Per the university leadership’s decision, all teaching—including digital formats—will be suspended between Dec. 17 and Jan. 10. From the feedback we have received, faculty at American Studies Leipzig understand that this decision makes dealing with the ongoing pandemic easier for some students but that it also presents an additional set of unfortunate challenges for many others.
Please join us for Picador Professor Okana Marafioti’s reading on Thursday, December 10, 7pm! The reading will take place digitally, available on the offical Picador website (please click here) and on the Facebook page of Leipzig University (please click here).
Over the course of the 2020 US Presidential Election several of our ASL faculty members participated in election related public activities. This news item is meant to give you an overview of these activities in case you have not checked them out yet or if you want to revisit them.
On December 15 and 16, university elections will be held for the student body councils, including your student representatives for English and American Studies (FSR AnAm). In case you do not want to vote in person this year, you can request your mail-in ballot until Monday, November 30.
Please join us for Picador Professor Okana Marafioti’s reading on Thursday, December 10, 7pm! The reading will take place digitally, available on the offical Picador website 
