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2014-2015 Academic Catalog 
    
2014-2015 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ART 295-01 - Special Topic: Berlin: Borders and Transgressions

4 credits (Spring)
Cross-listed as: GRM 295-01 . This team-taught course focuses on Berlin as a center for innovation in the visual arts and literature since the late 18th century. We will examine the connection of the arts to contemporary socio-political phenomena such as urbanization, immigration, war, European integration, and today’s significance of Berlin as a site where Islamic and Western traditions meet. Taught in English; students majoring in German read texts in the original. Class will travel to Berlin during Spring Break.

Prerequisite: Second year standing; priority will be given to declared Art and German majors.
Instructor: Anger