Faculty
Core Faculty, Affiliated 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. We have specialists in literature, culture, history, politics, and international affairs. Faculty cooperate regularly to offer integrated teaching on broad and interesting topics (for example, citizenship and identity, consumption culture, literature and difference, immigration, globalization and American society, and many, many more subjects).
Professor and Chair for American Literature
Room 3507 | Phone: (0341) 97-37331
Office Hours: Summer Break: 23 July, 13 August, 17 September, all 3-4 pm (all office hours by phone, via callback; pls email 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: Remote office hours during the semester break: Wednesday July 22, 12-1; Tuesday August 11, 12-1; Monday September 7 12-1. Please contact me by email at least one hour before to request a callback.
http://americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/faculty/pisarz
pisarz@uni-leipzig.de
Visiting Professor for American Cultural History
Room 3505 | Phone: (0341) 97-37335
Office Hours: I will be available over the semester break - please email, and we can also make an appointment for a telephone call or a zoom conversation
http://americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/faculty/stieglitz
olaf.stieglitz@uni-leipzig.de
Akademischer Assistent (Senior Assistant Professor for American Literature)
Room 3503 | Phone: (0341) 97-37337
Office Hours: by appointment, via Video Chat or phone
http://americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/faculty/herrmann/
smherrmann@uni-leipzig.de
Akademischer Assistent (Senior Assistant Professor for American Literature)
Room 3503 | Phone: (0341) 973 7337
Office Hours: In the semester break: July 23, 10am-noon and August 24, 10am-noon, via Zoom (please email me at least an hour before).
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: by appointment during the semester break
https://americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/faculty/schadewaldt
annika.schadewaldt@uni-leipzig.de
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (Junior Assistant Professor for American Cultural History)
Room GWZ 3 5.01 | Phone: (0341) 973 7336
Office Hours: during the semester break by appointment (via Zoom/telephone; please email me in advance and let me know how you prefer to be contacted)
tobias.schlobach@uni-leipzig.de
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin (Junior Assistant Professor for American Literature)
Room 3502 | Phone: (0341) 973 7334
Office Hours: Summer Break: by appointment
http://americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/faculty/schmieder
schmieder@uni-leipzig.de
Lehrkraft für besondere Aufgaben (Lecturer for American Cultural History)
Room GWZ 3 5.01 | Phone: (0341) 973-7336
Office Hours: Thursdays 13:30-14:30. Please contact me via email at least one hour beforehand to request a callback.
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: By appointment
http://americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/faculty/ravizza
eleonora.ravizza@uni-leipzig.de
Former Professors
Professor Emeritus for American Culture and History
http://americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/faculty/keil
Professor Emeritus for American Literature
http://americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/faculty/koenen
koenen@uni-leipzig.de
Professor for American Culture and History
http://americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/faculty/garrett
Adjunct Faculty
The Institute’s strengths are further enhanced by strong cooperation with colleagues from throughout the University of Leipzig. These Affiliated Faculty help make American Studies a highly interdisciplinary program. Beside Core Faculty, and Affiliated Faculty, the Institute for American Studies has regular and distinguished international Guest Scholars.
Doctoral Candidate
Room 3311 | Phone:
Office Hours: by appointment
https://americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/users/mascha-lange
mascha.lange@uni-leipzig.de
Room GWZ 3 5.01 | Phone:
Office Hours: Fridays, 3 – 4 pm (remote office hours by appointment)
friedrich.opitz@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.
Room GWZ 3 3.11 | Phone: 0351 463 43851
http://americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/users/krenz
anne.krenz@tu-dresden.de
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
Room Room GWZ 3 3.11 | Phone: 0351 463 43852
Office Hours: by appointment
https://americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/users/wegner
gesine.wegner@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.
Institute Secretariat
Room 3.506 | Phone: +49 (0)341 9737330
Office Hours: Monday to Thursday 10 am - 2 pm, and by appointment
keyselt@uni-leipzig.de
Lead Librarian for American Studies
Room Universitaetsbibliothek Leipzig | Phone: 0341 9730506
manns@ub.uni-leipzig.de
Secretary to the Chair for American Literature
Room GWZ 3.506 | Phone: +49 (0) 341-97 37 330
Office Hours: In-person office hours upon prior arrangement by email; for a callback, please leave your phone number.
franziska.pfab@uni-leipzig.de