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American Studies Leipzig is proud to announce Justin Torres as the holder of the Picador Guest Professorship for Literature in the summer term of 2016.

This week, former Picador Professor Alexander Chee published his second novel, The Queen of the Night. During his stay as Picador Professor in Leipzig in the winter term of 2012/13, Chee worked extensively on this novel, from which he also presented excerpts at a public reading. Early reviews of his long-awaited novel have been very favorable.

Due to continued sickness, Anne Grob's “Teaching America” seminars on November 19 and November 26 will have to be cancelled.

The guest lectures in Anne Grob's “Ethnicity & Diversity” seminars will take place as scheduled.

American Political Dissent on the Internet, a Survey

Mondays, 11am-1pm, GWZ 3 5.15

American Studies Leipzig is honored to announce Linh Dinh as the holder of the Picador Guest Professorship for Literature in the winter term of 2015.

aspeers has 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.

The secretariat will have to remain closed from March 9 to March 17.

Due to illness, the secretariat has to remain closed this week (January 12 to 16). We are sorry for the inconvenience.

The secretariat has to remain closed this week (Dec 8-12) due to illness, until further notice.

Professor Koenen's office hours on November 13 will have to be cancelled.