“The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there." 

(L.P. Hartley, The Go-Between, 1953)

 

North American Studies Course Catalog (Summer Semester 2020)

Courses at the History Department: Summer Semester 2020

Bachelor Program

Orientation Module

The United States and Other Empires, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, Mondays, 12:00-14:00

Colloquium

BA Colloquium History, Economics, Pol. Sciences & Sociology, Sebastian Jobs, Tuesdays, 10:00-12:00

Module B: History of North America since 1865

Hearing History: The Cultural and Media History of U.S. Popular Music, 1890-1960, Steffen Just, Tuesdays, 16:00-18:00

Between Colonial Domination and Self Determination: Indigenous-Settler Colonial Relations in the 20th Century Revisited, Matthias Voigt, Thursdays 18:00-20:00

Master Program

Colloquium

MA History Colloquium, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, Mondays, 18:00-20:00

Module B - North America to 1865

A History of the Body in Colonial America, Sebastian Jobs, Mondays, 10:00-12:00

What is Colonial about Colonial America?, Sebastian Jobs, Mondays, 14:00-16:00

Music and Power, Jessica Gienow-Hecht / Esteban Buch, Tuesdays (21.4, 30.6., 7.7.) and Wednesdays (22.4.,1.7.,8.7.), 8:00-12:00

Module C - North American History since 1865

American Film Music, Norbert Finzsch, Fridays, 10:00-12:00

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

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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