English and American Studies

Welcome to English and American Studies at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg!

We offer various degree programs, from Bachelor to Master and teaching degree programs. Find out about the department, the academic fields we cover, and get to know our staff.

Degree Programs

We offer various courses in English and American studies for beginning and advanced students:
BA English and American Studies
MA English Studies
MA North American Studies
MA The Americas / Las Américas

We also offer courses in teacher training for various school types:
Lehramt Gymnasium
Lehramt Unterrichtsfach (Grund-, Mittel-, Realschule)

Note: Beginning students in the B.A. degree program and the teacher training courses for English must take an aptitude test (Eignungsfeststellungsverfahren) before they can enrol in these degree programs. This is to ensure that language proficiency in English is at a level which will allow them to study successfully.

Category: Department, English Studies, Events, News, Workshops

While the topic of work is well established in cultural studies (e.g. Lillge), literary studies has been more resistant to explorations of one of life’s dominant realities. With our workshop, we wish to address this research lacuna and explore the representation of feminised forms of work in contemporary literature.

Category: Department, News

Prof. Dr. Leah Orr (Joseph P. Montiel Professor of English, University of Louisiana) will speak about "Marketing Women Playwrights in Restoration England," a topic that forms part of the research for her new book on Restoration women writers, contracted with Oxford UP. Date: Monday, 10 July 202...

Category: American Studies, Department, Events, News, Research

Die Arbeitsgruppe „Semantiken des Verzichts: Perspektiven auf die Wohlstandsgesellschaft und ihre Kosten“ hat unter der Leitung von Prof. Dr. Heike Paul ihre Arbeit an der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (BAdW) aufgenommen. Ziel ist es, den Verzichtsbegriff interdisziplinär zu erschließen und mit der Öffentlichkeit darüber in Dialog zu treten.