Concerning Guest Lectures

To get credit points for your Optionalmodul or Academic Training module, you can visit guest lectures and write a (very) short summary about the attended lecture. Four lectures add up to one credit point. It's helpful if these lectures are connected to English- and American Studies, but related fields, like film studies, media studies, history and politics, also work.

The best way to find out about Guest Lectures is by walking through the university and looking for posters and announcements. All guest lectures will be announced by posters in the hallways and on office doors. However, there are a few lecture series which are offered every semester and can be accessed through university websites. You have to visit four guest lectures to get one credit point for your Optionalmodul or Academic Training Module. Here are a few that might be interesting for you:

Exellenzcluster Normative Orders - offers a "Ringvorlesung Gesetzt und Gewalt im Kino" that is offered every semester and combines lectures from various fields discussing different movies.

Kracauer Lectures - offered by the TFM institute, these lectures are concerned with film theory

Rechtswissenschaft Ringvorlesung - lectures about the development and future of (international) law

ZIAF - Center for interdiscipllinary African Studies. They offer a few lectures per semester, nothing current right now

Cornelia Goethe Zentrum - for women's and gender studies

IZO - international center for eastasian studies - offering lectures and workshops

FZHG - Forschungszentrum historische Geisteswissenschaften offers "lunch papers" and various guest lectures

We will also post guest lectures and conferences on this blog as they occur, so make sure you check back here.