Studies
"The classroom with all its limitations remains a location of possibility." - bell hooks
Courses in the Current Semester
| Summer 2026 | JProf. Dr. Judith Rauscher: "OS: Theorizing (Non-) Violence in U.S.-American Fiction", Monday: 4 - 5:30 p.m. (S23, Seminargebäude) |
| JProf. Dr. Judith Rauscher: "HS: Gender and Technoscience in U.S.-American Speculative Fiction", Wednesday: noon - 1:30 p.m. (S12, Seminargebäude) | |
| Verena Wurth: "PSSP: Realism and Naturalism", Thursday: 10 - 11:30 a.m. (103, CIP-Pool PC74) | |
| Verena Wurth: "PSMP: Los Angeles Literature and Culture", Thursday: 2 - 3:30 p.m. (S65, Philosophikum) | |
| Dr. Johanna Pitetti-Heil: "MS: Blackness in U.S. American Literature, Culture, and Science", Monday: 10 - 11:30 a.m. (S63, Philosophikum) | |
| Dr. Johanna Pitetti-Heil: "PSMP: Gender and Empire", Monday, noon - 1:30 p.m. (S65, Philosophikum) | |
| Dr. Johanna Pitetti-Heil: "PSSP: African American Writing of the Nineteenth Century", Wednesday, 10 - 11:30 a.m. (S65, Philosophikum) | |
| Dr. Johanna Pitetti-Heil: "EFS: Introduction to Literary Studies", Wednesday: noon - 1:30 p.m. (S15, Seminargebäude) | |
| Laura Hartmann: "MS: Women Writers of Africa and the African Diaspora (LA RA)", Wednesday: 2 - 3:30 p.m. (S82, Philosophikum) |
Courses in Previous Semesters
Winter 2025/26
- JProf. Dr. Judith Rauscher: "OS: Focus: Sex, Citizenship, Affect and American Film"
- JProf. Dr. Judith Rauscher: "HS: American Refugee Stories"
- Verena Wurth: "MS: American Cultural Studies"
- Verena Wurth: "TUT: Tutorial North American Literature and Culture (M.A.)"
- Dr. Johanna Pitetti-Heil: "MS: Spiritualism in 19th Century Literature"
- Dr. Johanna Pitetti-Heil: "PSSP: The Lost Generation"
- Dr. Johanna Pitetti-Heil: "EFS: Introduction to Literary Studies"
- Melisa Köroğlu: “PSSP: American Gothic”
Summer 2025
- JProf. Dr. Judith Rauscher: "OS: Focus: Ecocriticism"
- Verena Wurth: "MS: Television Culture in the Anthropocene"
- Verena Wurth: "PSMP: African-American Women's Writing"
- Dr. Johanna Pitetti-Heil: "HS: Literature of the American Civil Rights Movement"
- Dr. Johanna Pitetti-Heil: "PSSP: Coming of Age in American Literature"
Winter 2024/25
- JProf. Dr. Judith Rauscher: "HS: American Popular Culture, Affect, and the Environment"
- Verena Wurth: "PSSP: Toni Morrison"
- Verena Wurth: "PSMP: American Crime Cultures"
- Dr. Johanna Pitetti-Heil: "MS: American Cultural Studies"
- Una López-Caparrós Jungmann: "TUT: Tutorium American Literature and Culture (M.A.)"
Summer 2024
- JProf. Dr. Judith Rauscher: "HS: Masculinity and Kinship in African American Literature and Culture".
- JProf. Dr. Judith Rauscher: "OS: Focus: Theorizing (Non-)Violence" (MA-Level Seminar).
- Verena Wurth: "PSMP: Food and Body Politics in American Literature and Culture" (Basic-Level Seminar).
- Verena Wurth: "MS: American Cultural Studies" (Mid-Level Seminar).
- Una López-Caparrós Jungmann: "TUT: Tutorium American Literature and Culture (M.A.)".
- Burak Sezer (LA): "PSMP: The Great American Novel" (Basic-Level Seminar).
Winter 2023/24
- JProf. Dr. Judith Rauscher: "HS: The Politics of American Poetry".
- JProf. Dr. Judith Rauscher: "OS: Sexuality, Affect, Citizenship: Reading Lauren Berlant".
- Verena Wurth: "PSMP: Modernist Literature" (Basic-Level Seminar).
- Verena Wurth: "PSMP: Black Theater" (Basic-Level Seminar).
