Postcolonial London: Urban Narrative and Diasporic Identity

Dozent/in:

Emilija Lipovsek

Angaben:

Hauptseminar, 2 SWS, ECTS: 8, Studium Generale, Erweiterungsbereich

Termine:

Einzeltermin am 17.7.2020, 15:00 - 20:00, U5/02.18
Blockveranstaltung 18.7.2020-19.7.2020 Mo-Fr, Sa, So, 10:00 - 18:00, U5/02.18

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

Module Allocation
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik:
Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft/ Kulturwissenschaft: Seminar (8 ECTS)

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik (bis einschließl. Studienbeginn zum WS 2008/09):
freie Erweiterung: Seminar 6 ECTS

LA GY:
Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft/ Kulturwissenschaft: Seminar (8 ECTS)

MA English and American Studies:
Master Module English and American Literature/Culture : Seminar (8 ECTS)

Profile Modules English and American Literature I-VI/ Culture I-VI: Seminar (8, 6, 5 or 4 ECTS)

Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies:
Master Module or Profile Module I or III English and American Literature/ Culture: Seminar (8 ECTS)

Erasmus and other visiting students:
Seminar (6 or 8 ECTS)

Not open for Consolidation Module!

(De)Registration in FlexNow:
04.03.2020, 10:00 - 25.04.2020, 23:59 (NEW)

Inhalt:

Starting with the Empire Windrush sailing out in 1948 until the beginning of the 21st century, the seminar will focus on the span of over fifty years of postcolonial migration to London. After living and working in London for many years, migrants still feel left on the margins of the British society. Although born and bred in the UK, their children’s sense of belonging is undermined by other Londoners constantly asking: ‘Where are you really from?’ Special emphasis will be given to the questions of diasporic identities, institutional racism manifesting as discriminations that the first and second generations of migrants face in schools and workplaces, police cruelty, underpaid jobs, problems with housing, and differences in culinary traditions and climate. The seminar will discuss how London in urban narratives like The Buddha of Suburbia by Hanif Kureishi, White Teeth by Zadie Smith, Brick Lane by Monica Ali, and The Small Island by Andrea Levy reflects the liminal space between the ‘Englishness’, the migrants’ dreams and disappointment.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Mandatory reading list:
Monica Ali. Brick Lane . (2003)
Hanif Kureishi. The Buddha of Suburbia . (1990)
Andrea Levy. The Small Island. (2004)
Zadie Smith. White Teeth. (2000)

Tutorium

Dozent/in:

Judith Neder

Angaben:

Tutorien

Termine:

Di, 18:00 - 20:15, LU19/00.08

American Migrations: History, Culture, Literature

Dozentinnen/Dozenten:

Christine Gerhardt, Sabine Freitag

Angaben:

Hauptseminar, 2 SWS, ECTS: 8, Das Blockseminar findet Ende August 2020 im Chalet Giersch in Manigod, Frankreich, statt.

Termine:

The pre-meeting is mandatory for all participants and takes place on April 28 in room U9/01.11 at 6 p.m. (sharp).
Vorbesprechung: Dienstag, 28.4.2020, 18:00 - 20:00 Uhr, U9/01.11

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

Please note: This course starts during the week April 20-25, when important information about the organization of this semester will be shared. Therefore, make sure to be registered for this class on FlexNow at least one day before the first scheduled session/meeting! Registered students will then be signed into the respective VC class by the instructor.

1. Modulzuordnung und Zugangsvoraussetzung / Part of modules resp. courses of study:

CULTURAL STUDIES - also open for the consolidation module!

B.A. Anglistik/Amerikanistik

• Vertiefungsmodul Kulturwissenschaft: Seminar (8 ECTS), Zugangsvoraussetzung: Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft

B.A. Anglistik/Amerikanistik (bis einschließl. Studienbeginn zum WS 2008/09):

• freie Erweiterung: Seminar (6 ECTS)

M.A. Anglistik/Amerikanistik:

• Mastermodul Kulturwissenschaft (Variante I): Seminar (8 ECTS)
• Mastermodul Kulturwissenschaft (Variante II): Seminar (6 ECTS)
• Profilmodul Kulturwissenschaft: Seminar (8 ECTS)
• Erweiterungsmodul: Seminar (8 ECTS)

M.A. English and American Studies / Joint Degree:

• Compulsory Subjects and Restricted Electives: Mastermodul Cultural Studies
• Restricted Electives: Profilmodul Cultural Studies

M.A. Literatur und Medien:

