Summer Semester 2024

Courses: Summer Semester 2024

In the 2024 summer semester, the Department of American Studies offers a wide range of courses. Also, a number of courses offered by other departments are open to American Studies students. For comprehensive information on all study courses, pls see the course catalogue on alma.

Please note that this list is updated continuously; any information given here is subject to change.

Basic Module Courses

Introduction to Literary Studies (S)	Dr. Isabell Klaiber
Introduction to Literary Studies (S)	Dr. Carsten Schinko
Introduction to Cultural Studies (L)	Prof. Dr. Christoph Reinfandt
Introduction to Cultural Studies (nur IAS) (S)	Prof. Dr. Michael Butter

These courses are accompanied by a tutorial (tbd).

Advanced Module Courses

Screening Law: Legal Film and Television	Annika Thiem
Southern Gothic (pre- and post-1900)	Janine Schwarz
Indigenous Futurisms	Marina Pingler
The Beatles and America	Dr. Thomas Gijswijt
Guns and Gun Control in the United States (pre- and post-1900)	Dr. Thomas Gijswijt
Écriture Féminine? Female Poets from Anne Bradstreet to Natasha Trethewey	Dr. Carsten Schinko
19th Century Short Story	Dr. Carsten Schinko
Being Poor in America	Dr. Debarchana Baruah
Migrant Memoirs and Autobiographies	Dr. Debarchana Baruah
Gender in Canadian Life Writing	Atalie Gerhard

Focus and Master Module Courses (and/or Final Exam Preparation)

Best Picture	Prof. Dr. Michael Butter
Literature of Passing	Prof. Dr. Astrid Franke
19th Century Poetry: Romantic, Sentimental, Proto-Modernist	Prof. Dr. Astrid Franke
On the Move: Migration and Cross-Cultural Encounters	Prof. Dr. Astrid Franke
Narrating the City of Angels: Los Angeles in Literature and Film	Dr. Carsten Schinko
Post-Soul Aesthetics: African American Literature and Culture after the Civil Rights Era	Dr. Carsten Schinko
Growing Up Indigenous in North America	Dr. Isabell Klaiber
Past and Contemporary Populisms in the Americas	Dr. Katerina Hatzikidi
Inside & Outside in America: The Life of Poetry in Three Pairs	Joshua Weiner
Food, Memories, and Mobility in America	Dr. Debarchana Baruah
The Beat Generation	Prof. Dr. Horst Tonn
MA Colloquium	Dr. Michael Butter
Double Thoughts and Double-Consciousness: Russian and African-American Literature	Prof. Ph.D. Melissa Frazier
Comparative Romanticism (L)	Prof. Ph.D. Melissa Frazier
Love, Envy, Anger, Shame: A History of Emotions in the US	Susan J. Matt

Advanced as well as Focus Module Courses

Contemporary TV Shows (L)	Prof. Dr. Michael Butter
Issues III: From the Civil War to the Second World War (L)	Prof. Dr. Astrid Franke

Elective Curriculum

U.S. Foreign Policy I	Dr. Thomas Gijswijt
U.S. Foreign Policy III: The United States and Russia since the End of the Cold War	Dr. Thomas Gijswijt
U.S. Political System: The 2024 Presidential Elections	Dr. Thomas Gijswijt
Predicting the 2024 Presidential Elections	Dr. Thomas Gijswijt
Creative Writing	Joshua Weiner
Religion in American History, 1600 to present	Nathan Rives
Introduction to International Relations (for sign up information, please contact Thomas Gijswijt)	Various Lecturers

Enrollment Periods: English Department

First day of classes	Monday, April 15, 2024 Note: individual courses may start later. Check ALMA for start dates.
Last day of classes	Saturday, July 27, 2024
Holidays	Wednesday, May 1, 2024 (Labour Day) Thursday, May 9, 2024 (Ascension Day) Monday, May 20 - Saturday, May 25, 2024 (Whitsun break) Thursday, May 30 (Corpus Christi)
Registration phase I (Basic Module Linguistics; Advanced & Focus Modules)	Monday, 26.02. - Sunday, 24.03.24 automatic place allocation: 25./26.03.24 Cancellation phase: 27.03. - 21.04.24
Registration phase II (Language & Use/Academic Writing I; MA Academic Writing; Basic Module Literary Studies (seminar & tutorial); Tutorial Cultural Studies)	Monday, 01.04. - Wednesday, 10.04.24 automatic place allocation by: 11.04.24
Registration phase III (Lectures; Basic Module Cultural Studies (lecture & BA IAS-only seminar); KOs; SQs)	Monday, 26.02. - Sunday, 14.04.24 places will be allocated starting: 01.04.24 Cancellation phase: 15.04. - 21.04.24
Courses published in ALMA by Please note, changes/updates to the course offer may occur after this date, but usually not after registration starts. Please check ALMA regularly!	approximately Tuesday, January 24, 2024
Late admissions	Possible only after each phase's place allocation has concluded. Check our FAQ for details on how to proceed.

Please note that this list is updated continuously; any information given here is subject to change.
Always make sure to double-check registration phases on ALMA as well. They may differ for individual courses.