GER 8820 is also offered in Fall 2024
GER 8820 is also offered in Fall 2022
Fall 2024 | GER 8820 Section 001: Seminar: Advanced Theory -- The Politics of Historical Memory (32985)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 9 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
Topics Course
- Meets With:
HIST 8025 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
UMTC, East Bank
Walter W Heller Hall 1229
- Enrollment Status:
Open (2 of 6 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topic in critical thought, e.g., the Frankfurt School, hermeneutics, reception theory.
- Class Notes:
- Topic: Memoir and Memorials: The Holocaust in Personal and Public Memory. Description: This seminar examines the ways in which the memory of the Holocaust continues to shape the public sphere in Germany. We will explore the debates about memorialization and museums, with particular emphasis on the legacies and multidirectional layers of historical violence in the debates about memory. Paying close attention to the history of colonialism and to the politics of migration in Germany, we will explore a way to think about historical violence through a transnational lens that moves past dichotomies of victim/perpetrator and instead enables us to understand how citizens are implicated in structures of power and violence. Readings and assignments will include memorial sites, memoirs, films, and public debates about the Holocaust.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32985/1249
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