COURSE DETAIL
CULTURAL HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY
Country
Germany
Host Institution
Humboldt University Berlin
Program(s)
Humboldt University Berlin
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
History
Anthropology
UCEAP Course Number
123
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
CULTURAL HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY
UCEAP Transcript Title
CULTR HIST ASTRONMY
UCEAP Quarter Units
4.50
UCEAP Semester Units
3.00
Course Description
The seminar uses the example of astronomy to explore the question of whether and how vision and evidence interact with astronomical modeling. Does what we see depend on the particular cosmology? The aim is to discuss this question across epochs and to analyze it from prehistoric, Mesopotamian, ancient, and Islamic astronomy to the Renaissance and early modern times to modern times.
Language(s) of Instruction
German
Host Institution Course Number
532874Ü
Host Institution Course Title
KULTURGESCHICHTE DER STERNKUNDE
Host Institution Campus
KULTUR-, SOZIAL- UND BILDUNGSWISSENSCHAFTLICHE FAKULTÄT
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Kulturwissenschaft
COURSE DETAIL
RUSSIA IN WAR, TURMOIL, AND REVOLUTION, 1902 TO 1922
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
169
UCEAP Course Suffix
C
UCEAP Official Title
RUSSIA IN WAR, TURMOIL, AND REVOLUTION, 1902 TO 1922
UCEAP Transcript Title
RUSSIA IN WAR&TURML
UCEAP Quarter Units
4.50
UCEAP Semester Units
3.00
Course Description
There was no more world-changing event of the twentieth century than the Russian Revolution of 1917. It laid low the world's biggest Empire and brought to power revolutionaries--the Bolsheviks--determined to transform their country and the world. Guided by the political philosophy of Karl Marx, the Bolshevik leaders nationalized all businesses, real estate, landed property, and financial assets. They repudiated traditional diplomacy and what they called "imperialist war." They worked to abolish the free market and money. They legalized abortion, simplified divorce, and appointed the world's first female ambassador and cabinet minister. They also launched a crusade against world capitalism.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
51400
Host Institution Course Title
RUSSIA IN WAR, TURMOIL, AND REVOLUTION, 1902 TO 1922
Host Institution Campus
Host Institution Faculty
PHILOSOPHISCHE FAKULTÄT
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Geschichtswissenschaften
COURSE DETAIL
ETHNOGRAPHIES OF BERLIN I
Country
Germany
Host Institution
Humboldt University Berlin
Program(s)
Humboldt University Berlin
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Anthropology
UCEAP Course Number
108
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
ETHNOGRAPHIES OF BERLIN I
UCEAP Transcript Title
ETHNOGRPHY BERLIN I
UCEAP Quarter Units
4.50
UCEAP Semester Units
3.00
Course Description
In this course students read a full ethnography such as BELONGING IN TWO BERLINS by John Borneman. Students then do an ethnographically grounded research project in contemporary Berlin. Finally, the research is developed into a strong data driven argument. Attention is then paid to anthropological research methods, ethnographic writing as a scholarly genre, and to the city as a lively, deeply historical place.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
51709
Host Institution Course Title
ETHNOGRAPHIES OF BERLIN I: READING, WRITING, DOING
Host Institution Campus
PHILOSOPHISCHE FAKULTÄT
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Europäische Ethnologie