GER-E 121 AN INTRODUCTION TO GERMAN CULTURE (3 CR.)
Introduction to important events of German cultural history. Rather than sticking to the strict chronology of history, it introduces concepts that lend meaning to chronology in the first place. The course is built around ideas-religion, language, literature, sports, for example-that make sense of the changing flow of events and yield historical narratives.
3 classes found
Spring 2024
Component | Credits | Class | Status | Time | Day | Facility | Instructor |
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LEC | 3 | 13689 | Open | 3:00 p.m.–4:15 p.m. | TR | BH 231 | Chaouli M |
Regular Academic Session / In Person
LEC 13689: Total Seats: 23 / Available: 1 / Waitlisted: 0
Lecture (LEC)
- IUB GenEd World Culture credit
- COLL (CASE) Global Civ & Cultr
- COLL (CASE) S&H Breadth of Inq
- Topic: Germany: An Imagined Nation An Introduction to German Culture
- IUB GenEd World Culture credit
- COLL (CASE) S&H Breadth of Inquiry credit
- COLL (CASE) Global Civ & Culture credit
Germany: An Imagined Nation An Introduction to German Culture Germany is an unsettled nation, and not only because it continues to be haunted by its recent history. The nation has existed for barely 150 years, yet even in that short span it has not always managed to remain a unified whole. What we now call Germany has mostly lacked a stable political order and a firm center of power. This fragile political entity has relied on cultural achievements¿on language, literature, art, and customs¿to assure itself of its national identity. We focus on significant objects drawn from various parts of life and consider how culture both shores up the sense of a nation and undermines it. What do Luther¿s translation of the Bible, the national anthem, the German national soccer team, a bank note from the 1920s, and an inscription on the gate of a Nazi concentration camp reveal about the deep link of culture and history in Germany? All readings and discussions in English. Required Books: James Hawes, The Shortest History of Germany (ISBN-13: 978-1615195695). Neil MacGregor, Germany: Memories of a Nation (ISBN-13: 978-1101875667).
Component | Credits | Class | Status | Time | Day | Facility | Instructor |
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LEC | 3 | 35287 | Open | 6:30 p.m.–7:45 p.m. | MW | BH 215 | Breithaupt F |
Regular Academic Session / In Person
LEC 35287: Total Seats: 25 / Available: 2 / Waitlisted: 0
Lecture (LEC)
- COLL (CASE) Global Civ & Cultr
- IUB GenEd World Culture credit
- COLL (CASE) S&H Breadth of Inq
- Topic: Storytelling from Grimms to ChatGPT
- IUB GenEd World Culture credit
- COLL (CASE) S&H Breadth of Inquiry credit
- COLL (CASE) Global Civ & Culture credit
Component | Credits | Class | Status | Time | Day | Facility | Instructor |
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LEC | 3 | 36701 | Open | 4:45 p.m.–7:00 p.m. | TR | BH 231 | Chaouli M |
Eight Week - Second / In Person
LEC 36701: Total Seats: 23 / Available: 1 / Waitlisted: 0
Lecture (LEC)
- COLL (CASE) S&H Breadth of Inq
- IUB GenEd World Culture credit
- COLL (CASE) Global Civ & Cultr
- Above class meets second eight weeks only
- Topic: Germany in 24 Objects
- IUB GenEd World Culture credit
- COLL (CASE) S&H Breadth of Inquiry credit
- COLL (CASE) Global Civ & Culture credit