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On November 26, Picador Professor Sasha Pimentel read from her work at the Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst. After an introduction by ASL's Prof. Pisarz-Ramirez, Jan Wilm, literary critic, translator and literary scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities in Essen, gave  his impressions of Pimentel's work and warmly welcomed her in Leipzig once more. 

Daniel Peña, who was Picador Guest Professor for Literature in the winter term of 2017/18, was featured in an interview for Rice University's undergraduate literary magazine R2: The Rice Review. The interview was conducted by ASL student Mascha Lange, who spent a semester abroad in Houston.

American Studies Leipzig is proud to announce Sasha Pimentel as our next Picador Guest Professor for Literature. She will hold the professorship in the winter term of 2018/19.

As part of her tenure in the winter term of 2018/19, Picador Professor Sasha Pimentel will teach two classes at American Studies Leipzig.

Contemporary Poetries That Sing from U.S. Histories and Ahistories

Wednesdays, 3-5pm, GWZ 3.5.15

On Tuesday, June 26, Picador Professor Rajesh Parameswaran met with a group of high school students as part of the "Picador at School" initiative.

On May 3, Rajesh Parameswaran, the current Picador Guest Professor for Literature, read from his work at the Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst. Parameswaran read excerpts from two short stories of his collection I Am an Executioner: Love Stories and discussed his work with American Studies Leipzig's Stefan Schubert.

American Studies Leipzig is proud to announce Rajesh Parameswaran as our next Picador Guest Professor for Literature. He will hold the professorship in the summer term of 2018.