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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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Prof. Dr. David Canon (Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison): "The Role of Race and Religion in the 2012 U.S. Presidential Election"
05.07.2012, 14:15 Uhr, U5/00.24
While there are still those on the right who question whether President Obama is an American citizen and think he is a Muslim, there are also those on the left who accuse him of failing to address problems which the African American community is facing. The Republican nominee, Mitt Romney faces similar challenges -- will Christian conservatives stay home, rather than vote for a Mormon? Both candidates wonder whether fundamentalism, old-fashioned beliefs about race and religion, or irrational fears will shape the decision about who is going to be the most powerful man in the world. David Canon, professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, will help sort out the impact of racial and religious politics on the presidential election.
David T. Canon is the Distinguished Chair in Political Science and American Studies at the Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, and professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. His teaching and research interests are in American political institutions, especially Congress. His more specific research interests include racial representation, partisan realignments, political careers, and the historical study of Congress (especially congressional committees). He is author of Race, Redistricting, and Representation (University of Chicago Press, 1999, winner of the Richard F. Fenno award for the best book on legislative politics), The Dysfunctional Congress? The Individual Roots of an Institutional Dilemma (with Ken Mayer, 1999), Actors, Athletes, and Astronauts: Political Amateurs in the U.S. Congress (1990), (with William Bianco, 2011).
