American Studies - University of Southern Denmark

Tad Stoermer's (Tad.stoermer) much anticipated book, A Resistance History of the United Stated, is finally out with Steerforth Press - and the reception is overwhelming!
It debuted this week at #7 on the The New York Times bestseller list, #16 on USA TODAY overall, and #1 in Paperback Nonfiction on the National Indie Bestseller list from American Booksellers Association.
The initial reviews call the book "an inspiration" and "a must-read."

Ava DuVernay, the award-winning director of Selma and 13th, asserts: "This is history written for people who understand that democracy is not inherited … it is fought for. Over and over again.”

You can follow Tad on his various SoMe channels: https://www.instagram.com/tad.stoermer/
https://www.tiktok.com/
https://www.youtube.com/.Stoermer
https://bsky.app/profile/tadstoermer.bsky.social
With more than 600,000 followers across TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube, he is one of the most widely followed public historians in the world.

I morgen starter Folkemødet på Bornholm, og Amerikanske Studier er repræsenteret af Kasper Grotle Rasmussen og Niels Bjerre-Poulsen.

Torsdag 11/6 kl. 15.00 - 15.50:
Byg din egen konspirationsteori!
Deltager: Kasper Grotle Rasmussen, lektor i amerikansk historie, SDU.
Livestream: https://livevoice.io/listen/027444

Niels Bjerre-Poulsen deltager i følgende paneldebatter:

Fredag 12/6:
14.00-14.55: USA op til midtvejsvalget
Deltagere: Niels Bjerre-Poulsen, Lektor, Center for Amerikanske Studier, SDU, Rasmus Sinding Søndergaard, Seniorforsker, DIIS, Annegrethe Rasmussen, Chefredaktør og medstifter, POV.
Moderator: Charlotte Flindt Pedersen, Direktør, Det Udenrigspolitiske Selskab.

18.00-18.55: USA og Europa – skilsmisse eller ny forsoning?
Deltagere: Niels Bjerre-Poulsen, Lektor, Center for Amerikanske Studier, SDU, Rasmus Sinding Søndergaard, Seniorforsker, DIIS, Annegrethe Rasmussen, Chefredaktør og medstifter, POV, Marlene Wind, Professor, Institut for Statskundskab, KU.
Moderator: Michael Jarlner, International redaktør, Politiken.

Lørdag 13/6:
9.00-9.55: Du store verden. Samtale om verdens tilstand
Deltagere: Mogens Lykketoft, fhv. fmd. FN's generalforsamling, fhv. MF (A), Folketinget, Fannie Agerschou-Madsen, Ph.d., Institut for Samfund og Erhverv, RUC, Niels Bjerre-Poulsen, Lektor, Center for Amerikanske Studier, SDU.
Moderator: Mette Holm, journalist og forfatter, POV International.

12.45 - 13.30: Det store skakspil: Sådan ser USA, Kina og Rusland på verden
Deltagere: Flemming Splidsboel, Seniorforsker, DIIS, Andreas B. Forsby, Seniorforsker, DIIS, Niels Bjerre-Poulsen, Lektor, Center for Amerikanske Studier, SDU.
Moderator: Michael Jarlner, International kommentator, Politiken.

Niels Bjerre-Poulsen har været en tur i Altinget.dk's studie for at tale med Jakob Terp-Hansen om præsidentembedets beføjelser, og hvordan Trump forsøger at undergrave de grundlæggende principper i det amerikanske demokrati.
Hør udsendelsen her 👇

Niels Bjerre-Poulsen: Når Trump udvider sin magt, handler det kun om ham selv Podcast Episode · Projekt Trump · 27 May · 54min

Yesterday, Jørn Brøndal took part in a segment on DR's P1 Morgen about Trump’s continued hold over the Republican party apparatus despite his declining popularity.
The segment focuses in particular on the primary elections in Louisiana and Kentucky.
In Louisiana, Senator Bill Cassidy has just lost in the primary: his offense was voting in 2021 to convict Trump in the impeachment trial following the January 6 attack on the Capitol.
In Kentucky, House member Thomas Massie is likewise fighting for his political life in today's primary there. He is known as a somewhat grumpy political lone wolf — a “maverick” — who has on several occasions voted against Trump’s positions. The dispute primarily concerns his demand for full disclosure of all documents related to the Epstein case.
Listen to the segment here: https://www.dr.dk/lyd/p1/p1-morgen/p1-morgen-2026/mandag-18-maj-2026-11802633211/42:41

