West European Studies | Special Topics in W Eur Studies - Dutch Film and Literature WWII
W405/W605 | 26206 | Ham, E.
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Class session: 3:35P - 5:30P TR 3 cr. (Fall 2007)
Film Showing: 7:15P - 9:15P W
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Above class carries Culture Studies credit
Above class meets second eight weeks only
Above class meets with WEUR-W605 and GER-N350

Taught in English; no prerequisites. Course open to graduates and undergraduates.

For those seeking to understand the Netherlands, national taboos and obsessions are a good place to start. These can best be gleaned from Dutch literature, especially when you look at two themes that have generally been dominant for the last 60 years: the relationship with
the (former) East Indian colony and the Second World War. This course tries to give an idea why the war in Europe and Asia remain important in Dutch literature for that long. The main focus will be on The Netherlands, but we will look at parallels in other West European
countries also.

The course begins with an outline of the war, in Western Europe, more specifically in The Netherlands, and in the former Dutch East Indies. Three Dutch novels will be read and abstracts from other books. Furthermore, we will look critically at many films, the most well
known war movie from The Netherlands as well as some other films, made in Europe.

Grading will entail: a couple of position papers, a final paper and a final.

Texts:
1.) Harry Mulisch, The assault (Publisher: Pantheon Books, ISBN 0394744209)
2.) Jeroen Brouwers, Sunken Red (Publisher: New Amsterdam Books, ISBN 0-941533-19-0)
3.) G. Durlacher, Stripes in the sky (Publisher: Serpent’s tail, ISBN1-85242 202-5
4.) Reader
5.) eInstruction clicker (ISBN 1881483717) and activation code (ISBN 1881483045)

Additional readings will be made available through handouts.

West European Studies | Select Topics in W Eur Studies - Europe in 20th Cent I
W605 | 23838 | Roos, J
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4:00P - 6:00P R 4 cr. (Fall 2007)
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above class meets with HIST-H620

Maybe more so than anywhere else, the twentieth century was a time of extreme contrasts for European civilization. Two world wars, the rise of fascism and Stalinism, and large-scale genocide mark the dark sides of Europe’s twentieth century. Yet, the twentieth century
also witnessed major advancements in European democracy. It brought the downfall of property and gender-based suffrage restrictions and the emergence of welfare states aimed at alleviating the social inequalities and hardships of the capitalist market. In the decades
after 1945, stable parliamentary governments increasingly prevailed in Western Europe, and by the end of the 1980s, largely peaceful revolutions had swept away Eastern Europe’s repressive state- socialist regimes. This class will focus on the complexities and contradictions of European history between 1900 and 2000; we will also ask to what extent the weaknesses of European democracy have been overcome successfully in recent decades. What have Europeans learned from the disasters of the twentieth century, and what are the prospects for a transnational European identity? The readings draw on a broad range of analytical approaches and include national case studies as well as comparative works. Some of the books we will read include Mark Mazower, "Dark Continent:Europe’s Twentieth
Century"; Modris Eksteins, "Rites of Spring: The Great War and the Birth of the Modern Age"; Michael Mann, "Fascists"; Detlev J. K. Peukert, "Inside Nazi Germany: Conformity, Opposition, and Racism in Everyday Life"; and Tony Judd, "Postwar:A History of Europe since 1945."

Requirements: Two 4-6 page book reviews, weekly reaction papers, and one 15-20 page essay due at the end of the semester.

Europe in the 19th Century
W605 | 26516 | Ipsen, C
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6:00P-8:00P M BH335 3 cr. (Fall 2006)
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Class meets with HIST-H620; open to graduates only

This course will explore the major issues in the history of 19th-c. Western Europe including revolutions, political and industrial; a couple of wars; the rise of mass politics; nationalism, liberalism, socialism and other isms; evolving issues of class and gender; imperialism; cultural/intellectual developments especially in relation to the social sciences and religion. We will look at both traditional and more recent treatments.

