Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas

German Seminar - 2nd semester

Code

711101060

Academic unit

Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas

Department

Línguas, Culturas e Literaturas Modernas, Secção de Estudos Alemães

Credits

12

Teacher in charge

Fernando Clara

Weekly hours

4

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

a) Research methods (Humanities, Cultural Studies, German Studies)
b) Supervised research (tutorials) on the topics studied in class
c) Presentation of an oral project and of a written essay

Prerequisites

Not applicable

Subject matter

Germany and Europe

0. Research methods in the Humanities
1. Germany in Europe: historical contexts, cultural landscapes
2. Geography and the dynamics of international relations: the East and the South
3. The twentieth century: wars and peace

Bibliography

Schneider, J. (Ed.). (2009). Methodengeschichte der Germanistik. Berlin; New York: Walter de Gruyter.
Pickering, M. (2008). Research Methods for Cultural Studies. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
Fulbrook, M. (1992). The divided nation: a history of Germany, 1918-1990. New York: Oxford University Press.
Schulze, H. (1985). Der Weg zum Nationalstaat: die deutsche Nationalbewegung vom 18. Jahrhundert bis zur Reichsgründung. München: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag.
Schulze, H. (1994). Staat und Nation in der europäischen Geschichte. München: Beck.
Lepenies, W. (2006). The Seduction of Culture in German History. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press.

Teaching method

In class teaching. The teaching method is mainly reflexive and oriented to the contents of the seminar.
Active participation in discussion is expected.

Evaluation method

Presentation and debate in class of a project on one of the topics to be studied (30% of the final mark) / written essay developping the topic(s) already chosen for the oral project (70% of the final mark).

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