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aspeers 2 (2009) release event
Posted March 10th, 2009 by Sebastian M. HerrmannOn 20 March 2009, 4 p.m., American Studies Leipzig will celebrate the release of the second issue of aspeers: emerging voices in american studies, Europe’s first and currently only peer-reviewed graduate journal in American studies. The publication project is part of American Studies Leipzig’s MA program. Over the course of the last semester, an editing team of six MA students has worked to select contributions, revise them together with the authors, edit them, and make them ready for publication. The
aspeers e.V. founded
Posted January 12th, 2009 by Sebastian M. HerrmannA few days ago, members of the aspeers project have founded the aspeers e.V., an incorporated association that will act as a legal entity for the project from now on.
aspeers in the Uni Journal
Posted June 12th, 2008 by Sebastian M. HerrmannThe University of Leipzig reported on the aspeers project in the latest (3/2008) issue of the Uni Journal.
Online at the ASA
Posted June 9th, 2008 by Sebastian M. Herrmannaspeers is now listed on the ASA's American Studies Journals Directory! The entry will hopefully add even more international visibility to the project. Check out the listing at www.theasa.net/journals/name/aspeers_emerging_voices_in_american_studies

aspeers on Deutschlandfunk
Posted April 29th, 2008 by Sebastian M. HerrmannThe Deutschlandfunk, Germany's public radio service, had a report on aspeers on the air today. You can find a transcript of the 4 minute feature at the Deutschlandfunk homepage: http://www.dradio.de/dlf/sendungen/campus/777685/.
You can also listen to the report through their audio on demand interface, or download it below.
Radio mephisto97.6 Reports on aspeers
Posted April 24th, 2008 by Sebastian M. HerrmannThe campus radio station mephisto97.6 has reported on aspeers's first issue today. Read all of the report (German only) on their article page.
You can also download the report and listen to it at the mephisto webpage or below.
aspeers's Online Visibility
Posted April 23rd, 2008 by Sebastian M. HerrmannJust a short update on two recent events: One of this year's contributors - Stuart Noble - wrote a short piece on the renowned blog Atlantic Community, were he reports on our journal launch and on his experiences in the editing process. We're happy about both, the publicity and traffic this brought to our site, as well as the friendly remarks :)
Release Party on April 24, 3 pm
Posted April 17th, 2008 by Sebastian M. HerrmannNext Thursday, April 24, 3 pm, we will celebrate the official release of aspeers with a short inaugural ceremony at the Bibliotheca Albertina Lecture Hall. Please refer to the attached flyer for more details.
Yay! Links for us!
Posted November 27th, 2007 by Michelle GlauserWahoo! We have been linked on two cool sites:
American Studies at the University of East Anglia:
http://american-studies-uea.blogspot.com/2007/11/news-aspeers-emerging-voices-in.html
Hip Hop Congress: