The Deutsch-Amerikanisches Zentrum/ James-F.-Byrnes Institut e.V. is looking for American Studies students who would like to pursue an internship for at least 12 weeks (part time or full time) starting September 2019.

As a non-profit institution based in Stuttgart, the German-American Center informs about societal, cultural, political, and economic issues in both countries.

Interns should

We would like to thank you all for your expressions of sympathy and condolences after the passing of Prof Crister S. Garrett. We want to show our gratitude for everyone who called or wrote us letters of condolence or left kind words in the book of condolences. We will always remember Crister as a warmhearted, cheerful and loyal colleague and friend. He touched the lives of so many people. We are proud to honor his legacy.

On May 15, the American Studies Leipzig Alumni Association e.V. (ASLAA) will host an Internship Roundtable in cooperation with the Internship Coordinator Office.

Bachelor Courses

Society, History, Politics I (04-001-1002)

Lecture “American Horizons – North American History in a Global Context I: From Colonial Times to the Civil War” (Dr. Olaf Stieglitz):

Final call for applications:

The deadline for the MA American Studies entrance exam expires on April 29, 2019, at midnight. ASL strongly encourages you to submit your application packet soon if you plan on entering our MA class of 2019!

Please upload your application materials on our MA Application platform!

On April 16, ASL's Stefan Schubert talked to a crowd of about 50 people about gender and genre in film and television, in a presentation titled “Von Lonesome Cowboys und Desperate Housewives: Geschlechterdarstellungen im US-Fernsehen.” In his talk, Schubert discussed genres as mixtures between formal and cultural conventions and especially highlighted the cultural work that they do, tracing generic allegiances between the prototypical American genre of the Western and

The joint research initiative “Selbst-Bewusste Erzählungen“ between scholars at ASL and TU Dresden has concluded its final project with the release of Frank Usbeck’s book on “Ceremonial Storytelling: Rituals and Narrative in Post-9/11 US Wars” published by Peter Lang earlier this month.