Thursday, Nov. 24, 2005
 

13:15

Arrival, check in, purchase meal coupons in cafeteria
 

14:00

Welcome and Introduction
Carsten Hummel,
ZUSAS Wittenberg;
Mark L. Wenig
Public Affairs Officer, Consulate General of the
United States, Leipzig
 

14:30

Dissent in America
Dr. Erik Mortenson,
Wayne State University, Detroit/
University of Erlangen
 

16:00

Coffee Break
 

16:30

The Origins of the Southern Evangelical Mind
Prof. Dr. John B. Boles,
Rice University, Houston/
University of Leipzig
 

19:00

Thanksgiving Dinner
 

21:00

Social Gathering
 

Friday, Nov. 25, 2005
 

08:00

Breakfast
 

09:00

Embedded Journalism and the U.S.-Iraq War
Joellen Perry,
Senior Editor, U.S. News & World Report/
Free University of Berlin
 

10:30

The 'New' Old South
Prof. Dr. John B. Boles,
Rice University, Houston/
University of Leipzig
 

12:00

Lunch
 

14:00

Scooters, Spies, and Anonymous Sources:
Freedom of the U.S. Press in 2005
Joellen Perry,
Senior Editor, U.S. News & World Report/
Free University of Berlin
 

15:30

Coffee Break
 

16:00

Wiki Workshop
(optional)
Uwe Klemm
 

17:00

American Studies Committee Meeting,
(Committee Members)
 

18:00

Dinner
 

19:00

Social Evening
 

Saturday, Nov. 26, 2005
 

08:00–09:00

Breakfast
 

09:00

The Human Condition as Expressed Through the Lord of the Flies
Prof. Edward Lusk
University of Magdeburg
 

10:30

(Teaching Project)