Master of American Studies:

Modules

Institut fr
Anglistik und Amerikanistik

American Studies:

Literary/Cultural History and Theory

Reading American Literature and Culture
Intercultural Relations
Identities
Diversity in American Literature and Culture
Mediality
Research and Writing Skills
Interdisciplinary Perspectives

American Studies Program

Contact
Prof. Dr. Eva Boesenberg
(eva.boesenberg@staff.hu-berlin.de)
Prof. Dr. Martin Klepper
(martin.klepper@staff.hu-berlin.de)
PD. Dr. Reinhard Isensee
(reinhard.isensee@staff.hu-berlin.de)

Students Advice and Program Organization

Dr. Renate Ulbrich
(renate.ulbrich@staff.hu-berlin.de)

Lecture Series and Student Symposia

www2.hu-berlin.de/amerika/
Distinguished W.E.B. DuBois Lectures

Institut fr Anglistik und Amerikanistik

Department of American Studies
Humboldt-Universitt zu Berlin
Unter den Linden 6
10099 Berlin

W.E.B. DuBois Lectures

Canada Lectures
Transatlantic Students Symposia
Annual Students Conferences

Telephone +49 (30) 2093-2766

Fax
+49 (30) 2093-2405
http://www.angl.hu-berlin.de

Master of
American Studies
Identities, Diversity, Mediality

American Studies Program

Humboldt-Universitt zu Berlin
American Studies is an interdisciplinary field engaged in
cultural analysis. Its objects are the various manifestations of literature and culture in North America, viewed
in their historical developments and social contexts.
Research and teaching in this program are governed by
an intercultural perspective. Its particular focus on the
multiculturality of American literature and culture implies,
most notably, an examination of the dimensions of
identity, diversity and mediality
in their various representational
forms, as well as their literary
and cultural implications. The
programs objectives and methods
of analysis are committed to the
tradition of American Studies
in the United States, which it
strives to sustain while taking
into account its own transatlantic
perspective.
Academic collaboration with
numerous American universities
is close and vibrant, as are our
students exchange programs,
for example with Georgetown
University, Washington, D.C.
and the University of Minnesota.

W.E.B. Du Bois
(1868-1963),
U.S. American scholar,
author and civil rights
leader. Ph.D. Student at
Berlin University (now
Humboldt-Universitt)
from 1892-94.
The W.E.B. Du Bois
Lectures are named in
his honor.

Master of Arts (MA)

The Masters Program of American Studies at HumboldtUniversitt zu Berlin encompasses an interdisciplinary
curriculum that can be completed in four semesters.
The program conveys expertise in cultural and literary
scholarship and aims to impart a comprehensive understanding of its central aspects:
American Identities

Prerequisites
BA degree in American or English Studies
Excellent English language skills

Application

Diversity
Gender
Mediality

The Masters Program is designed as a consecutive program that comprises the fields of Literary and Cultural
History, Literary and Cultural Theory, as well as indepth
studies of questions of identity formation and American
Identities. The programs center of attention lies on
cultural diversity both as a theoretical question and a
social reality, focusing particularly on gender and ethnicity.
Furthermore, it engages in discussions of media, both in
their history and in their present formation, and the
consequences of the media revolutions in North America.

Deadline: July 15 of each year

Courses begin every Winter Semester

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http://studium.hu-berlin.de/beratung/MA

Teaching forms
Seminars
Independent study projects
Language Training
Colloquia
Student teaching

The language of all courses, papers, and exams is

English.