In this course we will analyze systemic forms of violence and how they are linked to power relations. Focusing on racialized and gendered forms of violence in US history we will deal with theoretical approaches to violence and will examine photography, film and a variety of texts.
Essential readings will be available for download on Stud-IP.
Requirements:
Regular attendance and oral participation
In-depth knowledge of the reading material
Oral presentation and handout
Final paper (optional)

Please note that prior enrollment via Stud.IP is mandatory

This is course is a mixture between a lecture course and a regular class. Scholars and teachers both from FB 10 and from other universities will deliver lectures on various aspects of our general topic initiating a transdisciplinary discourse on "Gender - Culture - Feminism". In the sessions between the lectures we will discuss corresponding texts and resources to prepare ourselves for the diverse subject matters of the presentations and to critically reflect on their respective ideas and arguments.
Essential readings will be available for download on Stud-IP. You should also consult the 'Semesterapparat' (SuUB) for further readings.
Requirements:
• regular attendance and oral participation
• in-depth knowledge of the reading material
• oral presentation and handout
Please note that prior enrollment via Stud.IP is mandatory.

This course is designed to introduce students to critical scholarship on US-American film history and culture. Basic introductions to the analytical categories of race, class, gender, and sexuality will help students to analyze how films construct and limit representations of African-Americans, Native Americans, women and femininity, men and masculinity, sexuality, class struggle and class difference.
Our major textbook will be Benshoff and Griffin: America on film: Representing race, class, gender, and sexuality at the movies. (Purchase is is suggested.)
Essential readings from the textbook will be also available for download on Stud-IP. You should also consult the 'Semesterapparat' (SuUB) for further readings.
Requirements:
• regular attendance and oral participation
• in-depth knowledge of the reading material
• oral presentation and handout
Please note that prior enrollment via Stud.IP is mandatory.

"Im Kurs A3a erhalten die Studierenden Überblickswissen zu den sozialen, kulturellen, politischen und ökonomischen Entwicklungen im Verbreitungsgebiet der französischen Sprache bis zum Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts. Hierfür werden maßgebliche historische Quellen erarbeitet und wesentliche Fragestellungen hinsichtlich der kulturhistorischen Entwicklung v.a. Frankreichs, aber auch der Frankophonie diskutiert.