Do you need another GenEd? ----> "Contemporary Germany in Europe"(Germ1169) fulfills GenEd requ CA1 und CA4 Intl.
Would you like to understand the German ways of being in the world?
Would you like to understand how the Holocaust still inscribes itself in the German present?
Would you like to learn about furries, knights, and water-sprites?
Would you like to learn about German immigratants and their artistic contributions?
Germany is currently struggling with its own identiy. Who do the Germans want to be? A country of immigration, just like the U.S. and Canada? Or do they want to be an entirely white nation? This identity struggle has been surfacing in public debates since the 2015 influx of immigrants and chancellor Merkel's famous words: "We can do it!"...
Course Description
GERM 1169 will present some secrets of German culture, the particular ways of perceiving the world. The interdisciplinary seminar will be taught in English and is designed for students who want to familiarize themselves with historical and cultural developments, which have shaped modern German-speaking Europe.In order to understand current German mentality, policies, and debates we will look at the continued influence of the German past, starting with cultural history from Romanticism to the post-unification era of the 21st century, with special emphasis on the German correlations between arts, politics as well as metaphysics and their impact on national identity narratives.
For more information, contact: Stefan Bronner at stefan.bronner@uconn.edu