• Film- und Bildwissenschaft: Seminar (Referat + Hausarbeit, 8 ECTS)
• Erweiterung Film- und Bildwissenschaft: Seminar (Referat + Hausarbeit, 8 ECTS)

Erweiterungsbereich Anglistik/Amerikanistik im Rahmen anderer M.A.:

• Exportmodul Anglistik/Amerikanistik 1 oder 2: Mastermodul Kulturwissenschaft (Variante I): Seminar (8 ECTS)
• Exportmodul Anglistik/Amerikanistik 2: Mastermodul Kulturwissenschaft (Variante II): Seminar (6 ECTS)

LA (alt) alle, Diplom, Magister:

• Hauptseminar Kulturwissenschaft, Zugangsvoraussetzung: Zwischenprüfung oder Hauptseminaraufnahmeprüfung

LITERARY STUDIES - also open for the consolidation module!

• BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar (8 ECTS), Zugangsvoraussetzung: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft
• BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik (bis einschließl. Studienbeginn zum WS 2008/09): freie Erweiterung: Seminar 6 ECTS
• LA neu GY: Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar (8 ECTS), Zugangsvoraussetzung: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft
• M.A. English and American Studies / Joint Degree: Compulsory Subjects and Restricted Electives (Master Module English and American Literature); Restricted Electives (Profile Module English and American Literature I-VI: Seminar)
• Erweiterungsbereich Anglistik/Amerikanistik im Rahmen anderer MA: Master Module or Profile Module I or III English and American Literature: Seminar (8 ECTS)
• LA alt (alle), Diplom, Magister: Hauptseminar Literaturwissenschaft, Zugangsvoraussetzung: Zwischenprüfung oder Hauptseminaraufnahmeprüfung
• Erasmus and other visiting students: Seminar (8 ECTS)

2. Voraussetzungen für Punktevergabe / Prerequisites for obtaining credit points:

• active participation
• presentation
• term paper in English (following the Style Sheet)

3. An- und Abmeldung (FlexNow) / Enrollment:

• via FlexNow (Students without access to FlexNow (Erasmus or Joint Degree) please send an email to the instructor of the course)
• An-/Abmeldung zur Lehrveranstaltung (course registration): March 02 May 02, 2020
• An-/Abmeldung zur Prüfung (ECTS/ToR registration): 03. Juni 2020 - 03. Juli 2020

Für Studienortwechsler, Erasmusstudenten sowie Studierende, die den Leistungsnachweis zur baldigen Prüfungsanmeldung benötigen, werden im begrenzten Umfang Plätze freigehalten. Bei Teilnahmewunsch trotz Überbuchung des Seminars wenden Sie sich bitte per Email an die Dozentin.

Studierende, die an der Lehrveranstaltung als Gäste teilnehmen wollen, melden sich bitte nicht über FlexNow! sondern per Email an und erscheinen zur ersten Sitzung; erst dann kann endgültig geklärt werden, ob Gäste aufgenommen werden können.

Information on how to solve problems with your registration: https://www.uni-bamberg.de/anglistik/studium/informationen-zu-flexnow/*

Inhalt:

Please note: This course starts during the week April 20-25, when important information about the organization of this semester will be shared. Therefore, make sure to be registered for this class on FlexNow at least one day before the first scheduled session/meeting! Registered students will then be signed into the respective VC class by the instructor.

Much of US-American culture has been shaped by histories of migration both global migrations to the US, and internal migrations within and across the North American continent. The impact of migration on American culture and its narratives can hardly be overestimated. On the one hand, the US has long prided itself to be able to absorb people, languages, and cultures from all over the world; the American Dream and the idea that the US was destined to spread from Atlantic to Pacific are deeply linked to concepts of migration. On the other hand, the slave trade and Native American relocations profoundly contradict idealizing notions of the US as nation of immigrants.

We will study formative moments in the history of American migration, from the first arrival of European colonists to major moments of mass immigration in the 19th and 20th centuries. Focusing on key phenomena such as the California gold rush and the dust bowl, the African American Great Migration to the North and the shift of wealthy whites to the sunbelt South, we will discuss how different forms of migratory unrest have shaped American cultures.

At the same time, we will explore which role literature has played in negotiating the meanings of migration in the US. Reading a selection of short stories by different (im)migrant authors, we will ask: how do migration stories shape but also critique dominant ideas of the Melting Pot, the American Dream, or the Frontier? Which roles do family, food, education, or the natural world play in the migratory imagination? How do ethnicity and gender inflect these stories perspectives? And which formal and aesthetic features characterize American literature of migration?

