Faculty
Core Faculty, Adjunct Faculty, Guest Scholars, Staff, and Students: Together this is the scholarly team at the Institute for American Studies in Leipzig.
Institute Faculty at American Studies, Leipzig
American Studies Leipzig has a broad and diverse Core Faculty, with specialists in literature, culture, history, and minority studies.
Prof. Dr. Katja Kanzler
Professor and Chair for American Literature
Room 3507 | Phone: (0341) 97-37331
Office Hours: Winter Term 2021/22 (while classes are in session): Thursdays, 3-4 pm; Winter Break: 7 Feb., 4-5 pm; 25 Feb., 1-2 pm; 7 March, 2-3 pm; until further notice, all office hours via zoom (pls email me at least one hour in advance)
http://americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/faculty/kanzler
katja.kanzler@uni-leipzig.de
Professor and Chair for American Literature
Room 3507 | Phone: (0341) 97-37331
Office Hours: Winter Term 2021/22 (while classes are in session): Thursdays, 3-4 pm; Winter Break: 7 Feb., 4-5 pm; 25 Feb., 1-2 pm; 7 March, 2-3 pm; until further notice, all office hours via zoom (pls email me at least one hour in advance)
http://americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/faculty/kanzler
katja.kanzler@uni-leipzig.de
Prof. Dr. Gabriele Pisarz-Ramirez
Professor for American Studies and Minority Studies
Room GWZ 3 5.08 | Phone: (0341) 973 7343
Office Hours: In the Winter term: Thursdays, 5:15-6:15 pm (beginning on Oct. 21); until further notice office hours via zoom. Please contact me by email to arrange for an appoinment.
http://americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/faculty/pisarz
pisarz@uni-leipzig.de
Professor for American Studies and Minority Studies
Room GWZ 3 5.08 | Phone: (0341) 973 7343
Office Hours: In the Winter term: Thursdays, 5:15-6:15 pm (beginning on Oct. 21); until further notice office hours via zoom. Please contact me by email to arrange for an appoinment.
http://americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/faculty/pisarz
pisarz@uni-leipzig.de
Prof. Dr. Olaf Stieglitz
Professor for American Cultural History
Room 3505 | Phone: (0341) 97-37335
Office Hours: Winter 21/22: in person consultations are possible on Wednesday, 1.30-3 pm; Zoom consultations by appointment
http://americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/faculty/stieglitz
olaf.stieglitz@uni-leipzig.de
Professor for American Cultural History
Room 3505 | Phone: (0341) 97-37335
Office Hours: Winter 21/22: in person consultations are possible on Wednesday, 1.30-3 pm; Zoom consultations by appointment
http://americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/faculty/stieglitz
olaf.stieglitz@uni-leipzig.de
Dr. Stefan Schubert
Akademischer Assistent (Senior Assistant Professor for American Literature)
Room 3503 | Phone: (0341) 973 7337
Office Hours: Mon, 3-4pm (via Zoom; by appointment)
http://americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/faculty/schubert
stefan.schubert@uni-leipzig.de
Akademischer Assistent (Senior Assistant Professor for American Literature)
Room 3503 | Phone: (0341) 973 7337
Office Hours: Mon, 3-4pm (via Zoom; by appointment)
http://americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/faculty/schubert
stefan.schubert@uni-leipzig.de
Annika M. Schadewaldt, MA
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin (Junior Assistant Professor for American Literature)
Room 3502 | Phone: (0341) 973 7334
Office Hours: Mon, 3-4pm (via Zoom, please email at least 1 hour in advance); during the semester break by appointment
https://americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/faculty/schadewaldt
annika.schadewaldt@uni-leipzig.de
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin (Junior Assistant Professor for American Literature)
Room 3502 | Phone: (0341) 973 7334
Office Hours: Mon, 3-4pm (via Zoom, please email at least 1 hour in advance); during the semester break by appointment
https://americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/faculty/schadewaldt
annika.schadewaldt@uni-leipzig.de
Tobias Schlobach, MA
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (Junior Assistant Professor for American Cultural History)
