Work Group American Studies at Marburg
We are a group of doctoral candidates who wish to establish interdisciplinary connections within the field of American Studies. We understand interdisciplinarity as a central characteristic of American Studies that allows scholars to expand their knowledge through individual approaches, theories, and methods of other disciplines. Our aim is to contribute to this interdisciplinary dialog in colloquiums, lecture events (e.g. presentations of work in progress), regular meetings and informal networking activities. We address scholars of all disciplines who situate their field of research within American studies, such as political science, history, philosophy, and media studies, as well as scholars within the field of feminist studies, gender studies, sociology and other disciplines of social studies. In addition, we welcome other groups of the Graduiertenzentrum für Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften (Graduate Center for Humanities and Social Sciences) to collaborate with us in order to maximize the potential of synergies and to increase the visibility of humanities and social sciences at the university through a number of projects.