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Whitman Week in Chicago, June 24-29, 2013
Students are invited to apply for the 6th Whitman Week in Chicago - a complete credit-bearing seminar on one of America's most innovative and influential poets, taught by international specialists.
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American Guest Professor in Bamberg
In April 2013, American scholar and writer Tom Whalen will join our institute as international guest professor. He will teach 4 seminars (PS/ HS) on American literature and culture that are open to all students in our BA, MA and Lehramt programs.
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One Week in Paris: American Modernism in the French Capital
During a 5-day exursion, students explored the many connections between American Literature and Modernist Art in Paris during the 'Roaring Twenties.'
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Exploring Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau
Schloss Neuschwanstein and Canada - for the participants of the seminar “Germans in Canadian Literature and Culture” this connection became perfectly clear when they went on a field trip to Southern Bavaria to explore two castles of ‘mad’ king Ludwig II.
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Antrittsvorlesung Prof. Dr. Christine Gerhardt
Am 22.10.2012 hielt Christine Gerhardt, Inhaberin der Professur für Amerikanistik, ihre Antrittsvorlesung an der Universität Bamberg. Zum Vortrag "Disequilibrium Poetics: Migration und Ökologie in der amerikanischen Gegenwartsliteratur" und zum anschließenden Empfang erschienen zahlreiche Studierende und Kolleg/innen.
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Bibliothekstutorien im SoSe 2013
Informationen zu Inhalten, Terminen und Anmeldemodalitäten der verpflichtenden Bibliothekstutorien zu den "Introductions to English and American Literature" sowie zu den Seminaren im Aufbaumodul
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Erste Staatsprüfung (mündlich) an öffentlichen Schulen
Informationen für Studierende, die ihre erste Staatsprüfung ablegen wollen.
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PD Dr. Britta Waldschmidt-Nelson (LMU/ GHI Washington D.C.): “From Sojourner Truth to Michelle Obama: Black Women's Role in the African American Freedom Struggle“
19.06.2012, 16:15 Uhr, U5/00.24
From the days of slavery to modern times, black women have played a significant role in the African American struggle for freedom and equality. But for a long time their contributions remained outside of the limelight of public attention and were neglected by historians. Based on recent scholarship and research, this lecture will discuss how essential the work of black women has been to the social, economic and political progress of African Americans since the 18th century.
Beginning with a look at the activism of black women who fought against slavery and segregation before World War II, this talk will continue to explore the role of black female leaders in the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 60s, with a special focus on gender relations in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).
The final part of the presentation will offer a brief look at the current situation and some thoughts on the significance of Michelle Obama as the first African American First Lady of the United States.
Britta Waldschmidt-Nelson is deputy director of the German Historical Institute in Washington, D.C. Her main research interests are African American Studies, Transatlantic Relations, Gender and American Religious History. She taught American History at the University of Munich from 1994 to 2011, and has been a visiting scholar and guest lecturer at numerous European and American Universities. Among her publications are From Protest to Politics: Schwarze Frauen in der Bürgerrechtsbewegung und im Kongress der Vereinigten Staaten (1998), Europe and America: Cultures in Translation (2006), Gegenspieler: Martin Luther King & Malcolm X (2000, 62010); Christian Science im Lande Luthers: Eine amerikanische Religionsgemeinschaft in Deutschland, 1894-2009 (2009), and Dreams and Nightmares: Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X and the Struggle for Black Equality in America (2012).
