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This course is a selective survey of major developments in Japanese visual cultures (art and architecture). Particular emphasis is placed on the relationship between art and history, religion, and literature of pre- and early modern Japan and some...
This course proposes the illustration of the various approaches, techniques and ethical values involved in the process of conserving a work of art, from the archaeological object to monumental architecture. Through the illustration of the main...
The use of new media and the Internet has fundamentally affected art and our understanding of it. With technology becoming completely intertwined with our lives, underlined by the lingering effects of the pandemic, the difference between ‘art’ and...
This course provides an introductory overview of Tokyo's architectural history and explores some of the recent questions that architects, urban planners, and scholars have raised to understand its phenomenon. To this end, the course covers the...
This interdisciplinary course examines the multifaceted dynamics of North African Identities in the context of the region’s close links with Europe, the Middle East, and Sub-Saharan Africa. It focuses on the ways ethnicity, language, religion, and...
This course examines the entwined histories of Japan and Korea from the nineteenth century to the present, emphasizing how cultural, political, and ideological entanglements continue to shape contemporary society, media, and national identity...
Japan is a nation that has undergone huge changes in the last 150 years, transforming from a feudal society ruled by warriors, to an expansionistic imperial state, and then to a modern democracy with a pacifist constitution. This course explores how...
This course intends to introduce students to the archaeology of the Greek Aegean through a chronological survey of ancient Greek material culture from the Bronze Age until the end of the Classical Period (ca. 3000-300 B.C.). The course leverages...
This course is about using ecological principles to manage ecosystems. Even though humans depend on ecosystem goods and services, e.g. for food, nutrient cycling and clean water the human record of ecosystem management is mixed at best. Although mild...
Students will be introduced to the climate, regional climates and some microclimates in the Black Forest and the Swiss Alps and their impact on vegetation. Students will learn to recognize vegetation zones. They will also learn about the Biosphere...