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Dear Students,

We would like to draw your attention to the academic research project developed by Sprachenzentrum and Herder Institut, they are looking for C1 learners who are willing to participate in a test beetween May, 21st until June, 1st 2012. Effort is being compensated and your participation recommended.

Contact person for questions which may arise:

Recently, we have been working a lot on the American Studies Leipzig Gateway in order to help you optimize your research for term papers and presentations.

The American Studies Leipzig Gateway is an online research platform provided in cooperation with the Frank Freidel Library and the US Consulate in Leipzig.

In last week's Fulbright Lecture, Prof. Gabriele Pisarz-Ramirez talked about transnational abolitionism and the impact of the Haitian Revolution on abolitionist writers in the US. She stressed that the successful overthrow of the French colonial system by a slave revolt and the resulting abolition of slavery in Haiti was a highly inspirational event for American abolitionist. As a result, they often praised the Haitian Revolution in their writings and stressed the importance of abolitionism in the Americas.

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Dear Students,

Please note that this weeks AAWGC session will not take place as previous scheduled on Friday, but on Tuesday 11 am to 1 pm in room 3.515.

Thanks and kind regards

Isabel Holzke

On April 26 and 27, 2012, American Studies Leipzig hosted the international symposium "Hemispheric Encounters: The Early United States in a Transnational Perspective." At the informal opening dinner at the restaurant Centralapotheke on April 25, the organizers, ASL Professor Gabriele Pisarz-Ramírez and Dr. Markus Heide (HU Berlin), welcomed fifteen international guests from Germany, Europe, and the United States.

In last week's Fulbright Lecture, Prof. Bill Condee from Ohio University talked about the perception of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin in America, Europe, and Germany. He stressed that this perception has changed over time and has been quite ambiguous. Furthermore, he pointed out that the illustrations the book contained and movie adaptations have shaped lasting racial stereotypes in Europe and Germany with regards to African Americans.

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Für Studierende, die im akademischen Jahr 2012/2013 ein LLP/ERASMUS-Studium an einer der Partnereinrichtungen der Universität Leipzig

On April 26, Dr. Ulrich Adelt from the University of Wyoming spoke at American Studies Leipzig as part of the Fulbright Lecture Series 2012. His talk "Just Play the Blues: African Americans, Afro-Germans, White Germans and the Politics of Primitivism" dealt with the construction of race and authenticity of American blues music in Germany during the 1960s. Prof. Adelt focused particularly on the American Folk and Blues Festival organized by Horst Lippmann and Fritz Lau, and how notions of nostalgia and blackness figured into the perception of the event.