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.

Professor and Chair for American Literature
Room 3507 | Phone: (0341) 97-37331
Office Hours: Summer Break: Tue. 19 and 26 July, 2-3 pm; Thur. 18 Aug. and 15 Sep. 3:30 - 4:30 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 for American Studies and Minority Studies
Room GWZ 3 5.08 | Phone: (0341) 973 7343
Office Hours: Summer Break: Wed July 20, 3-4 pm; Mon Aug 8, 12-1 pm; Wed Sept 14, 3-4 pm. 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 Cultural History
Room 3505 | Phone: (0341) 97-37335
Office Hours: During the semester break consultations on Zoom can be arranged; please email to make an appointment
http://americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/faculty/stieglitz
olaf.stieglitz@uni-leipzig.de

Akademischer Assistent (Senior Assistant Professor for American Literature)
Room 3503 | Phone: (0341) 973 7337
Office Hours: July 21, 10am-noon, 3-5pm; Aug 18, 10am-noon; Sep 15, 10am-noon (in person; and via Zoom by appointment) [out of office from July 25-29, Aug 19-Sep 2]
http://americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/faculty/schubert
stefan.schubert@uni-leipzig.de

Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin (Junior Assistant Professor for American Literature)
Room 3502 | Phone: (0341) 973 7334
Office Hours: July 21, Aug 4, Aug 18, and Sept 15 from 3-4pm (please sign up before by email)
https://americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/faculty/schadewaldt
annika.schadewaldt@uni-leipzig.de

Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (Junior Assistant Professor for American Cultural History)
Room 3501 | Phone: (0341) 973 7336
Office Hours: During the Summer Semester: Thursdays, 5-6pm, and by appointment (also possible via Zoom, please contact me in advance so I can send you a link accordingly)
tobias.schlobach@uni-leipzig.de

Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin (Junior Assistant Professor for American Literature)
Room 3502 | Phone: (0341) 973 7334
Office Hours: August 4, 12:30-13:30 & September 15, 11:00-12:00 (in person); July 28 & September 1, 11 am-noon, via Zoom (credit transfer only! please email me at least 24 hrs ahead for a slot)
http://americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/faculty/schmieder
schmieder@uni-leipzig.de

Lehrkraft für besondere Aufgaben (Lecturer for American Studies)
Room 3504 | Phone: (0341) 97-37332
Office Hours: 20. July and 3. Aug, 2-3pm (Zoom option available, email me for details)
http://americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/faculty/herrmann/
smherrmann@uni-leipzig.de

Lehrkraft für besondere Aufgaben (Lecturer for American Cultural History)
Room GWZ 3 5.01 | Phone: (0341) 973-7336
Office Hours: During the semester: Mondays 14:30-15:30 (via Zoom) Please contact me beforehand to receive a link. During the semester break: By appointment
http://americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/faculty/pruessing
heather.pruessing@uni-leipzig.de

Lehrkraft für besondere Aufgaben (Lecturer for American Studies)
Room 3 5.04 | Phone: (0341) 973 7332
Office Hours: Summer Break: via appointment (in person or on Zoom)
http://americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/faculty/ravizza
eleonora.ravizza@uni-leipzig.de
Former Professors

Professor Emeritus for American Literature
http://americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/faculty/koenen
koenen@uni-leipzig.de

Professor Emeritus for American Culture and History
http://americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/faculty/keil

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.

Postdoctoral Fellow (SFB 1199: “Processes of Spatialization under the Global Condition”)
Room Nikolaistr. 6-10, Room 5.07 | Phone: 0341 973 77 52
Office Hours: Friday, 2-3pm (via Zoom)
https://steffenwoell.github.io
steffen.woell@uni-leipzig.de
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.

Postdoctoral Fellow (SFB 1199: “Processes of Spatialization under the Global Condition”)
Room Nikolaistr. 6-10, Room 5.07 | Phone: 0341 973 77 52
Office Hours: Friday, 2-3pm (via Zoom)
https://steffenwoell.github.io
steffen.woell@uni-leipzig.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

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

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.

Lead Librarian for American Studies
Room Universitaetsbibliothek Leipzig | Phone: 0341 9730506
manns@ub.uni-leipzig.de

Secretary to the Chair of American Literature (Prof. Kanzler)
Room 3.506 | Phone: +49 (0)341 9737330
Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday 9 am - 12 pm and by appointment
anne.bishop@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