On April 24, 3 pm, American Studies Leipzig will celebrate the first issue of aspeers, Europe's first and currently only graduate journal in American Studies. The journal has been created during the last semester as part of the American Studies Leipzig MA program. The release of the founding issue marks the end of the first editing cycle.

Please join us on 24 April 2008, 3 pm, in the Bibliotheca Albertina Lecture Hall for a short celebration!

Due to sickness, the Institute-Secretariat offers the following altered office-hours:

Friday, April 25: 12 noon - 2 pm

Monday, April 28: 12 noon - 2 pm

Tuesday, April 29: 10 am - 12 noon

Wednesday, April 30: 10 am - 12 noon

Monday, May 5: 3 pm - 5pm

Monday, 28 April from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm

Prof. Koenen

Thursday, 10 - 11 am

Prof. Garrett

Wednesday, 3 - 5 pm and by appointment

Dr. Katja Kanzler

Monday, 5 -6 pm

Katja Schmieder

Tuesday, 1:30 - 2:30 pm

Frank Usbeck

Wednesday, 9 - 11 am and by appointment

PD Dr. Gabriele Pisarz-Ramírez

Wednesday, 11 am - 12 pm

Prof. Benjamin Alpers

Tuesday & Thursday, 2 - 3 pm

Catherine Sharpe

The seminar offered by Professor Crister Garrett, “The Notion of Postmodern Politics in a Transatlantic Context” (that is part of the Module ‘Political Cultures in a Transatlantic Context’, on Tuesday, 11:15-12:45, will meet in Seminar Room 512 Am Brühl.

Three courses will start later than announced in the course catalog.
These are:

•Paul Rundquist, “Presidential Election 2008”. Instead of on 17 April, this course will now start on 24 April.

•Crister Garrett and his two seminars on religion and society scheduled for Wednesday will not start on 9 April but rather on 16 April

The lists of students accepted into American Studies Leipzig BA modules for their Wahlbereich is available for download as of now.

Frank Freidel Memorial Library Residency Program at the University of Leipzig

The re-take final exam for SHP II will take place on Thursday, 20 March, starting at 10 am, in GWZ 3.515.

Prof. Koenen

29 Feb 08, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Prof. Garrett

Office Hours during March per Appointment
crister.garrett@uni-leipzig.de

Dr. Katja Kanzler

26 March 08, 4 - 5 p.m.

Frank Usbeck

by appointment (e-mail)