aspeers is a project within the American Studies MA Program at the University of Leipzig, Germany. Most members of the reviewing editorial staff are MA candidates. Being embedded into the MA curriculum provides aspeers with the organizational backbone, the resources, and the continuity and stability required for such a project.
the 2012/13 editors
The 2012 editors are Ewa A. Adamkiewicz, Richard Bachmann, Florian Bast, Elisabeth Böhme, Eric W. Fraunholz, Katharina Gensch, Alexandra Hähnert, Máté Vince Horvath, Wiebke Kartheus, Theresia Lakomy, Erica L. Larson, Martin N. Opitz, Sören Schoppmeier, and Tyrone T. White, Jr.
They are currently working on an issue revolving around the topic "American Memories" due for publication in the spring of 2013.
the 2011/12 editors
The 2011 editors are Florian Bast, Alexandra Hähnert, Máté Vince Horváth, Diana Labisch, and Sevara Pan.
They published an issue on the topic "American Food Cultures."
the 2010/11 editors
The 2010 editors are Carolin Betker, Stefan Ecke, Katharina Freitag, Christina Harms, Nadezhda N. Panchenko, Marianne Polkau, Bettina Schuster, Christiane Vogel, and Sebastian M. Herrmann.
They published an issue on the topic of "Nature and Technology, Revisited."
the 2009/10 editors
The 2009 editors are Ines Krug, Andreas Mooser, Julia Neugebauer, Bailing Qin, Eleonora Ravizza, Stefan Schubert, Franziska Wenk, Maria Zywietz, and Sebastian M. Herrmann.
They published an issue on the topic of "Crime and America."
the 2008/09 editors
The 2008 editors are Sebastian M. Herrmann, Ingrid Betz, Benedikt Schäfer, Franziska Böhme, Tanja N. Aho, Isabel M. J. Simão and Susan Büttner.
They published an issue on the topic of "Migration and Mobility."
the 2007/08 editors
The 2007 editors are Lisa Sylvia Schönmeier, Alexandra Pitzing, Michelle Glauser, Lars Weise, Heather Carmody, and Sebastian M. Herrmann.
They published the inaugural issue of aspeers.
