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From 17 September to 1 October 2016, the Fulbright commission will organize the American Studies Institute, an interdisciplinary research opportunity for German scholars, doctoral candidates, and postdoctoral researchers in the humanities with a clear connection to the US.

This year’s American Studies Institute will address “Why Black Lives Matter: Race and Politics in the U.S.” and will be organized in collaboration with the San Francisco State University. The Fulbright commission will provide 10 to 15 scholarships.

#ActOnClimate: More than Just a Hashtag

U.S. Ambassador John B. Emerson To Discuss Climate Change & Policies

Please join us on Wednesday, 3 February, 10:00 -­ 11:30 am, for a public talk on environmental policy with United States Ambassador to Germany, John B. Emerson. The event will take place at the Albertina Library.

American Studies Leipzig is very happy to welcome Humboldt Fellow Dong Li as a visiting author for 2016. The poet and translator holds an M.F.A. in Literary Arts from Brown University and is currently a German Chancellor Fellow with the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and a Literature Fellow at the Akademie Schloss Solitude (Stuttgart).

DRadio Wissen, a national radio show about contemporary themes, interviewed American Studies about the role that emotions play in American politics. For the show “Redaktionskonferenz”, reporter Julia Möckl spoke with Crister S. Garrett about specifically Barack Obama and his use of emotions or his willingness to show emotions. Professor Garrett observed that emotions can certainly be part of American politics, and that Barack Obama is not unwilling to show emotions during especially poignant moments (like speaking about the victims of gun violence).

WDR5 Politikum is a compact radio show where ideas and arguments are exchanged. The show enjoys a large national audience. Reporter Stephan Karkowsky spoke with American Studies' Crister S. Garrett on the eve of President Obama's state-of-the-union address about the nature of presidential  power and specifically in the context of Barack Obama. Crister Garrett underscored that presidential power is a complicated theme, and generally speaking, presidential power can be impressive, but also fragile, as every president has experienced.

Die Fulbright-Kommission fördert bis zu 12 qualifizierte deutsche Bachelor-Studierende für die Teilnahme am Kurs “Fulbright American Studies Summer Session @ Humboldt-Universität” (25. Juli - 19. August 2016).

Tagesschau spoke with Crister S. Garrett about Donald Trump today. To see the three-minute interview and read the transcript, please visit www.tagesschau.de/ausland/trump-123.html.

The leading cultural show for radio in central Germany, MDR Figaro, spoke with American Studies Leipzig Director Crister S. Garrett today about the Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and his call to ban Muslims from entering America. Reporter Katja Schmidt asked if Trump is serious about this, and if Americans are swayed by his proposal and campaign. Professor Garrett replied that Trump is a classic populist if not demagogue and should be taken seriously; he is polling around 25% of Republican voters.

If you are interested in cultural exchange and meeting American students, please consider volunteering for the MentorInnenprogramm of the Freiwilligenagentur Leipzig. The program is designed to welcome and support a group of students from Abilene Christian University (Texas) that will live, study, and volunteer in Leipzig from January until May, 2016.

University of Leipzig's Career Service is offering a two-day workshop that aims at preparing university students for the job search and application process in English-speaking countries.

When? December 8 and 15, 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Where? Career Service, Raum 1.19