| Special Programs (June 25 - September 14, 2012; spans Summer Sessions I & II) View Course Description |
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| Course | Title | Units | CRN | Days/Times | Location | Instructor |
| GER 001A | Intensive Elementary German | 15 | 60149 | MTWRF 12:10-02:40 | 144 Olson |
| Session I (June 25 - August 3, 2012) View Course Description |
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| Course | Title | Units | CRN | Days/Times | Location | Instructor |
| GER 112 (2) |
Terrorism in 20th Century Germany |
4 |
53236 |
MWF 10:00-11:40 |
101 Wellman |
Sascha Gerhards |
| Session II (Aug 6 - Sept 14, 2012) View Course Description |
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| Course | Title | Units | CRN | Days/Times | Location | Instructor |
| GER 40 | German Short Stories (cancelled) | 4 | 73615 | TR 11:00-01:30 | 1134 Bainer | Jernigan, Harriett |
German 112 (1) Women and National Socialism (4 Units)
Verena Hutter (MWF 12:10-1:50, 217 Olson) CRN 53212
Even though Nazi ideology relegated women to the home, some women gained great influence and power during the Third Reich: Leni Riefenstahl, “Hitler’s filmmaker,” Magda Goebbels, wife of the Minister of Propaganda and the unofficial “First Lady,” and Ilse Koch, the “Bitch of Buchenwald.” This course investigates the motivations of these women (why did they join the Nazis?) and the contradictions between Nazi ideology and lived reality. We will also take a look at women in the resistance movement, including Marlene Dietrich, who joined the American Forces, and young Sophie Scholl, who was executed at age 22 for distributing anti-Nazi flyers. Material to be discussed in class includes excerpts from autobiographies, Nazi propaganda, and film.
FLYER [pdf]
German 112 (2) Terrorism in 20th Century Germany (4 Units)
Sascha Gerhards (MWF 10:00-11:40, 101 Wellman) CRN 53236
Since the end of WWII, Germany has faced a series of terrorist attacks that triggered a social discourse on terrorism and guerilla actions. Be it the leftwing terrorist attacks of the RAF (Rote Armee Fraktion) in the 1970s and 80s, the attempted attacks of Islamist religious fanatics after 9/11, or the recently uncovered Neo-Nazi terrorist cell NSU (Zwickauer Zelle, Nationalsozialistischer Untergrund), terrorism in its various forms has affected political and social life in post-1945 Germany. This course investigates the discourse on terrorism as presented in documentary and fictional films, as well as in selected texts dealing with the phenomenon. The list of films shown in class includes but is not limited to The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008), The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (1975), The State I Am In (2000), and Germany in Autumn (1978).
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German 40: German Short Stories (4 Units)
Harriett Jernigan, Professor (TR 11:00-1:30, 1134 Bainer) CRN 73615
Description - TBA
Prerequisite: