Year: 2022

Exchange Program with Kalamazoo College: Apply Now for the Academic Year 2023/24!

1. December 2022 Category: American Studies, Department, News

Starting this winter term, the Department of English and American Studies can nominate one of our students for a year abroad at Kalamazoo College! If you are currently enrolled in the B.A. or teacher training program and you are interested in spending (up to) an academic year at an excellent US c...

James Bond Film Series, Season 1

21. November 2022 Category: Department, English Studies, News

This year marks 007's 60th silver screen anniversary, and on the occasion Nuremberg's Casablanca Filmkunsttheater is starting its James Bond film series with friendly assistance of the Department of English and American Studies...

Excellent Teaching

17. October 2022 Category: American Studies, Awards, Department, News

Dr. Katharina Gerund is one of five laureates to receive this year's FAU teaching award...

Information for First Semester BA and Lehramt Students

17. October 2022 Category: American Studies, Department, English Studies, Linguistics, News

The degree programs' academic advisors will offer counseling meetings via Zoom exclusively for first semester students on October 18...

Welcome Event MA English Studies

11. October 2022 Category: Department, Events

MA English Studies welcome event for first semesters!

Joint End-of-Semester Resits

14. September 2022 Category: Department, News

For all Erlangen Grundseminare and Aufbauseminare, resits will take place as joint tests...

Class Enrollment for the Winter Term

7. September 2022 Category: Department, News

Registration for all classes offered by the Department of English and American Studies starts on Friday, September 9, at 7 pm. To find out more about how to choose classes, where to sign up for them, and known issues with the platform Campo, please see our page on class enrollment.

Two New Research Training Groups

25. May 2022 Category: American Studies, Department, English Studies, Funding, Linguistics, News, Research

In a great success for researchers at the Department of English and American Studies, the German Research Foundation (DFG) has approved funding for two new research training groups: “Die Konstruktionsgrammatische Galaxis” and “Literatur und Öffentlichkeit in differenten Gegenwartskulturen.” The Con...

Global Melodrama Film Series

21. April 2022 Category: American Studies, English Studies, Events, News

"Global Melodrama – Das Melodram im Weltkino" is a film series organized in cooperation with the Filmhaus Nürnberg. Starting May 20, the series features 10 films from classical Hollywood to contemporary melodrama. Introduced by renowned experts, the films will be shown in the original language versi...

In Memoriam: Prof. Dr. Dieter Meindl (1941-2022)

21. February 2022 Category: American Studies, Department, News

In trauriger Anteilnahme verabschieden wir uns von unserem langjährigen Kollegen Prof. Dr. Dieter Meindl, der am 3. Februar 2022 leider verschieden ist. Viele von uns haben ihn als einen klugen, geistreichen und gelegentlich auch eigenwilligen Kollegen in Erinnerung, dessen Expertise im Bereich der ...