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Three principle sources of the twentieth (and now twenty-first) century: the insistence on an ultimate convergence of (revolutionary) theory and practice; the phenomenon of nihilism and the challenge of overcoming it; the exploration of the hidden foundations of the self and of culture. A critical examination and assessment of the thought of Marx, Nietzsche, and Freud
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Key texts (literary, philosophical, and political) from the Enlightenment (18th cent.); periods of emancipation and assimilation, and rising political anti-Semitism (19th cent.); as well as Weimar, Nazi, and postwar periods (20th cent). Authors include Moses Mendelssohn, Lessing, Franzos, Droste-Hülshoff, Marx, Schnitzler, as well as contemporaries such as Korn, Broder, and Biller. Taught in English. Instructor: Donahue
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The ways in which official German culture comes to terms with its Nazi past. Background reading in history and politics; primary focus on films, dramas, novels, and poetry, as well as public memorials, monuments, and museums. Authors treated include: Wolfgang Borchert, Rolf Hochhuth, Peter Weiss, Ruth Klüger. Taught in English. Instructor: Donahue
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Cinematic (film and television) responses to the terror that plagued Germany in the 1970s and 1980s. Red Army Faction (RAF)and other violent groups of extreme left compared with contemporaneous groups in the United States (e.g., Black Panthers) as well as terror at present. How German culture imagines, explains, and remembers terror perpetrated by its own citizens. Taught in English. Instructor: Donahue
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Individual non-research directed study in a field of special interest on a previously approved topic, under the supervision of a faculty member, resulting in an academic and/or artistic product. Open only to qualified juniors and seniors by consent of instructor and director of undergraduate studies. Instructor: Donahue, Morton, Norberg, Rasmussen, or Walther
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Individual research in a field of special interest under the supervision of a faculty member, the central goal of which is a substantive paper or written report containing significant analysis and interpretation of a previously approved topic. Open only to qualified juniors and seniors by consent of instructor and director of undergraduate studies. Instructor: Donahue, Morton, Norberg, Rasmussen, or Walther
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Introduction to the visual arts of Germany from the fifteenth to the twentieth century through lectures conducted in Berlin's museums and cultural institutions. German Old Masters, German Romantic and Realist artists, Modernist art movements, such as Expressionism and New Objectivity, considered in relation to upheavals in modern German history. Taught in English in the Duke-in-Berlin summer program. Instructor: Staff
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How Berlin remembers its famous and infamous past since the Second World War. Efficacy of public memorials, monuments, museums and manifestos in context of history of Cold War and post-Wall Berlin. How "official" history is constructed, celebrated, contested, re-written -- and not infrequently, simply ignored. Excursions to historical sites. Offered in English in the Duke-in-Berlin summer program. Instructor: Staff
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Overview of German Jewish history and culture, sampling documents, literature, and art from the Enlightenment to the present day. Excursions to Berlin sites, including the Berlin Jewish Museum, Sachsenhausen concentration camp, and the Grünewald Deportation Memorial. Meetings with Jewish cultural leaders and attendance at a service at one of the Berlin synagogues. Taught in English only in the Duke Summer in Berlin program. Instructor: Donahue
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Aspects of German culture and civilization. Topics vary. Taught in English.Instructor: Staff
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