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Former Picador Professor Alexander Chee has written a new short story for T-magazine’s Nov. 15 Travel issue. It is set in Leipzig and is one of three original short stories written exclusively for the magazine.

Prof. Dr. Katja Kanzler

Thursday, 3 - 4 pm, via Zoom
(pls email her at least an hour in advance)

Prof. Dr. Gabriele Pisarz-Ramirez

Thursday, 3 - 4 pm,
(pls contact her by email at least one hour before to request a callback)

PD Dr. Olaf Stieglitz

pls email him to make an appointment

Dr. Sebastian Herrmann

The repeat exam for the lecture “American Horizons – North American History in a Global Context I: From Colonial Times to the Civil War” in the module “Society, History, Politics I” (04-001-1002) will take place on Dec. 10 from 10 am to 12 pm. It will be an e-exam (open book exam).

In the upcoming winter semester 2020/21, all instruction at ASL will be done remotely, mostly via Zoom and Moodle.

What You Should Know About the Upcoming Semester

Please carefully read the attached “Digital Winter Semester Guidelines” for details. The document contains advice on how to navigate the upcoming semester, on what technology you should ideally prepare, and other details.

American Studies Leipzig is proud to announce Oksana Marafioti as our next Picador Guest Professor for Literature. She will hold the professorship in the winter term of 2020/21.

As part of her tenure in the winter term of 2020/21, Picador Professor Oksana Marafioti will teach two classes at American Studies Leipzig.

Immigration, Ethnicity, and Citzienship in the American Short Story

Tuesdays, 5 pm-7 pm (taught remotely)

American Studies Leipzig is proud to announce that Gesine Wegner, doctoral fellow at ASL, is the recipient of the 2020 Martin-Schüwer Publication Award for Excellence in Comic Studies. The Martin-Schüwer Prize is presented annually by the Society for Comics Studies (ComFor) and the Committee for Comic Studies (AG Comicforschung) of the German Society of Media Studies (GfM).