West European Studies | Select Topics in West European Studies: German Cultural Studies
W605 | 26342 | Robinson, B
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4:00P-5:15P TR 3 cr. (Spring 2007)
Obtain on-line authorization from department
Section meets with GER-G564

Everything flows and nothing stands still. –Heraclitus
What exists is now, all at once, one and continuous... all is full of what is. —Parmenides

If we are comfortable with a notion of historical progress at all, we tend to enjoy it more in our philosophical and political reflections than in our lyrical and narrative art. Why should that
be the case? Why can we read about progress in Kant, Hegel or Marx without embarrassment, while we couldn’t bear its piety in Rilke, Musil, or even Brecht? On the other hand, when we take up a book of poetry, we are ready to enjoy a certain quiet intimacy with things that is hard to make sense of in our moral and historical philosophy. The course will try to understand this relationship between the satisfactions of progress and those of stasis by
analyzing examples of representational art through the lens of philosophy. Through a close readings of texts and films, the course introduces us to one of the main dilemmas of twentieth century intellectual culture: should human experience be characterized
primarily by its relationship to things or to changes? Moreover, are things substantial presences or disruptive impositions and is change marked by steady intentions or accidental catastrophes?Many influential philosophical gestures of the 20th century— vitalism, existentialism, surrealism, post-structuralism—were involved with repudiating the all-devouring dialectics of Hegel, where the movement of absolute knowledge incorporated all eruptions
of difference. Stillness, fragmentation, and ecstasy were opposed to structure and system. The things themselves were opposed to propositions about them. Instead of the law, the modernist focus switched to the event, instead of the whole, the focus was on the part. Here we are concerned with finding the vivid aesthetic experiences that these philosophical conflicts are trying to grapple with. Beginning with some philosophical touchstones in Kant and Hegel, we read excerpts about progress, perception and things. We then turn to poetry by Ovid, Lasker-Schüler, Rilke and Benn and reportage by Kisch to see how they make the philosophical issues palpable. We learn to use such tools of literary analysis as the metaphor/metonymy and mimesis/poiesis distinctions and semiotic concepts like index, icon and symbol. Simmel, Lukács, Benjamin and Heidegger then lead us to consider very distinct notions of progress and things. All the while we take our sweet time reading works by Einstein, Musil, Brecht, Jünger, Rolf Dieter Brinkmann and Thomas Bernhard. Reinforcing the questions posed by this reading, we consider a series of films from Walter Ruttmann to Harun Farocki and Jürgen Bötcher.

Taken together, these aesthetic works do not share a theme, they are not about any one thing in particular, but they do concern things and parts. Is that ok? Is their concern justified or is it somehow fetishism, escape or resignation in the face of a greater reality? Is it delectating in miniatures while one totalitarianism or another is on the march? If we find enjoyment in the aesthetic signification of presence and absence, change and identity, are we merely contenting ourselves with artistic representations or are we establishing a true relationship with the way our world really is?

Reading:

Ovid, from Metamorphoses (Reader)
Kisch, from Marktplatz der Sensationen (Reader)
Hoffmansthal, “Ein Brief…” (Lord Chandos) (Reader) (+)
Jünger, from Der Kampf als inneres Erlebnis (Reader)
Musil, “Tonka,” from Drei Frauen (ISBN: 3499100649) Rowohlt (+)
Rilke, Malte Laurids Brigge (ISBN: 3518188178) Suhrkamp—any edition is fine (+)
Einstein, Bebuquin (ISBN: 3150080576) Reclam (+)
Else Lasker-Schüler, Gedichte 1902-1943 (ISBN: 3518392905) Suhrkamp (+)
Gottfried Benn, Gedichte (ISBN: 3150084806) Reclam (+)
Bertolt Brecht, Die Maßnahme (ISBN: 3518120581) Suhrkamp—any edition is fine (+)
Rolf Dieter Brinkmann, Künstliches Licht. Lyrik und Prosa (ISBN: 3150093112) Reclam
Thomas Bernhard, Ja (ISBN: 3518380079) Suhrkamp

The following texts are all in the reader or on-line:

Kant, “Erneuerte Frage: Ob das menschliche Geschlecht im beständigen Fortschreiten zum Besseren sei,” from Der Streit der Fakultäten
Kant, “Idee zu einer allgemeinen Geschichte in weltbürgerlicher Absicht”
Hegel, “Die Wahrnehmung; oder das Ding, und die Täuschung,” from Phänomenologie des Geistes
Leopold von Ranke, “Wie der Begriff ‘Fortschritt’ in der Geschichte aufzufassen sei”
Georg Lukács, excerpts from “Die Verdinglichung und das Bewusstsein des Proletariats”
Benjamin, “Über den Begriff der Geschichte;” “Erkenntnistheoretisches, Theorie des Fortschritts,” from Passagen-Werk (+)
Simmel, “Die Großstädte und das Geistesleben” (+)
Rosalind Krauss, “Notes on the Index: Seventies Art in America”
Peirce, “What is a Sign”
Heidegger, “Das Ding,” from Vorträge und Aufsätze (+)

