American Studies

About this minor

Everything you need to know about the minor American Studies.

Join the study association LUNAS!

LUNAS is the study association for students in and alumni of North American Studies in Leiden. LUNAS helps new North American Studies students to find their way in and around the university and the city. In addition, LUNAS organises social, cultural and networking events for current students and alumni.

We will read a diversity of texts in American literature, including Phillis Wheatley and Emily Dickinson’s poetry, Frederick Douglass’s slave narrative, Walden by Henry David Thoreau and key documents such as the Declaration of Independence.

The courses in the second semester aim to deepen and broaden the knowledge and skills you’ve acquired in the first semester: you can choose to specialize in American history (track 1) or American literature and culture (track 2).

Track I: American History
Course	EC
Literature 3A: American Literature, Beginnings to 1865	5
The United States and the World: An Introduction to American Studies	10
History: North America	5
Africans in America: Slavery and Emancipation in the United States	10
Democracy in Action: Radical Cultures and Protest Movements in Modern America	10

Track II: American Literature and Culture
Course	EC
Literature 3A: American Literature, Beginnings to 1865	5
The United States and the World: An Introduction to American Studies	10
Literature 4A: American Literature, 1865-1917: The Age of Realism	5
Slavery and Memory in the Black Atlantic	10

The course descriptions are subject to change.