"The classroom with all its limitations remains a location of possibility." (bell hooks)
Accommodations for Students with Disabilities, Chronic Illnesses, or Care-Taking Responsibilities
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.
Courses in the Current Semester
Winter 2024/25
JProf. Dr. Judith Rauscher: "HS: American Popular Culture, Affect, and the Environment", Thursday: 10-11:30 a.m. (S222, HF Modulbau Weyertal).
Dr. Johanna Pitetti-Heil: "MS: American Cultural Studies Gr. 1" (Mid-Level Seminar), Mondays: noon-1:30 p.m. (S24, Seminargebäude).
Please note: This course serves as the introductory seminar "Aspects of North American Literature and Culture" for NAS students. NAS students who take this course should also take the "Tutorium American Literature and Culture (M.A.)" taught by Una López-Caparrós Jungmann which accompanies this course. This course also serves as a regular 'Mittelseminar' for B.A. students, for whom the tutorial is voluntary.
Dr. Johanna Pitetti-Heil: "MS: American Cultural Studies Gr. 2" (Mid-Level Seminar), Wednesday: 10-11:30 a.m. (S65, Philosophikum).
Please note: This course serves as the introductory seminar "Aspects of North American Literature and Culture" for NAS students. NAS students who take this course should also take the "Tutorium American Literature and Culture (M.A.)" taught by Una López-Caparrós Jungmann which accompanies this course. This course also serves as a regular 'Mittelseminar' for B.A. students, for whom the tutorial is voluntary.
Una López-Caparrós Jungmann: "TUT: Tutorium American Literature and Culture (M.A.)", Wednesday: 2-3:30 p.m. (S65, Philosophikum).
Please note: This tutorial accompanies Dr. Johanna Pitetti-Heil's Seminar "American Cultural Studies" NAS students have to take the tutorial together with the seminar.
Courses in Previous Semesters
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".