public event 

Kansas State Senator Chris Steineger will visit Prof. Garrett's US-EU seminar from 3 to 5 and hold a talk at ASL from 5 - 6:30 pm on "Current Trends and Challenges in American Politics."

Consul General Mark J. Powell will hold a talk at American Studies Leipzig (room 2.516) on "The United States, the Americas, and Transatlantic Relations: The Perspectives of a Professional Diplomat."

Picador reading with Porochista Khakpour at Skala/Schauspiel Leipzig, 8 pm.

Porochista Khakpour, award-winning author and current Picador guest professor at American Studies Leipzig, will read from her novel Sons and Other Flammable Objects as well as from her new unpublished work. The reading and the following talk will be presented by the TV-journalist Minou Amir-Seh.

More information on Porochista Khakpou can be found on her ASL website.

Reading by Elliot Weinberger at the Haus des Buches

The Burden of Inherited History: Lecture by Lev Raphael (Bibliotheca Albertina, 6 pm)

 Next to the traditional Graduation Ceremony, the American Studies Alumni Association also organizes a Graduation Party for the first time this year. It will take place on July 30, 10 pm at the Leipzig club Telegraph (Dittrichring 18-20), and will be supported by Mr. Olsen (Polyesterclub) and Käpt’n Time Warp (Horns Erben) as DJs.

On 21 July 2011, American Studies Leipzig will celebrate the successful launch of the Service Learning module.