IDS 206/ SUST 201: Foundations of Sustainability
back to teaching IDS 206/ SUST 201 Foundations of Sustainability This course offers an introduction to the ideas and issues that constitute the interdisciplinary field of sustainability. Sustainability posits social equity, environmental integrity, and economic prosperity as desirable goals while recognizing that these goals may be in competition with each other. Recently, the viability of sustainability as a […]
GER 470: German Film
back to teaching GER 470: German Film Dieses fortgeschrittene Seminar, das ausschließlich auf Deutsch gehalten wird, bietet einen Überblick über das deutsche Kino vom „Goldenen Zeitalter“ der Weimarer Zeit bis zur Gegenwart. Analysiert werden unter anderem gotische Schauermärchen, Kleinstadtmelodramen, Krimis, Propagandafilme, Trümmerfilme, Heimatfilme, Komödien und zeitgenössische Spielfilme. In der Beziehung zwischen filmischer Fiktion und historischen […]
GER 405RE: Heimat: Identity and Belonging Fulfills the Race & Ethnicity Requirement
back to teaching GER 405RE: Heimat: Identity and Belonging Fulfills the Race & Ethnicity Requirement Combining notions of a homeland with feelings of rootedness and a sense of belonging, the elusive and untranslatable German term Heimat (homeland, home) has been at the center of cultural engagements in the German-speaking world since the late eighteenth century. […]
GER 380: Love, Sickness, Death Liebe – Krankheit – Tod
back to teaching GER 380: Love, Sickness, Death Liebe – Krankheit – Tod Liebe, Krankheit, Tod analyzes literary and filmic representations of illness, pandemics, and death that have acquired renewed interest recently. The historical focus lies on the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, when writers and directors artistically rendered related events and experiences such as Germany’s defeat […]
GER 316, ENG 389, IDS 385: German Environmental Culture Representing Climate Change
back to teaching GER 316, ENG 389, IDS 385: German Environmental Culture Representing Climate Change Addressing the growing need for environmental awareness in an international humanities curriculum, this special topics course GER 316 is cross-listed with ENG 389 and IDS 385 and introduces students to environmental issues in both North American and German literature and […]
GER 302W: Literatur der Emotionen
back to teaching GER 302W: Literatur der Emotionen Dieses Seminar baut auf den Kurs GER 301 auf und setzt das Thema der sich ändernden Darstellungen der Liebe in der deutschen Literatur und Kultur fort. Anstatt dieses Thema chronologisch zu verfolgen, werden wir Texte emotionaler Anteilnahme in vier verschiedenen thematischen Kontexten erforschen: Nation, Natur, menschliche Beziehungen […]
GER 101: Elementary German I
back to teaching GER 101: Elementary German I In this course you will explore the roles and group affiliations that contribute to the identity of young adults in the United States and the German-speaking world. Through the exploration of life in German-speaking countries, you will be introduced to the principles of the German language and […]
GER 201: Das Erwachsenwerden: Coming of age through the ages
back to teaching GER 201: Das Erwachsenwerden: Coming of age through the ages Moving beyond the focus on personal identity emphasized in German 101-102, German 201 at Emory is the first of the two-course sequence (201-202) that explores how various societal factors have affected German-speaking youths’ coming of age from the 19th century to the contemporary […]