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CITIZENSHIP, BORDERS, AND SEXUALITY
Country
Germany
Host Institution
Humboldt University Berlin
Program(s)
Humboldt University Berlin
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Women’s & Gender Studies
Sociology
UCEAP Course Number
105
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
CITIZENSHIP, BORDERS, AND SEXUALITY
UCEAP Transcript Title
CTZNSHP BORDRS SEX
UCEAP Quarter Units
4.50
UCEAP Semester Units
3.00
Course Description
This course addresses the complex relationship between citizenship and sexuality by focusing on the historical debates of sexual citizenship studies with an emphasis on LGBTQ migrants. By incorporating the recent debates on borders and bordering, the course aims to develop a critical perspective on citizenship and the study of noncitizens. Students who finish this course have a theoretical understanding of specific readings in the literature of citizenship, migration, border studies with a focus on sexuality and gender.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
53124
Host Institution Course Title
CITIZENSHIP, BORDERS AND SEXUALITY
Host Institution Campus
KULTUR-, SOZIAL- UND BILDUNGSWISSENSCHAFTLICHE FAKULTÄT
Host Institution Faculty
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Host Institution Department
Sozialwissenschaften
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THEORIES OF COLLECTIVE AUTONOMY: DEMOCRACY, PEOPLE, NATION
Country
Germany
Host Institution
Humboldt University Berlin
Program(s)
Humboldt University Berlin
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Political Science
Philosophy
UCEAP Course Number
111
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
THEORIES OF COLLECTIVE AUTONOMY: DEMOCRACY, PEOPLE, NATION
UCEAP Transcript Title
DEMOCRY PEOPLE NATN
UCEAP Quarter Units
4.50
UCEAP Semester Units
3.00
Course Description
Modern societies are committed to the principle of collective autonomy: no longer bound to a transcendent authority, the citizens determine the political structure of their coexistence. But how is this subject of democracy to be understood? Who belongs to the people? Who does not? And on what ontological basis is there something like the "unity of a nation"? The seminar discusses these questions in dealing with the classics as well as newer texts in the field of democratic theory and history of ideas. In the process, students should pay attention to current challenges: how can we relate collective autonomy, understood as the sovereignty of a concrete people, to universal human rights? Are there any conceptions of “the people” that do not exclude “the foreigner”?
Language(s) of Instruction
German
Host Institution Course Number
51019
Host Institution Course Title
FIGUREN KOLLEKTIVER AUTONOMIE: DEMOKRATIE, VOLK, NATION
Host Institution Campus
PHILOSOPHISCHE FAKULTÄT
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Philosophie
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HISTORICAL APPROACHES TO RESEARCHING AND WRITING ABOUT CONSPIRACY THEORIES
Country
Germany
Host Institution
Humboldt University Berlin
Program(s)
Humboldt University Berlin
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
History
UCEAP Course Number
140
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
HISTORICAL APPROACHES TO RESEARCHING AND WRITING ABOUT CONSPIRACY THEORIES
UCEAP Transcript Title
CONSPIRACY THEORIES
UCEAP Quarter Units
4.50
UCEAP Semester Units
3.00
Course Description
This course examines and analyzes conspiracy theories that have had a major impact upon politics and society in Europe, the United States, and the world from 1890 to the present. Through readings of secondary sources, the course assesses how historians have approached, assessed, and contextualized such conspiracy narratives. Through readings of primary sources, the course analyzes why individuals spread conspiracy theories. What goals are they pursuing? With whom are they arguing, and whom or what do they seek to discredit? How has the spread of individual conspiracy theories affected politics, culture, and society?
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
51455
Host Institution Course Title
HISTORICAL APPROACHES TO RESEARCHING AND WRITING ABOUT CONSPIRACY THEORIES
Host Institution Campus
Host Institution Faculty
PHILOSOPHISCHE FAKULTÄT
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Geschichtswissenschaften
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URBAN THEORY
Country
Germany
Host Institution
Humboldt University Berlin
Program(s)
Humboldt University Berlin
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Urban Studies
Sociology
UCEAP Course Number
104
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
URBAN THEORY
UCEAP Transcript Title
URBAN THEORY
UCEAP Quarter Units
4.50
UCEAP Semester Units
3.00
Course Description
More than half of the world's population lives in cities and far more people depend on cities for their subsistence. The urban world has long stimulated sociologists and scholars from related disciplines to think about a large number of issues that constitute urban life or are constituted by urban settings. Some of these issues are typically urban, some of them merely highly visible in exaggerated forms in the city. Early sociologists saw cities as the ultimate expression of the anonymous industrial society where Gemeinschaft lost its meaning. So from the start, urban sociologists have linked capitalism, urbanism and modernity.
