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Poster for the guest lecture by author and scholar SchwarzRund. In addition to the information on the lecture it shows an explosion of colors in red and orange.Colourbox

GUEST LECTURE for Black History Month: "Black Queer Space Time in 'Biskaya' und bei Audre Lorde"

On January 28, 2025 author and scholar SchwarzRund will give an online lecture (in German) to kick-off Black History Month. [...]

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Field Trip in January 2025

In cooperation with the Chair of Romance Literary Studies we are going on an interdisciplinary field trip to Spain. [...]

FILMGESPRÄCH: "Selma" am 04. Dezember 2024

Prof. Dr. Christine Gerhardt war Gesprächsgast bei der Vorführung des Films "Selma" im Lichtspiel Bamberg. [...]

Poster for Prof. Harold Hellwigs guest lecture. It contains information on the lecture as well as a stylized photo of a corridor.

GUEST LECTURE: "Family Discord: The Politics of Racial Time Unhinged"

On Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024 we welcomed Prof. Harold Hellwig in Bamberg for a guest lecture and discussion. […]

MUSEUM TRIP: "Dude Ranches" in Buttenheim

In November, the American Studies section organised a visit to the current special exhibition at the Levi Strauss Museum in Buttenheim. [...]

Die Bamberg Wahlnacht im Bayrischen Fernsehen

Am Tag nach der Wahl berichtete der BR über die Bamberger Election Night […]

Poster for Professor Cristanne Millers guest lecture. The poster contains information not he guest lecture and a drawing of two hands reaching for each other.

GUEST LECTURE: "Communication Strategies and the Speaking Self in Dickinson’s Letters and Poems"

On Thursday, November 14, 2024, Prof. Cris Miller from the University of Buffalo, SUNY gave a talk at Bamberg University. […]

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American Election Night 2024

On November 5, 2024, we once again came together to discuss the U.S. American Presidential Election. [...]

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Courses in the Winter Term 2024/25

Click here for an overview of the courses offered in American Studies in the winter term. [...]

Poster for the guest lecture of Professor Serpil Oppermann. The poster contains information on the guest lecture as well as a photo of a blue and read coral.

GUEST LECTURE: "Wet Matter and Its Narrative Agencies in the Blue Humanities"

On Wednesday, July 17, 2024 Prof. Serpil Oppermann from Kapadokya Üniversitesi gave a virtual guest lecture at Bamberg University. […]

Compact Seminar Abroad (Summer 2024)

Once again, we provided our students with the opportunity to study in the French Alps. [...]

PUBLICATION: PD Dr. Eva-Sabine Zehelein's newest book is available now!

Following the international conference on the "Life and Work of Joan Didion", which took place in Bamberg in 2022, the resulting book has now been…

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AWARD: Yıldız Aşar receives Bettina-Paetzold-Price 2023!

At this year's ceremony of the Equal Opportunities Officers, our colleague received the Prize for Good Gender Teaching at the University of Bamberg.…