American Studies

The Chair for English Cultural and Literary Studies is pleased to announce Jack Halberstam as this semester's Researcher in Residence. The Researcher in Residence is a format designed as an opportunity for students and staff alike to form connections with internationally renowned researchers. T...

Date: July 3, 2025, 18:00 Location: KH 1.011 (Senatssaal Kollegienhaus), Universitätsstraße 15, 91054 Erlangen Reproductive Dystopia is drawn from a book project of the same name that treats a bestselling genre of Anglophone literary fiction – the dystopian novel – and considers its cultural and...

Date: June 25, 2025, 18:15-19:45 Location: Bismarckstr. 1, C 301 The former World War II Allied Supreme Commander and first NATO Commander, Dwight Eisenhower (Ike) brought extensive military and decision-making experience to the Oval Office in 1953. Ike sought to reduce U.S. defense spending and...

In collaboration with the Research Training Group “Literature and the Public Sphere in Differentiated Contemporary Cultures”, the Institute for English and American Studies is pleased to announce that Professor Vivian Liska will be visiting us at FAU. The director of Jewish Studies at the University...