Room 3501 | Phone: (0341) 973 7336
Office Hours: by appointment (all via Zoom, please contact me in advance so I can send you a link)
tobias.schlobach@uni-leipzig.de
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (Junior Assistant Professor for American Cultural History)
Room 3501 | Phone: (0341) 973 7336
Office Hours: by appointment (all via Zoom, please contact me in advance so I can send you a link)
tobias.schlobach@uni-leipzig.de
Dr. Katja Schmieder
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin (Junior Assistant Professor for American Literature)
Room 3502 | Phone: (0341) 973 7334
Office Hours: Thursdays, 12:00-13:00, via Zoom (until further notice - please contact me in advance for a link)
http://americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/faculty/schmieder
schmieder@uni-leipzig.de
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin (Junior Assistant Professor for American Literature)
Room 3502 | Phone: (0341) 973 7334
Office Hours: Thursdays, 12:00-13:00, via Zoom (until further notice - please contact me in advance for a link)
http://americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/faculty/schmieder
schmieder@uni-leipzig.de
Dr. Sebastian M. Herrmann
Lehrkraft für besondere Aufgaben (Lecturer for American Studies)
Room 3504 | Phone: (0341) 97-37332
Office Hours: Tue 3-4 (via Zoom, pls. email me for details)
http://americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/faculty/herrmann/
smherrmann@uni-leipzig.de
Lehrkraft für besondere Aufgaben (Lecturer for American Studies)
Room 3504 | Phone: (0341) 97-37332
Office Hours: Tue 3-4 (via Zoom, pls. email me for details)
http://americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/faculty/herrmann/
smherrmann@uni-leipzig.de
Heather Pruessing
Lehrkraft für besondere Aufgaben (Lecturer for American Cultural History)
Room GWZ 3 5.01 | Phone: (0341) 973-7336
Office Hours: Mondays 14:30-15:30 (via Zoom) Please contact me beforehand to receive a link
http://americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/faculty/pruessing
heather.pruessing@uni-leipzig.de
Lehrkraft für besondere Aufgaben (Lecturer for American Cultural History)
Room GWZ 3 5.01 | Phone: (0341) 973-7336
Office Hours: Mondays 14:30-15:30 (via Zoom) Please contact me beforehand to receive a link
http://americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/faculty/pruessing
heather.pruessing@uni-leipzig.de
Dr. Eleonora Ravizza
Lehrkraft für besondere Aufgaben (Lecturer for American Studies)
Room 3 5.04 | Phone: (0341) 973 7332
Office Hours: Mon, 2-3pm via Zoom
http://americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/faculty/ravizza
eleonora.ravizza@uni-leipzig.de
Lehrkraft für besondere Aufgaben (Lecturer for American Studies)
Room 3 5.04 | Phone: (0341) 973 7332
Office Hours: Mon, 2-3pm via Zoom
http://americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/faculty/ravizza
eleonora.ravizza@uni-leipzig.de
Former Professors
Prof. Dr. Anne Koenen
Professor Emeritus for American Literature
http://americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/faculty/koenen
koenen@uni-leipzig.de
Professor Emeritus for American Literature
http://americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/faculty/koenen
koenen@uni-leipzig.de
Prof. Dr. Hartmut Keil
Professor Emeritus for American Culture and History
http://americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/faculty/keil
Professor Emeritus for American Culture and History
http://americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/faculty/keil
Prof. Crister S. Garrett †
Professor for American Culture and History
http://americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/faculty/garrett
Professor for American Culture and History
http://americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/faculty/garrett
Adjunct Faculty
The Institute’s strengths are further enhanced by Adjunct Faculty who especially enrich our teaching. Beside Core Faculty and Adjunct Faculty, the Institute for American Studies has regular and distinguished international Guest Scholars.
