Course catalog

32000

WiSe 17/18: Ringvorlesung: Capitalism and the North American City

Markus Kienscherf, Martin Lüthe

Information for students

Course requirements: We will discuss course requirements in our first session, as they depend on the number of students enrolled in the seminar. In addition to regular attendance and active participation (in the shape of group assignments), you will either write a final research paper with a deadline of September 15, 2017, or an in-class exam (in the form of an essay). close

13 Class schedule

Regular appointments

Wed, 18:00 - 20:00 13 Class schedule

Wed, 2017-10-25 18:00 - 20:00

Comments:
Introductory Session

Lecturers:
Prof. Dr. Markus Kienscherf
Dr. Martin Lüthe

Location:
Hs 1b Hörsaal (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)

Wed, 2017-11-01 18:00 - 20:00

Comments:
Markus Kienscherf (Sociology): Parking Tickets and Class Oppression: Capitalism, Urban Governance and the Police in America

Lecturers:
Prof. Dr. Markus Kienscherf
Dr. Martin Lüthe

Location:
Hs 1b Hörsaal (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)

Wed, 2017-11-08 18:00 - 20:00

Comments:
Martin Lüthe (Culture): Poverty’s Paradise? Hip Hop, Capitalism, and the North American City

Lecturers:
Prof. Dr. Markus Kienscherf
Dr. Martin Lüthe

Location:
Hs 1b Hörsaal (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)

Wed, 2017-11-22 18:00 - 20:00

Comments:
Sönke Kunkel (History): Earthquakes, Winds, and Fires: Natural Disasters and Capitalism in North American Cities

Lecturers:
Prof. Dr. Markus Kienscherf
Dr. Martin Lüthe

Location:
Hs 1b Hörsaal (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)

Wed, 2017-11-29 18:00 - 20:00

Comments:
Stefanie Müller (Culture): The Monster on Chestnut Street: Anti-Corporate Rhetoric and the Second Bank of the United States

Lecturers:
Prof. Dr. Markus Kienscherf
Dr. Martin Lüthe

Location:
Hs 1b Hörsaal (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)

Wed, 2017-12-06 18:00 - 20:00

Comments:
Alexander Starre (Culture): Comprehending Class in the Industrial City: Jane Addams's Chicago and W.E.B. Du Bois's Philadelphia

Lecturers:
Prof. Dr. Markus Kienscherf
Dr. Martin Lüthe

Location:
Hs 1b Hörsaal (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)

Wed, 2017-12-13 18:00 - 20:00

Comments:
Jonathan Fox (Economics): Progressive Era Public Health in the American City

Lecturers:
Prof. Dr. Markus Kienscherf
Dr. Martin Lüthe

Location:
Hs 1b Hörsaal (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)

Wed, 2018-01-10 18:00 - 20:00

Comments:
Lauren Kroiz (Culture): Leaving the Body: The Empty Spaces of American Modernism

Lecturers:
Prof. Dr. Markus Kienscherf
Dr. Martin Lüthe

Location:
Hs 1b Hörsaal (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)

Wed, 2018-01-17 18:00 - 20:00

Comments:
Markus Kienscherf (Sociology): Producing Privacy: Homes and Households

Lecturers:
Prof. Dr. Markus Kienscherf
Dr. Martin Lüthe

Location:
Hs 1b Hörsaal (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)

Wed, 2018-01-24 18:00 - 20:00

Comments:
Boris Vormann (Bard College Berlin): Varieties of Urbanization? The City in American Political Development

Lecturers:
Prof. Dr. Markus Kienscherf
Dr. Martin Lüthe

Location:
Hs 1b Hörsaal (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)

Wed, 2018-01-31 18:00 - 20:00

Comments:
Talja Blokland (HU Berlin): The ghetto, state surveillance and control

Lecturers:
Prof. Dr. Markus Kienscherf
Dr. Martin Lüthe

Location:
Hs 1b Hörsaal (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)

Wed, 2018-02-07 18:00 - 20:00

Comments:
James Dorson (Literature): "These bourgeois cities will kill you: Antiurbanism, Populism, and California Naturalism"

Lecturers:
Prof. Dr. Markus Kienscherf
Dr. Martin Lüthe

Location:
Hs 1b Hörsaal (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)

Wed, 2018-02-14 18:00 - 20:00

Comments:
Conclusion

Lecturers:
Prof. Dr. Markus Kienscherf
Dr. Martin Lüthe

Location:
Hs 1b Hörsaal (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)

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Location: Hs 1b Hörsaal (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)

Schedule: Mi 18:00-20:00

Class starts on: 2017-10-25

Course language: English

Contact hours: 2

Limited attendance: No

Attendance required: Yes

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