GER X82N GER 382N Topics in Intellectual History 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
An interdisciplinary investigation of the significance of ideological structures of thought in historical contexts. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
Topic 1: French-German Philosophy and Theory. Explore core philosophical texts from the nineteenth and twentieth century that ground post-World War II French post-structuralism. Only one of the following may be counted: French 391K (Topic 10), German 382N (Topic 1), Philosophy 380N. Same as: FR 391K.10, PHL 380N Additional prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Topic 2: Culture, Technology, and Techniques. Explore the cultures of technology and how tech influences the production and reproduction of cultures. Additional prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Topic 3: German Origins of Modern Humanities Research. Explore the history of and approaches to research projects and priorities in contemporary cultural and literary studies, including research design. Additional prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Topic 4: Memory and Trauma. Examine and apply current theories in memory and trauma studies used in cultural studies. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 381 (Topic: Memory and Trauma), German 382N (Topic: Memory and Trauma), 382N (Topic 4), Women's and Gender Studies 393 (Topic: Memory and Trauma). Additional prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Topic 5: German and European Models of Power and Governmentality. Examine twentieth-century models of power, governmentality, and law from Germany and Europe. Additional prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Topic 6: Digital Mapping of Cultural Networks. Examine how humanities has mapped cultural, literary, and inter/intratextual networks from the eighteenth century through current digital art and literature. Additional prerequisite: Graduate standing.