New CES Courses 2006-2010

During this funding cycle CES affiliated faculty have developed over twenty entirely new courses on Europe. The "area studies" courses listed below can all be counted toward the European Studies Certificate.

Spring 2010

Introduction to World Literatures (B. Venkat Mani) Lit Trans 276

African/Francophone Film (Aliko Songolo) French 440/African Languages and Literature 440

Political Modernist Film in Italy (Patrick Rumble) Italian 452 Section 002
Offered with an optional FLAC (Foreign Languages Across the Curriculum) discussion section in Italian

Gender and Sexuality in Modern Irish Theatre (Mary Trotter) Theatre and Drama 619 Section 001

The Politics of the European Union and its Member States (Nils Ringe) Political Science 948

Modern Greek (Second Semester) Greek 106

Nynorsk Sprak og Kultur - New Norwegian Language and Culture (Todd Michelsen-Ambelang) Scandinavian Studies 405

Modern Icelandic 2 (Second Semester) Scandinavian Studies 520, lecture 001

An optional FLAC (Foreign Languages Across the Curriculum) discussion section in Italian offered for Contemporary Italian Women Writers (Grazia Menechella) Literature in Translation 410

An optional FLAC (Foreign Languages Across the Curriculum) discussion section in Norwegian offered for History of Scandinavia since 1815 (Julie Allen) Scandinavian Studies 432/History 432

Fall 2009


Health and Citizenship
(Richard Keller) Medical History and Bioethics 668

First Year Seminar in Humanities: The Rape of Europa: Art in Totalitarian Europe (Barbara Buenger) INTER (L&S) 102. The course is offered as a First-Year Interest Group (FIG) cluster together with History 120 (Europe and the Modern World, 1815 to the Present) and English 100 (Freshman Composition).

Globalizing Higher Education and Research for the 'Knowledge Economy' (Kris Olds) Geography 675, lec. 002/ 901, sem. 001

Modern Greek (First Semester) Greek 105

Religious Thought in Modern Europe (Rudy Koshar) History 470

Contemporary European Extreme Right (Laird Boswell) History 600, section 002

Portuguese Civilization (Ellen Sapega) Portugese 361

Modern Icelandic 1 (First Semester) Scandinavian Studies 520, lecture 001

Spring 2009

Fabricating Europe: Issues of Research in Curriculum and Instruction (Thomas S. Popkewitz) Curriculum and Instruction 916

Europe and the Mediterranean Islamic world, 1100-1400 (Michael Chamberlain) History 600

The "Cold War as World Histories" (Jeremi Suri) History 753

Immigration in the Mediterranean (Eugenia Mazza) Literature in Translation 410
Offered with an optional FLAC (Foreign Languages Across the Curriculum) discussion section in Italian

Scandinavian Heritage in America (Julie Allen) Scandinavian Studies 296/496
Offered with an optional FLAC (Foreign Languages Across the Curriculum) discussion section in Swedish

Fall 2008

Historicizing the GDR (Marc Silberman) CGES 804/German 948

Images of Mediterranean Authoritarianism in the Art, Literature and Cinema of Italy, Spain and Portugal (Ellen Sapega) Portuguese 640

Kierkegaard and Scandinavian Literature (Julie Allen) Scandinavian Studies 426/Religious Studies 400/Literature in Translation 339
Offered with an optional FLAC (Foreign Languages Across the Curriculum) discussion section in Danish

Spring 2008

Fabricating Europe: Issues of Research in Curriculum and Instruction (Thomas Popkewitz) Curriculum and Instruction 916

Immigration and Expression (Sally Magnan) French 240

The Celtic Tiger and Modern Ireland (Jim Donnelly) History 600

European Innovations in Environmental Management: Lessons for the U.S. (Harvey Jacobs) Environmental Studies 900

Greening Business, Involving Consumers (Elizabeth Covington) International Studies 606

History of Scandinavia after 1800 (Julie Allen) Scandinavian Studies 432/History 432

Fall 2007

Scandinavian Decadence in its European Context (Susan Brantly) Comparative Literature 358/Literature in Translation 350/Scandinavian Studies 450

The Low Countries: A Culture of High Water (Jolanda Vanderwal Taylor) German 245 (445, 645)

Risk Communication from a Comparative Perspective: Exploring the European and the American Contexts (Dominique Brossard) Journalism and Mass Communication 676