Veranstaltungsverzeichnis

Lehrveranstaltungen WiSe 2023/2024

Geschichte, B.A./LA

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Bachelor

HIS 6 Theorien und Methoden historischen Arbeitens

Modulverantwortliche: Prof. Dr. Susanne Schattenberg
(VF, PF, KF) 9 CP
Zu belegen sind zwei der angebotenen Seminare.
VAKTitel der VeranstaltungDozentIn
08-28-HIS-7.5.2Körper, Differenz, Gesellschaft im Mittelalter (in englischer Sprache)
Body, difference, society in the Middle Ages

Seminar

Termine:
wöchentlich Di 14:00 - 16:00 FVG O0150 (Seminarraum)
Prof. Dr. Cordula Nolte
08-M27-1-PG-A1-1Introduction to European Prehistoric Archaeology (in englischer Sprache)
Einführung in die Prähistorische Archäologie von Europa

Vorlesung
ECTS: 3

Termine:
wöchentlich Do 16:00 - 18:00 GW2 B1170 (2 SWS)
Prof. Dr. Uta Halle
08-M27-1-PG-A1-2Methods of European Prehistoric Archaeology (in englischer Sprache)
Methoden der Prähistorischen Archäologie in Europa

Übung
ECTS: 6

Blockveranstaltung

Prof. Dr. Uta Halle

WAHLPFLICHTBEREICH II (GENERAL STUDIES)

VAKTitel der VeranstaltungDozentIn
09-GS-03-08The American Press and the Holocaust, 1933-1945 (in englischer Sprache)

Seminar
ECTS: 3

Einzeltermine:
Fr 10.11.23 10:00 - 14:00 SuUB 4330 (Studio I Medienraum )
Fr 17.11.23 10:00 - 14:00 SuUB 4330 (Studio I Medienraum )
Fr 24.11.23 10:00 - 14:00 SuUB 4330 (Studio I Medienraum )
Fr 01.12.23 10:00 - 14:00 SuUB 4330 (Studio I Medienraum )
Fr 08.12.23 10:00 - 14:00 SuUB 4330 (Studio I Medienraum )
Fr 15.12.23 10:00 - 14:00 SuUB 4330 (Studio I Medienraum )

American newspapers reported extensively about Hitler and the Nazi regime's brutal
treatment of Jews and political opponents. In 1933 alone, the United States boasted over
2,000 daily newspapers, and the majority of American households read one. However, the
press coverage of the Holocaust has been criticised by historians who argued that the
American press failed to adequately highlight the dimension and radical nature of Nazi Jew-
hatred and to rouse public opinion in favour of the persecuted Jews. Laurel Leff, studying the
New York Times, wrote that the “Final Solution” was hidden from readers on the inside pages
and, in view of the newspaper’s influence on other media, from the American public at large.
This seminar will explore how American newspapers responded to the Holocaust, what the
public could know about the systematic persecution and extermination of the Jews, and why
the press failed to communicate the distinctiveness of the Nazi plan to wipe out the Jews as a
people. We will not only study key texts of the historiography, but also watch the 2022
documentary film by Ken Burns, “The U.S. and the Holocaust”. Moreover, we will explore
primary source materials researched in digitised newspaper archives.

Content note: The content and discussion in this seminar (and in particular the six-hour
documentary film) will necessarily engage with antisemitism, racism, and graphic violence.

Course Requirements

This class is taught in English.
Come to each class and be an active participant by completing readings before class and
taking part in discussions.
A detailed syllabus and course assignment sheets will be made available through Stud.IP
before the start of the seminar, but here is an overview of the mandatory work for the course:

  • Viewing and discussion of the 3 parts of Ken Burns’ documentary “The
U.S. and the Holocaust” (2022) in class;
  • Reading of secondary literature and primary sources;
  • An oral presentation on a topic related to the class;
  • Research assignment: research in digital newspaper archives and
presentation/discussion of the findings in class;
  • All assigned work is ungraded (unless otherwise agreed) and must be
completed to pass the course.

Dr. Stephanie Seul