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 • Individual Focus Prof. Dr. Eva Boesenberg (eva.boesenberg@hu-berlin.de)

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 Lecture Series and Student Symposia: Department of American Studies https://www.angl.hu-berlin.de/news/ Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin conferences Unter den Linden 6 10099 Berlin • W.E.B. DuBois Lectures • Distinguished W.E.B. Du Bois Lectures • Transatlantic Students Symposia • Annual Students Conferences Telephone +49 (30) 2093-2766 Fax +49 (30) 2093-2405 Master of American Studies 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 seme- • BA degree in American or English Studies to North American literary and cultural productions. sters and consists of a multifaceted curriculum. Our Viewed in their socio-historical contexts, we focus on program equips students with a comprehensive under- • Excellent English language skills aspects of identities, diversity and mediality in their standing of literary and cultural analysis focusing on the various representations. In their teaching and research, following aspects our faculty members demonstrate their commitment to training students in the fields of critical race theory, • Intersectional approaches to North American identity Application gender studies, narratology as it pertains to visual, formations literary and popular culture, as • Critical diversity studies well as diasporic, transatlantic • Mediality and the politics of popular culture • Deadline: see information on the HU website and intersectional studies. Contingent on these main fields of inquiry, the Master’s • Beginning of course: every Winter Semester Given the global scope of these Program emphasizes the salience of literary and socio- diverse research fields, our de- political histories, as well as cultural and literary theories. http://studium.hu-berlin.de/bewerbung partment is committed to a post- Genre discussions of popular culture, for example TV http://studium.hu-berlin.de/beratung/MA nationalist stance to American series, graphic novels and other forms of mixed media, Studies. form one of the major foci alongside more traditional engagements with literary productions. Teaching formats Our close collaboration with se- veral U.S.-American universities, The language of instruction and examination (courses, among them New York University, term papers and exams) is English. • Seminars the University of Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois the University of Minnesota, is a (1868-1963), Our American Studies Program is proud to continue its • Independent study projects valuable asset in facilitating trans- U.S. American scholar, methods of inquiry in the tradition of famous scholars, author and civil rights atlantic academic exchanges both leader. Ph.D. Student at such as W.E.B. Du Bois, whose presence has contributed • Language training on student and faculty levels. Berlin University (now to shaping the intellectual landscape here at Humboldt- Humboldt-Universität zu Universität zu Berlin. • Colloquia Berlin) from 1892-94. The W.E.B. Du Bois Lectures are named in • Student teaching his honor.