The Veranstaltungsforum der Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck and American Studies Leipzig jointly hosted the second Picador Professorship Reading in the Galerie Pierogi on Thursday, July 12. In the gallery packed with over 70 guests, Picador Professor and novelist James Hopkin read from his novel Winter under Water. He was joined by his guest, anglo-indian writer Priya Basil, who read from her novel Ishq and Mushq.

American Studies Majors

BA- and MA-students need to register for their Modules via HIS-LS.

First-year students - both BA and MA - register during the course of their orientations.

American Studies Leipzig cordially invites to join the 10-year commemoration of the Frank Freidel Memorial Library

on Tuesday, July 10
5 - 7 pm
at the Bibliotheca Albertina
Lecture Hall, 1st floor

American Studies Leipzig cordially invites you to join the Picador Guest Professor James Hopkin’s public reading on 12 July, 8pm, at Galerie Pierogi.

American Studies Leipzig is proud to welcome Prof. Madeleine Vala (University of Puerto Rico) as its first Frank Freidel Resident. Initiated to mark the Frank Freidel Library’s 10th anniversary, the residency-program allows scholars to pursue research projects at American Studies Leipzig and its library. The Frank Freidel Library has extensive holdings in the fields of United States history, literature, and culture as well as access to the fields’ most important data bases.

Poland’s Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Janusz Reiter, will speak to American Studies Leipzig and the City of Leipzig on Thursday, 21 June 2007, at the Zeitgeschichtliches Forum Leipzig. The subject of his talk will be “From the Atlantic Community to a Transatlantic Space?”. Mr. Reiter has also served as Ambassador to Germany during the 1990s. The Director of the Polish Institute Leipzig, Mr. Michal Maliszewski, will introduce the Ambassador.

The talk will be followed by a reception.

The Consulate General and the Haus des Buches cooperate in an event that brings young American poets together for a reading on Tuesday, June 19, 8pm at the “Literaturcafe des Haus des Buches.”

The poets will read, together with their translators, from a new anthology called “Junge Amerikanische Lyrik.” Among the participants are: Matthea Harvey, Christian Hawkey, Jeffrey McDaniel, Kevin Young, Steffen Popp, Ron Winkler, Jan Wagner, and Uljana Wolf.

Radio mephisto97.6 did a short feature on Picador Professor James Hopkin. The feature focused on his biography, his writing and his time here in Leipzig. Hopkin is staying with American Studies Leipzig during the Summer 2007 Term as Picador Professor for Literature.

“Volunteerism, Diversity, and Civic Engagement”

On June 6, American Studies Leipzig inaugurated a photo exhibition on its 2006 study tour to Houston, Texas. About 60 guests joined ASL for the reception and screening of the film. Showing 60 photos taken by the students, the exhibition covers various themes of the tour. The photos are on display until June 20th in the GWZ Foyer (Beethovenstraße 15).

For German Applicants | For International Applicants

The following information is relevant for all applicants who wish to enter the MA American Studies in 2007.

For German Applicants

Once you are accepted into the MA American Studies program, you need to enroll at the University’s Student Administration Office (Studentensekretariat). The enrollment is carried out in two steps: