• Characteristic of English and American Studies in Osnabrück is the close integration of the sub-disciplines of language, literature and cultural studies. 
  • Research and teaching focus on the language, literature and culture of the English Renaissance (with a focus on Shakespeare), language in context, "Late Modern English", English-language children's and youth literature, American literature and culture (esp. Visual Culture Studies and American Legal Culture), British contemporary culture as well as the English vocabulary and its teaching.