Films:
Walter Ruttmann, Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Großstadt (1927) (+)
Chris Marker, La Jetée (1962)
Andrei Tarkovski, The Mirror (1975)
Charles and Ray Eames, Powers of 10 (1977)
Harun Farocki, Bilder der Welt und Inschrift des Krieges (1988) (+)
Jürgen Bötcher, Die Mauer (1990) (+)

West European Studies | Select Topics in West European Studies: Globalization and Jewish History
W605 | 26341 | Lehmann, M
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4:ooP-6:00P R 4 cr. (Spring 2007)
ABOVE CLASS OPEN TO GRADUATES ONLY
ABOVE CLASS MEETS WITH HIST-H 720 AND HIST-H720

This course will explore approaches to Jewish history beyond the confines of the nation-state, which has long dominated writing on modern Jewish history, and will focus on the “transnational” dimensions of Jewish historiography. Issues will include trading networks in the early modern period; notions and experiences of diaspora; Jewish history in the age of Empire; migrations and global networks in the twentieth century; Orientalism and the Jews; Jewish identities between religion, ethnicity, and nationalism; and the impact of postcolonial studies on Jewish historiography. There will be several short papers, oral presentations, and a final essay.

Golden Age of Dutch Culture
W406/W605 | 27242 | Ham, E.
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2:30P-3:45P MTWR BH244 1-3 cr. (Fall 2006)
Obtain on-line auth from department
Class carries Culture Studies credit
Class meets with GER-N450 and WEUR-W605
2nd 8-week course

Taught in English; no prerequisites. Course open to graduates and undergraduates.

When the British wrested New Amsterdam from the Dutch in 1664, the truth about its thriving, polyglot society began to disappear into myths about an island purchased for 24 dollars and a cartoonish peg- legged governor. The Dutch colony pre-dated the “original” thirteen colonies, yet it seems strikingly familiar. Its capital was cosmopolitan and multi-ethnic, and its citizens valued free trade, individual rights, and religious freedom. That is the way how the Dutch-American link started.

In this course, we will start at the beginning of the 17th century, find out what happened to the Dutch colony and how the relationship between the two countries developed until the year 2006.

Grading will entail: several writing assignments, a paper and a final.

Class participation is a requirement for successful completion of the course; therefore it also covers a solid part of the grade.

Texts:
Russell Shorto, The island at the center of the world, Vintage books, 2004, ISBN 1-4000-7867-9
Reader

Spec Topics in West Euro Studies: Golden Age of Dutch Culture
W406 | 28051 | Ham, E
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2:30-4:30 PM TR 3 cr. (Spring 2008)
"Daily life through the eyes of painters and writers."
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Above class meets SECOND EIGHT WEEKS ONLY
Above class satisfies Culture Credit
Above class meets with GER-N450 and WEUR-W605
Taught in English; no prerequisites.
Course open to graduates and undergraduates.

The Dutch Golden Age was one of the most spectacular creative periods in the history of the world. It was the time of Rembrandt, Vermeer, Spinoza, Grotius, and the Dutch Republic as it was called at the time,hosted many other renowned artists. It also had an immense impact on global commerce, finance, shipping and technology.

In the first part of the course, we will briefly look at The Netherlands, the rise of the so-called Dutch Republic; their mentalityand culture in particular.
The second and larger part of this course will go deeper into all aspects of the Dutch culture. Special attention will be given to Vermeer, Steen, Rembrandt, Bredero, Vondel and Cats.

All literature will be read in English and the course will be conducted in English.

The course grade will be based on the following criteria: a paper, a final exam, class attendance, clicker questions and participation in class discussions.

Required texts:
* Reader
* eInstruction responsepad (clicker) 1881483717
* eInstruction activation code 1881483045

History and Psychoanalysis
W605 | 25057 | Spang
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(Spring 2008)
A portion of the above class reserved for majors
Above class open to graduates only
Above class meets with WEUR-W605

Often cited as a key figure in modern Western thought, Sigmund Freud remains as controversial a figure today as he was a century ago. Discoverer of a new science, founder of a new discourse, or just a self-obsessed erudite, Freud is (in)famous for his theories of
unconscious desire and omnipresent sexuality. Less notorious, but equally significant, was his understanding of psychoanalysis as a specifically historical practice, one way of dealing with the past’s multiple meanings for the present.

