Inhalt: This course is a special offer for international students who are interested in Regional and Urban Geography, and the local history of Bremen and Northwest Germany.

• Students understand the historical development of cities and the processes connecting historical events and urban development
• Students understand the basic ideas of (Regional) and Urban Geography and History as a university science
• Students understand the most important historical events that shaped today’s Germany
• Students are able to give presentations about topics that they researched on their own (about an excursion destination as well as a unique city quarter of Bremen

What we might describe as ‘disastrous water’ during extreme weather events are, e.g., river flooding due to heavy rain and flooding of coastal areas due to storms and hurricanes, but also water contamination and long periods of droughts that threaten access to drinking water. While the frequency and intensity with which such events occur has increased as part of the triple planetary crisis consisting of anthropogenic climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss, they have been part of North American history ever since. Using the example of hurricanes and floods at the US Gulf coast, students will analyze the representation and the cultural, political, social, and environmental implications of extreme water events in North America. As the study of literature, film, art, and media in this seminar will show, hurricane and flood narratives address natural disaster but also human and human-made issues, e.g., around race, class, and gender.
The class is open to B.A. E-SC students studying the D1b, D1c, WD1b, and WD1c modules as well as international exchange students and students doing ‘Freiwillige Zusatzleistungen,’ general studies, or ‘Ersatzleistungen.’ Prior enrolment via Stud.IP is mandatory and admission is limited to a maximum of thirty-five students. Further information will be made available on Stud.IP. Please check Stud.IP regularly for updates.
Requirements
• active participation in weekly in-person meetings,
• in-depth study of the primary and secondary material in preparation for each session,
• graded or ungraded assignment in accordance with the respective module requirements.

African American history is American history, the history of the transatlantic trade in enslaved people, of chattel slavery, the Deep South, and of liberation movements from abolitionism, Civil Rights and Black Power, to Black Feminism and Black Lives Matter. With Paul Gilroy, it is also part of the transatlantic history of the Black Atlantic as counterculture of modernity (1993). This seminar introduces students to the analysis of these histories and cultures through the study of literature and film, centering coastal Louisiana, Mississippi, and Florida.
This class is part of the two-part LINK module in the M.Ed. Englisch. In this class students study African American history and Black Atlantic culture from literary and cultural studies perspectives, while the course “Teaching Literature” by Matthias Myrczek explores corresponding teaching possibilities for the EFL classroom. Completing both classes is mandatory to receive credit for the LINK module (MPO 2023). Prior enrolment via Stud.IP is mandatory. Please check Stud.IP regularly for updates.
Requirements
• active participation in weekly in-person meetings,
• in-depth study of the primary and secondary material (including extensive weekly study and reading assignments) in preparation for each session,
• assignment in accordance with the module requirements.