05.866.540 Colloquium American Studies (M.A.): Transnational Approaches to American Studies

Lehrende/r: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Axel Schäfer

Veranstaltungsart: Kolloquium

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Semesterwochenstunden: 2

Unterrichtssprache: Englisch

Min. | Max. Teilnehmerzahl: - | 15

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:
This final-year colloquium seeks to familiarize you with key methodological and theoretical approaches in transnational American Studies today and explores the main ways in which they have transformed the study of U.S. society and culture in recent decades. Transnationalism builds upon the commitment of American Studies to interdisciplinarity, but extends it to studying the entanglements of the U.S. with intercultural transfers across oceans, continents, and regions.  The course consists of three main components. First, it introduces you to transnational research and encourages you to engage in interdisciplinary discussion.  Second, it gives you an opportunity to engage with academic work conducted at the Obama Institute for Transnational American Studies. Finally, it explores ways in which you can integrate transnational perspectives into your own work as you prepare for your M.A. thesis.