On Friday morning, Jørn Brøndal was a guest on TV 2 Nyheder to discuss how the US is perceived as a threat by populations across the globe today.
The segment appears at the 16:19 minute mark and can be seen here (requires subscription): https://play.tv2.dk/afspil/9a887961-0902-4f25-97cd-a3a3036f1469

Dekan på Humaniora på SDU, Simon Møberg Torp, har snakket med Rune Graulund. Runes forskning viser, hvordan spekulative genrer som science fiction kan belyse problemstillinger i den virkelige verden, og han er særligt optaget af, hvordan vores forestillinger om fremtiden – teknologi, miljø og katastrofer – hænger sammen med og former realpolitik.

Hør også om Runes nye forskningsprojekt “Writing Travel in the Twenty-first Century: Mobility and Authenticity in the Planetary Emergency,” der undersøger, hvordan rejser i det 21. århundrede har ændret sig i takt med en stigende planetarisk opmærksomhed, og hvad det betyder for den måde, vi rejser og skriver om rejser på.

Projektet ser på forskellige former for rejser – fra de nære, jordiske rejser ✈️ til rejser ud i rummet og mulig interplanetarisk færdsel 🚀 – og på hvordan rejsefortællinger afspejler større spørgsmål om mobilitet, teknologi og klima: Hvem har egentlig mulighed for at rejse? Hvordan påvirker vores rejser planeten? Og hvordan ændrer teknologi vores forhold til steder, vi enten besøger fysisk eller kun oplever virtuelt?

Forskningsprojektet “Writing Travel in the Twenty-first Century: Mobility and Authenticity in the Planetary Emergency” er støttet af Danmarks Frie Forskningsfond

Se samtalen her: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/simon-m%C3%B8berg-torp-33380a1_humanioravigtigereendnogensinde-dkforsk-usa-ugcPost-7458390579958169600-sKVT

🥳🤩Great, great news: Anders Bo Rasmussen has just received a grant of 6 million DKK from the Independent Research Fund Denmark (Danmarks Frie Forskningsfond) for the project "Under the White Hood: 'Nordic colonizers,' Civilized Manhood, and the Invisible Empire of the Ku Klux Klan, 1915-1933 (UNHOODED)"

The project examines how the idea of Nordic superiority was constructed and mobilized within the Ku Klux Klan between 1915 and 1933. By linking transatlantic histories of race, citizenship, and political thought, UNHOODED analyses the social and intellectual networks of so-called “Nordic colonizers” and their understandings of civilization and white manhood.

A PhD student and a post doc will be part of the project, beginning in 2027.

Read more here: https://www.sdu.dk/en/forskning/navnenyt/dff2026-nordisk-i-usa

A huge congratulations to Anders! We can't wait to follow this exciting project 🧐

Did you miss our live stream on YouTube last Thursday? 🎦▶️
You can now watch the full session right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNKjjf5WyuU&t=50s

Stay tuned for more exciting videos with last week's speakers later this week... 👀

🎧 Thomas Ærvold gæster podcastserien "Staterne gennem 250 år" fra Kongressen.com

I afsnit 44 går turen til den tyndest befolkede stat, Wyoming, når værterne Peter Keldorff og Anders Agner går på opdagelse i cowboyland. For du kan ikke sige Wyoming uden at sige cowboys, og derfor er det netop denne cowboy-kultur der særligt kommer under lup, når Thomas Ærvoold Bjerre, lektor i amerikanske studier ved SDU og forfatter til bogen 'Cowboynationen' gæster studiet.

Udsendelsen kan høres her (kræver abonnement):
Podimo: https://podimo.com/dk/shows/saga-33?episode=9c7bb3ed-2b6d-452d-bae0-2b52df32082d&utm
Mofibo: https://mofibo.com/dk/podcasts/staterne-250-%C3%A5r-159903/wyoming-the-cowboy-state-14109223Se mere om podcastserien her: https://www.kongressen.com/staterne-gennem-250-aar-introduktion/

Yesterday, Jørn Brøndal was a guest on DR P1 Morgen where he talked about the so-called War Powers Resolution of1973 and the status on the war in Iran.
Listen to the segment here: https://www.dr.dk/lyd/p1/p1-morgen/p1-morgen-2026/mandag-4-maj-2026-11802633191/01:02:49