SUMMER TERM 2025

All course formats that have a direct relationship to North America, Canada, the Carribbean and/or Mexico are permitted. Please ask the responsible instructor in advance, whether participation is possible or not.

In module 1 "North American Studies Across the Disciplines", three seminars are mandatory, covering at least two different disciplines/faculties (from 6, 8, or 9). One of the three seminars needs to be completed with a research paper (3,500–5,000 words).

Module 2 "Study North America: Theory and Practice" allows students to both deepen their knowledge in regular courses as well as to choose between other formats of research and practice. Please read in the module description for further information.

• American Studies (English Department, FB 9)

• Book Studies (English Department, FB 9)

• North American History (History Department, FB 8)

   

  Module I

  080227 Hauptseminar: Der US-amerikanische Westen im 19. Jahrhundert
  Prof. Dr. Heike Bungert

  080248 Übung: The U.S. American West in Film
  Prof. Dr. Heike Bungert

  080254 Übung: Themen der modernen afrikanischen Geschichte
  PD Dr. Felix Brahm

  Module II

  080204 Vorlesung: Der „Wilde Westen“: Die Expansion der USA und der Mythos vom Westen
  Prof. Dr. Heike Bungert

• German-American Educational History (Institute of Education, FB 6)

  Module I

  061771 Seminar: The 1968 Student Movements in West Germany and the United States
  Nicholas Johnson

  061770 Seminar: Learning History through Film and Television
  Nicholas Johnson

• Transatlantic Literary History (German Language and Literature, FB 9)