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: Winter Term 19/20 (when classes are in sessions): Tue., 11 am - 12 noon; on Dec. 3, 12 - 1 pm
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: No regular office hours due to research leave in the winter term 2019/20
http://americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/faculty/pisarz
pisarz@uni-leipzig.de
Visiting Professor for American Culture and History
Room 3505 | Phone: (0341) 97-37335
Office Hours: Tuesday, 10-12 am
http://americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/faculty/stieglitz
olaf.stieglitz@uni-leipzig.de
Assistant Lecturer for American Studies
Room 3503 | Phone: (0341) 97-37337
Office Hours: - (Currently on Leave)
http://americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/faculty/herrmann/
smherrmann@uni-leipzig.de
Assistant Lecturer for American Studies
Room 3502 | Phone: (0341) 973 7334
Office Hours: Starting October 24: Thursdays, 10-11am
http://americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/faculty/schmieder
schmieder@uni-leipzig.de
Assistant Lecturer for American Studies
Room 3502 | Phone: (0341) 973 7334
Office Hours: Mondays, 10-11am
http://americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/faculty/schubert
stefan.schubert@uni-leipzig.de
Assistant Lecturer for American Studies
Room 3503 | Phone: (0341) 97-37337
Office Hours: WS 19/20: Mondays, 3-4
http://americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/faculty/spieler
sophie.spieler@uni-leipzig.de
Assistant Lecturer of American Studies
Room GWZ 3 5.01 | Phone: (0341) 973-7336
Office Hours: Wednesdays, 3-4pm and by appointment
http://americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/faculty/pruessing
heather.pruessing@uni-leipzig.de
Assistant Lecturer for American Studies
Room 3 5.04 | Phone: (0341) 973 7332
Office Hours: Mon 2-3pm
http://americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/faculty/ravizza
eleonora.ravizza@uni-leipzig.de
Assistant Lecturer for American Studies
Room GWZ 3 5.01 | Phone: (0341) 973 7336
Office Hours: Thursdays, 5-6 pm and by appointment
tobias.schlobach@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 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.
Research Fellow
Office Hours: by appointment
http://americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/faculty/usbeck
fusbeck@uni-leipzig.de
Doctoral Candidate
Room 3.504 | Phone: +49 341 - 97 37332
Office Hours: by appointment
http://americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/users/ericf
eric.fraunholz@uni-leipzig.de
Room Nikolaistr. 10, room 4.05 | Phone:
Office Hours: during the break: Feb 12, 2-3pm; March 5, 2-3pm; and by appointment
annika.schadewaldt@studserv.uni-leipzig.de
Room GWZ 3 3.11 | Phone:
Office Hours: During semester break: by appointment
http://americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/users/michaela-beck
Michaela.Beck2@tu-dresden.de
Room Nikolaistr. 10, room 405 | Phone:
Office Hours: by appointment
caroline.lyle@uni-leipzig.de
Room Nikolaistr. 10, room 405 | Phone:
Office Hours: by appointment
hedwig.lieback@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
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: Mon, 10am - 12; Tue+Wedn, 10am - 12 + 1pm - 2:30pm; Thurs, 10am - 12; Fr, 10am - 12 + 1pm - 2:30pm; and by appointment
franziska.pfab@uni-leipzig.de