Interested in German history and need a Gen Ed course? GERM 3251 "German Culture Across Time" provides an overview of major periods in the cultural history of Germany and Central Europe since the Middle Ages. The course provides an overview of German history and 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. This course counts for Gen Ed Content Area 1 (E) and Content Area 4 INT.
Course topics include music, art, and literary developments from the Middle Ages to the present. We'll learn about women’s rights and human rights throughout German history, German Jewish 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