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SHP I Make-Up Exam 2017
Dear students,
The make-up exam for the lecture "Society, History, and Politics I" (SHPI) will take place on
October 18, 2017, 6:00 - 7:30 pm
Room 2 5.16
Geisteswissenschaftliches Zentrum Leipzig
- Eric Fraunholz's blog
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Positions Available at the Graduate School 'Practices of Literature' in Münster
The College of Philology at the Westfälische Wilhelms-University in Münster is looking for interested and qualified doctoral candidates in the area of Literary Studies starting April 1st 2018.
The following three areas are to be emphasized in the individual doctoral dissertations:
1. Literature and Society: The relationship between Literary Studies, Social Theories, Cultural Theo-ries and Studies, and Literature
- Claudia Müller's blog
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ASL's Crister Garrett Interviewed by tagesschau on Escalating Crisis in North Korea
American Studies Leipzig Professor Crister S. Garrett was interviewed by Tagesschau about the escalating crisis in North Korea, and the American and international reactions to unfolding developments. The interview can be viewed here: http://www.tagesschau.de/multimedia/video/video-315655.html
- Adam Pekar's blog
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aspeers Calls for Contributions on Alternative Americas by 15 October 2017
aspeers just published its new calls for papers. Embedded into the American Studies Leipzig MA program, aspeers is the first and currently only peer-reviewed print journal for MA-level scholars of American studies in Europe.
- Stefan Schubert's blog
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ASL's Secretariat: Temporary Office Hours
American Studies Leipzig's secretariat is open again.
Our temporary office hours are:
Monday - Thursday
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
You can also contact us via email
americanstudies@uni-leipzig.de
and phone (0341) 97 37330.
Claudia Müller
- Claudia Müller's blog
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Picador Professor Tom Drury Posts Short Story on Twitter
As part of his Picador Professorship at American Studies Leipzig, the author Tom Drury took over the professorship's official Twitter account for a few hours on July 26 and posted a series of tweets that, together, form the short story "The Patron Saint of Rabies." If you missed how the story was live-tweeted, you can still reread it in its entirety on Twitter.
- Stefan Schubert's blog
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Repeat Exam LCII and 1401
Dear students,
The repeat exam for both the LCII exam and the 1401-exam will take place on October 10, 2017 from 9 - 11 am in NSG room S 202.
Please make sure you are signed up for your resp. exam in AlmaWeb.
- Wiebke Kartheus's blog
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CONFERENCE: Politics of Performance in Transnational Scenarios
From July 13 to July 15 2017, the University of Erfurt hosts a workshop of the DFG Research Network on the Politics of Performance in Transnational Scenarios.
If you would like to participate at the conference, please contact the organizers. You can find the relevant contact information and the conference program in the PDF file attached below.
- Adam Pekar's blog
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Modulklausur "Literatures and Cultures of the USA" on July 12, 2017
Dear students,
The joint exam of Prof. Junker "American Literary History" and Ms. Ravizza ("Kultur und Diversität der USA") will take place on July 12, 2017 from 5 - 7 pm in HS 3 in the Hörsaalgebäude.
Please make sure you are officially registered for this exam.
For further questions, please contact Wiebke Kartheus.
- Wiebke Kartheus's blog
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Leipzig University Library Awarded Title "Library of the Year 2017"
The Leipzig University Library has been awarded the title of "Library of the Year 2017." The award, awarded by the Germany Library Union (dbv) and the German Telekom Foundation, includes 20,000 Euros in prize money. "Our University Library honestly earned this award through hard work," stated Leipzig University Rektor Beate Schücking.
- Adam Pekar's blog
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