In this course, we will explore a range of topics, issues, and methods that link the discipline of history to the practice of psychoanalysis. In it, we look both at the history of psychoanalysis and at efforts to put history "on the couch." We will compare Freud's own exercises in cultural analysis (such as "Why War?" and "Civilization and its Discontents") with the psychohistory of the 1950s and 1960s and with more recent attempts, often by feminist scholars, to integrate psychoanalytic theory with history writing.
We also consider the legacy of psychoanalysis for later modern European and North-American social thought, including the work of the Frankfort School and of Slavoj Žižek. After an introductory period spent reading some of Freud's key texts, possible seminar topics include: hysterics and feminists; fantasies and facts of seduction; transference, counter-transference, and the "objective" subject; psychoanalysis as a "Jewish science"; memory and trauma; psychoanalysis and/as cultural critique.

Reading knowledge of German or French would be useful but is certainly not required. All students are welcome, but those with interests in modern cultural and intellectual history, in
cultural/literary theory, in the relation memory to history, or in the history of science and medicine may find the course especially helpful. Early modernists may want to note how many major scholars in their field have been interested in psychoanalysis: Michel de
Certeau, John Demos, and Lyndal Roper are only the first three names that come to mind.

West European Studies | Special Topics in West European Studies: Law and Policy in the EU
W605 | 27694 | Sissenich, B
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2:30P-4:30P R 3 cr. (Spring 2007)
Obtain on-line authorization from department
Section meets with POLS-Y657 and POLS-Y665

This course is a survey of regulation by governments. Our empirical and theoretical focus will be the European Union, but we will draw on examples from other advanced industrialized countries as well. We will look at the history of regulation and compare economic, legal,
and political perspectives. Further, we will explore the dynamics underlying the delegation of policy making authority to the European level. Empirical policy areas to be covered will include competition, monetary policy, industrial policy, trade, environment and agriculture. Conceptual issues included in the course are agenda setting, policy formation, bureaucracy, compliance/implementation, and interest representation. The course is geared toward PhD
students in comparative politics and public policy as well as those with an interest in political economy and/or European integration. MA students from area studies programs are invited to contact the instructor about enrolling in the course. Prior knowledge of European Union politics is helpful but not required. Course requirements consist of a number of review papers, discussion leadership and participation, and a research paper.

Modern Europe thru Lens of Gender
W605 | 26517 | Roos, J.
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4:00P-6:00P R 3 cr. (Fall 2006)
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This course focuses on the ways in which gender analysis has reshaped historians’ understanding of crucial problems and transformations in European history from the late eighteenth century to the present. How does our assessment of the trajectory of modern European history change if we look at it through the lens of gender? From the perspective of women’s status in society, what were the major turning points as well as periods of stagnation and backlash during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries? How should we
conceptualize the connection between changes in established gender relations and shifts taking place in other areas such as the economy, the state, politics, or the cultural sphere? To what extent have conflicts over gender impacted the course of modern European
history? Which factors tend to strengthen male dominance, and under which historical conditions do advances in women’s emancipation become possible? These are some of the questions we will address in our discussions of recent work by gender historians. Topics include the French Revolution, industrialization, the rise of bourgeois society, nationalism, imperialism, the First World War, the welfare state, the Russian Revolution, Stalinism, the interwar period, modern mass culture, fascist movements and regimes, and reconstruction and memory in Europe after World War Two. This class will introduce students to different theoretical approaches to the study of gender including approaches influenced by Marxism,
psychoanalysis, the work of Michel Foucault, and theories of language and cultural representation, respectively. Key questions focus on the relationship between gender and other categories of social analysis such as class and race, and on the intersections
between the history of gender and the history of sexuality. Some of the readings for this course are: "Feminism and History," ed. by Joan W. Scott; Lynn Hunt, "The Family Romance of the French Revolution"; Judith R. Walkowitz, "Prostitution and Victorian Society"; Wendy Z. Goldman, "Women, the State, and Revolution: Soviet Family Policy and Social Life, 1917-1936"; Victoria de Grazia, "How Fascism Ruled Women: Italy, 1922-1945"; and Dagmar
Herzog, "Sex after Fascism: Memory and Morality in Twentieth-Century Germany."
Requirements: Regular attendance; short weekly response papers; two
book reviews; one bibliographic essay of 12-15 pages.

