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Sophie Spieler´s Office Hours postponed to June 5, 2019
Sophie Spieler´s Office Hours have to be postponed from June 4 to June 5, 2019 from 3:15 to 4:15 pm.
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No office hours of the secretary to the Chair of Am. Literature until June 10, 2019
Pleae note that I will be out of the office from June 1 through June 10, 2019. In urgent cases you can contact my colleague Anne Keyselt.
Franziska Pfab, Secretary to the Chair of American Literature
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Working in America: DOs and DON'Ts of Job Applications in the US
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Join the next American Space Leipzig workshop with American Space Leipzig Language & American Society Education Coordinator, Heather Pruessing, who will share her expertise of the American job market, help participants create viable CVs for American employers and go through the general DOs and DON‘Ts of the job application process for employment in the United States.
Participants are encouraged to bring with them their current (German or English) CVs.
The event is free and open to the public.
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Freedom of Speech: Helping Students Speak Spontaneously
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Please join us for a teacher workshop with American Space Leipzig Language & American Society Education Coordinator, Heather Pruessing, who will work with teachers on developing a complete lesson from start to finish that teachers can employ in their respective English language classes.
The goal is to prepare a lesson that will encourage students to overcome their hesitations in speaking freely.
The event is free.
ASL's Stefan Schubert Discussed Environmental Storytelling at LNC
On May 11, 2019, the HTWK Leipzig hosted the 13th "Lange Nacht der Computerspiele" (LNC), displaying a variety of video and computer games in numerous booth and rooms and inviting guests to interact with these games. As part of the LNC, a newly founded initiative called lalalab, which aims to celebrate the cultural potentials of video games, was also inaugurated with a festival within the festival, the SpielKulturLabor.
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Internship at Deutsch-Amerikanisches Zentrum Stuttgart Starting September 2019
The Deutsch-Amerikanisches Zentrum/ James-F.-Byrnes Institut e.V. is looking for American Studies students who would like to pursue an internship for at least 12 weeks (part time or full time) starting September 2019.
As a non-profit institution based in Stuttgart, the German-American Center informs about societal, cultural, political, and economic issues in both countries.
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PD Dr. Olaf Stieglitz

Visiting Professor for American Culture and History
Room 3505 | Phone: (0341) 97-37335
Office Hours: Tuesday, 10-12 am
http://americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/faculty/stieglitz
olaf.stieglitz@uni-leipzig.de
M.A., University of Cologne // Dr. phil. 1997, Hamburg University // Habilitation 2012, University of Cologne
Main areas of research and teaching: U.S. Social and Cultural History; Gender History & History of the Body; Sport History as Cultural History, Visual Studies
Current book project: Modernity in Motion – Visualizing Athletic Bodies, 1890s-1940s
Publications (selection):
a) Books
Thank you for your Condolences
We would like to thank you all for your expressions of sympathy and condolences after the passing of Prof Crister S. Garrett. We want to show our gratitude for everyone who called or wrote us letters of condolence or left kind words in the book of condolences. We will always remember Crister as a warmhearted, cheerful and loyal colleague and friend. He touched the lives of so many people. We are proud to honor his legacy.
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