Winter term, North American Studies, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
This interdisciplinary lecture series at the North American Studies department of Leuphana Universität Lüneburg offers a variety of historical, political, ethnographic as well as literary perspectives on contemporary events and topics from the neighboring North American countries that meet at the 49th parallel: Canada and the United States. Scholars from North America as well as Germany will take a critical look at a variety of issues. This semester’s program include a film screening with Drew Hayden Taylor and lectures by Astrid Böger (Hamburg), Amina Grunewald (HU Berlin), Wiebke Kartheus (Göttingen), Martina Kohl (U.S. Embassy), and Uwe Küchler (Tübingen).