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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)

On Wednesday, 5 March, there will take place a one-day workshop on American
society during the presidential election year of 2008. Students are welcome to
attend. Details about the workshop can be found by clicking here.

In its February 6th issue, the Leipziger Volkszeitung covered Leipzig's annual Super Bowl party at Leo's Brasserie. ASL faculty member Catherine Sharpe attended the event. She provided the crowd with some original Super Bowl T-Shirts, which she brought back to Germany from her last visit to her home state Arizona. To read the article please click here.

The re-examination for the "Literature & Culture I" written test (Prof. Koenen) takes place on 5 March from 08:00 to 09:30 a.m. (Room 2.516 GWZ).

On Thursday, Picador Professor John Haskell read from his short story collection "I Am Not Jackson Pollock" in the GRASSI Museum in Leipzig. In a room packed with approximately 80 people, the audience listened to his performance, followed by a German translation read by former ASL student and actor Alexander Munzig.