Middlebury

GRMN 3418

Topics Contemp German Culture

This course will examine major cultural, social and political events that have shaped contemporary Germany over the past two decades. As Chancellor Angela Merkel’s final term nears its end with this year’s federal elections, the course will analyze many of the watershed moments that shaped her chancellorship, such as the refugee crisis of 2015-2016, the financial crisis of 2008, the Energiewende and, most recently, the global pandemic. In drawing upon a variety of genres such as newspaper articles, opinion pieces, essays, films, and academic scholarship, we will discuss topics related to globalization, climate change, national identity and citizenship, cultural memory, social protest, migration and integration, and contemporary politics.

This course aims at developing advanced literacy abilities of summarizing, interpreting, and presenting substantial arguments in professional and academic settings. The instructor will provide all required texts and materials. (Tessa Wegener)

All course materials will be made available on the course’s Canvas site.
Subject:
German
Department:
German
Division:
Language School
Requirements Fulfilled:

Sections

Summer 2024 Language Schools, LS 7 Week Session

GRMN3418A-L24 Lecture (Holznienkemper)

Summer 2023 Language Schools, LS 7 Week Session

GRMN3418A-L23 Lecture (Holznienkemper)

Summer 2022 Language Schools, LS 7 Week Session

GRMN3418A-L22 Lecture (Holznienkemper)

Summer 2021 Language Schools, LS 7 Week Session

GRMN3418A-L21 Lecture (Wegener)

Summer 2020 Language Schools

GRMN3418A-L20 Lecture (Wegener)

Summer 2019 Language Schools, LS 7 Week Session

GRMN3418A-L19 Lecture (Frei)

Summer 2018 Language Schools, LS 7 Week Session

GRMN3418A-L18 Lecture (Frei)

Summer 2017 Language Schools, LS 7 Week Session

GRMN3418A-L17 Lecture (Brenner, Levine)

Summer 2016 Language Schools, LS 7 Week Session

GRMN3418A-L16 Lecture (Wegener)

Summer 2015 Language Schools, LS 7 Week Session

GRMN3418A-L15 Lecture (Wegener)

Summer 2014 Language Schools, LS 7 Week Session

GRMN3418A-L14 Lecture (Wegener)

Summer 2013, LS 7 Week Session

GRMN3418A-L13 Lecture (Wieden)

Summer 2012, LS 7 Week Session

GRMN3418A-L12 Lecture (Wieden)