Teacher Training

Aspects of American Culture 2017

Event Information

  • Friday, March 24, 2017 - Saturday, March 25, 2017
  • Am Stadion 1
  • 07749 Jena

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:

Program

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Friday, March 24 10:00

Welcome and Introduction

Dr. Helga Hämmerling, Thillm Bad Berka
Ines Klausch, LISA Halle
Christin Reimann, MCAS Halle
Jeremy Fowler, U.S. Embassy Berlin

10:30 – 11:15

“The Great Potential of Music Videos”

Charlotte Falkenhagen (Erfurt)

 

Coffee Break

11:45 – 12:30

“Detroit: Representations of the Postindustrial City in American Popular Culture”

Verena Laschinger (Erfurt)

 

Lunch

13:30 – 15:00

Workshop I: “Always a Reason to Party – Some Unusual American Holidays”

Michelle Sudbrock (Wittenberg)

15:15 – 16:00

Conversation sessions

(small groups with lecturers)
Frazer MacDonald (Magdeburg)
Michelle Sudbrock (Wittenberg)
Liam Bretag (Manchester)
Shannon Norgrove (Schkopau)

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)

12:15 – 12:30

Final Feedback

 

Lunch, departures

 

Venue

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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

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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

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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