Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: BERLIN, RESIDENCE, METROPOLIS, CAPITAL

Department: Humanities Division

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Mapping German Culture. The course offers an introduction to Germany history, politics, and culture as mirrored in the history of the old and new German capital. Berlin has always been a city of contradictions: from imperial glamour to proletarian slums, from the Roaring Twenties to Hitler's seizure of power. Emerging from the ruins of WW II Berlin became the both the capital of Socialism and the display window of the Free World. After the fall of the wall, Berlin is still looking for its role in the center of a reshaped Europe. Readings and discussions encompass fine arts and literature from the 18th century to the present, including film. Cross-list: GERM 324.