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American Studies and the Planetary: Perspectives, Histories, Futures (Master Theory Seminar/Oberseminar) [Import]- Dozent/in
- Prof. Dr. Christine Gerhardt
- Angaben
- Hauptseminar
Rein Präsenz
2 SWS
Gaststudierendenverzeichnis, Gender und Diversität, Kultur und Bildung, Nachhaltigkeit, Erweiterungsbereich, Modulstudium, Unterrichtssprache Englisch
Zeit und Ort: Mi 12:00 - 16:00, U9/01.11; Bemerkung zu Zeit und Ort: Please note: This course takes place bi-weekly!
- Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches
- 1. Module Allocation:
All modules including a specialization level seminar (Hauptseminar) for literary studies or cultural studies:
- BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik (Seminar 8 ECTS)
- LA GY (Seminar 8 ECTS)
- MA English and American Studies (Seminar 4, 5, 6, or 8 ECTS)
- Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies (Seminar 8 ECTS)
- Erasmus and other visiting students (Seminar 6 or 8 ECTS)
>> Open for Consolidation Module literary studies and cultural studies!
>> Open for students requiring an “Oberseminar” for their Master Thesis Module!
Together with Yildiz Asar’s Übung "Storied Planet: Ecological Crisis, Anthropocene, and American Studies" this seminar forms an optional 10 ECTS module The Planetary (8 ECTS Hauptseminar + 2 ECTS Übung). Students who are interested in the advanced seminar are thus highly recommended to also sign up to the Übung and complete the overall module, as both courses work with complementing material and take place on the same slot on alternating weeks (Mi 12:00 - 16:00).
2. Prerequisites for obtaining credit points:
This upper-level theory seminar is part of a complete module. It should be taken together with the Übung “Storied Planet” (Yildiz Asar) that forms the second part of this module.
3. FlexNow-Registration:
Please register for this class on FlexNow via the following section (Lehrstuhl): Professur für Amerikanistik. In case of problems contact flexnow.amerikanistik(at)uni-bamberg.de.
- Course (de)enrollment: March 11 – April 22, 2024
- ECTS/Exams (de)registration: June 10–25, 2024
Registration is open from 10 a.m. until 11:59 p.m.!
Guest auditors: please contact lecturer via e-mail.
Information on how to solve problems with your registration: https://www.uni-bamberg.de/anglistik-amerikanistik/studium/flexnow-info/
Für Studienortwechsler, Erasmusstudenten sowie Studierende, die den Leistungsnachweis zur baldigen Prüfungsanmeldung benötigen, werden im begrenzten Umfang Plätze freigehalten. Bei Überbuchung der Lehrveranstaltung fällt die Entscheidung über die Teilnahme in Rücksprache mit der Dozentin.
- Inhalt
- This advanced theory seminar is geared primarily towards Master students interested in literary and cultural theory; it is also open to PhD candidates and Lehramtsstudents who are interested in recent theoretical developments.
The course delves into the planetary turn in contemporary criticism and theory, with a specific focus on its implications for American Studies. Based on the critical perspectives outlined by Amy J. Elias and Christian Moraru in their groundbreaking essay collection, The Planetary Turn (2015), this course explores the shift from national via transnational and global to planetary paradigms in understanding American culture, literature, and art. We will critically engage with the ways in which this planetary perspective challenges, expands, and redefines traditional notions of American Studies in the context of global interconnectedness, technological advancement, and ecological crisis.
Objectives:
- To understand the evolution of American Studies from national to planetary concerns.
- To examine how the planetary turn addresses key limitations of postcolonial, postmodern, and global paradigms in explaining contemporary American and global contexts.
- To explore the ethical, relational, and ecological underpinnings of the planetary perspective and its impact on cultural formations and artistic expressions.
- To foster an environment of collaborative learning and collective inquiry, culminating in research projects that contribute to the evolving discourse on planetarity in American Studies.
Structure:
The course is structured around weekly readings, discussions, and workshops (Übung) that encourage collaborative exploration of the planetary turn in American Studies. The first part of the seminar will focus on reading and discussing key essays from The Planetary Turn, establishing a theoretical foundation. In parallel, we will engage with historical perspectives that have shaped American Studies in related ways, and consider how a planetary perspective reconfigures our understanding of these narratives.
- Empfohlene Literatur
- Readings:
- Elias, Amy J., and Christian Moraru, eds. The Planetary Turn: Relationality and Geoaesthetics in the Twenty-First Century. This collection will serve as our primary reference, from which we will read selected essays. The book can be downloaded as PDF through our library via JSTOR.
Additional readings (provided via the VC) may include articles and book chapters that provide historical context, theoretical frameworks, and contemporary analyses related to the planetary turn in American Studies and beyond.
- Englischsprachige Informationen:
- Title:
- American Studies and the Planetary: Perspectives, Histories, Futures (Master Theory Seminar/Oberseminar)
- Credits: 8
- Zusätzliche Informationen
- Erwartete Teilnehmerzahl: 20
- Institution: Zentrum für Lehrerinnen- und Lehrerbildung Bamberg (ZLB)
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