Picador Classes by Daniel Gumbiner (Winter Term 2025)
As part of his tenure in the winter term of 2024/25, Picador Professor Daniel Gumbiner will teach two classes at American Studies Leipzig.
News and Events
News
Next Picador Professor Daniel Gumbiner
Daniel Gumbiner appointed as next Picador Guest Professor for Literature at the Institute for American Studies at Leipzig University. He will hold the professorship in the winter term of 2024/25.
Welcome Entering Students!
American Studies Leipzig welcomes the BA and MA entering cohorts of 2024 to Leipzig. We look forward to meeting and getting to know you soon, and we have a few pieces of information and upcoming events to help you get settled in.
Current Picador Professor Rita Bullwinkel on Booker Prize Long List
Headshot, the debut novel of current Picador Professor Rita Bullwinkel is nominated for the Booker Prize 2024.
Events
Online Workshop on "Christian Semantics and Forms in Right-Wing Male Culture" on Sept. 18–19
The digital workshop "Christian Semantics and Forms in Right-Wing Male Culture" brings together doctoral and postdoctoral researchers from the fields of religious and cultural studies. Please contact peter.hintz@uni-leipzig.de for the zoom link.
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Workshop on "Transatlantic Sporting Encounters" on Sept. 24–25
Featuring international scholars working on the history of physical culture, American Studies Leipzig is hosting a DFG-funded workshop on "Transatlantic Sporting Encounters: Sport and Physical Culture as German-American Meeting Ground in the Long Twentieth Century" on Sept. 24–25, 2026. The…
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Repeat Lecture Exam 1402 Literatures and Cultures of the USA, Prof. Kanzler/Dr. Herrmann/Dr. Ravizza
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Repeat Lecture Exam Society, History, and Politics I (04-001-1002) Prof. Dr. Olaf Stieglitz
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