Prof. Sarah Albiez-Wieck from the History Department will be offering an intensive master-seminar in block form on "Gender and Empire. The Philippines under Spanish, US and Japanese rule," together with Dr. Olivia Anne M. Habana from Ateneo de Manila University.

After an (important!) initial meeting via Zoom on September 8th (9-11 a.m.), we will have one week of in-presence-sessions from October 6th-10th, each day from 10-12 a.m. and 2-6 p.m. (on Friday only until 3.p.m.). Access for the initial meeting is via: https://uni-ms.zoom-x.de/j/6603262319?pwd=b3lFWG1iMjBRZjl1czJiZzlvTUxoUT09; Meeting-ID: 660 326 2319; Kenncode: 927216.

The seminar analyzes central strategies of colonial rule in the Philippines under Spanish (1565-1898), US (1898-1946) and Japanese occupation (1942-1945). A special focus in the seminar will be on gender relations. Based on a selection of texts and sources (among them travel accounts and photographs), we will discuss questions of gender norms, family politics, demography,  racism and global connections.

SUMMER TERM 2025

All course formats that have a direct relationship to North America, Canada, the Carribbean and/or Mexico are permitted. Please ask the responsible instructor in advance, whether participation is possible or not.

In module 1 "North American Studies Across the Disciplines", three seminars are mandatory, covering at least two different disciplines/faculties (from 6, 8, or 9). One of the three seminars needs to be completed with a research paper (3,500–5,000 words).

Module 2 "Study North America: Theory and Practice" allows students to both deepen their knowledge in regular courses as well as to choose between other formats of research and practice. Please read in the module description for further information.

• American Studies (English Department, FB 9)

• Book Studies (English Department, FB 9)

• German-American Educational History (Institute of Education, FB 6)

  Module I

  061771 Seminar: The 1968 Student Movements in West Germany and the United States
  Nicholas Johnson

  061770 Seminar: Learning History through Film and Television
  Nicholas Johnson

• Latin American History (History Department, FB 8)

  Module I
  
  080271 Masterseminar: Imperial – kolonial – (post)kolonial. Theoretische Überlegungen und das spanische Kolonialreich
  Prof. Dr. Sarah Albiez-Wieck

  080245 Übung: El imperio español y la historia global
  Prof. Dr. Sarah Albiez-Wieck

  Module II

  080202 Vorlesung: Einführung in die frühe Neuzeit: Perspektiven aus Europa und Iberoamerika
  Prof. Dr. Sarah Albiez-Wieck (gemeinsam mit Ulrike Ludwig)

   

• North American History (History Department, FB 8)

  Module I

  080227 Hauptseminar: Der US-amerikanische Westen im 19. Jahrhundert
  Prof. Dr. Heike Bungert

  080248 Übung: The U.S. American West in Film
  Prof. Dr. Heike Bungert

  080254 Übung: Themen der modernen afrikanischen Geschichte
  PD Dr. Felix Brahm

  Module II

  080204 Vorlesung: Der „Wilde Westen“: Die Expansion der USA und der Mythos vom Westen
  Prof. Dr. Heike Bungert

• Transatlantic Literary History (German Language and Literature, FB 9)