Universität Wien

480098 KO Colloquium on Literature and Cultural Studies (2025W)

Memory Film

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 48 - Slawistik
Continuous assessment of course work
Moodle
Fr 21.11. 16:45-18:15 Seminarraum 4 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2R-EG-45

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).

Details

max. 25 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Das Master-Konversatorium kann bei Bedarf als Master-Seminar (unter Zusatzleistungen) in der Slawistik angerechnet werden. Bitte dazu bei miranda.jakisa@univie.ac.at melden.

  • Thursday 06.11. 16:45 - 18:15 Besprechungsraum Slawistik Unicampus Hof 3 2R-EG-40
  • Thursday 06.11. 18:30 - 20:00 Besprechungsraum Slawistik Unicampus Hof 3 2R-EG-40
  • Friday 07.11. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 4 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2R-EG-45
  • Friday 07.11. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum 4 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2R-EG-45
  • Friday 21.11. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum 4 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2R-EG-45
  • Saturday 22.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 4 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2R-EG-45
  • Saturday 22.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 4 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2R-EG-45
  • Friday 16.01. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 4 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2R-EG-45
  • Friday 16.01. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum 4 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2R-EG-45
  • Saturday 17.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 4 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2R-EG-45
  • Saturday 17.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 4 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2R-EG-45
  • Saturday 17.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 4 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2R-EG-45

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Film has a powerful ability to depict, interpret, and disseminate the past. Astrid Erll's specifically coined term "memory film" illustrates that film is internationally a leading medium for memory culture. Memory films serve as "identity-stabilizing long-term communication" (A. Assmann) and shape historical images across entire generations and regions.
In the South Slavic region, film played a central role in Titoist Yugoslavia in constructing a viable historical narrative, particularly regarding World War II. Yugoslavia's successor states also repeatedly and prominently address historical-political processes (e.g., the wars of YU disintegration, the post-socialist transformation, etc) in and through film. In this course, Bulgarian, Bosnian, Croatian, Macedonian, Montenegrin, Serbian, and Slovenian memory films will be subjected to a film-immanent and contextual analysis to capture their memory cultural potential. The films will be selected jointly in the seminar, participants are encouraged to contribute their own expertise and interests.

Assessment and permitted materials

-active participation and discussion
-oral presentation: film analysis
-final paper: film analysis (in steps via moodle course)
-deadline: 31.01.2026

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

see German version

Examination topics

see German version

Reading list

provided in seminar (moodle course)
recommended reading: Astrid Erll/Stephanie Wodianka (Hg.): Film und kulturelle Erinnerung. Plurimediale Konstellationen. Berlin 2008.

Association in the course directory

M.4.3.B, M.5.2.B, M.4.3.K, M.5.2.K, M.4.3.S, M.5.2.S

Last modified: We 05.11.2025 15:07