Your Studies

We offer a BA program "English: Linguistics, Literatures and Cultures" as well as the full range of degree programs for prospective teachers (LS I, LS I + II, LAB, Wirtschaftspädagogik).
We offer a MA program "American Studies/British Studies/English Linguistics" and we are part of the trinational and trilingual MA program "Border Studies."
We contribute to the certificate programs "Gender Studies" and "Applied Pop Studies."
We are contributing partner to the BA program "Europäische Literaturen und Medien im globalen Kontext". We contribute as minor subject (Nebenfach) to the BA program "Historisch-Orientierte Kulturwissenschaften" and some of our courses are open for students in the MA program "Lateinamerikanische Kultur- und Medienwissenschaft."

 

Courses

Winter Semester 2025/2026

In the winter term 2025/26 NamLitCult is offering the following classes:

For additional information and detailed descriptions, look up the winter term course pages. All departmental courses are also listed in the course directory (LSF) maintained by the university.

 

Prof. Dr. Astrid M. Fellner

VL American Literature in the Age of (Post-)Globalization

Wednesday, 10-12 

 

UE/VL Foundations of Cultural Studies

Tuesday, 12-14

Geöffnet für:

Gender-Zertifikat: Basismodul

Zertifikat Angewandte Pop-Studien: Pflichtmodul 1: Interdisziplinäre Einführung in die Popkultur

Hok Nf American Cultural Studies und Gender Studies

 

BA/MA/STEX Colloquium 

Tuesday, 16-18 

This workshop-like colloquium allows candidates (BA-students, MA-students and Stex-students) to talk about the topics of their theses and the topics for their oral exams.  

This colloquium consists of two parts:  

1) “Blockkolloquium” in October for those students who will participate in the oral state exam (LS I, LS I+II, LAB). All topics can be presented and discussed. Please bring handouts for your brief presentations. This “Blockkolloquium” will take place on October 14, 2025. 

Please sign up for the Blockkolloquium via email by October 10, 2025 (amerikanistik[at]mx.uni-saarland.de).  

 

2) Workshop for those students who will write/or are working on their BA, MA or Staatsexamensarbeit. A major goal of this course is to guide students through the process of writing a research paper. All candidates in NamLitCult who are working on a written thesis are therefore encouraged to attend regularly. 

This colloquium starts on Tuesday, October 21, 2025. Further meetings will be announced in the first session.  

Please sign up via LSF.  

 

Research Colloquium 

Tuesday, 18-20 

This research colloquium offers writers of Ph.D. dissertations a forum for presentations of their work-in-progress. It will start on October 21, 2025. We will also meet for “Erfolg in Serie”.

For more information on Prof. Fellner's classes click here

 

Dr. Tobias Schank 

UE CS II North America: “Race/Class/Gender in the Borderlands”

Thursday, 12-14

 

HS: Classical Hollywood

Monday, 12-14

Click here for more information

 

Bärbel Schlimbach

PS California Dreaming: The Golden State in American Literature

Wednesday, 16-18 

Click here for more information

 

Dr. Arlette Warken

PS “All right, then, I’ll go to hell”: 19^th century American Writers  

Thursday, 16-18 

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Isis Luxenburger

Introduction to Media Studies: Welcome to the Future! AI, Robots and Technology in North American Sci-Fi Media (Movies, Series & Games)

Monday, 10-12 

Geöffnet für:

Zertifikat Angewandte Pop-Studien: Pflichtmodul 1: Interdisziplinäre Einführung in die Popkultur

Zertifikat Digitalität, KI, Gesellschaft

Click here for more information

 

Danielle Kopf-Giammanco and Dr. Svetlana Seibel

Introduction to Cultural Studies I: North America 

Thursday, 12-14 

B 3 1, HS I 

Geöffnet für HoK Nf American Cultural Studies und Gender Studies

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Dr. Lisa Johnson

UE CS II North America

Block Course: “Listening to Power: Music, Identity, and Cultural Politics”

Friday 07.11.25 (12-18:30) & Saturday 08.11.25 (9-15:30)

Friday 12.12.25 (12-18:30) & Saturday 13.12.25 (9-15:30)

Plus, virtual office hours on demand during the semester

Geöffnet für:

BA Cultural Studies und Management

BA und Lehramt Englisch

Geöffnet für Zertifikat Angewandte Pop-Studien: Pflichtmodul 1: Interdisziplinäre Einführung in die Popkultur 

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Mag. Payman Rezwan

UE CS II North America: Take Me Home, Country Roads: Country Music From Roots To Relevance 

Blockseminar 

Fr., 28.11.2025, 10:00 - 18:00 

Sa., 29.11.2025, 8:00 - 14:00 

Fr., 19.12.2025, 12:00 - 18:00 

Sa., 20.12.2025, 8:00 - 14:00 

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Pop-Zertifikat 

Erfolg in Serie: Staffel XIII 

Dr. Svetlana Seibel

Termine:

28.10.2025

04.11.2025

11.11.2025

02.12.2025

Programm tba 

Kino Achteinhalb, Nauwieserstraße 19, Saarbrücken. 

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