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Seminar: The American Cold War Culture - Vertiefungsmodul - Details
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Course name Seminar: The American Cold War Culture - Vertiefungsmodul
Course number ANG.05294.03; ANG.06145.02
Semester WS 2022/23
Current number of participants 10
maximum number of participants 25
Home institute Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik
Courses type Seminar in category Offizielle Lehrveranstaltungen
First date Thursday, 20.10.2022 12:15 - 13:45, Room: Seminarraum 3 [AKStr.35] (Angl.)
Studiengänge (für) ANG.05294.03 für LA Gym Englisch (2012+2015) / MA Angloam. Lit., Spr u Kult. 120 LP (2015) / MA IKEAS 120 LP (2015) / MA Intern. Area Stud. (2011+2015)
ANG.06145.02 für MA Angloam. Lit., Spr u Kult. 120 LP (2015) / MA IKEAS 120 LP (2015) / MA Intern. Area Stud. (2011+2015)
SWS 2

Module assignments

Comment/Description

The war in Ukraine has rekindled interest in the Cold War era (post-WWII – 1991) and its ‘cold’ rivalry between the two superpowers: the United States of America and the Soviet Union (and their respective allies). Focusing on the ways in which the “Cold War”-struggle was treated in American culture, we will trace the historical and cultural developments (historical approach: 1950-1990) and explore different cultural aspects of this period (cultural approach: politics, religion, and especially media). Our critical approaches to the Cold War era from a primarily American perspective include the analysis of historical sources (oral history), the analyses of radio and TV broadcasts, and, in particular, filmic representations and treatments of the Cold War.

Required texts (please purchase the following book):

Whitfield, Stephen. The Culture of the Cold War. 2nd ed. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 1996.
(I will also make a master copy available which you can also copy).

Additional course material will be made available on the ILIAS platform.

Admission settings

The course is part of admission "Amerikanistik".
The following rules apply for the admission:
  • The enrolment is possible from 27.09.2022, 00:00 to 21.10.2022, 23:59.
  • A defined number of seats will be assigned to these courses.
    The seats will be assigned in order of enrolment.