WINTER TERM 2026-2027

All course formats that have a direct relationship to North America, Canada, the Carribbean and/or Mexico are permitted. Please ask the responsible instructor in advance, whether participation is possible or not.

In module 1 "North American Studies Across the Disciplines", three seminars are mandatory, covering at least two different disciplines/faculties (from 6, 8, or 9). One of the three seminars needs to be completed with a research paper (3,500–5,000 words).

Module 2 "Study North America: Theory and Practice" allows students to both deepen their knowledge in regular courses as well as to choose between other formats of research and practice. Please read in the module description for further information.

• American Studies (English Department, FB 9)

  MODULE I

  096781 Book Banning of and in American Literature, BA seminar
  Prof. Dr. Silvia Schultermandl, Tuesdays 12:00-14:00

  096851 Worldmaking, MA seminar
  Prof. Dr. Silvia Schultermandl, Tuesdays 14:00-16:00

  096782 Early American Literature, BA seminar
  Gulsin Ciftci, Wednesdays 14:00-16:00

  096788 The Myths That Made America, BA seminar
  Gulsin Ciftci, Thursdays 16:00-18:00

  096776 Diversity and Representation in Superhero Television, BA seminar
  Laura Hartrampf, Tuesdays 12:00-14:00

  096787 Queer 19th-Century Short Stories, BA seminar
  Laura Hartrampf, Tuesdays 14:00-16:00

  MODULE II

  096772 Current Topics in American Literature, Lecture
  Prof. Dr. Silvia Schultermandl, Mondays 14:00-16:00

   

• Book Studies (English Department, FB 9)

• German-American Educational History (Institute of Education, FB 6)

  067666 Public History and Historical Walking Tours through Münster*, Seminar
  Dr. Nicholas Johnson, Mondays 12:00-14:00
  *(Please note: For this course, you must read a lot of US and Canadian theory/scholarship about history).

  067667 Homeschooling in History and Memoir, Seminar
  Dr. Nicholas Johnson, Thursdays 12:00-14:00

• Latin American History (History Department, FB 8)

  MODULE I
  
  086232 Atlantische Revolutionen und Unabhängigkeit in Lateinamerika, Hauptseminar
  PD Dr. Thomas Weller, Thursdays 14:00-16:00

  086231 Transatlantischer Sklavenhandel und Sklaverei im iberischen Atlantik, 1450-1888, Hauptseminar
  PD Dr. Thomas Weller, Thursdays 16:00-18:00

• North American History (History Department, FB 8)

  MODULE I

  086261 Aufstieg und Fall der "New Deal Order" - Forschungsperspektiven auf den liberalen Konsens in den USA, Übung
  Katharina Isaak, Tuesdays 14:00-16:00

• Transatlantic Literary History (German Language and Literature, FB 9)