Stefan Schubert's blog

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.

Call for Papers for an International Conference:

Beyond Narrative: Literature, Culture, and the Borderlands of Narrativity

Leipzig University
10-12 October, 2019

American Studies Leipzig is proud to announce Josh Weil as our next Picador Guest Professor for Literature. He will hold the professorship in the summer term of 2019.

As part of his tenure in the summer term of 2019, Picador Professor Josh Weil will teach two classes at American Studies Leipzig.

Wide Horizon: The Role of the Western in American Literature

Tuesdays, 3-5pm, GWZ 3.5.15

Please note that my office hours next Tuesday (January 22) will have to be moved to 4-5pm.

Additionally, for students wanting to discuss their BA or MA thesis, I'm also offering office hours on Monday, January 21, 3-4pm.

Daniel Peña, who was Picador Guest Professor for Literature in the winter term of 2017/18, was featured in an interview for Rice University's undergraduate literary magazine R2: The Rice Review. The interview was conducted by ASL student Mascha Lange, who spent a semester abroad in Houston.

Due to obligations at the DAAD, Prof. Kanzler's office hours on Tuesday, November 6 have to be canceled.

American Studies Leipzig is proud to announce Sasha Pimentel as our next Picador Guest Professor for Literature. She will hold the professorship in the winter term of 2018/19.

As part of her tenure in the winter term of 2018/19, Picador Professor Sasha Pimentel will teach two classes at American Studies Leipzig.

Contemporary Poetries That Sing from U.S. Histories and Ahistories

Wednesdays, 3-5pm, GWZ 3.5.15