North American Studies Course Catalog (Winter Semester 2018/19)

Courses at the History Department: Winter Semester 2018/19

Bachelor Program

Orientation Module

Circulating Knowledge: Science and Environmental Change in Europe and North America since the 19th Century, Sönke Kunkel, Mondays 12:00-14:00

U.S. History as Gender History, Sebastian Jobs, Tuesdays 14:00-16:00

 

Module A– North American to 1865

Of Mammoths and the Nation: The Beginnings of American Archaeology and Paleontology, Nadja Klopprogge, Mondays 10:00-12:00

Images of Slavery, Sebastian Jobs, Tuesdays 16:00-18:00

Module B – North American History since 1865

Humanitarian Aid and U.S. Foreign Relations between World War I and the Cold War, Maximilian Klose; Fridays 12:00-14:00

Masters Program

MA History Colloquium, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, Mondays, 18:00-20:00. Please find the program here. 

Module A - North American History in the World

The United States and Other Empires in World History,Jessica Gienow-Hecht, Wednesdays 8:00-10:00

Empires and Humanity: The Spanish-American-Philippine War, 1898-1902, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, Wednesdays: 10:00-12:00

From Sea to Sea: D´un ocean à l´autre: Canadian 20^thCentury International History, Jean-Michel Turcotte, Mondays: 10:00-12:00

Interdisciplinary Seminar

Imagery and Race, Sebastian Jobs and Birte Wege, Mondays 14:00-16:00

Postgraduate Program

Disciplinary Theory and Methods in the Study of History, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, Mondays, 12:00-14:00

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In the context of the Bachelor’s Program in North American Studies, the Department offers the following modules:

• Modul A: North American history, to 1865
• Modul B: North American history, since 1865

Watch an informational video on history at the John-F.-Kennedy Institute here.

All B.A. Students are required to take Understanding North America (UNA) as part of their studies. UNA is offered as follows:

Semester	Course
Winter	UNA A (History, Culture, Literature)
Summer	UNA B (Politics, Economics, Sociology)

B.A. Students who study North American Studies may choose history as their major focus 1 (Schwerpunktdisziplin 1/Hauptstudienschwerpunkt) or major focus 2.

Semester	Modul
Winter	Vertiefungsmodul A	Seminar	North American History to 1865
Winter	Orientierungsmodul	Proseminar
Summer	Orientierungsmodul	Seminar
Summer	Vertiefungsmodul B	Seminar	North American History since 1865

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In the context of the Master’s Program North American Studies, the Department offers the following modules:

• Modul A: North American History in the World
• Modul B: North American History to 1865
• Modul C: North American History since 1865

Semester	Modul A North American History in the World	Modul B North American History to 1865	Modul C North American History since 1865
Winter	Hauptseminar + Seminar
Summer		Hauptseminar + Seminar	Hauptseminar + Seminar
Winter	Hauptseminar + Seminar
Summer		Hauptseminar + Seminar	Hauptseminar + Seminar

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In the context of the Ph. D. program of the Graduate School of North American Studies, the department offers the following courses:

Semester	Course A	Course B
Winter	Disciplinary Methods in the Study of History
Summer		Advanced Disciplinary Theory and Methods in the Study of History