the Swedish (and general) news coverage of the U.S.? What has the changing media landscape of recent years meant? How does the news reporting relate the general Swedish image of the U.S.? And what does the intense focus on news from America mean for reporting from other parts of the world?
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Listen to the 2019 Fulbright Lecture
2019-04-03
Listen to Professor Mark S. Weiner give this year's Fulbright Lecture titled "Understanding Trumpism: American Politics and Culture in an Age of Globalization." The lecture was held on 28 March 2019.
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What Happened? The United States After the Mid-Terms
2018-11-05
Welcome to a panel discussion about the recent elections in the United States. How can we understand the outcome of the elections? What does this mean for the coming years?
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New Fulbright Professor at SINAS
2018-10-07
We are very happy to welcome the Distinguished Fulbright Professor in American Studies 2018/19 to SINAS.
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"USA-podden" comes to SINAS!
2018-05-22
Swedish Radio's successful "USA-podden" is visiting SINAS and Västgöta nation!