The PGF offers young scholars in the field of American Studies a forum to present current research projects as work in progress. We welcome contributions from various disciplines focusing on the study of American cultures and literatures. The forum is designed to exchange information on current research and to network with other junior scholars.

The PGF is an annual event which is hosted by a different German university each fall. Accordingly, the local organizers function as representatives of the forum for one year.

Additionally, the PGF hosts a lunch at the annual conference of the German Association for American Studies. This is designed to enable a first exchange prior to the forum.

COPAS (Current Objectives of Postgraduate American Studies) is an e-journal devoted to research by young Americanists in Germany that was conceived as a publication opportunity for young scholars in American Studies and an easy-to-access platform for scholarly exchange. It was launched following the 1999 PostGraduateForum (PGF) of the German Association for American Studies/Deutsche Gesellschaft für Amerikastudien (DGfA) in Regensburg, helped by funds from the Bavarian American Academy/Bayerische Amerika-Akademie. Currently, Ingrid Gessner, Susanne Leikam, Sascha Pöhlmann, Juliane Schwarz-Bierschenk and Klara Stephanie Szlezák edit and publish the journal. It is located at the Chair of American Studies at the University of Regensburg. [Read COPAS]