UO GerScan

The Department of German and Scandinavian at the University of Oregon.

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Professor Matthias Vogel is teaching two classes on German culture and society! Sign up for Food Studies or Germany: A multicultural society for spring!

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Interested in learning about Germany's past? Check out these two classes we're offering Spring, and dive into the Weimar Republic and its legacy.

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Germany and the Nordic Countries have been widely perceived to be traditionally homogeneous regions, however, increased globalization in Europe has led to an alarming rise in radical nationalism, ethnic separatism, and violence. Learn more in GER 351: Diversity in Germany!

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The Holocaust and its Representations will examine questions of the Holocaust in fiction, memoir, and multi-media formats. Enroll to learn about German and Jewish history, racism, violence, human strengths and weaknesses, and the ideologies that produce scapegoating mechanisms.

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GER/SCAN 220M: From Kierkegaard to Kafka will examine works of existentialism in fiction, discussing "existentialism" as a philosophy of radical freedom and radical self-responsibility. This class will look at fiction, philosophy and film by Danish, German, and French authors.

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Nordic Cinema has contributed to the pantheon of great directors and has produced some of the more interesting
avant-garde movements in film history. If you love film and/or Scandinavian culture, consider taking SCAN 317 this Winter!

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The course list is being released soon! GER 367 is being offered in the Winter and focuses on Die "Neue Frau". If you're interested in literature that covers discussion of sexuality and the status of women in the 19th and early 20th century, this is the class for you!

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Don't forget to add our annual Graduate Conference to your calendar! From February 13th-14th, listen to captivating papers on "Ideologies of Convenience: Cynicism and Irony".

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Summer classes are starting soon, but it's not too late to enroll for GerScan language and culture summer classes! Enroll in our intensive first or second year German, GER 223: Multicultural Society WEB or GER 355: German Cinema. Check out https://t.co/vgQoGNEGCq for a full list!

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If you're interested in Medieval European Literature, you'd love our Scan 259 class which covers the fascinating "Sagas of the Icelanders" or "Family Sagas". Sign up for this class for fall and enjoy reading and learning about this old art form.

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Explore Scan 251 this fall and learn about stories, how we tell them, what they mean to us, and how narrative permeates the very fabric of our understanding of the world. Sign up for this upcoming term!

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For fall 2019, consider taking our course "Themes in Literature: Fake and Fiction". Learn about the phenomenon of the fake and its relationship to literary writing!

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What is foreignness and alienation? Explore the concepts of "Das Fremde und Die Fremdheit" this fall in German 407/507!

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Take a trip through German Fairy Tales and examine the transitions from magic to uncanny, surrealist, and fantasy tales in texts from Romanticism, to visual cultures of the 21st century in GER 356. Don't miss out and sign up for fall!

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Examine the political, social and cultural dimensions of recent immigration phenomena in Germany and Austria in the post-World War II period through our course GER 340: Migration and Asylum in Germany and Austria Today! Sign up for this fall, registration starts next week!

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Next fall we're offering "Culture of Money", which analyzes German culture and its connection to economy. Check it out on our website and sign up for your next term!

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Interested in learning about German during the postwar years? Check out this course we're offering next fall, and learn through texts and films the connection between modern and postwar Germany.

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Registration opens for Summer 2019 TODAY, don't forget to check out your favorite German and Scandinavian Summer classes! We're offering language AND literature credits this summer, so register now!

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Do you love classic films like Metropolis by Frtiz Lang? We have a German class this summer purely dedicated to an in-depth analysis of various facets of German Cinema, and you should check it out! Visit us on the GerScan website for more information.

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Wanted to take GER 223, but didn't have time during the school year? No worries! We are offering this engaging class during the summer too, so sign up today and learn about Germany's multicultural society!