North American Studies Course Catalog (Summer Semester 2022/23)

BACHELOR PROGRAM

Orientation Module

The American and Other Revolutions, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, Mondays, 14:00-16:00*

*please note that the Blackboard course for this class will not be available to students until April 17.

At the Heart of It All? Discourses on the American Family in the 20th Century, Anne Overbeck, on 25.4., 2.5., 9.5., 23.5., 6.6., 20.6. & 4.7., 14:00-18:00 

Introduction to History: Theories, Methods, and Approaches, Maximilian Klose & Sönke Kunkel, Thursdays, 14:00-16:00

Advanced Module B: History of North America since 1865

Cuba: An Island Worth an Empire, Tobias Klee, Mondays, 12:00-14:00

Images of the Marshall Plan and US Influence in Western Europe After World War II, Marlene Ritter, Mondays, 10:00-12:00

Colloquium

BA Colloquium Economics/History/Political Science/Sociology, Lora Anne Viola, Mondays, 10:00-12:00

MASTER PROGRAM

Module A: North America in the World

Theories and Concepts in International History, Maximilian Klose & Sönke Kunkel, Thursdays, 12:00-14:00

Module B: North American History until 1865

Independence Movements and Conflicts in North America - the US and Canada in Comparison, Sebastian Jobs & David Bosold, Mondays, 10:00-12:00

Remembering and Forgetting in U.S. History: Monuments, Archives, and Narratives, Sebastian Jobs, Mondays, 12:00-14:00

Module C: North American History since 1865

Theories and Concepts in International History, Maximilian Klose & Sönke Kunkel, Thursdays, 12:00-14:00

Violence in 19th and 20th Century America, Kira Álvarez, Mondays, 14:00-16:00 

Colloquium

MA Colloquium History, Sebastian Jobs, Mondays, 18:00-20:00

Interdisciplinary

Independence Movements and Conflicts in North America - the US and Canada in Comparison, Sebastian Jobs & David Bosold, Mondays, 10:00-12:00