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Oct 29, 2026
Call for Applications: Doctoral Fellowship in North American Studies on "Energy Cultures in Transition" at Schaufler Lab@TU Dresden. Application Deadline: Nov. 24, 2026
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Sep 28, 2026
"The Tudors" at the Dresden Intercultural Days
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Sep 27, 2026
Join Us for DATA-WORLDS | Final Conference of 2nd Funding Phase of Schaufler Lab@TU-Dresden | Sept 28-30
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Institute Profile

An important feature of the institute is the fact that all cultural sciences are represented by their own Chairs which allows for a deeper focus on either American or British Cultural Studies. Moreover, the institute also considers aspects of media studies as well as anglophone literatures from outside Great Britain and North America.
Research at the Institute

Am Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik sind eine Vielzahl sprach-, literatur- und kulturwissenschaftlicher Forschungsprojekte beheimatet. Durch eine enge Kopplung der Lehre an laufende interdisziplinäre Forschungsprojekte wird gewährleistet, dass die Studierenden Einblick in aktuelle Entwicklungen der Disziplin erhalten.
Studies

Here, you can get information about our courses of study, lectures, the entry test as well as inernational offers of the institute.
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The Institute

The Institute of English and American Studies consists of multiple fields of teaching and research comprising English Linguistics, English Literary Studies, North American Literature,  British Cultural Studies, American Studies  and English Language, Literature and its Didactics. Naturally, the focus is also put on Practical Language Training.