Storytelling in the Twenty-First-Century USA

Organized by Julia Nitz and Jiann-Chyng Tu (MLU Halle-Wittenberg)

November 13-15, 2025

Held at the Stiftung Leucorea in Lutherstadt Wittenberg, the Wittenberg Teacher Academy (WTA) is an annual nationwide training seminar for educators interested in current U.S. American cultural, political, and social issues. Over 2.5 days, it brings together a wide range of participants for lectures, interactive workshops, readings, and expert-led discussions with emerging and senior scholars, practitioners, and artists. With the theme “Storytelling in the Twenty-first-century USA,” this year’s WTA features lectures, roundtables, and workshops on diverse approaches, genres, themes, and trends in contemporary U.S. American literature. Topics include both established and emerging canons as well as innovative methods for teaching contemporary American literature in EFL-classrooms, such as young adult (YA) fiction, graphic narratives and comics, contemporary theatre, indigenous storytelling, and a creative writing workshop on poetry.

This seminar is Thillm accredited and a LISA event (#25L1620001)

Program and Poster Download: WTA 2025 Program

Organized and moderated by Julia Nitz and Jiann-Chyng Tu

Assistant Organizers:

Aline Leuchtenberger and Lena Holz

Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik, MLU Halle-Wittenberg

wta@amerikanistik.uni-halle.de

Logos: LISA, Leucorea, Muhlenberg Center, MLU Halle