Type Institute Location Berlin, Germany Phone +49 30 83852703 Founded 1963 | Established 1963 (1963) Website www.jfki.fu-berlin.de Founder Ernst Fraenkel | |
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Affiliation Freie Universität Berlin Address Lansstraße 7, 14195 Berlin, Germany Hours Closed today SundayClosedMonday9AM–8PMTuesday9AM–8PMWednesday9AM–8PMThursday9AM–8PMFriday9AM–8PMSaturdayClosed Similar Freie Universität Berlin, John F Kennedy School, Berlin Graduate School M, Rathaus Schöneb, Freie Universität Berlin ‑ U Profiles | ||
The John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies (JFKI) is a central institute at Freie Universität Berln. 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.
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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.
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.
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.