John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies
John-F.-Kennedy-Institut für Nordamerikastudien | |
 Building of the John F. Kennedy Institute | |
| Type | Institute |
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| Established | 1963 |
| Affiliation | Freie Universität Berlin |
| Location | , |
| Website | www |
The John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies (JFKI) is a central institute at Freie Universität Berlin. The JFKI was founded in 1963 by Ernst Fraenkel, a political scientist and was named in the honor of John F. Kennedy after his assassination.
The JFKI seeks to explore North America in all its dimensions. Focusing on the United States and Canada, research and teaching at the JFKI unite culture and history with literature and political science, sociology and economics.
Along with the Institute for East European Studies and the , John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies is one of the three interdisciplinary research institutes within the Free University of Berlin.
Graduate School of North American Studies[]
The Graduate School of North American Studies at the JFKI was awarded with funding during the German excellence initiative for its Ph.D. program themed "The Challenges of Freedom". It was one of only two graduate schools in the humanities among 18 graduate schools in total which received this honor in October 2007.[1]
JFKI library[]
The JFKI library holds Germany's largest collection of scholarly literature and audiovisual material on North America. It receives funding from both the Canadian and the United States' government in order to acquire special collections in the research area of American Studies.
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- John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies
- Graduate School of North American Studies
- JFKI Library
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- American studies
- American culture
- Historiography of the United States
- Cultural studies organizations
- Organizations established in 1963
- Free University of Berlin
- 1963 establishments in Germany