Germany´s path to democracy has been marked by revolutions, wars, divisions, and (re)unifications. Drawing an arc from the failed 1848 revolutions to today’s unified federal democracy, this course offers a history of modern Germany with a focus on...
This course is an introduction to German Political Thought from the eighteenth to the twenty-first century. A chronological survey of important thinkers and fundamental texts, it revolves around a theoretical reflection on a variety of core topics...
The purpose of this course is to examine the origins and key events of the Northern Ireland conflict up until the Peace Process and the beginnings of the transition to a Post-Conflict society. Given the nature of the conflict and its aftermath, the...
Collective memories unite and divide - families, social groups and even nation states. For states and other political actors, collective memories, including publicly shared historical narratives, constitute an important basis for securing their...
This course examines how Korea’s past and present shape daily life and youth identity. Through heritage sites, cultural memory, and contemporary issues like education pressure and digital culture, students explore how young Koreans navigate and...
This course offers a thematic and chronological exploration of the history of political and social protest in France since 1789, using Nantes as case study, an example, and a focal point. We will analyze the key moments of social struggles, their...
The course is intended to discuss the most important turning points in the history of the East and Central European Jews from the early modern times to the present. The topics include the birth of the Jewish communities in Eastern Europe, the Jewish...
"The very ink with which History is written is merely fluid prejudice." - Mark Twain, Pudd'nhead Wilson
What are the origins of modern religious, racial, and ethnic prejudice and persecution in Europe? Why have anti-Semitism and Islamophobia been...
This course addresses the relationship between history, memory, identity, and trauma. The fate of Berlin and Germany’s history in modern times have been shaped by conflicting ideologies, historical ruptures, and collective traumas. We will focus on...
There have been numerous ‘Berlins’ throughout a turbulent Twentieth Century. This course investigates the multiple layers of identity constructed by different political forms of remembering and representing the past: the bombast of a statuesque...