Organization:
This is a regular seminar for which you can get 2 8 ECTS points in English and American Studies, or in History, or for the Studium Generale. It will take place as a compact seminar (Blockseminar) at a study center in the French Alps (Chalet Giersch, Manigod), Aug. 14 (Fr) Aug. 21 (Fr) 2020, with a pre-meeting on April 28, 2020 (6-8 p.m. sharp, U9/01.11).

We will travel by car in small groups; the week costs about 120,-- (double room) plus 60,-- (food) per student.

For details and pictures from the last 3 seminars, see https://www.uni-bamberg.de/amerikanistik/exkursionen/.

If you have any questions, please feel free to send an email to christine.gerhardt(at)uni-bamberg.de, I ll be happy to help!

There is a limited number of slots, so please register as soon as possible via FlexNow, or by sending an email!

Requirements:
The seminar will be held in German and English. Students can use the language they feel most comfortable with, but should be able to follow discussions and read short texts in both languages. Each participant should give a 20-minute presentation. For a grade, you can write a final paper or take an oral exam.

Readings:
We will read 10-15 short stories, and a number of historical and conceptual essays about migration history and literature. All texts will be made available on the Virtual Campus by April.

Contemporary Arab-American Literature and Culture

Dozentinnen/Dozenten:

Christine Gerhardt, Lale Behzadi

Angaben:

Hauptseminar, 2 SWS, ECTS: 8, The first session takes place on April 21st, 2020!

Termine:

Di, 18:00 - 21:00, U9/01.11

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Modulzuordnung und Zugangsvoraussetzung / Part of modules resp. courses of study:

Please note that this course is now ALSO OPEN for CULTURAL STUDIES (Hauptseminar Vertiefungsmodul, Master modules, Profile Modules, Consolidation module)!

LITERARY STUDIES - also open for the consolidation module!

• BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar (8 ECTS), Zugangsvoraussetzung: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft
• BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik (bis einschließl. Studienbeginn zum WS 2008/09): freie Erweiterung: Seminar 6 ECTS
• LA neu GY: Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar (8 ECTS), Zugangsvoraussetzung: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft
• M.A. English and American Studies / Joint Degree: Compulsory Subjects and Restricted Electives (Master Module English and American Literature: Seminar, 8 ECTS; Consolidation Module in English and American Literature I - IV: Seminar, 8, 6, 5, or 4 ECTS); Restricted Electives (Profile Module English and American Literature I-VI: Seminar, 8, 6, 5, or 4 ECTS)
• Erweiterungsbereich Anglistik/Amerikanistik im Rahmen anderer MA: Master Module or Profile Module I or III English and American Literature: Seminar (8 ECTS)
• LA alt (alle), Diplom, Magister: Hauptseminar Literaturwissenschaft, Zugangsvoraussetzung: Zwischenprüfung oder Hauptseminaraufnahmeprüfung
• Erasmus and other visiting students: Seminar (8 ECTS)

• BA Islamischer Orient: Vertiefungsmodul I+II
• MA Arabistik/Arabic Studies: MA Ar 01, 02, 03
• Masterstudiengänge Orientalistik: Nachbarmodul im Kernbereich; Modul im Erweiterungsbereich

2. Voraussetzungen für Punktevergabe / Prerequisites for obtaining credit points:

• active participation
• presentation
• term paper in English (following the Style Sheet)

3. An- und Abmeldung (FlexNow) / Enrollment:

• via FlexNow (Students without access to FlexNow (Erasmus or Joint Degree) please send an email to the instructor of the course)
• An-/Abmeldung zur Lehrveranstaltung (course registration): March 02 - May 02, 2020
• An-/Abmeldung zur Prüfung (ECTS/ToR registration): 03. Juni 2020 - 03. Juli 2020

Für Studienortwechsler, Erasmusstudenten sowie Studierende, die den Leistungsnachweis zur baldigen Prüfungsanmeldung benötigen, werden im begrenzten Umfang Plätze freigehalten. Bei Teilnahmewunsch trotz Überbuchung des Seminars wenden Sie sich bitte per Email an die Dozentin.

Studierende, die an der Lehrveranstaltung als Gäste teilnehmen wollen, melden sich bitte nicht über FlexNow! sondern per Email an und erscheinen zur ersten Sitzung; erst dann kann endgültig geklärt werden, ob Gäste aufgenommen werden können.

