Event Program

Program ASC 2016

Thursday, November 17	15:00	Arrival and Check In
	16:30	Welcome and Introduction Prof. Dr. Erik Redling (MCAS) Jeremy Fowler, U.S. Embassy Berlin Dr. Julia Nitz (Halle-Wittenberg)
	17:00	The Role of the Media in the U.S. Presidential Elections 2016 Prof. William James (Jim) Willis (Azusa Pacific University)
	19:00	Dinner Buffet (Leucorea Library)
	20:00	Teaching Reels – Dance Workshop with the “Peccadillo Trio” (Leucorea Library)
Friday, November 18	08:00	Breakfast (Leucorea)
	09:00	Lecture: “Black Femininities: From Slave Narratives to Popular Culture” Dr. Stefanie Schäfer (Jena University)
	10:00	Lecture: “Queens of Their Race: African-American Feminist Transnational Activism” Noaquia Callahan (University of Iowa, U.S. Fulbright Fellow, Free University of Berlin)
	11:00	Coffee Break
	11:30	Conversation groups with lecturers (James Willis, Stefanie Schäfer, Noaquia Callahan)
	13:00	Off time
	15:00	Workshop I: “‘We Don’t Bow Down’: Race Relations and Civil Rights in post-Katrina New Orleans” Dr. Andreas Hübner (Kassel University)
	16:30	Coffee Break
	17:00	Workshop II: “The Science and Emotion of the German-American Cross-cultural Relationship” Dr. Kathleen Hooper (Wuppertal)
	19:00	Thanksgiving Session at Best Western Stadtpalais Wittenberg “Discussion of Cultural Varieties of the Thanksgiving Tradition” Moderators: Dr. Julia Nitz und Christin Reimann (MLU Halle-Wittenberg)
Saturday, November 19	07:30	Breakfast (Leucorea)
	08:30	Welcoming Remarks by Dr. Martina Kohl (U.S. Embassy, Berlin) Lecture: “Year of the Woman or More of the Same? The Status of Women in American Politics after Election 2016” Dr. Kelly Dittmar (Rutgers University, Camden)
	09:40	Workshop III: “The Amazing Stories that Happened to a Friend of a Friend – Urban Legends in the EFL Classroom” Marie Schönherr (MLU Halle-Wittenberg)
	11:00	Coffee Break
	11:30	Workshop IV: “Hip Hop Culture” “Sir” Reginald Anthony (Freiburg)
	12:45	Feedback and Farewell
	14:00	Tour of Wittenberg

Workshops I and II as well as III and IV will each take place twice in parallel sessions!

Program ASC 2016

Welcome and Introduction

The Role of the Media in the U.S. Presidential Elections 2016

Lecture: “Black Femininities: From Slave Narratives to Popular Culture”

Lecture: “Queens of Their Race: African-American Feminist Transnational Activism”

Conversation groups with lecturers

Workshop I: “‘We Don’t Bow Down’: Race Relations and Civil Rights in post-Katrina New Orleans”

Workshop II: “The Science and Emotion of the German-American Cross-cultural Relationship”

“Discussion of Cultural Varieties of the Thanksgiving Tradition”

Lecture: “Year of the Woman or More of the Same? The Status of Women in American Politics after Election 2016”

Workshop III: “The Amazing Stories that Happened to a Friend of a Friend – Urban Legends in the EFL Classroom”

Workshop IV: “Hip Hop Culture”