Awards

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19MAY 2025
Awards
Laura Zick erhält Luise-Prell-Preis
Laura Zick hat den “Luise Prell-Preis” für ihre Zulassungsarbeit zum ersten Staatsexamen erhalten. Die von Prof. Dr. Gerd Bayer betreute Arbeit trägt den Titel: “Representation of Trauma in Anuk Arudpragasam’s Novels The Story of a Brief Marriage (2016) and A Passage North (2021)”.Wir gratulieren herzlich!
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25JUN 2024
Awards
Alina Aulbur: Burney Society UK President’s Prize Winner
was awarded the President’s Prize at this year’s 30th anniversary Burney Society UK Conference in Greenwich. The Burney Society UK is dedicated to the study and celebration of the entire Burney family and its history, especially the life and works of Frances Burney – styled the “Mother of English Fiction” by Virginia Woolf. The prize […]
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17OCT 2022
American Studies
Excellent Teaching
is one of five laureates to receive this year’s FAU teaching award. The laudation emphasizes her talent to inspire students with her clearly structured seminars, which touch upon current cultural and political phenomena while remaining on the cutting edge of research. Her classes are well-prepared and provide students with an excellent mix of materials and […]
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11NOV 2021
American Studies
Heike Paul Receives Maximiliansorden
The Department of English and American Studies congratulates on receiving the Bayerischer Maximiliansorden für Wissenschaft und Kunst, the state of Bavaria’s highest award. The laudation honors her as one of the most important Americanists in Germany: “Frau Professorin Paul ist eine der wichtigsten deutschen Vertreterinnen der Amerikanistik. Sie ist Lehrstuhlinhaberin an der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg sowie […]The Department of English and American Studies congratulates on receiving the Bayerischer Maximiliansorden für Wissenschaft und Kunst, the state of Bavaria’s highest award. The laudation honors her as one of the most important Americanists in Germany: “Frau Professorin Paul ist eine der wichtigsten deutschen Vertreterinnen der Amerikanistik. Sie ist Lehrstuhlinhaberin an der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg sowie […]
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03FEB 2020
American Studies
Two Accolades at Awards Ceremony
At this year’s dissertation awards ceremony of the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Theology, two English and American Studies alumni were honored for their excellent theses. Felix Geißler took home the Fritz und Maria Hofmann-Preis for his Zulassungsarbeit (teaching degree thesis) entitled “Holocaust Remembrance: Aspects of Memory in Anne Michaels’ Fugitive Pieces, Rachel Seiffert’s […]At this year’s dissertation awards ceremony of the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Theology, two English and American Studies alumni were honored for their excellent theses. Felix Geißler took home the Fritz und Maria Hofmann-Preis for his Zulassungsarbeit (teaching degree thesis) entitled “Holocaust Remembrance: Aspects of Memory in Anne Michaels’ Fugitive Pieces, Rachel Seiffert’s […]
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