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 2011/12 editors

The 2011 editors are Florian Bast, Alexandra Hähnert, Máté Horváth, Diana Labisch, and Sevara Pan.

They are currently working on an issue revolving around the topic "American Food Cultures," due for publication in the spring of 2012.

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.