Language(s) of Instruction
German
Host Institution Course Number
53155
Host Institution Course Title
URBAN THEORY
Host Institution Campus
KULTUR-, SOZIAL- UND BILDUNGSWISSENSCHAFTLICHE FAKULTÄT
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Sozialwissenschaften
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THE NINETEENTH CENTURY: A THEMATIC OVERVIEW
Country
Germany
Host Institution
Humboldt University Berlin
Program(s)
Humboldt University Berlin
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
History
UCEAP Course Number
108
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
THE NINETEENTH CENTURY: A THEMATIC OVERVIEW
UCEAP Transcript Title
19TH CENTURY
UCEAP Quarter Units
4.50
UCEAP Semester Units
3.00
Course Description
The search for the origins of the modern world leads back to the nineteenth century. In addition, there are many parallels to the nineteenth century in the world of the twenty-first century. The lectures, planned thematically rather than strictly chronologically, center around the role of revolutions and emotions, monarchy and liberalism, religion and assassinations, gender relations and global historical contexts. Lines of continuity make clear that many phenomena (such as democracy or emancipation) of today are best understood if they are traced back to the nineteenth century. The course seeks to make this complex, evocative and contradictory century more familiar to all those interested, by constantly seeking out the connections and contrasts to the present.
Language(s) of Instruction
German
Host Institution Course Number
51403
Host Institution Course Title
DAS 19. JAHRHUNDERT. EINE EINFÜHRUNG
Host Institution Campus
PHILOSOPHISCHE FAKULTÄT
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Geschichtswissenschaften
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MakerMuseum -- Applied Collection Research Skills
Country
Germany
Host Institution
Humboldt University Berlin
Program(s)
Humboldt University Berlin
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
European Studies
Anthropology
UCEAP Course Number
106
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
MakerMuseum -- Applied Collection Research Skills
UCEAP Transcript Title
MUSEUM/RESEARCH
UCEAP Quarter Units
4.50
UCEAP Semester Units
3.00
Course Description
This course introduces students to applied collection research in a museum context. It focuses on collection research, including object-based methodologies, archival approaches, participant observation, material culture ethnography, and multispecies perspectives. Throughout, the emphasis is on linking theory with practice across a variety of object-based contexts, and encouraging students to think critically about individual and group contribution. Students learn about production processes to engage with the ethical and interpretative choices underpinning current museological practice, as well as to develop and defend their own curatorial decisions.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
51714
Host Institution Course Title
MakerMuseum -- Applied Collection Research Skills
Host Institution Campus
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Europäische Ethnologie
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THEORIES OF LANGUAGE CHANGE
Country
Germany
Host Institution
Humboldt University Berlin
Program(s)
Humboldt University Berlin
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Linguistics
German
UCEAP Course Number
101
UCEAP Course Suffix
B
UCEAP Official Title
THEORIES OF LANGUAGE CHANGE
UCEAP Transcript Title
THEORY LANG CHANGE
UCEAP Quarter Units
4.50
UCEAP Semester Units
3.00
Course Description
Within the framework of an academic conception of time, progression, and development, this course provides an overview of the development of various theories of language change and the history of language. Particular attention is paid to locating each major theory within shifting attitudes and focuses in the field of historical linguistics, as well as analyzing and categorizing each theory as it pertains to the methodologies used, the structural approaches, and philosophical conceptions of language.