West European Studies | Special Topics in W Eur Studies - Paris and Berlin in 1920s
W405 | 28110 | Pace, A
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(Spring 2007, Fall 2007)
Obtain on-line authorization from department
Above class carries culture studies credit

Between the end of the First World War and Hitler’s seizure of power there occurred in Paris and Berlin a cultural explosion that altered our notions of art and reality and that have shaped our way of viewing the world ever since. Using in-class films and images extensively augmented by original sources on the internet, we will explore this era, focusing on the artists and intellectuals who produced this rich cultural heritage. In the first part of the course we will consider the pre-1914 experiments of French artists such as Henri Rousseau and Eric Satie, the assault of Dadaist and Surrealists on Western concepts of reality, and the theater of Antonin Artaud. Next we will move to Berlin to study the impact of the First World War on German culture, the development of Expressionism in painting and film, the new architecture of the Bauhaus, the radical politicization of German culture, and the final victory of Nazi art. In the third section of the course we return to Paris to see the role that the American expatriates of the 1920s played in all of this creativity, focusing on John Dos Passos, Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway, and Henry Miller.

At the end of each section of the course there will be a take-home exam, as well as several smaller assignments. In addition to their individual work, students will work in teams to explore images and texts from the period. Students without a strong grounding in modern culture are encouraged to take the twentieth century culture. Those who already have some knowledge of the topic should be able to expand and deepen their grasp of the period, and all
students will have been able to experience at first hand the vibrant writing, films, and images of the period.

West European Studies | Special Topics in West European Studies: Politics of the EU
W405 | 26320 | Clark, N
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(Spring 2007)
Obtain on-line authorization from department
Section meets with POLS-Y350 and WEUR-W605

Politics of the European Union
W605 | 11355 | Furniss
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(Spring 2008)
After World War Two, Europe was described memorably by Winston
Churchill as a “carnal house, a breeding ground for pestilence and
war.” Today, most of Europe is economically rich, politically
stable, and at peace. As a whole and as individual states, “Europe”
also faces a number of challenges, many of which have arisen from
past successes. Our general aim is to try to understand the
connections between this resurgence with its attendant challenges
and the concomitant development of the European Union. To put our
focus in the form of a question posed by the Spanish philosopher
Ortega y Gasset, is “regeneration inseparable from Europeanization?”
There are additional reasons to examine the European Union
which have direct impacts on American economic and security
policies. The EU as an entity exceeds the United States in
population and roughly equals it in gross domestic product. It is
the largest trading block in the world; its common currency (common
that is to most of its members—nothing in the EU is simple) the EURO
is the most important currency in international trade. Looked at as
a potentially emerging super country, the EU has a number of
attributes of a sovereign state, but it lacks many others. And its
institutional structure and even its geographical dimensions are in
constant flux. All this makes the study of the EU an intellectually
exciting project.
Our text will be The Government and Politics of the European
Union (sixth edition) by Neill Nugent. There will be a number of
additional readings on e reserve, plus class handouts. Assignments
will include two noncumulative examinations, a series of quizzes on
EU institutions and policies, and a five page paper on the newly
proposed European Union Treaty (aka “Constitution”?). I welcome
questions and comments on the course.

Scandinavian Culture: The Multiethnic North
W406/W605 | 14986 | May
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Topics in Scandinavian Culture: The Multiethnic North (3 cr.) (Spring 2008)

This class meets second eight weeks. It is taught in English and carries Arts and Humanities credit and Culture Studies credit. The class meets with GER-K 506, WEUR-W 406 and WEUR-W 605.

Since the 1970's there has been a tremendous change in the ethnic landscapes of the Scandinavian societies as they opened to political and economic refugees from various parts of the world. The steady influx of immigrants gradually transformed these traditionally
single-ethnic societies into vibrant multi-cultural entities. Numerous literary works, films and musical pieces created by immigrant authors have appeared in the past 20-30 years reshaping dramatically and irreversibly the way Scandinavia comprehends and relates to
belonging, otherness, ethnic identity and nationality. The new "immigrant", "transnational", "world" literature, film and music tell stories of migration and exile, split identity, bilingualism and loneliness, but also recount the intoxicating experience of gaining freedom, and
emphasize the appreciation of creative challenge and cultural enrichment.

This course will approach Scandinavian culture through the exciting lens of the immigrant eye. How is Scandinavia today illuminated by theimmigrant tales? How does the "host culture" respond and cope with thechallenges posited by the "newcomers"? This is one of the most exciting angles from which Scandinavia can be studied today. It relates further to our experience as citizens of a global, "transnational" world in need of more understanding.

The final grade will be based on three response papers on the texts and films, a final exam, a final paper, regular class attendance, and participation in the class discussions.

