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This virtual lecture series brings together scholars from around the globe in a series of talks. Project fellow Mark Kelley (Florida International University) will kick off the series on November 12th, 2020 with a talk titled „Alone, Together: Feeling Through 19th-Century Sailors in Eras of Global Isolation.“ Continue

A slide show providing prospective students with an overview of the degree programs offered by our department is available here for download. Continue

The funding for the program "Qualität in Studium und Lehre" (QuiS) will run out at the end of this year. This jeopardizes a variety of projects—among them the Orientation Program, the Diversity Scouts program, and the FAU's Writing Centre. Continue

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all winter term classes will be taught online. This applies also to the introductory events for first-semester students, which will be held at the beginning of the winter term. Continue

In her new German-language podcast "Corona in den USA: Eine Betrachtung der Krise aus transatlantischer Perspektive" for the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Heike Paul talks about the corona crisis in the U.S., the roles of state governors and the president, as well as societal and political fault lines made visible by the crisis. Continue

In March 2020, Heike Paul has contributed to the Thomas Mann House series “55 Voices for Democracy.” The video is available on YouTube; more information on the series can be found here. Continue

In the last couple of days, several measures have been adopted at FAU in response to the coronavirus threat. This post consolidates the most important aspects and specifies them further for the English and American Studies Department: Continue