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German Seminar

Objectives

a) Research methods (Humanities, Cultural Studies, German Studies)
b) Supervised research (tutorials) on the topics studied in class
c) Presentation of an oral project and of a written essay

General characterization

Code

711101060

Credits

12.0

Responsible teacher

Fernando José de Almeida Esperança Clara

Hours

Weekly - Available soon

Total - 336

Teaching language

Portuguese

Prerequisites

Available soon

Bibliography

Breuilly J (ed.) (2013) The Oxford Handbook of the History of Nationalism. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Herrmann U (ed.) (1996) Volk - Nation - Vaterland. Hamburg: F. Meiner.
Jansen C and Borggräfe H (2007) Nation - Nationalität - Nationalismus. Frankfurt am Main; New York: Campus.
Leerssen J (2006) National Thought in Europe: A Cultural History. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.
Lepenies W (2006) The Seduction of Culture in German History. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
Scheuer H (ed.) (1993) Dichter und ihre Nation. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp.
Schneider J (ed.) (2009) Methodengeschichte der Germanistik. Berlin; New York: De Gruyter.
Schulze H (1996) Kleine deutsche Geschichte. München: Beck.

Teaching method

In class teaching. The teaching method is mainly reflexive and oriented to the contents of the seminar.
Active participation in discussion is expected.

Evaluation method

Método de avaliação

Presentation and debate in class of a project on one of the topics to be studied - 30.0%

written essay developping the topic(s) already chosen for the oral project - 70.0%

Subject matter

Nationalism in Germany

 

0. German Studies and Digital Humanities: resources and research strategies

1. German nationalism in Europe: 15th-21st centuries

2. Germany in Europe: Historical contexts, cultural geographies

3. Nation and Fatherland in the 18th century: Emergen of a German cultural and political identity

4. An imagined community: cultural unity, ethnic unity, political unity

5. The twentieth century: wars and peace