The Wittenberg Teacher Academy 2027 is dedicated to teaching Canada in the EFL-classroom. We offer 2.5 days of talks, interactive workshops, film screenings and informed conversation sessions by Canadian, American, and German experts that train participants in political, social, and cultural North America related issues at Stiftung Leucorea in Lutherstadt Wittenberg. In 2027, we will … [Read more…]
The 5th Intercontinental Crosscurrents Conference, titled Women and Health in the Nineteenth-Century Transatlantic World, took place from December 4–6, 2025, at the University of Madeira in Funchal, Portugal. The conference was jointly organized by Prof. Dr. Julia Nitz from the MLU and Prof. Dr. Inês Tadeu from the University of Madeira. It brought together an … [Read more…]
Venue: University of Madeira – Rectory Building (Madeira Island, Portugal) Organized by Intercontinental Cross-Currents NetworkandUniversity of Madeira, Faculty of Arts and Humanities – Department of Languages, Literatures and CulturesandMartin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg “On every hand we hear it acknowledged that in physical health, women of the present day are inferior to those of half a … [Read more…]
The Wittenberg Teacher Academy 2025 is dedicated to storytelling in the twenty-first century. We offer 2.5 days of talks, interactive workshops, readings and informed conversation sessions by U.S. and German scholars, practitioners, and emerging artists that train participants in political, social, and cultural America related issues at Stiftung Leucorea in Lutherstadt Wittenberg. In 2025, we … [Read more…]
At this year’s „Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften“ in Halle, Phillip B. Williams, winner of the 2022 American Book Award, will read from his latest novel Ours (Viking, 2024), and from an unreleased book of poems called Lift Every Voice. (scheduled for American release summer of 2026) The reading will be followed by an informal conversation … [Read more…]
This year, our American Studies Seminar will take place for the twenty-third time, but for the first time as an online seminar. This year’s topics spans lectures (Part I, Nov. 27, 2020) on contemporary Native American protest in the context of environmental justice, the US ‘monument wars’, Black Lives Matter in the classroom, as well as teaching inspiration … [Read more…]