Master of American Studies: Modules Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik

• Literary and Cultural History and Theory American Studies Program • Reading American Literature and Culture • Intercultural Relations • American Identities • Diversity • Mediality • Research and Writing Skills Contact • Master Thesis Prof. Dr. Eva Boesenberg • Individual Focus (eva.boesenberg@hu-berlin.de) Prof. Dr. Elahe Haschemi Yekani ([email protected]) Prof. Dr. Evangelia Kindinger ([email protected]) Prof. Dr. Martin Klepper ([email protected]) PD. Dr. Reinhard Isensee ([email protected])

Student Advice and Program Organization Dr. Dorothea Löbbermann ([email protected])

Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik Department of American Studies Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Unter den Linden 6 Lecture Series and Student Symposia: 10099 Berlin https://www.angl.hu-berlin.de/news/ conferences

• W.E.B. DuBois Lectures Telephone +49 (30) 2093-2766 • Distinguished W.E.B. Du Bois Lectures Fax +49 (30) 2093-2405 Master of • Transatlantic Students Symposia American Studies • Annual Students Conferences http://www.angl.hu-berlin.de Identities, Diversity, Mediality American Studies Program Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Master of Arts (MA) Prerequisites

The American Studies Program at Humboldt-Universität The American Studies Master’s Program at Humboldt- zu Berlin is invested in transdisciplinary approaches Universität zu Berlin can ideally be completed in 4 • BA degree in American or English Studies to North American literary and cultural productions. semesters and consists of a multifaceted curriculum. Viewed in their socio-historical contexts, we focus on Our program equips students with a comprehensive • Excellent English language skills aspects of identities, diversity and mediality in their under- various representations. In their teaching and research, standing of literary and cultural analysis focusing on the our faculty members demonstrate their commitment following aspects to training students in the fields of critical race theory, Application gender studies, narratology as it pertains to visual, • Intersectional approaches to North American identity literary and popular culture, as well as diasporic, transat- formations lantic and intersectional studies. • Critical diversity studies • Deadline: see information on the HU website • Mediality and the politics of popular culture Given the global scope of • Beginning of course: every Winter Semester these diverse research fields, Contingent on these main fields of inquiry, the Master’s our department is committed Program emphasizes the salience of literary and socio- http://studium.hu-berlin.de/bewerbung to a post-nationalist stance to political histories, as well as cultural and literary theories. http://studium.hu-berlin.de/beratung/MA American Studies. Genre discussions of popular culture, for example TV series, graphic novels and other forms of mixed media, Our close collaboration with form one of the major foci alongside more traditional Teaching formats several U.S.-American universities, engagements with literary productions. among them New York University, the University of Washington and The language of instruction and examination (courses, • Seminars the University of Minnesota, is a W.E.B. Du Bois term papers and exams) is English. valuable asset in facilitating trans- (1868-1963), • Independent study projects atlantic academic exchanges both U.S. American scholar, Our American Studies Program is proud to continue its author and civil rights on student and faculty levels. methods of inquiry in the tradition of famous scholars, • Language training leader. Ph.D. Student at Berlin University (now such as W.E.B. Du Bois, whose presence has contributed Humboldt-Universität zu to shaping the intellectual landscape here at Humboldt- • Colloquia Berlin) from 1892-94. Universität zu Berlin. The W.E.B. Du Bois Lectures are named in • Student teaching his honor.