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ASL Welcomes Olaf Stieglitz as New Professor for American Cultural History!

American Studies Leipzig is delighted to announce that Olaf Stieglitz has assumed the position of Professor for American Cultural History at the institute. During the past five semesters, he had already been teaching as a visiting professor, but starting this July, he will be permanently teaching and researching at Leipzig University as the successor to Prof. Crister S. Garrett.

Olaf Stieglitz received his PhD from the University of Hamburg by writing a gender history of the Civilian Conservation Corps, while his habilitation, written at the University of Cologne, analyzed the cultural relevance of denunciations in American history. Before coming to Leipzig, he taught North American Cultural History at the Universities of Cologne, Münster, Erfurt, Hamburg, Bremen, and at the Free University of Berlin; he also spent one academic year at Florida State University in Tallahassee.

His teaching and researching activities cover a wide range of topics and interests in US social and cultural history, but he is a particular expert in gender history and the history of the body, sports history as cultural history, visual studies (film and photography), and political cultures of loyalty. He is currently working on a project named ‘Modernity in Motion – Visualizing Athletic Bodies, 1890s to 1930s.’

The faculty and staff at ASL very much look forward to continuing to work with Olaf Stieglitz in the future. For information on his upcoming classes in the winter term and any other kinds of activities, please keep checking back.

Attention all 2021 ASL Graduates!

ASLAA e.V. is proud to announce that this year’s Graduation Ceremony will take place online on 9 July 2021 at 5PM!

As the pandemic still makes planning an in-person graduation impossible for this year, we have switched to an online version that will not lack in celebratory atmosphere.

Broadcasted from the University’s Center for Media and Communication, the event will include interactive features, music, as well as several speeches. In addition, names of this year’s participating graduates (if they so choose) will be read out as they receive their virtual applause and farewell from the American Studies Institute and move their tassel from left to right.

To make the celebration at home more fun, all participating graduates will receive a graduation package with ASLAA e.V.’s Certificate of Achievement, information resources, goodies (e.g. graduation hat, confetti), as well as a few surprises free of charge. Registration is now open until 25 June 2021!

We hope to (virtually) see you there!

All Graduates, please register here: https://www.aslaa.de/GRADUATION-2021/

Have a friend that is graduating this year? Let them know and spread the word!

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The American Studies Leipzig Alumni Association has started a new podcast series “What’s Next? Chats with American Studies Alumni” that is hosted by Sandra Rath.

You can already listen to the first episode!

The FSR invites you not to spend election night alone :)

For those of you who are following the presidential election in the USA: Join us tomorrow to watch it live and have a chat with us!