Grüneburgplatz 1
60629 Frankfurt/Main
Kontakt Anglistik: Prof. Dr. Susanne Scholz
Email: s.scholz@em.uni-frankfurt.de
Kontakt NELK: Prof. Dr. Frank Schulze-Engler
Email: schulze-engler@nelk.uni-frankfurt.de
Frankfurt 's Institute for English and American Studies (IEAS) consists of five subsections (American Studies, English Studies, New English Literatures and Cultures (NELK), Linguistics and Didactics).
NELK specializes in English-language cultures and literatures from Africa, South Asia, the Caribbean, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific region as well as transcultural and diaspora literatures and cultures in the English-speaking world. Courses on each of these regions are regularly offered, as are courses with a comparative perspective and courses focussing on cultural globalization and postcolonial theory. NELK courses often combine cultural and literary studies and offer a historical perspective on colonialism and the world „after Empire“.
The English Studies programme concentrates on the British Isles , offering students two areas of specialisation.
The first of these, called English Literature and Literary Theory , encompasses courses on British and Irish literature ranging from the 14 th up to the 21 st century, as well as theories, methods and concepts of literary criticism. The second area of specialisation, called British and Irish History of culture/ideas/social phenomena ( KIS ) is what distinguishes Frankfurt 's English studies programme from the majority of similar course designs at other German universities.
Rather than merely distributing information about contemporary cultural life in the UK and Ireland, the KIS - courses open up a historical perspective on cultural events, ideas and social phenomena. The triple aim is to enable students i) to contextualise the cultural practices, trends and objects they study and ii) analyse them in depth by drawing on concepts from a wide spectrum of cultural theories, while iii) taking the various media which transport them into consideration. KIS -courses might focus on or combine studying topics like castrato singing, fop fashion, dystopian film, gendering in TV advertising, football culture, political events, video-aestetics, Victorian visual culture, Punk music and lifestyle, avatars in virtual realities, English heritage industry, Early Modern theatrical staging practices or theories of culture at various points in history.
All the staff working in English Studies offer courses from both areas of specialisation. Moreover, some of the courses are designed in a way that allows students to pick up a credit in either Literature or KIS .
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