Language(s) of Instruction
German
Host Institution Course Number
5220004
Host Institution Course Title
SPRACHWANDELTHEORIEN
Host Institution Campus
SPRACH- UND LITERATURWISSENSCHAFTLICHE FAKULTÄT
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Deutsche Sprache und Linguistik
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LABOR ECONOMICS
Country
Germany
Host Institution
Humboldt University Berlin
Program(s)
Humboldt University Berlin
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Economics
UCEAP Course Number
105
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
LABOR ECONOMICS
UCEAP Transcript Title
LABOR ECONOMICS
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.50
UCEAP Semester Units
3.70
Course Description
This course in labor economics requires principles in microeconomic theory and econometrics as prerequisites. The course discusses topics including theories of labor market behavior, and summarizing empirical evidence and illustrating the usefulness of the theory for public policy analysis. The first part of the course examines demand and supply in the labor market. The second part of the course explores topics including compensating wage differentials, investment in human capital, and the relationship between productivity and pay.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
70829
Host Institution Course Title
LABOUR ECONOMICS
Host Institution Campus
WIRTSCHAFTSWISSENSCHAFTLICHE FAKULTÄT
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche
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THE CINEMATIC REPRESENTATION OF BERLIN IN GERMAN AND TURKISH MIGRATION FILMS
Country
Germany
Host Institution
Humboldt University Berlin
Program(s)
Humboldt University Berlin
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
German
Film & Media Studies
UCEAP Course Number
118
UCEAP Course Suffix
A
UCEAP Official Title
THE CINEMATIC REPRESENTATION OF BERLIN IN GERMAN AND TURKISH MIGRATION FILMS
UCEAP Transcript Title
TURKSH MIGRANT FILM
UCEAP Quarter Units
4.50
UCEAP Semester Units
3.00
Course Description
This interdisciplinary course crosses and connects the academic fields of migration studies, film studies, and cultural studies. The first part of the course explores how the socio-political and socio-cultural phenomenon of Turkish immigration into Germany, immigrants, and diasporas are represented in German and Turkish cinema from the 1960s until the present. The second part of the course then gets more specific and approaches the representation of Berlin in these migration movies. In this course, students gain knowledge about film analysis, German immigration history, and theoretical concepts dealing with migration, diaspora, stereotype, culture, and identity. The labor migration from Turkey to Germany, which started in the mid-1960s, had an important socio-economic and socio-cultural impact on both countries' societies and influenced their film culture. German filmmakers began to feature the first guest workers' difficult lives in films such as Rainer Werner Fassbinder's KATZELMACHER (1969) and ANGST ESSEN SEELE AUF/FEAR EATS SOUL (1974). Later, German cinema began to cinematically capture the entire migrant family like in SHIRINS HOCHZEIT/SHIRIN'S WEDDING (1975, Helma Sanders-Brahms) and YASEMIN (1988, Hark Bohm). In the 1990s, second- and third-generation Turkish German directors such as Fatih Akin, Thomas Arslan, Ayse Polat, Yüksel Yavuz, and Aysun Bademsoy marked the end of the so-called guest worker cinema (Gastarbeiterkino) of the 1970s and 1980s and started to create a transnational and diasporic cinema featuring a culturally hybrid Germany. Turkish cinema dealt with this migration phenomenon even in more than 60 films alone between 1960s and 1990s. Berlin (especially Kreuzberg) has always been one of the favorite settings in all of these migration movies. The transformation of Berlin's first guest worker ghettos to culturally hybrid urban districts over the course of 60 years is very well reflected in all of these cinema cultures.
Language(s) of Instruction
Host Institution Course Number
2181314
Host Institution Course Title
THE CINEMATIC REPRESENTATION OF BERLIN IN GERMAN AND TURKISH MIGRATION FILMS
Host Institution Campus
Bologna.lab
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Berlin Perspectives
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Advanced Spanish: Ciudad Juárez, final station: Femicide, machismo, economy, and drug trafficking
Country
Germany
Host Institution
Humboldt University Berlin
Program(s)
Humboldt University Berlin
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Spanish
Latin American Studies
UCEAP Course Number
130
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
Advanced Spanish: Ciudad Juárez, final station: Femicide, machismo, economy, and drug trafficking
UCEAP Transcript Title
ADV SPAN: CI JUAREZ
UCEAP Quarter Units
4.50
UCEAP Semester Units
3.00
Course Description
Since January 1993, Ciudad Juárez has stood out for the high number of murdered women. It is at the beginning of this decade and in this city that the term "femicide" is generated: the violent death of women due to machismo or misogyny. Through different texts and media students investigate different aspects of this issue, as well as terminology, machismo, the economy, and drug trafficking in Mexico.
Language(s) of Instruction
Spanish
Host Institution Course Number
91441
Host Institution Course Title
Spanisch UNIcert III C1: Ciudad Juárez
Host Institution Campus
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Sprachenzentrum