On 4 and 5 October 2019 the Department of English and American Studies will host the conference “Locating Intersections of Medicine and Mobility in 19th-Century Britain” with many renowned speakers from Austria, Finland, Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. At the centre of discussion will be the literary, cultural and historical processes through which medicine and mobility were intertwined and reconfigured in Great Britain in the 19thcentury. Continue

The International Nuremberg Principles Academy is seeking individuals for 3-month internships on an ongoing basis. Interns will work to support the academy's activities, particularly in the individual areas of event organization, press, and research. Continue

Prof. Dr. Heike Paul, chair of American Studies, has been initiated as a full member into the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften). Continue

Owing mostly to Prof. Dr. Stefan Schierholz's (German Linguistics) commitment, the European Union has approved additional funding of three million euros from Erasmus Mundus for a further phase of the international degree program European Master in Lexicography (EMLex). Continue