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WiSe 24/25: North American Studies

B.A. in North American Studies (120 cp core subject, 2015 study regulations)

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(R) Understanding North America (Module A1)
0175dA1.1
- 32001 Basic Course
  Understanding North America A (James Dorson, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, Martin Lüthe)
  Schedule: Fr 10:00-12:00, Fr 14:00-16:00 (Class starts on: 2024-10-18)
  Location: 340 Hörsaal (Lansstr. 7 / 9)
- 32001T Studentisches Tutorium
  Tutorium Understanding North America A (James Dorson, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, Martin Lüthe)
  Schedule: Mi 10:00-12:00, Mi 14:00-16:00 (Class starts on: 2024-10-23)
  Location: 201 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

(R) Multidisciplinary Studies (Module A)
0175dA2.1
- 32000 Lecture
  American Political Economy (Sebastian Kohl, N.N.)
  Schedule: Mi 18:00-20:00 (Class starts on: 2024-10-16)
  Location: Hs 1b Hörsaal (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)

(R) Multidisciplinary Studies (Module B)
0175dA2.2
- 32000 Lecture
  American Political Economy (Sebastian Kohl, N.N.)
  Schedule: Mi 18:00-20:00 (Class starts on: 2024-10-16)
  Location: Hs 1b Hörsaal (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)

Orientation Module: History
0175dA3.1
- 32400 Seminar
  Gendering American History
  Schedule: Mo 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2024-10-14)
  Location: 201 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

Orientation Module: Culture
0175dA3.2
- 32100 Proseminar
  Rhetorics of Continuity and Change: A Survey of American Cultural History (Hannah Spahn)
  Schedule: Di 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2024-10-15)
  Location: 340 Hörsaal (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

Orientation Module: Sociology
0175dA3.5
- 32600 Proseminar
  Capitalism and Democracy: Classical Perspectives from Economic Sociology and Political Economy (Jonas von Ciriacy-Wantrup)
  Schedule: Mi 16:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2024-10-16)
  Location: 319 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

Specialization Module A - History: History of North America to 1865
0175dB1.1
- 32401 Advanced Seminar
  Canada before Confederation
  Schedule: Di 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2024-10-15)
  Location: 201 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)
- 32402 Advanced Seminar
  Other-than-Human Ecologies on Turtle Island
  Schedule: Mo 14:00-16:00 (Class starts on: 2024-10-14)
  Location: 340 Hörsaal (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

Specialization Module B - History: Historiography of North American History
0175dB1.2
- 32403 Advanced Seminar
  US American Wartime Nursing post-1865: Realities vs Perceptions
  Schedule: Mo 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2024-10-14)
  Location: 201 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

Specialization Module A - Culture: Ideas and Cultural History of Specific Media
0175dB2.1
- 32103 Advanced Seminar
  Investigating Noir: Classic, Neo, Eco (Max McKenna)
  Schedule: Do 16:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2024-10-17)
  Location: 201 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)
- 32101 Advanced Seminar
  Latinx Art (Alexis Salas)
  Schedule: Mi 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2024-11-06)
  Location: 319 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)
- 32102 Advanced Seminar
  Exploring Digital Culture in North America & Beyond (Maya Blumenfeld)
  Schedule: Di 14:00-16:00 (Class starts on: 2024-10-15)
  Location: 203 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)
- 32104 Advanced Seminar
  The Culture of the (Long) Civil Rights Movement: From Jean Toomer’s Cane to Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter (Martin Lüthe)
  Schedule: Mi 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2024-10-16)
  Location: 203 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

Specialization Module B - Culture: Theories of American Culture and History of Ethnic, Regional, and Gender-Specific Cultures
0175dB2.2
- 32101 Advanced Seminar
  Latinx Art (Alexis Salas)
  Schedule: Mi 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2024-11-06)
  Location: 319 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

Specialization Module A - Sociology: Social Structures
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- 32602 Advanced Seminar
  TBA (Markus Kienscherf)
  Schedule: Do 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2024-10-17)
  Location: 319 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)
- 32603 Advanced Seminar
  Methods in Quantitative Text Analysis: Exploring North American Novels (Osman Demirbag)
  Schedule: Mo 16:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2024-10-14)
  Location: 340 Hörsaal (Lansstr. 7 / 9)
- 32604 Advanced Seminar
  Introductory Statistics with R analyzing State and Local Public Finance Data in the US. (Ria Wilken)
  Schedule: Di 16:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2024-10-15)
  Location: 340 Hörsaal (Lansstr. 7 / 9)
- 32601 Advanced Seminar
  The public sphere in democratic capitalism: Between asymmetries, control and deliberation (Clara Heinrich)
  Schedule: Di 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2024-10-15)
  Location: 319 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

(R) Academic Work and Research
0175dC1.1
- 32605 Colloquium
  BA Colloquium Economics/History/Politics/ Sociology (David Bosold, Ria Wilken)
  Schedule: Do 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2024-10-17)
  Location: 319 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

Modules w/o courses in this semester
14 Modules
- (R) Understanding North America (Module B1) 0175dA1.2
- Orientation Module: Literature 0175dA3.3
- Orientation Module: Politics 0175dA3.4
- Orientation Module: Economics 0175dA3.6
- (R) Oral Skills and Writing Skills (Module A) 0175dA4.1
- (R) Oral Skills and Writing Skills (Module B) 0175dA4.2
- (R) Mediating Skills and Advanced Writing Skills 0175dA4.3
- Specialization Module A - Literature: Literary Periods 0175dB3.1
- Specialization Module B - Literature: Literary Genres 0175dB3.2
- Specialization Module A - Politics: Policies and Politics 0175dB4.1
- Specialization Module B - Politics: The State and Civil Society 0175dB4.2
- Specialization Module B - Sociology: Social Processes 0175dB5.2
- Specialisation Module A - Economy: Growth, Distribution, and the Economic Situation in North America 0175dB6.1
- Specialization Module B - Economics: Economic History and Financial Markets 0175dB6.2