SUMMER TERM 2026

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

  094708 Narrating Crises in Contemporary American Literature, MA seminar
  Prof. Dr. Silvia Schultermandl, Tuesdays 10:00-12:00

  Module II

  094644 Kinship in American Literature, Lecture
  Prof. Dr. Silvia Schultermandl, Mondays 14:00-16:00

   

• Book Studies (English Department, FB 9)

  MODULE I

  094586 Prizeworthy! Approaching Children’s Books via the ‘Economy of Prestige’, BA seminar
  Prof. Dr. Corinna Norrick-Rühl, Mondays 16:00-18:00

  094718 Theorizing Celebrity Book Culture, MA seminar 
  Prof. Dr. Corinna Norrick-Rühl, BLOCK SEMINAR, 17-21 August, 10:00-15:30

  094727 From Cooking to Press: Community Cookbooks in US Publishing History, MA seminar
  Ellen Barth, Mondays 16:00-18:00

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

  Module I

  065737 Learning History through Film and Television, Seminar 
  Nicholas Johnson, Tuesdays 12:00-14:00

  065736 John Dewey and the didactics of cultural pluralism and democracy, Seminar
  Prof. Dr. Jürgen Overhoff, Thursdays 16:00-18:00

• Latin American History (History Department, FB 8)

  MODULE II
  
  082287 Einführung in die frühe Neuzeit. Perspektiven aus Europa und Lateinamerika, Lecture
  Prof. Dr. Sarah Albiez-Wieck & Prof. Dr. Ulrike Ludwig, Thursdays 10:00-12:00

   

• North American History (History Department, FB 8)

  
  
   

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