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Seminar: Civil Rights and Social Movements in 20th Century America - Details
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Course name Seminar: Civil Rights and Social Movements in 20th Century America
Subtitle Aufbaumodul: Kulturwissenschaft I; Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft 2: Kultur und Gesellschaft der Gegenwart; Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft Großbritannien/USA 2 (1. Teil)
Semester WS 2016/17
Current number of participants 1
expected number of participants 30
Home institute Amerikanistik / Literaturwissenschaft
Courses type Seminar in category Offizielle Lehrveranstaltungen
First date Tuesday, 11.10.2016 10:15 - 11:45, Room: (AKS 35 - SR 3)
Pre-requisites Students who have successfully passed their Basismodul Einführung in das Studium der angloameri¬kanischen Kulturwissenschaft (ANG.02620.02) are welcome to this class that deals with civil rights and social movements in 20th century America, particularly the evolvement and development of civil rights for Native Americans, African Americans, and women in America (feminist movement).
Learning organisation All students will need the following textbook:
Scott-Baumann, Michael, and Mark Stacey. Civil Rights and Social Movements in the Americas. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2013. [ISBN 978-1-107-69751-5] [ca. 18 €]

In order for students to pick up some skills necessary in academia, we will spend some time on how to do presentations, how to do research, and how to write papers. The university library (OPAC, MLA-IB and other databases) will be a topic as will be the Internet as a research tool (JStor, Google Scholar etc.). In addition, there will be an introduction to CITAVI and how to use that bibliographical tool. Our model for all written work will be the MLA and its style sheet in its latest edition.

Please purchase the following textbook for this class:
Michael Scott-Baumann and Mark Stacey, Civil Rights and Social Movements in the Americas (Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2013). Please, get hold of this book [ISBN 978-1-107-69751-5] [ca. 18 €].
Performance record Students who want credit for this class will have to give a short presentation in class, and write a Hausarbeit / an essay at the end of the semester. More detailed requirements will be presented at the beginning of the semester.
Studiengänge (für) Aufbaumodul: Kulturwissenschaft I (ANG.05272.03)
Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft 2: Kultur und Gesellschaft der Gegenwart (ANG.03588.02)
Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft Großbritannien/USA 2 (1. Teil) (ANG.04770.02)
SWS 2
ECTS points 5

Rooms and times

(AKS 35 - SR 3)
Tuesday: 10:15 - 11:45, weekly (15x)

Module assignments

Comment/Description

In spite of laws promising equal rights to all Americans, Native Americans/American Indians, African Americans, and also women in America of all ethnic backgrounds experienced discrimination in everyday life in 20th century America. In this seminar we will focus on how discrimination was practiced, how it was made a political issue, and how the law was adjusted to make discrimination illegal. In order to understand the origins of discrimination in America, we will briefly explore President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation (1863) and the context of the 19th century and then move to social and political landmarks in the 20th century that were brought about by the Civil Rights movement.

Students will learn that having the same rights as others does not mean they can be practiced unless there is a strong power that is willing and able to punish disregard. In order to have governments actually do what they preach, political consciousness is required as much as strong popular support. The civil rights movement in America changed the USA and became an example for social and civil rights movements in many countries.

In order for students to pick up some skills necessary in academia, we will spend some time on how to do presentations, how to do research, and how to write papers. The university library (OPAC, MLA-IB and other databases) will be a topic as will be the Internet as a research tool (JStor, Google Scholar etc.). In addition, there will be an introduction to CITAVI and how to use that bibliographical tool. Our model for all written work will be the MLA and its style sheet in its latest edition.

Admission settings

The course is part of admission "Anmeldung gesperrt (global)".
The following rules apply for the admission:
  • Admission locked.

Registration mode

After enrolment, participants will manually be selected.

All students interested in taking this class are requested to show up at our first meeting on 11 Oct. 2016. You will be admitted to this class only after 11 Oct. 2016 and only if you do show up for the first meeting.