- Burak Sezer (LA): "MS: Ecoterrorism in American Literature and Culture" (Mid-Level Seminar).
- Dr. Johanna Pitetti-Heil: "MS: American Cultural Studies: Key Concepts, Histories, and Emerging Approaches" (Mid-Level Seminar).
- Jana Huneke: "TUT: Tutorial in North American Literature and Culture".
Summer 2023
- JProf. Dr. Judith Rauscher: "VL: North American Speculative Fictions"
- JProf. Dr. Judith Rauscher: “HS: Sovereignty and Survivance in Native American Literature and Culture” (Advanced-Level Seminar)
- Dr. Mahshid Mayar: "MS: Sound, Silence, and Noise in US Literature and Culture " (Mid-Level Seminar)
- Dr. Mahshid Mayar: "PSMP: Introduction to 21st Century American Poetry" (Basic-Level Seminar)
- Burak Sezer (LA): "MS: Androgyny in Science Fiction" (Mid-Level Seminar)
- Sara Tewelde-Negassi (LA): "PSSP: Science Fiction Narrative" (Basic-Level Seminar)
Winter 2022/23
- JProf. Dr. Judith Rauscher: “OS: Ecocriticism and Mobility Studies” (Research Colloquium)
- JProf. Dr. Judith Rauscher: “HS: Gender, Race, and Reproduction in American Culture” (Advanced-Level Seminar)
- Dr. Mahshid Mayar: "MS: Poetry of Erasure: Theory and Practice" (Mid-Level Seminar)
- Verena Wurth (LA): “PSSP: New Golden Age TV: Crimes and Other Disasters” (Basic-Level Seminar)
- Sascha Klein (LA): "PSSP: Housing America: Spaces and Architectures in U.S. Literature and Film (Basic-Level Seminar)
- Burak Sezer (LA): "PSSP: Animals in American Literature and Culture" (Basic-Level Seminar)
- N. N.: TUT: Tutorial North American Literary and Cultural Studies (NAS)
Summer 2022
- JProf. Dr. Judith Rauscher: "HS: Queer In/Visibility in American Literature" (Advanced-Level Seminar)
- JProf. Dr. Judith Rauscher: "MS: Emily Dickinson's Poetry" (Mid-Level Seminar)
Winter 2021/22
- JProf. Dr. Judith Rauscher: "HS: Masses, Classes, and the State in American Literature" (Advanced-Level Seminar)
- JProf. Dr. Judith Rauscher: "MS: American Gothic" (Mid-Level Seminar)
Summer 2021
- JProf. Dr. Judith Rauscher: "HS: American Refugee Stories" (Advanced-Level Seminar)
- JProf. Dr. Judith Rauscher: "MS: Single-Sex Societies in American Culture" (Mid-Level Seminar)
- Verena Wurth: "PSSP: Black Feminism" (Basic-Level Seminar)
Winter 2020/21
- JProf. Dr. Judith Rauscher: "VL: American Women's Poetry" (Lecture)
- JProf. Dr. Judith Rauscher: "HS: American Popular Culture and the Environment" (Advanced-Level Seminar)
- Verena Wurth: "TUT: American Popular Culture and the Environment" (Tutorial)
Accommodations
If you have a (learning) disability, a chronic illness, or care-taking responsibilities (for children or other family members) that keep you from participating in courses in the way you would like to or from completing some of the course readings and tasks, please do not hesitate to ask for replacement tasks or a waiving of certain course requirements. We as a team firmly believe that students have to take responsibility for their own learning, but the ultimate goal is for everyone to take away as much as possible from their studies. If accommodations on our part in the American Literature and Culture team can remove (or, at least, lower) hurdles and help students to do that, we will try to provide them.
Internship at the University of Cologne - New York Office
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Congratulations!
Three Students Attended Whitman Week 2023
Three ES I students attended this year's Whitman Week in Rome, where they had the opportunity to study Whitman's poetry intensively with an international group of students and scholars.
You can find a short report on their experience and more information on Whitman Week and the Transatlantic Walt Whitman Association (TWWA) here.
Contact
Address: Office: Philosophikum | Room 1.113 General Contact: american-studies[at]uni-koeln.de |
Important Links
Department of English I Department of English II Institute for North American History Master of Arts North American Studies North American Studies Bonn Gestik: Gender Studies in Cologne Comparative Literature in Cologne |