public event 

Radio Journalist Jeff Rosenberg will be holding a lecture on "The American Broadcast System: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow" at the University of Leipzig‘s Institute for Journalism as part of the seminar series “Grundlagen des Journalismus.” Rosenberg worked for the National Public Radio (NPR) for 20 years and was the head of the station’s international section.

If you have any questions regarding American Studies Leipzig, studying abroad, or if you have any other concerns with your studies, please join the ASL Event Committee for their Help Desk on December 5 at 5 pm (GWZ room 3.515).

Or just come and have a piece of cake. With the Help Desk, the ASL Event Committee wants to offer a student service to students.

Please also refer to the attached poster for information on the event.

The ASL Event Committee would like to invite everyone to their first Thanksgiving dinner on November 24 at the Community Center of the Baptiste Church (Bernhard-Göring Straße 18-20). Feel free to join and have a delicious Thanksgiving feast with a 9kg turkey.

Please also see the attached poster for additional information.

Award-winning filmmaker Yolanda Cruz will present and discuss her documentary 2501 Migrants at the Hörsaalgebäude (HS 20). The movie follows the story of Alejandro Santiago, a Mexican artist who returns to his hometown after living in France, and finds it almost abandoned as many of the former inhabitants migrated to the United States.

On December 9, 2011, the ASL Book Club will gather again to discuss Octavia Butler's novel Kindred. We will meet at 5 pm in the ASL homebase, GWZ 2.516.

Ambassador Janet E.  Garvey will hold a talk at ASL about "Why NATO Will Continue to Matter for America and Europe." The event will be at the GWZ, seminar room 2.516.

Professor Thomas L. Brewer will give a lecture on "US Climate Change Policy: Status and Prospects" for students and faculty memebers at ASL from 3 to 5 pm (room 2.516).

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.