Institute of English and American Studies

Welcome to the Website of the Institute of English and American Studies at TU Dresden.

Here, you can find information regarding upcoming events and conferences hosted by the Institute.

The Institute was founded in 1993. It consists of six individual departments dedicated to teaching and research:
•    English Linguistics
•    English Literary Studies
•    North American Literature with a Focus on Future Studies
•    British Cultural Studies
•    American Studies
•    English Language, Literature and its Didactics

One of the trademark features of our institute is that individual Chairs are dedicated to Cultural Studies, which allows students to specialise in American and British Cultural Studies, respectively. In addition, aspects of Media Studies and Anglophone Literatures from outside Great Britain and North America are included as well. Naturally, the focus is also put on practical language training. 

We offer the following courses of study: 

• B.A. Linguistics, Literature and Cultural Studies - subdiscipline English and American Studies
• M.A. European languagese
• M.A. Literature and Culture in Social Change
• Teaching Degrees in English (State Exam: elementary schools, secondary schools, high schools, vocational schools)

Research profiles and activities of the institute are broadly diversified and comprise, for example, foci in the areas of gender research (Gender Studies, Masculinity Studies, Transgender and Intersex Studies), research of popcultural representations of history, representations of the American and Canadian West, post-postmodern narration in old and new media as well as research in foreign language acquisition. Conferences and research colloquia are held regularly and students are invited to participate actively.

Since its foundation in 1993, the institute has forged foreign relations and cooperations with a number of universities in Great Britain, the United States, India, and other countries at which students are welcomed to spend time abroad. For this purpose, special programmes and funding opportunities are being provided. Additionally, the institute regularly offers excursions to Great Britian and project studies in the US.