Berlin’s rich museological landscape lends itself to in-depth exploration of Germany’s difficult heritage: How are the upheavals of the 20th and 21st centuries, especially, remembered and represented? This course aims to enable the students to get to know a number of Berlin museums focusing on Memory and Post-WWII migration using anthropological methods and to critically analyze them within larger theoretical frameworks of “self” and “other” constructions. To explore the role of museums in rendering such constructions visible and therefore debatable. The course will consist of seminars in the classroom and site visits.
Please note the individual session dates (eight 4-hour sessions, Thursday 12-16):
16 Oct, 01 Nov (Sat!), 06 Nov, 13 Nov, 20 Nov, 27 Nov, 04 Dec, and 11 Dec (no classes on 23 + 30 Oct)
Language Requirements: English B2
Language Requirements: English B2
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This course is part of the Berlin Perspectives program. The detailed syllabus for this course is available on the Berlin Perspectives website:
https://hic.hu-berlin.de/en/berlin-perspectives/courses
Berlin Perspectives seminars are specifically designed for
- international exchange students. Regular degree-seeking students are also welcome to attend within the elective part of their study program. Courses are offered by the Career Center as part of the elective program üWP.
- undergraduate-level students. As a Master's student, please check with your university beforehand to confirm whether the study points can be recognized.
Upon completion of the seminar, students will receive 5 ECTS.
Registration for the Winter Semester 2025/26 is open until Wednesday, 8 October 2025, at 2:00pm via Agnes. If you have missed the deadline, you can still register for the courses and will be placed on the waiting list.
You will be notified by 10 October 2025 if you have been allocated a place. Places are allocated via Agnes through a lottery procedure (not on a first-come, first-served basis).
If you are in, please make sure to attend the first session to confirm your participation. If you have changed your mind about the course, kindly sign out in Agnes. Other students will be happy to take your place.
If are on the waiting list, there is still a chance of moving up in the first few weeks of the semester if other students decide to drop the course. |
