Affiliated Faculty 

Affiliated Faculty are colleagues from throughout the University of Leipzig with whom the Institute for American Studies cooperates to work on integrated and interdisciplinary teaching, research projects, and events dealing with contemporary subjects involving the United States in a transatlantic and global context. Below is a sampling of faculty with whom the Institute for American Studies cooperates.

• Professor Elmar Schenkel (Literature)

• Professor Joachim Schwend (Cultural Studies)

• Professor Clausdirk Pollner (Language and Society)

• Dr. Jürgen Ronthaler (Literature and Culture)

• Professor Marcel Machill (Journalism)

• Professor Wolfgang Fach (Political Science)

• Professor Helena Flam (Sociology)

• Professor Alfonso de Toro (Latin American Studies)

• Professor Ulf Engel (African Studies)

• Professor Mathias Middell (European Studies)

• Professor Monika Wohlrab-Sahr (Religious Studies)

• Professor Rolf Hasse (Economics)

• Professor Thomas Rauscher (Law)