Universität Wien

210144 SE M10 b: Culture and Politics (2012S)

8.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 21 - Politikwissenschaft
Continuous assessment of course work

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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.

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

Association in the course directory

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