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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. [...]

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Detailed information on the individual courses (course description, prerequisites, examination requirements, etc.) can be found in UnivIS.

Enrolment in the courses takes place via FlexNow.

Introductory courses (basic module)

  • Introduction to British and American Cultural Studies (Aşar, Mondays, 1:55-4:10 p.m., U2/00.25)
  • Introduction to English and American Literary Studies (Konopka, Tuesdays, 4-6 p.m., U5/00.24) + tutorial (Sarp, Mondays, 4-6 p.m., U2/00.25)

Seminars (advanced module)

  • "Outliving systems of tyranny": Hemingway, Iberian Contemporaries, and the Spanish Civil War (Konopka & Halank, field trip to Spain Jan 8-15, 2025; mandatory preliminary meeting: Oct 18, 9-11 a.m.)*
  • In the Spotlight: A Survey of US-American Literary History (Konopka, VHB e-learning course)
  • Indigenous Fiction: Native American Novel (Feier, Mondays, 4-6 p.m., MG1/02.06)*

Advanced seminars (specialization and M.A. modules)

  • Presidential Elections and Contemporary American Literature and Culture (Gerhardt, Blockseminar, detailed info on UnivIS)''
  • Race and Politics in German and U.S.-American Culture (Spychala, Tuesdays, 12-2 p.m., U5/02.18)**

Lectures and practice classes (Übungen)

  • American Literature II:Realism - Postmodernism (Gerhardt, Thursdays, 2-4 p.m., U5/00.24)**
  • Remembering the Holocaust in American Literature and Culture (Banita, Wednesdays, 4-6 p.m., LU19/00.09)**
  • Modern American Drama (Aşar, starts in December 2024, room to be announced)**
  • Methods and Theories of Cultural Studies | Methods Exercise for the Supplementary Module Cultural Studies (Konopka, bi-weekly Wednesdays, 12-2 p.m., U9/01.11)*
  • How to Write a Term Paper (Konopka, Thursdays, 10-12 a.m., M3/00.16)
  • Thesis Supervision B.A. American Studies (Konopka, individual supervision + Thursdays, 10-12 a.m., M3/00.16)
  • Research Seminar and Thesis Supervision B.A. & M.A. American Studies / Teacher Degree English (Gerhardt, bi-weekly on Thursdays, 4-6 p.m., U2/01.30)

Extracurricular course (no ECTS)

  • Media Session "The Weird and the Wondrous" (Konopka, Fridays, 6-9 p.m., U5/00.24) - including an all-night LotR movie marathon on Dec 13-14!

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* open for the supplementary module
** open for the Consolidation Module