George Rainov
Room Room 405, Nikolaistr. 10 (Strohsack-Passage) | Phone:
Office Hours: Monday 3-4pm
george.rainov@gmail.com
Room Room 405, Nikolaistr. 10 (Strohsack-Passage) | Phone:
Office Hours: Monday 3-4pm
george.rainov@gmail.com
Research Fellows
American Studies Leipzig also employs several scholars as Research Fellows to work on specific projects, typically on external funding such as the DFG CRCs.
Dr. Steffen Wöll
Postdoctoral Fellow (SFB 1199: “Processes of Spatialization under the Global Condition”)
Room Nikolaistr. 6-10, Room 5.07 | Phone: 0341 973 77 52
https://steffenwoell.github.io
steffen.woell@uni-leipzig.de
Postdoctoral Fellow (SFB 1199: “Processes of Spatialization under the Global Condition”)
Room Nikolaistr. 6-10, Room 5.07 | Phone: 0341 973 77 52
https://steffenwoell.github.io
steffen.woell@uni-leipzig.de
Anne Krenz
Doctoral Fellow (SFB 1285: “Invectivity: Constellations and Dynamics of Disparagement”)
Room GWZ 3 3.11 | Phone: 0351 463 43851
Office Hours: currently on leave
http://americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/users/krenz
anne.krenz@tu-dresden.de
Doctoral Fellow (SFB 1285: “Invectivity: Constellations and Dynamics of Disparagement”)
Room GWZ 3 3.11 | Phone: 0351 463 43851
Office Hours: currently on leave
http://americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/users/krenz
anne.krenz@tu-dresden.de
Katja Schulze
Doctoral Fellow (SFB 1285: “Invectivity: Constellations and Dynamics of Disparagement”)
Room GWZ 3 3.11 | Phone: 0351 463 43852
Office Hours: by appointment
https://americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/users/schulze
katja.schulze@tu-dresden.de
Doctoral Fellow (SFB 1285: “Invectivity: Constellations and Dynamics of Disparagement”)
Room GWZ 3 3.11 | Phone: 0351 463 43852
Office Hours: by appointment
https://americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/users/schulze
katja.schulze@tu-dresden.de
Dr. Frank Usbeck
Associated Research Fellow
Office Hours: by appointment
http://americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/faculty/usbeck
fusbeck@uni-leipzig.de
Associated Research Fellow
Office Hours: by appointment
http://americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/faculty/usbeck
fusbeck@uni-leipzig.de
Staff
We also see the Staff at the Institute as an indispensable part of the Scholarly Team: Our dynamic staff provides key elements of the teaching environment - student support, technological infrastructure for learning, efficient communications, and much more.
Dr. Sophia Manns-Süßbrich
Lead Librarian for American Studies
Room Universitaetsbibliothek Leipzig | Phone: 0341 9730506
manns@ub.uni-leipzig.de
Lead Librarian for American Studies
Room Universitaetsbibliothek Leipzig | Phone: 0341 9730506
manns@ub.uni-leipzig.de
Anne Bishop
Secretary to the Chair of American Literature (Prof. Kanzler)
Room 3.506 | Phone: +49 (0)341 9737330
Office Hours: In-person office hours are cancelled. Please contact me via email at:
anne.bishop@uni-leipzig.de
Secretary to the Chair of American Literature (Prof. Kanzler)
Room 3.506 | Phone: +49 (0)341 9737330
Office Hours: In-person office hours are cancelled. Please contact me via email at:
anne.bishop@uni-leipzig.de
Anne Keyselt
Institute Secretariat
Room 3.506 | Phone: +49 (0)341 9737330
Office Hours: In-person office hours are cancelled. Please contact me via email at: americanstudies@uni-leipzig.de
keyselt@uni-leipzig.de
Institute Secretariat
Room 3.506 | Phone: +49 (0)341 9737330
Office Hours: In-person office hours are cancelled. Please contact me via email at: americanstudies@uni-leipzig.de
keyselt@uni-leipzig.de