Research
American Studies research in Bayreuth is closely linked to the activities of the Bayreuth Institute for American Studies (BIFAS) which coordinates research projects by researchers from a variety of disciplines and thus marks the transdisciplinary character of American Studies in Bayreuth.
Current research at the chair for American Studies/Anglophone Literatures and Cultures focuses on the following research fields and topics:
- Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities
- The Cultural Imagination of (Global) and Resilience
- Energy Humanities
- Transnational, Intercultural, Transcultural Studies
- African American Studies
- Queer and Gender Studies
- Cognitive Literary and Cultural Studies
- Science and Technology Studies
DFG-Project "Contemporary American Risk Fiction" 2015-2018(in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Jeanne Cortiel, Professor of North American Studies)
DFG-Project "Economy and Epistemology of Gossip in 19th- and early 20th-Century US-American Literature and Culture", 2018-2022 (Dr. Katrin Horn)