American Studies Leipzig welcomes Andrea Siebeck as the institute’s new secretary for the time that Ms. Keyselt is on leave. Ms Siebeck, who has studied American Studies in Halle and has worked as a freelance English teacher before, has started her new job on 19. August with enthusiasm; The secretariat now offers new, regular, and expanded office hours for students. Please see the Staff page for more information.
American Studies Leipzig student Caterina Rost left Sunday on a flight to the US to visit the Democratic and Republican National Conventions this fall. The trip is part of the research project she does investigating the current elections and especially the “youth vote.” See her blog at americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/blog/4 for more details.
Die Abschlussklausuren der Vorlesung “The Canon and Popular Culture” wurden von Frau Prof. Koenen korrigiert und können ab Dienstag, den 26.08., im Sekretariat eingesehen werden.
The Leipzig-based graduate journal aspeers calls for submissions by graduate students (MA- or equivalent levels) of European American Studies and related fields by October 31 (November 14 for creative submissions).
The 2 (2009) issue of aspeers will be organized around concepts of migration and mobility.
The American Studies Course Catalog for the Winter Term 2008/09 is now available on this website. Please keep on checking the course listings for any news or updates. And don’t forget to download the Introduction to the Winter 08/09 Course Catalog – it provides you with important information concerning Institute staff, deadlines, advising, and much more.
