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WiSe 23/24: North American Studies

B.A. in North American Studies (30 cp module offering, 2018 study regulations)

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(OM) History
0574aA2.1
- 32400 Seminar
  The United States and Other Empires (Jessica Gienow-Hecht)
  Schedule: Mo 14:00-16:00 (Class starts on: 2023-10-16)
  Location: 319 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)
- 32401 Seminar
  Natural Resources in U.S. and Canadian History (Sönke Kunkel)
  Schedule: Mo 18:00-20:00 (Class starts on: 2023-10-16)
  Location: 340 Hörsaal (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

(OM) Culture
0574aA2.2
- 32100 Proseminar
  Rhetorics of Continuity and Change: A Survey of American Cultural History (Alexander Starre)
  Schedule: Di 16:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2023-10-17)
  Location: 319 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

(OM) Literature
0574aA2.3
- 32200 Proseminar
  Introduction to Literary Studies (Karin Höpker)
  Schedule: Mi 14:00-16:00 (Class starts on: 2023-10-18)
  Location: 203 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

(OM) Politics
0574aA2.4
- 15156 Proseminar
  Political Systems in North America (Christian Lammert)
  Schedule: Mi 10-12 (Class starts on: 2023-10-18)
  Location: 340 Hörsaal (Lansstr. 7 / 9)
- 32501 Proseminar
  Canadian Politics (David Bosold)
  Schedule: Do 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2023-10-19)
  Location: 201 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

(OM) Sociology
0574aA2.5
- 32600 Proseminar
  Decolonizing Sociology (Markus Kienscherf)
  Schedule: Do 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2023-10-19)
  Location: 319 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

(OM) Economy
0574aA2.6
- 32700 Proseminar
  Economic Reasoning (Simon Voß)
  Schedule: Do 16:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2023-10-19)
  Location: 201 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

(Adv) History A - History of North America before 1865
0574aB1.1
- 32402 Specialization Seminar
  History of Slavery in North America (Sebastian Jobs)
  Schedule: Mo 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2023-10-16)
  Location: 340 Hörsaal (Lansstr. 7 / 9)
- 32403 Specialization Seminar
  Depictions of Slavery in U.S. History (Sebastian Jobs)
  Schedule: Mo 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2023-10-16)
  Location: 340 Hörsaal (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

(Adv) Economics A - Growth, Distribution, and Economic Cycles in North America
0574aB1.11
- 32702 Specialization Seminar
  The Economics of Migration (Felicitas Sophie Kathrin Schikora)
  Schedule: Mo 16:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2023-10-16)
  Location: 203 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)
- 32701 Seminar
  Introduction to Labor Economics (Lisa Sofie Höckel)
  Schedule: Mo 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2023-10-16)
  Location: 203 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

(Adv) Economics B - Economic History and Financial Markets
0574aB1.12
- 32702 Specialization Seminar
  The Economics of Migration (Felicitas Sophie Kathrin Schikora)
  Schedule: Mo 16:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2023-10-16)
  Location: 203 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

(Adv) Culture A - History of Ideas and Cultural History of Individual Media
0574aB1.3
- 32101 Specialization Seminar
  Art, Race, and Media Poetics (Rizvana Bradley)
  Schedule: Mi 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2023-11-01)
  Location: 319 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)
- 32104 Specialization Seminar
  Sports in U.S. Cultural History (Martin Lüthe)
  Schedule: Do 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2023-10-19)
  Location: 340 Hörsaal (Lansstr. 7 / 9)
- 32102 Specialization Seminar
  The Art of Monstrous Men (Annelot Prins)
  Schedule: Di 18:00-20:00 (Class starts on: 2023-10-17)
  Location: 201 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)
- 32103 Specialization Seminar Cancelled
  Eugenics and Progress—Degeneration and Decadence in late-19th-Century American Culture
  Schedule: -
  Location: 319 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

(Adv) Culture B - Theories of American Culture and the History of Ethnic, Regional, and Gender-Specific Cultures
0574aB1.4
- 32104 Specialization Seminar
  Sports in U.S. Cultural History (Martin Lüthe)
  Schedule: Do 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2023-10-19)
  Location: 340 Hörsaal (Lansstr. 7 / 9)
- 32101 Specialization Seminar
  Art, Race, and Media Poetics (Rizvana Bradley)
  Schedule: Mi 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2023-11-01)
  Location: 319 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)
- 32102 Specialization Seminar
  The Art of Monstrous Men (Annelot Prins)
  Schedule: Di 18:00-20:00 (Class starts on: 2023-10-17)
  Location: 201 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)
- 32103 Specialization Seminar Cancelled
  Eugenics and Progress—Degeneration and Decadence in late-19th-Century American Culture
  Schedule: -
  Location: 319 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

(Adv) Literature A - Literary Periods
0574aB1.5
- 32202 Specialization Seminar
  I Hear America Singing: US Poetry from Whitman to Present (Julie Dickson)
  Schedule: Di 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2023-10-17)
  Location: 201 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)
- 32210 Lecture
  US Drama: History and Analysis (Karin Höpker)
  Schedule: Di 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2023-10-17)
  Location: 319 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

(Adv) Politics A – Policies and Politics
0574aB1.7
- 32502 Specialization Seminar
  The Politics of US Trade (Elisabeth Winter)
  Schedule: Do 12:00-14:00, Do 14:00-16:00 (Class starts on: 2023-10-19)
  Location: 340 Hörsaal (Lansstr. 7 / 9)
- 32503 Specialization Seminar
  US-Russia Relations (Keith Prushankin)
  Schedule: Di 14:00-16:00 (Class starts on: 2023-10-17)
  Location: Online - zeitABhängig

(Adv) Sociology A - Social Structures
0574aB1.9
- 32603 Specialization Seminar
  Text Analysis in R (Clara Heinrich)
  Schedule: Termine siehe LV-Details (Class starts on: 2023-10-17)
  Location: 113 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)
- 32601 Specialization Seminar
  Divided States: The political economy of regional inequalities in the US (Jonas von Ciriacy-Wantrup)
  Schedule: Do 14:00-16:00 (Class starts on: 2023-10-19)
  Location: 201 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)
- 32602 Specialization Seminar
  Introduction to Fiscal Sociology using Basic Statistical Methods (Ria Wilken)
  Schedule: Mo 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2023-10-16)
  Location: 201 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

Modules w/o courses in this semester
6 Modules
- (P) Understanding North America A2 0176eA1.1
- (P) Understanding North America B2 0176eA1.2
- (Adv) Sociology B - Social Processes 0574aB1.10
- (Adv) History B - History of North America since 1865 0574aB1.2
- (Adv) Module: Literature B - Literary Genres 0574aB1.6
- (Adv) Politics B - State and Civil Society 0574aB1.8