W. E. B. Du Bois Lectures Winter Semester 1998/1999
- Klaus Milich (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin): "1968. The New York Intellectuals and the Frankfurt School", October 26, 1998
- Jack Zipes (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis): "What Happened to Rotkäppchen? Vergleichende Perspektiven in Folklore und Kinderliteratur", November 2, 1998
- Elaine Tyler May (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis): "'Family Values'. Myths and Realities of the American Family", November 9, 1998
- Rob Kroes (Universiteit van Amsterdam): "European Historians and the European Sense of History. The American Impact", November 16, 1998
- Gabriele Schwab (University of California, Irvine): "Octavia Butler. Fantasy and Science Fiction", November 23, 1998
- Günter H. Lenz (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin): "Towards a Dialogics of International American Culture Studies", December 7, 1998
- Christina White (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis): "Heroines of the Left? Angela Davis and Ulrike Meinhoff", January 11, 1999
- Susanne Opfermann (Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt/Main): "Wome's Writing in the 19th Century", January 18, 1999
- Utz Riese (Zentrum für Literaturforschung, Berlin): "On the Translatability of Cultures in Postcolonial Discourse", January 25, 1999
- Brian Currid (Freie Universität Berlin): "'Ms. Thing, there is no guest list tonight!' Multikulturalismus, Homosexualität und American Queer Theory", February 8, 1999
The W. E. B. Du Bois Lectures are sponsored by
- Institute for the International Education of Students (IES)
- Embassy of the United States of America and
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of English and American Studies