School, Program, and Course Information

  • GERM 3251 German Culture Through the Ages (Gen Ed)

    Need a Gen Ed Content Area 1(E) or Content Area 4 INT course?

    GERM 3251 "German Culture Through the Ages" counts for both! The course will provide an overview of major periods in the cultural history of Germany and Central Europe since the Middle Ages. The course showcases the diversity of cultural production throughout the centuries. It will also highlight the historical relationship between Germany and the United States, and Germans and Americans.

    Course topics include musical, artistic, and literary developments from the Middle Ages to the present, a focus on the history of women’s rights and human rights throughout German history, Jewish German history, the prelude to and impact of the World Wars and the Holocaust, divided Germany and its reunification, the history of LGBTQ+ rights in Germany and its relation to the LGBTQ+ movement in the U.S., migration to and from Europe, and the framework of the European Union within the global context.

    For more information, contact: Prof. Sebastian Wogenstein at wogenstein@uconn.edu