Fachschaft Anglistik
Welcome to the Homepage of the University of Freiburg's Fachbereich Anglistik
– aka Fachschaft Anglistik!
Are you looking for information about our program for first-years and other Fachschaft events, or just curious what we're up to all the time? Then you're in the right place!
Your Fachschaft
What the heck is a Fachschaft?
As your Fachbereichsvertretung (departmental representatives), we take care of you, the students of the English Department. That doesn’t mean we make you soup when you’re sick, though; we’re your first point of contact if you have questions or problems concerning your English studies, and we represent your interests in communication with the department and the university administration. Furthermore, we’re your representatives in various areas of student government, e.g. in the university’s Studierendenrat (student council) and in the Philological Faculty’s Fakultätsrat (faculty council). You can find our official Geschäftsordnung (bylaws) here.
To ensure campus social life doesn’t get neglected, we also organize various events, e.g. during first-year orientation week.
What we do
Fachschaft meetings
During the semester, the Fachschaft usually meets Wednesday at 18:00 c.t. in our room in the AStA-Haus, Belforstr. 24 (second floor). English students are always welcome to join us – just write us an email!
You can find records of our sessions here.
Ersti-Woche & Ersti-Hütte
In the week before the winter semester starts, we organize communal activities for first-years, like scavenger hunts, pub crawls, hangover brunches, or hikes.
Every winter semester - except during pandemics - the Fachschaft also organizes an Ersti-Hütte, a weekend trip for first-semester English students. For three days, we rent a cabin (Hütte) in the Black Forest and plan games and other activities to give you the opportunity to get to know each other and us in a relaxed, fun environment.
In the winter semester 2022/23, there will finally be another Erstihütte! We will travel from November, 18-20 to the group house Zum Hirschen in St. Blasien and spend a relaxed weekend in a hut to get to know you and us better! As always, more information is available on our Instagram account.
At the beginning of each winter semester, you can find current info about first-year orientation right here!
Book Sale
You can find our inventory of books here.
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Are you looking to buy your books for the summer semester cheaply? Or are you simply interested in some new reading material? The prices are negotiable. If possible, please bring the money in cash. |
Events
You can find all information about regular and/or upcoming events on our Facebook page, Instagram, or right here.
Dear all,since the Christmas season is approaching, we are thrilled to announce our annual Anglistics Christmas party!
Join us for a variety of drinks, including mulled wine, freshly made waffles, an array of tasty snacks, and listen to our Christmas playlist, featuring all of your favorite holiday tunes.
When? Thursday, December 14 | 5–10 pmWhere? Peterhofkeller
Please bring your own mug as well as cash for the book sale.
Pub Quiz
We're currently hosting a regular virtual pub quiz. All students of the English Department are warmly invited to join us! If you want to play, just join the quiz’s ILIAS room, always published in our ILIAS folder shortly before the quiz starts.
You can always find information about upcoming pub quizzes on Facebook, Instagram, and here on the website.
Fachschaft Anglistik meets Alan McSmith
On the evening of April 5, Alan McSmith was invited by Gert Fehlner to visit the Fachschaft Anglistik at the English Department.
McSmith, wilderness guide, elephant expert, and TEDx speaker from Botswana, showed numerous photos and souvenirs from the wilderness and talked with the students about leadership in nature, while also discussing Western conceptions of life. As Smith writes in his profile about our shared evening, "learning institutions are so vitally important in the paradigm of change and disrupting our flawed consumptive systems. But what good is a system change if it is not accompanied by a change in consciousness?"
The Fachschaft would like to thank Gert Fehlner for making this interesting evening possible, and is also grateful for the many years of cooperation on Gert's anniversary at the Department!
Contact us!
We’re always open to questions or concerns, whether via email at fachschaft@anglistik.uni-freiburg.de, via Instagram and Facebook or in person at our regular meetings. English students are welcome to attend any and all Fachschaft meetings.
Join us—we’d love to see you!
