Welcome to the Center for North American Studies (ZNAS)
The Center for North American Studies (ZNAS) crosses the boundaries between various academic disciplines and is an interdisciplinary union of scholars who investigate and teach North American literature, linguistics, politics, ecomics, sociology, geography, cultural studies, and history. The ZNAS offers lecture series, seminars, guest lectures, readings, and conferences which deal with issues related to North America. Bachelor students can do their distributive requirements (Profil Fachergänzung) in our center whereas students studying in our traditional programs (Magister Artium and Staatsexamen) can receive a certificate after having participated in our study program.
However, the Center for North American Studies is not only open to students and community members, but to anyone interested in our events and topics. We are looking forward to seeing you.
News
14.12.11: Presentation and Discussion in English - "Drew Hayden Taylor – Native Canadian Story Teller and Dramatist"
21.12.2011 15:58
On December, 14th, the Native Canadian playwright and storyteller Drew Hayden Taylor paid a visit to the Center for North American Studies. In his extremely entertaining talk on the development of Native Canadian theatre towards an institution that acknowledges the mere presence of humour, Taylor allowed the audience to take an interesting - and humorous - look behind the scenes. Having contributed a lot to this development with his own work, Taylor knew how to amuse his audience with anecdotes from his own career. In doing so, he offered the participants a presentation that in itself could best be described as a truly humorous performance. Thank you very much for this act!
Internship at the Canadian Embassy
01.12.2011 21:16
The Canadian Embassy in Berlin currently offers three paid internships for German students in the fields of public relations, culture, and press. The internships begin on May, 1st, 2012 and continue for four months. The deadline for applications is January, 8th, 2012.
Angela L. Miller: Lecture and Discussion
25.11.2011 10:38
On November, 17th, the American Art Historian Angela L. Miller gave a presentation on "American Encounters: The Arts and Cultural Identity". Her remarkable elaborations concerning a new understanding of the American history of colonization captivated the large audience and led to a lively discussion. Thank you very much!
(Photos by Finja Desler)
Invitation to a Lecture in English "The Rise of the Conservative Movement and its Impact on U.S. Presidential Elections"
23.11.2011 10:59
INVITATION
On Tuesday, 6 December, Senator Chris Steineger will deliver a public lecture and conduct a discussion entitled:
The Rise of the Conservative Movement and its Impact on U.S. Presidential Elections
Date: Tuesday, 6 December, 2011
Time: 14.00 – 16.00
Place: JMS 4 – Raum 28 (Inst. f. Ur- und Frühgeschichte)
Mr. Steineger has been a member of the Kansas State Senate for the past thirteen years. During that time he has served as the Senate minority leader. Senator Steineger also has served as a staff member in the U.S. House of Representatives, as an Assistant in the City Administration of Kansas City, Kansas, and as a tax auditor with the Kansas Department of Revenue.
Senator Steineger’s public policy focuses include early childhood education, health-care restruc-turing, and health-care coverage for all Kansans. He has travelled widely, studying Japanese agriculture, food manufacturing and marketing. In 2006 he studied European health-care systems in Brussels on an EU Fellowship. In 2007 Mr. Steineger lectured on American government, politics, elections and campaigns at the Chinese Foreign Relations University in Beijing. During the same year he studied energy and health care in Israel as a Fellow of the American Jewish Committee Project Interchange.
The upcoming program is sponsored jointly by the Embassy of the United States of America in Berlin, the Amerika-Gesellschaft Schleswig-Holstein, and the Institute for Social Sciences, Dept. of Political Science, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel.