Previous Picador Professor Justin Torres has won the National Book Award for Fiction for his novel Blackouts. The judges praised the novel’s “aesthetic complexity, multiplicity, and beauty” as well as its treatment of “the literal, metaphorical, and historical erasures of queer sexuality.”
Justin…
Current Picador Professor Megan Giddings's public reading took place on November 7 at the Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst. The public reading has attracted a large crowd. Giddings read from her second novel The Women Could Fly, published by Amistad in 2022, and discussed her work with Giuliana…
Are you looking for internships related to American Studies? Every month ASL's internship coordinator shares her recommendations with you via our Instagram account.
The new official documents and regulations for our BA and MA programs in American Studies are now available.
On December 5, 2023, the German-American Institute Saxony (DAIS) will hold the first annual Crister S. Garrett Memorial Lecture Series, in celebration of Crister S. Garrett’s life and legacy and 10 Years of American Space Leipzig.
Are you not quite sure what to do once you have your degree in American Studies? The ASLAA e.V. is there to help!
For Tag der offenen Tür, American Studies is opening seminars for students interested in our BA program.
Feel free to join and participate in the following seminars:
"Cinematic Spectacles: Visual Pleasures, Narrative Sensations, and Spectatorship" (Seminar im Modul *-2401 "American Literatures,…
ASL invites all BA students who are interested in entering our MA American Studies 2024/25 program to attend our annual MA Townhall Meeting on January 15, 2024, at 6 pm. You’ll receive information on the program and will have a chance to ask questions you might have about pursuing an MA degree.