North American Studies

• Classes offered by the Graduate School of North American Studies

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  • 32120 Advanced graduate seminar
    Advanced Theory and Methods in the Study of Culture (Frank Kelleter)
    Schedule: Mi 14:00-16:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-16)
    Location: 201 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)
    

    Comments

    This Ph.D.-course continues last semester’s “Theory and Methods in the Study of Culture.” Members of the Graduate School are invited to attend. Please register prior to the first class with Prof. Kelleter (no later than April 11).

  • 32130 Colloquium
    Research Colloquium Literature/Culture (Frank Kelleter, Stefanie Müller)
    Schedule: Mi 18:00-20:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-16)
    Location: 201 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)
    

    Comments

    Each summer semester, the Departments of Culture and Literature organize a joint research colloquium with invited speakers. This course is addressed chiefly to Ph.D. students, post-docs, visiting scholars, and faculty members, but it is open to B.A. and M.A. students and the general public as well. For details, please see poster and program (online).

  • 32420 Modul
    Advanced Disciplinary Theory and Methods in the Study of History (Jessica Gienow-Hecht)
    Schedule: Mo 18:00-20:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-14)
    Location: 201 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)
    
  • 32520 Modul
    Lecture Series: US Foreign Policy in Turbulent Times (Lora Anne Viola)
    Schedule: Mi 16:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-23)
    Location: 340 Hörsaal (Lansstr. 7 / 9)
    

    Information for students

    Please note that the first session starts on April 23rd, 2025.

    Comments

    This guest lecture series explores the challenges and uncertainties of U.S. foreign policy under the Trump administration. With a focus on recent issues—including shifting security alliances, imperial ambitions, tariff wars, diplomatic unpredictability, and the erosion of traditional norms—this series examines how the administration's “America First” approach is reshaping the transatlantic relationship. Leading scholars and commentators will discuss the impact of abrupt policy shifts, strained relations, and evolving great-power dynamics. The lecture series is being offered as a credited course, but it will also be open to the university public.

  • 32630 Colloquium
    Research Colloquium Social Science (Sebastian Kohl, Lora Anne Viola)
    Schedule: Do 16:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-17)
    Location: 201 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)