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Anglistik III

Chair of American Literary and Cultural Studies, AIII

The Chair of American Literary and Cultural Studies focuses on literature, culture, and media of the United and Canada. In teaching and research, we discuss cultural texts, films, series, and other media in relation to changes and continuities in North American cultural and literary history, such as regarding gender in US politics or the European variations of the American Western Myth.

Our teaching strives to be interdisciplinary and looks for contemporary debates. We offer foundational knowledge and skills in research in North American Studies and encourage students to become actively engaged in our scholarly activities, and to join lively classroom discussions. 


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Panel on “Disruptive Presences and Absences of the Female Body from the Eighteenth to the Twenty-First Century” at AAAS Vienna 2025
Poster und Programm: Workshop - Wissen, Identität, Medialität
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American Studies Mannheim now co-edits Amerikastudien/American Studies

Stefanie Schäfer is now co-editor of Amerikastudien/American Studies , the open access journal of the German Association of American Studies, with the University of Mannheim's American Studies team, Antonia Purk and Katharina Motyl, now serving as associate editors. 

Poster: Daub Keynote
Hybrid Lecture

Adrian Daub (Stanford University) will deliver a hybrid lecture on “Learning Digital Anti-Feminism: Depp v. Heard, YouTube and How Platforms Shape What Counts as “Evidence’” on June 6, 13:45 to 15:15 in the context of his guest professorship at the University of Mannheim. Colleagues are welcome to join either in person or online. For the Zoom link or details on the event, please e-mail the event organizer Dr. Katharina Motyl: motylmail-uni-mannheim.de.


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  • Adrian Daub

    From late May through late June, Adrian Daub (Stanford University) will serve as guest professor at the University Mannheim. Dr. Katharina Motyl acquired funding from the university's rectorate to facilitate this guest professorship. Colleagues who are interested in inquiring about inviting him to their home institution for a lecture may contact him directly: daub(at)stanford.edu.

  • Guest Lecture: Jiann-Chyng Tu

  • Writing Retreat

  • Helsinki Conference

    In March 2025, Stefanie Schäfer gave a paper on “Emotions and Keywords on “The Long 2020”: A View of Pandemic Reckonings from Cultural Studies at this year’s conference of the Helsinki Hub conference of the Helsinki Hub on Emotions, Populism and Polarisation (HEPP5) at the University of Helsinki. 

  • Guest Lecture: Dr. Allison Stagg


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