210144 SE M10 b: Culture and Politics (2012S)
Continuous assessment of course work
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Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Fr 17.02.2012 08:00 to Mo 27.02.2012 22:00
- Registration is open from Th 01.03.2012 08:00 to Su 04.03.2012 22:00
- Deregistration possible until Su 01.04.2012 22:00
Details
max. 40 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Wednesday
14.03.
20:00 - 21:30
Hörsaal 16 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 5
Wednesday
21.03.
20:00 - 21:30
Hörsaal 16 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 5
Wednesday
28.03.
20:00 - 21:45
Hörsaal 16 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 5
Wednesday
18.04.
20:00 - 21:30
Hörsaal 16 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 5
Wednesday
25.04.
20:00 - 21:30
Hörsaal 16 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 5
Wednesday
02.05.
20:00 - 21:30
Hörsaal 16 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 5
Wednesday
09.05.
20:00 - 21:30
Hörsaal 16 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 5
Wednesday
16.05.
20:00 - 21:30
Hörsaal 16 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 5
Wednesday
23.05.
20:00 - 21:30
Hörsaal 16 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 5
Wednesday
30.05.
20:00 - 21:30
Hörsaal 16 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 5
Wednesday
06.06.
20:00 - 21:30
Hörsaal 16 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 5
Wednesday
13.06.
20:00 - 21:30
Prominentenzimmer Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Hof 4
Wednesday
20.06.
20:00 - 21:25
Hörsaal 16 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 5
Wednesday
27.06.
20:00 - 21:30
Hörsaal 16 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 5
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
This course addresses issues such as: key concepts of politics of history, remembrance and the past; significance of collective memory in nation-states; transnationalisation and Europeanisation of politics of remembrance; transformation of remembrance due to migration; impact of social media and transnational public spheres on remembrance; prominence of Holocaust remembrance; memory conflicts in Western and Eastern Europe; expansion to other genocides and crimes against humanity.
Assessment and permitted materials
Essential readings and discussion thereof in class;
compulsory weekly Moodle question (20 per cent of the final grade);
presentation of proposal (20 per cent of the final grade);
submission of final paper by 31 October 2012 (60 per cent of the final grade);
no extension of deadline;
written feedback by the course teacher;
participants have to enrol in the corresponding Moodle course prior to the first session.
compulsory weekly Moodle question (20 per cent of the final grade);
presentation of proposal (20 per cent of the final grade);
submission of final paper by 31 October 2012 (60 per cent of the final grade);
no extension of deadline;
written feedback by the course teacher;
participants have to enrol in the corresponding Moodle course prior to the first session.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Ability to theoretically and conceptually analyse politics of remembrance beyond the nation-state; scrutinising the course topics in a diverse study environment; building and properly presenting one's evidence-based arguments rather than 'hiding' behind other authors; devising a succinct research question and a corresponding research proposal for the final paper; exposure to the mechanisms of peer review; thorough guidelines for academic writing; no knowledge of German required.
Examination topics
Up to three weekly readings to be prepared prior to the respective session; brief introduction by the lecturer; group and plenary discussions (minutes uploaded to Moodle); presentation and peer-review of proposals for the final paper; individual coaching by the lecturer during the research process and composition of the final paper.
Reading list
Assmann, A. & Conrad, S. (Eds.), Memory in a Global Age: Discourses, Practices and Trajectories, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan 2010
Blaive, M. et al. (Eds.), Clashes in European Memory: The Case of Communist Repression and the Holocaust, Innsbruck et al.: Studienverlag 2011
Kübler, Elisabeth(2012), Europäische Erinnerungspolitik: Der Europarat und die Erinnerung an den Holocaust, Bielefeld: Transcript [forthcoming]
Pakier, M. & Stråth, B. (Eds.), A European Memory? Contested Histories and Politics of Remembrance, New York & Oxford 2010
Blaive, M. et al. (Eds.), Clashes in European Memory: The Case of Communist Repression and the Holocaust, Innsbruck et al.: Studienverlag 2011
Kübler, Elisabeth(2012), Europäische Erinnerungspolitik: Der Europarat und die Erinnerung an den Holocaust, Bielefeld: Transcript [forthcoming]
Pakier, M. & Stråth, B. (Eds.), A European Memory? Contested Histories and Politics of Remembrance, New York & Oxford 2010
Association in the course directory
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