Responsibilities
19th- and 20th-century North American literature and culture; modern/postmodern American drama and theater; ethnic literatures in the U.S. and Canada; diaspora studies; visual culture studies/documentary photography; media theory/radio culture; theories of space/place in literature, photography, and architecture.
Contact
Amerika-Institut
Schellingstr. 3 VG
D-80799 München
Room:
S 208
Phone:
2180 2697
Email:
Kerstin.Schmidt@lmu.de
Office hours:
by appointment
Upcoming Events
Prof. Dr. David Savran (City University of New York), "Tell it to the World: The Broadway Musical Abroad - German Book Launch." Nov. 20, 2024, 6 pm, Studiobühne TWM.
Prof. Dr. Kimberly Juanits Brown (Dartmouth College), "Antiblackness and the Politics if the Visual." Dec. 12, 2024, 7 pm, Amerikahaus München.
Workshop with Keynote by Prof. Dr. Steven Hoelscher (Univeraity of Texas, Austin), "Visualizing the Environment: American Landscape Photography from Ansel Adams to Dawoud Bey." Feb. 06, 2025, 7pm, Amerikahaus München.
Current Publications