Berlin: An Excursion to Modernity (GER-0173)

Fall 2025 · GER 0173 · Tufts University · 4 credits · Undergraduate

Investigation of the co-emergence of metropolitan Berlin and modernist art and thinking from the early twentieth century to the present. Themes include utopian/dystopian urbanity, the relation between art and propaganda, the politics of memory, the aesthetics of terrorism as well as the creative force of cultural hybridity. Emphasis on literature, film, and visual culture, supplemented by readings in philosophy, (cultural) history, and urban studies. In English. Upper-level offering of GER 73. Extra assignments and class meetings in German. Recommendation: One of GER 22, 34, 44, or 61. Credit cannot be received for both GER 73 and GER 173.

Course codes: GER-0173, GER 0173, GER0173, GER-173, GER 173, GER173

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