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Bachelor Courses

Module “Society, History, and Politics I” (04-001-1002)

Lecture: Constructing North American History I: From Colonial Times to the Civil War (Prof. Dr. Olaf Stieglitz)

  • written exam:  July 12, 2023, 5 – 7 pm, HS 9

Analytical Seminar (a and b) (Heather Prüßing)

  • presentations: June 13, June 20, June 27, July 4, 2023

Analytical Seminar (c) (Vivian Sadlik)

  • presentations: June 15, June 22, June 29, July 6, 2023

Tutorial (Heather Prüssing)

  • papers due: August 28, 2023

Module “Literature and Culture II” (04-001-1007)

Lecture: US-American Popular Culture: History, Media, Methods (Dr. Stefan Schubert)

  • exam: July 11, 2023, 5 – 7 pm, HS 8

Seminar: American Literature and Culture at Midcentury (Annika Schadewaldt)
and 
Seminar: “Stick It to The Man”: American Anarchist Fiction (Dr. Katja Schmieder)
and 
Seminar: Genres That Matter: History and Theory of Hollywood Film (Dr. Eleonora Ravizza)

  • presentations due: July 16, 2023
  • final essays due: August 27, 2023

Module “Society, History and Politics III” (04-001-1010)

Seminar: Sports History as 20th Century U.S. Cultural History (Prof. Dr. Olaf Stieglitz)

  • term papers due: September 30, 2023

Seminar: Histories of American Masculinities since 1945 (Peter Hintz)

  • exams: Presentations starting May 16, 2023

Module “Literature and Culture III” (04-001-1011)

Seminar: We and You (Picador Prof. Salvador Plascencia)
and
Seminar: Media, Literature, and Culture in the Digital Age (Dr. Stefan Schubert)

•             oral exams: in the week of July 17, 2023
•             deadline portfolio submissions 04-AME-1701: due July 30, 2023

Module “Ethnicity and Diversity in US-Culture II: Multicultural and Multilingual America” (04-001-1012)

Seminar: Performing Race and Ethnicity (Prof. Dr. Gabriele Pisarz-Ramírez)

  • paper deadline: August 31, 2023

Master Courses

Module “Political Cultures in a Transatlantic Context” (04-038-2005)

Seminar: Eugenics - Body - Politics, 1890 to the Present (Prof. Dr. Olaf Stieglitz)

  • term papers due: September 30, 2023

Seminar: Black Identities and Black Protest in African American Writing (Prof. Dr. Gabriele Pisarz-Ramírez)

  • term papers due: September 30, 2023

Module “Media and Society in a Transatlantic Context” (04-038-2006)

Seminar: The Body Politics of Hollywood's Film Noir, 1940s/50s (Prof. Dr. Olaf Stieglitz)

  • term papers due: September 30, 2023

Seminar: Unfilmable / Unwatchable: Cinematic Depictions of Identity, Conformity, and Neurodiversity (Dr. Steffen Wöll)

  • papers due: September 30, 2023

Module “Interamerican Spaces and Latino/a Cultures” (04-038-2016)

Seminar: Narratives of (In)Security in US Culture and Literature (Prof Dr. Gabriele Pisarz-Ramírez)

  • paper deadline: September 30, 2023

Seminar: Beyond National Borders: Hemispheric Visions of the Americas (Prof. Dr. Gabriele Pisarz-Ramírez)

  • paper deadline: September 30, 2023

Lehramt Courses

Module “Literatures and Cultures of the USA” (04-AME-1402)

Lecture: : Constructing North American History I: From Colonial Times to the Civil War (Prof. Dr. Olaf Stielitz)
and
Seminars 1402-2a/b/c The (Death of the) American Dream: Questioning Narratives of Power, Wealth, and Individualism (Dr. Eleonora Ravizza)
and
Seminars 1402-2d/e/f/g/h Nation and Imagination? US Cultural History and the Myths of ‘America’ (Dr. Sebastian Herrmann)

  • written lecture exam: July 19, 2023, 5 – 7 pm, Großer Hörsaal im Haus 1 am Campus Jahnallee

Module “US Popular Culture and American Literature” (04-AME-1701)

Seminar: We and You (Picador Prof. Salvador Plascencia)
and
Seminar: Media, Literature, and Culture in the Digital Age (Dr. Stefan Schubert)

  • portfolio submissions due: July 30, 2023