Follow our Blog!At the onset of the 21st century, dissent and public protest in the US are apparently seeing a revival. Leftist and liberal movements, such as Occupy Wall Street or Black Lives Matter, as well as nationalist and/or conservative groups, such as the Unite the Right rallies or figures such as Kim Davis, have shown that […]
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Free to Rock ist ein Dokumentarfilm des vierfachen Emmy-Gewinners Jim Brown, der über einen Zeitraum von zwölf Jahren entstanden ist. Dieser einzigartige Film zeigt, wie die Kraft des Rock‘n Roll ganz ohne Blutvergießen zum Ende der Sowjetunion und des Kalten Krieges beigetragen hat – trotz aller Versuche, diese Musik zu verbieten. Der Film lässt die […]
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The chair for North American Literature at the TU Dresden takes part in a new young scholars’ network which is being funded by the German Research Foundation, starting September 2017. The network proposes the notion of ‘narrative liminality’ as a category for the study of US American modern culture. In so doing, the network aims to […]
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The official opening of the new Collaborative Research Center (CRC) “Invectivity: Constellations and Dynamics of Disparagement” at the TU Dresden will take place on 17 October 2017, 5:30 p.m., at the Deutsches Hygiene-Museum Dresden. From 7 p.m., the issue of “Populism” will be approached from different perspectives. Speakers include Prof. Dr. Albrecht Koschorke and Georg Seeßlen as […]
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aspeers, the first and currently only MA-level peer-reviewed journal for American studies in Europe, calls for papers by M.A. students of American studies or related fields. The submission deadline is October 15, 2017. In its 11th edition, the journal will again feature a general section and a topical focus. More details on each sections’ respective call for papers are listed in the following: […]
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An der Professur für Literatur Nordamerikas ist ab 1.10.2017 die Stelle einer studentischen Hilfskraft (vorauss. ca. 7 Stunden/Woche) zu vergeben. Gesucht wird ein*e Studierende*r der Anglistik/Amerikanistik bzw. des Fachs Englisch mit Studienschwerpunkten im Themenbereich der Professur. Voraussetzungen: kompetenter Umgang mit gängiger Bürosoftware, Kenntnisse in den Bereichen Literaturrecherche und Bibliografieerstellung, Interesse am Fach. Formlose Bewerbungen bitte […]
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TU Dresden’s new Collaborative Research Center (CRC) “Invectivity: Constellations and Dynamics of Disparagement” also includes a project in American Studies: The Chair for North American Literature is involved in the CRC with a project titled “Toward the Poetics and Politics of Disparagement in US-American Popular Culture”. In its first phase, the project will focus on invective […]
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On Thursday, June 1, 2017, Michael Luick-Thrams, the director of both the US organization TRACES and its German branch Spuren e.V., is going to talk about the work and projects of this organization. The talk is hosted by HATIKVA e.V. Dresden. TRACES/Spuren e.V. is a non-profit educational organization created to collect, preserve, and present the diverse stories of people from […]
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As part of the ISAP exchange program between the TU Dresden the New School for Social Research, New York City, the chair of political theory and history of political thought at the TU Dresden is hosting a talk by Prof. Dr. Finchelstein, titled “The Democratic World and the Resurgence of Populism”. Prof. Dr. Finchelstein has widely […]
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On May 2, 2017, 7 p.m., at the Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst in Leipzig, American writer Tom Drury (US) is reading from his trilogy Grouse County. The reading will be followed by a discussion with Prof. Crister Garett, from the Institute of American Studies, University of Leipzig. Admission will be free. Tom Drury has published several novels […]
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