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Due to sickness, Prof. Koenen’s classes will be canceled on Thursday, Nov. 20 and Friday, Nov. 21. Her office hours on Thursday will be canceled as well.

The secretariat will be closed from November 20 to November 24.

My office hours in the week of 17 Nov. have to be re-scheduled from Monday to Tuesday, 18 Nov., 1-2pm.

Due to business travel, Prof. Garrett’s classes are canceled from November 12 to November 20.

Due to sickness, Prof. Koenen’s classes and office hours are canceled in the week of November 10.

Prof. Keil will hold office hours this Friday, November 14, from 10-11.30am.

The evening after the 2008 presidential election, about 50-60 American Studies Leipzig students gathered for a two-hour discussion with Prof. Paul Rundquist. Rundquist talked about how political interventions such as the 1971 busing decision by the Supreme Court might have helped reduce racism, about the electoral map as it emerged after the election, the question of voter turn-out, and the role Obama’s social networking platform and databases might play in the upcoming presidency.

Scheine for Ben Alpers’s seminars (SS 2008) should be ready for pick up in the week of November 10.

The Day After: Analyzing the Election Results

A Roundtable with Professor Paul Rundquist

Wednesday, 5 November, 19:00-21:00

Dresdner Bank (am Dittrichring), Room 13

Ladies and gentlemen, the votes are in (well enough hopefully to declare a winner).

Before the election:

after the election on Wednesday, it notes an Obama Wipeout: