Teacher Training
Event Information
Aspects of American Culture 2017
Organized by:
U.S. Embassy Berlin
Muhlenberg Center for American Studies (MCAS)
Thüringer Institut für Lehrerfortbildung, Lehrplanentwicklung und Medien (Thillm; 185300602)
Landesinstitut für Schulqualität und Lehrerbildung Sachsen-Anhalt (LISA; 16L162002)
Sponsored by:
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Program
| Friday, March 24 | 10:00 |
Welcome and IntroductionDr. Helga Hämmerling, Thillm Bad Berka |
| 10:30 – 11:15 |
“The Great Potential of Music Videos”Charlotte Falkenhagen (Erfurt)
Coffee Break |
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| 11:45 – 12:30 |
“Detroit: Representations of the Postindustrial City in American Popular Culture”Verena Laschinger (Erfurt)
Lunch |
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| 13:30 – 15:00 |
Workshop I: “Always a Reason to Party – Some Unusual American Holidays”Michelle Sudbrock (Wittenberg) |
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| 15:15 – 16:00 |
Conversation sessions(small groups with lecturers) |
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| 19:00 | Dinner | |
| Saturday, March 25 | 09:00 – 10:30 |
Workshop II: “The New American Administration”David McCuan (U.S. Embassy Berlin)
Coffee Break |
| 10:45 – 12:15 |
Workshop III: “Extraordinary Bodies”Kenny Fries (Fulbright fellow at Alice-Salomon-Hochschule Berlin) |
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| 12:15 – 12:30 |
Final Feedback
Lunch, departures |
Venue
Thüringer Sozialakademie gGmbH
This year’s teacher training will take place in Jena. The exact venue is the following:
Thüringer Sozialakademie gGmbH
Am Stadion 1
07749 Jena
Accommodation
Akademiehotel der Thüringer Sozialakademie gGmbH
We’ve booked a room for you for Friday night at the Akademiehotel. The address is the same as for the event’s venue.
Contact
Christin Reimann
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik
Adam-Kuckhoff-Straße 35
06108 Halle (Saale)
GERMANY
Tel. : +49-(0)345-55-23549
E-Mail: christin.reimann@amerikanistik.uni-halle.de