Seminar: Route 66 - Aufbaumodul Kuwi I - Details

Seminar: Route 66 - Aufbaumodul Kuwi I - Details

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Course name Seminar: Route 66 - Aufbaumodul Kuwi I
Course number ANG.05272.04
Semester SoSe 2026
Current number of participants 31
maximum number of participants 30
Entries on waiting list 1
Home institute Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik
Courses type Seminar in category Offizielle Lehrveranstaltungen
Next date Tuesday, 07.07.2026 14:00 - 16:00, Room: Hörsaal A [Mel]
Lehrsprache(n) Englisch

Module assignments

Comment/Description

Route 66 has always served as an important icon of the American Dream, representing mobility and freedom. The Route 66 Centennial in 2026 celebrates this historic highway, often called the “Mother Road” or “the Main Street of America,” which passes through eight states and has a varied literary and cultural history. We will primarily explore Route 66 as both cultural space and myth, and examine a wide variety of issues and theoretical ideas, including national parks and environmental change, the Great Depression and John Steinbeck’s work The Grapes of Wrath, popular culture (music and films), racism (e.g., the Green Book) and racism, gender and class issues, heritage preservation, and its role in contemporary memory and the Centennial festivities. The course emphasizes research-based, collaborative learning: students will work in groups on selected topics, read critical works on their respective topics, develop academic posters that will be exhibited as part of our one-week-long celebration of the institute’s 150th anniversary on July 3, 2026. To prepare for this, students will be introduced to principles of effective poster design and academic Third Mission communication.

Required texts:
Course material will be made available on the ILIAS platform.

Studienleistung: Group presentations.
Prüfungsleistung: Poster and a short oral exam.

Admission settings

The course is part of admission "Beschränkte Teilnehmendenanzahl: Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft I SoSe26".
The following rules apply for the admission:
  • A defined number of seats will be assigned to these courses.
    The seats will be assigned in order of enrolment.
  • The enrolment is possible from 23.03.2026, 00:00 to 26.04.2026, 23:59.
  • This setting is active from 23.03.2026 00:00 to 26.04.2026 00:00.
    Enrolment is allowed for up to 1 courses of the admission set.
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