Current Picador guest professor Don Mee Choi has been named as one of the 2021 MacArthur Fellows. The MacArthur Fellowship (sometimes called the MacArthur “Genius grants”) is awared annually to 20-30 people by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation for “extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits and a marked capacity for self-direction.” It is considered oe the most prestigious awards for intellectual and artistic achievement in the United States.

This semester we offer some in-person office hours, as well as office hours via zoom. To receive a remote consultation, email the instructor you would like to talk to at least 1 hour before the beginning of their office hours to request a link. For an overview of the office hours (and if they are offered remotely or in person), please see below.

Prof. Dr Katja Kanzler - until further notice, all office hours via zoom (please email at least an hour in advance)

Dear Students,

Please note: The module registration will take place as usual but individual modules and courses will be offered in a way that complies with the latest COVID-19 regulations. Accordingly, please check our news items on the ASL website for the most recent information and contact your instructors.

For the exams of the LC2 lecture (“US-American Popular Culture”) and of the module 1402 (“Literatures and Cultures of the USA”), review sessions are being offered, via zoom, in which students can receive individual feedback on their performance in the exam:

As part of her tenure in the winter term of 2021/21, Picador Professor Don Mee Choi will teach two classes at American Studies Leipzig.

Asian American Poetry

Tuesday, 3 - 5 pm, GWZ 3516

American Studies Leipzig is proud to announce Don Mee Choi as our next Picador Guest Professor for Literature. She will hold the professorship in the winter term of 2021/22.

The course catalog for the Winter Semester 2021/22 is available now.

Please also see our news item on the upcoming in-person winter semester.

The course listings may be updated throughout the semester break. Especially once we know for certain whether classes will take place digitally or in-person, individual time slots might change again. We will indicate such changes in this news item.

Das Zentrum für Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung (FraGes) der Universität Leipzig hat einen Call for Contributions für die Konferenz Hat die Universität ein Geschlecht*? veröffentlicht.