Information on how to solve problems with your registration: https://www.uni-bamberg.de/anglistik/studium/informationen-zu-flexnow/*

Inhalt:

This interdisciplinary course offers an introduction to the aesthetic, cultural, and political significance of contemporary Arab-American literature from the joint perspectives of Arabic Studies and American Studies. We will focus on how Arab-American literature has been informed by and speaks back to two major contexts: the historical and current developments in diverse Arab cultures, and the shifting role of the United States as a “nation of immigrants.” Starting out from a survey of the historical dynamics that have shaped major strands of Arab-American migration, we will read a selection of novels, short stories, and poems to discuss how specific thematic concerns and formal features resonate in various Arab, American, and Arab-American frameworks. Throughout our readings, we will engage with critical concepts such as migration and diaspora, postcolonialism and transnationalism, orientalism and memory, race and gender, so students are expected to come to this seminar with an interest in theoretical issues as well. All readings are in English.

Empfohlene Literatur:

All students are required to get and read these two novels before the beginning of the semester:

• Rabih Alameddine: I, The Divine (2002)
• Diana Abu-Jabir, Crescent (2003)

Further primary and secondary readings will be made available on the Virtual Campus before the beginning of the term.

Toward “a more perfect Union”: Violence and the Utopian Imagination in U.S. American Culture

Dozent/in:

Judith Rauscher

Angaben:

Seminar/Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 8, Gaststudierendenverzeichnis, Gender und Diversität

Termine:

Mo, 12:00 - 14:00, U5/01.18

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

Please note: This course starts during the week April 20-25, when important information about the organization of this semester will be shared. Therefore, make sure to be registered for this class on FlexNow at least one day before the first scheduled session! Registered students will then be signed into the respective VC class by the instructor.

1. Modulzuordnung und Zugangsvoraussetzung / Part of modules resp. courses of study:

Hauptseminar CULTURAL STUDIES - also open for the consolidation module!

B.A. Anglistik/Amerikanistik

• Vertiefungsmodul Kulturwissenschaft: Seminar (8 ECTS), Zugangsvoraussetzung: Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft

B.A. Anglistik/Amerikanistik (bis einschließl. Studienbeginn zum WS 2008/09):

• freie Erweiterung: Seminar (6 ECTS)

M.A. Anglistik/Amerikanistik:

• Mastermodul Kulturwissenschaft (Variante I): Seminar (8 ECTS)
• Mastermodul Kulturwissenschaft (Variante II): Seminar (6 ECTS)
• Profilmodul Kulturwissenschaft: Seminar (8 ECTS)
• Erweiterungsmodul: Seminar (8 ECTS)

M.A. English and American Studies:

• Compulsory Subjects and Restricted Electives: Mastermodul Cultural Studies
• Restricted Electives: Profilmodul Cultural Studies
• Consolidation Module Cultural Studies I-IV: Seminar (8, 6, 5 or 4 ECTS)

M.A. Literatur und Medien:

• Film- und Bildwissenschaft: Seminar (Referat + Hausarbeit, 8 ECTS)
• Erweiterung Film- und Bildwissenschaft: Seminar (Referat + Hausarbeit, 8 ECTS)

Erweiterungsbereich Anglistik/Amerikanistik im Rahmen anderer M.A.:

• Exportmodul Anglistik/Amerikanistik 1 oder 2: Mastermodul Kulturwissenschaft (Variante I): Seminar (8 ECTS)
• Exportmodul Anglistik/Amerikanistik 2: Mastermodul Kulturwissenschaft (Variante II): Seminar (6 ECTS)

LA (alt) alle, Diplom, Magister:

• Hauptseminar Kulturwissenschaft, Zugangsvoraussetzung: Zwischenprüfung oder Hauptseminaraufnahmeprüfung

Übung CULTURAL STUDIES - also open for the consolidation module!

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik:

• Basismodul Kulturwissenschaft: Übung (2 ECTS)
• Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft: Übung (2 ECTS), Zugangsvoraussetzung: Basismodul Kulturwissenschaft

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik (nur HF ohne BA-Arbeit):

• Basismodul Kulturwissenschaft: Übung (2 ECTS)
• Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft: Übung (2 ECTS), Zugangsvoraussetzung: Basismodul Kulturwissenschaft
• Vertiefungsmodul Kulturwissenschaft: Übung (2 ECTS), Zugangsvoraussetzung: Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft

MA Anglistik/Amerikanistik:

• Mastermodul Kulturwissenschaft: Übung (2 ECTS)
• Master-Vertiefungsmodul Kulturwissenschaft I oder II: Übung (2 ECTS)
• Erweiterungsmodul I: Übung (2 ECTS)
• Consolidation Modules English and American Culture: Übung (2 ECTS)

Erweiterungsbereich Anglistik/Amerikanistik im Rahmen anderer MA: Erweiterungsmodul I:

