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:
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.
Das Zentrum für Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung (FraGes) der Universität Leipzig hat einen Call for Contributions für die Konferenz Hat die Universität ein Geschlecht*? veröffentlicht.
Please note that, unfortunately, the institute’s secretariat is still closed due to illness. Additionally, from August 5 to August 30, the institute’s email account will not be regularly serviced.
Im Rahmen der diesjährigen Langen Nacht der Wissenschaft lädt das Institut für Amerikanistik Sie herzlich zu unserer Veranstaltung “Serienmörder, Populärkultur und Populismus: Was macht eigentlich ein*e Amerikanist*in?” ein. Hier möchten wir Ihnen nicht nur in der Form kurzer Vorträge Einblicke in die Forschung von Amerikanisten und Amerikanistinnen geben, sondern auch mit Ihnen über Amerika und die Amerikastudien ins Gespräch kommen. Die Veranstaltung wird am 16. Juli ab 20 Uhr als Livestream stattfinden.
Submitted by Anne Bishop on Thu, 07/08/2021 - 09:18
Office Hours during the Semester Break Summer 2021
To keep within the guidelines of social distancing procedures, we still cannot offer in-person office hours. 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 callback. In said request, please include your phone number. Some instructors might offer additional remote options (via Zoom, Skype, Google Hangouts, or other) – please see below.
aspeers just published its new calls for papers. Embedded into the American Studies Leipzig MA program, aspeers is the first and currently only peer-reviewed print journal for MA-level scholars of American studies in Europe.
American Studies Leipzig is delighted to announce that Olaf Stieglitz has assumed the position of Professor for American Cultural History at the institute. During the past five semesters, he had already been teaching as a visiting professor, but starting this July, he will be permanently teaching and researching at Leipzig University as the successor to Prof. Crister S. Garrett.
Submitted by Anne Bishop on Fri, 06/11/2021 - 12:29
The Arqus Café is a virtual meeting place where students of the Arqus University Alliance can practice their foreign languages outside of language classes.
Here you can expand your language and cultural knowledge informally and with other language learners. You will have the support from language tutors who are not language teachers, but competent first or native language speakers.
Professor for Literature. She will hold the professorship in the winter term of 2021/22.
American Studies Leipzig is delighted to announce that Olaf Stieglitz has assumed the position of Professor for American Cultural History at the institute. During the past five semesters, he had already been teaching as a visiting professor, but starting this July, he will be permanently teaching and researching at Leipzig University as the successor to Prof. Crister S. Garrett.
