Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: NATION AND MEMORY (MAPPING GERMAN CULTURE)

Department: German Studies

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Providing a critical review of modern concepts of nationhood and nationalism in the light of recent research on cultural memory, this course traces the history of political foundation myths in Germany and Europe since the eighteenth century. The course provides links between literature, visual culture, historical anthropology, and public policy. Taught in English with a possible FLAC section.