• Übung (2 ECTS)

Lehramt neu GHS: Basismodul Kulturwissenschaft (4 ECTS)
Lehramt neu RS: Zusatzmodul Kulturwissenschaft
Lehramt neu GY: Basismodul Kulturwissenschaft (2 ECTS)
Lehramt neu GY: Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft (2 ECTS), Zugangsvoraussetzung: Basismodul Kulturwissenschaft
Lehramt neu GY (ab WS 11/2): Vertiefungsmodul Kulturwissenschaft (2 ECTS), Zugangsvoraussetzung: Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft
LA alt (alle), Diplom, Magister: Übung
Bachelor BWL, Studienschwerpunkt Wirtschaftspädagogik II: Basismodul Kulturwissenschaft (2 ECTS)
Master Wirtschaftspädagogik, Studienrichtung II: Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft (2 ECTS)

Studium Generale: 2 od. 4 ECTS, NICHT für Studierende im BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik!

2. Voraussetzungen für Punktevergabe / Prerequisites for obtaining credit points:

• active participation
• presentation
• term paper in English (following the Style Sheet)

3. An- und Abmeldung (FlexNow) / Enrollment:

• via FlexNow (Students without access to FlexNow (Erasmus or Joint Degree) please send an email to the instructor of the course)
• An-/Abmeldung zur Lehrveranstaltung (course registration): March 02 - May 02, 2020
• An-/Abmeldung zur Prüfung (ECTS/ToR registration): 03. Juni 2020 - 03. Juli 2020

Für Studienortwechsler, Erasmusstudenten sowie Studierende, die den Leistungsnachweis zur baldigen Prüfungsanmeldung benötigen, werden im begrenzten Umfang Plätze freigehalten. Bei Teilnahmewunsch trotz Überbuchung des Seminars wenden Sie sich bitte per Email an die Dozentin.

Studierende, die an der Lehrveranstaltung als Gäste teilnehmen wollen, melden sich bitte nicht über FlexNow! sondern per Email an und erscheinen zur ersten Sitzung; erst dann kann endgültig geklärt werden, ob Gäste aufgenommen werden können.

Information on how to solve problems with your registration: https://www.uni-bamberg.de/anglistik/studium/informationen-zu-flexnow/*

Inhalt:

Please note: This course starts during the week April 20-25, when important information about the organization of this semester will be shared. Therefore, make sure to be registered for this class on FlexNow at least one day before the first scheduled session! Registered students will then be signed into the respective VC class by the instructor.

“Utopia” has always been associated with America. Thomas More, who coined the term and established the (modern) genre of utopian literature with the publication of Utopia (1516), took inspiration for his description of the fictional island of Utopia from the travel accounts of Amerigo Vespucci and Christopher Columbus (Veiera, “The concept of utopia” 3). In turn, his work—together with the “earthly paradise” these early explorers described—shaped European ideas about a “New World Eden” that led persecuted religious groups such as the Puritans to leave England in the hope of establishing a model “City Upon a Hill” in the “Promised Land” across the Atlantic. During the struggle for independence, this “early, pre-national utopian imaginary” (Paul, The Myths that Made America 12) was transformed into a “consciously constructed new world utopia” (Ostendorf, as qtd. In Paul 12) that also entered the founding documents of the United States. The famous preamble of the Constitution of 1789 for example reads: “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, [….] do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.” As some scholars have suggested, the Republic that is established with this document is not simply declared a “more perfect Union” than the American colonies here, it is also established as a utopian project, that is, as a political project that depends on an ongoing struggle for “a more perfect Union.”

Associated with such enduring cultural narratives as the “American Adam” and “Manifest Destiny,” the utopian imagination has always been associated with ideas of liberty and progress in U.S. American Culture. Yet, from the very beginning, it has also been linked to horrific acts of violence, including but not limited to colonization (as a political movement to settle the “New World”), slavery (as an economic system intent to develop the “American Garden”), and the eugenics movement of the late 19th century (as a pseudo-scientific project to improve the “American Race”). In this course, we will explore the tenacious link between utopia and violence in American culture. Focusing on historical documents from the early 16th to the mid-19th century, we will discuss what forms the “American Utopia” took at different points in time and what kinds of violence were glossed over or considered permissible in order to achieve it. Reading selected literary utopias from the late 19th and early 20th century, we will examine how gender, race, and class conflict are depicted in these texts, and what role nature and technology play in how these texts imagine “more perfect” but not necessarily “less violent” futures.

Empfohlene Literatur:

to be announced soon!