Texts: A Course Reader

West European Studies | Select Topics in W Eur Studies - Transnational Islam: Muslim Communities in the West
W405/W605 | 24322 | Balim-Harding, C
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2:30P - 3:20P MWF 3 cr. (Fall 2006, Fall 2007)
Obtain on-line authorization from department
Above class meets with NELC-N204 and NELC-N695

This is an interdisciplinary survey course, which – through the combination of lecture and discussion-led seminar – examines the social and cultural aspects of the contemporary Muslim communities in the West as “transnational societies” and their interaction with
other Muslim communities in the world. The course will use Germany, France, Britain, the Netherlands, and the U.S.A. as case studies. Course materials will include books, articles, recent research results, and various media forms including films by and about these
transnational communities.

Course Aims
* To acquaint students with the factual details of the history, the contemporary distribution, as well as the social and cultural status of the Muslims and their organizations in the West.
* To acquaint students with the cultural and literary products of the Muslim transnational communities in the West.
* To introduce students to such concepts as “transnational communities,” “hybridity,” “identity,” and “border-crossing” within the context of post-colonial studies, as well as theories of languages and communities in contact.
* To introduce students to sources of research on contemporary Muslim communities in the West.

Course Requirements

Graduate Students:
* Two oral presentations
* One 7,500 word essay

Violence, Critique and Film: US, Greece, and Wars of Yugoslav Succession.
W405/W605 | 28524 | Hess, F
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7:00-9:00 PM M ARR 3 cr. LECTURE (Spring 2008)
7:00-9:00 PM T ARR FILM SHOWING
STUDENT MUST ATTEND BOTH SESSIONS WEEKLY

Above class satisfies Culture Studies option
Above class carries COLL A&H Distribution credit
Above class meets with WEUR-W406

This upper-level, interdisciplinary course explores the history of violence, particularly interethnic violence, and its representation in two distinct, but interrelated geographical contexts, the United States and the Balkan Peninsula. Reading will address 1) the
history of culture and conflict in both contexts and 2) critical approaches to the questions of violence and human progress. This historical and critical background will serve as a foundation for discussing a variety of films including: John Ford's Fort Apache, Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch, Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather, Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction, Michael Moore's Bowling for Columbine, Emir Kusturica's Underground and Black Cat, White Cat, Danis Tanovic's No Man's Land, Milcho Manchevsky's Before the
Rain and Dust, Pantelis Voulgaris's All Is Road, Dinos Katsouridis's What Did You Do in the War, Thanassis?, and Theo Angelopoulos's The Travelling Players. Discussion topics include:
-the American fascination with the Balkans as an other space and Balkan violence as an other means to social ends -the relationship of violence to economics and the different strategies that Balkan and American directors employ to represent this relationship
-the role of Hollywood in the Balkan cinematic imagination -the mythologization of violence in the western and gangster film -the relationship of violence and critique to social and cultural
change -and, most importantly, the critical implications of the different strategies for representing and aestheticizing violence that are employed in Hollywood and Balkan cinema.

Grades for this course will be based on class participation, two papers, and a number of quizzes. In addition to atending lectures, students will be expected to attend a weekly screening.
For further information, please contact Prof. Franklin L. Hess (flhess@indiana.edu).

War and Comic Strips
W405/W605 | 26511 | Douglas, A.
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2:30P-4:25P T 3 cr. (Fall 2006, Fall 2007)
Obtain on-line auth for class from department.
Class meets with WEUR-W 605 and HIST-B 303.

Course examines the repreentation of recent conflicts (WW II to present) in comic strip form. American and French comics will be presented, the latter in translation.

Requirement: 2 diary submissions and a final paper.

West European Studies | Special Topics in West European Studies: War Culture
W405/W605 | 16826 | Douglas, A
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2:30P-4:25P T 3 cr. (Spring 2007, Spring 2008)
Obtain on-line authorization from department
Section carries Culture Studies credit
Section meets with HIST-B303 and WEUR-W605

This course examines the representation of WWI on the western front through a number of novels and films. Grading will be based upon class participation, brief class presentations, and three to four short (1200-1500 words) papers.

WWII in Movies and Film
W405/W605 | 27925 | Douglas, A
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9:05A-11:00A T 3 cr. (Fall 2006)
Obtain on-line auth for class from department.
Course meets with HIST-B300 and WEUR-W605.

Course will examine how the second world war is presented in famous novels and films, including The Longest Day and Saving Private Ryan.

Requirements: 2 diary submissions and a final paper.