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Lecture
WiSe 19/20: Reform, Diversity, and Cultural Nationalism in the Age of Romanticism
Christina Meyer
Comments
This lecture is designed to introduce students to the complexities of U.S. cultural production and social life in the age of romanticism, roughly from the 1820s to the Civil War. In order to avoid a teleological "reading back" of the period leading up to the Civil War, the lecture will attempt to take romanticism seriously in its own right as a distinct moment in U.S. cultural history and we will aspire to both, come to terms with and complicate the central concepts introduced in the title of the lecture. Next to discussing material of what we consider to be canonized for the period at hand and voices in the debates about reform, diversity, and nationalism in the first half of the 19th century, we will also look into different (yet related) fields of publishing – that is, newspapers, magazines, books, and advertising –, in order to get a better understanding of communication practices, knowledge management, and prevalent (visual) discourses of the time period. In this lecture, students are encouraged to develop their skills in critical reading of primary sources and secondary literature, and to develop strategies for historical research of cultural artifacts. close
16 Class schedule
Regular appointments
Thu, 2019-10-17 18:00 - 20:00
Thu, 2019-10-24 18:00 - 20:00
Thu, 2019-10-31 18:00 - 20:00
Thu, 2019-11-07 18:00 - 20:00
Thu, 2019-11-14 18:00 - 20:00
Thu, 2019-11-21 18:00 - 20:00
Thu, 2019-11-28 18:00 - 20:00
Thu, 2019-12-05 18:00 - 20:00
Thu, 2019-12-12 18:00 - 20:00
Thu, 2019-12-19 18:00 - 20:00
Thu, 2020-01-09 18:00 - 20:00
Thu, 2020-01-16 18:00 - 20:00
Thu, 2020-01-23 18:00 - 20:00
Thu, 2020-01-30 18:00 - 20:00
Thu, 2020-02-06 18:00 - 20:00
Thu, 2020-02-13 18:00 - 20:00