MA Program in Contemporary Germany Studies: Politics, Society and Culture - Course List

Contemporary Germany Studies: Politics, Society and Culture 2024-2025

The information in the Shnaton – the university’s course catalogue shall prevail.

Compulsory Classes

54699	2 c.p.	Research Methods
		Dr. Daniel Wajner
		Fall term \| Wednesday \| 16:30-18:00
		Room 42605 \| Faculty of Humanities

54677	1 c.p.	European Forum’s Colloquium A
		Prof. Gisela Dachs
		Fall term \| Wednesday \| 18:30-20:00
		Room 42605 \| Faculty of Humanities
		30.10.2024	01.01.2025
		13.11.2024	15.01.2025
		27.11.2024	29.01.2025
		11.12.2024

54777	1 c.p.	European Forum’s Colloquium B
		Prof. Gisela Dachs
		Spring term \| Wednesday \| 18:30-20:00
		Room 42605 \| Faculty of Humanities
		26.03.2025	28.05.2025
		09.04.2025	11.06.2025
		07.05.2025	25.06.2025
		14.05.2025


Simulation Workshops

54671	1 c.p.	Simulation Workshop: EU’s Energy Dependency and Sustainability
		Mr. Louis Bernard
		Preparatory meeting:
		Wednesday \| 04.12.2024 \| 18:30-22:00
		Simulation:
		Thursday \| 05.12.2024 \| 08:30-18:00
		Room 42605 \| Faculty of Humanities


54672	1 c.p.	Simulation Workshop: NATO: Defense and Deterrence in 2025
		Mr. Tamir Sinai
		Preparatory meetings:
		Thursday \| 10.04.2025 \| 16:30-20:15 (online)
		Wednesday\| 16.04.2025 \| 18:30-20:15
		Simulation:
		Thursday \| 17.04.2025 \| 08:30-16:15
		Room 42605 \| Faculty of Humanities


Basic Courses

54812	2 c.p.	Introduction to German Law
		Dr. Katya Assaf
		Fall term \| Wednesday \| 08:30-10:00
		Room 42605 \| Faculty of Humanities

54620	2 c.p.	Still an Economic Superpower? - The Political Economy of Germany from a Comparative Perspective
		Dr. Ina Kubbe
		Fall term \| Wednesday \| 10:30-12:00
		Room 42605 \| Faculty of Humanities

54835	2 c.p.	Media and Society in Germany – Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
		Prof. Gisela Dachs
		Fall term \| Wednesday \| 14:30-16:00
		Room 42605 \| Faculty of Humanities

54642	2 c.p.	Elections and Political Institutions in Contemporary Germany
		Dr. Tristan Klingelhöfer
		Spring term \| Wednesday \| 10:30-12:00
		Room 42605 \| Faculty of Humanities

54613	2 c.p.	Visual History of the GDR (online-hybrid course)
		Dr. Tobias Ebbrecht-Hartmann
		Spring term \| Wednesday \| 14:30-16:00

32897	2 c.p.	Resistance, Rebellion, Revolution. Youth in German Modernist Literature
		Prof. Vivian Liska
		Spring term \| Tuesday \| 10:30-12:00


Elective Compulsory Courses

54859	2 c.p.	Massacre and Genocide in the 19th and 20th Century
		Dr. Oded Steinberg
		Fall term \| Wednesday \| 12:30-14:00
		Room 42605 \| Faculty of Humanities

54641	2 c.p.	European Football and Nationalism
		Dr. Oded Steinberg
		Spring term \| Wednesday \| 14:30-16:00
		Room 42605 \| Faculty of Humanities

54675	2 c.p.	European Memory Cultures (online-asynchronous course)
		Dr. Tobias Ebbrecht-Hartmann
		Fall term \| Wednesday \| 12:30-14:00

54676	2 c.p.	German Culture, Arts and Media (online-hybrid course)
		Dr. Tobias Ebbrecht-Hartmann
		Spring term \| Wednesday \| 12:30-14:00

54915	2 c.p.	Germany in Legal Terms: Education, Politics, and Human Rights
		Dr. Katya Assaf
		Spring term \| Wednesday \| 08:30-10:00
		Room 42605 \| Faculty of Humanities

54921	2 c.p.	Media, Market and Law – Germany and the USA in a Comparative Perspective
		Dr. Katya Assaf
		Spring term \| Wednesday \| 10:30-12:00
		Room 23301 \| Faculty of Social Sciences

54679	2 c.p.	Workshop in Applied Strategy: The Ambassadors' Club of the European Forum
		Dr. Daniel Aschheim
		Spring term \| Monday \| 10:30-12:00
		Room 24205 \| Faculty of Social Sciences

54643	2 c.p.	European Politics
		Dr. Tristan Klingelhöfer
		Fall term \| Monday \| 17:00-18:30
		Room 42605 \| Faculty of Humanities

54678	2 c.p.	Study Excursion: Governing in the German Multi-Level System: A Field Trip to Berlin and Mecklenburg-West Pomerania
		Dr. Tristan Klingelhöfer
		09.-15.06.2025 (tentative)
		Prerequisite: basic course 54642.

54663	2 c.p.	Out of the Imperial Ruins: Central-East in the Modern Age (in Hebrew)
		Dr. Samuel Barnai
		Spring term \| Monday \| 19:00-20:30
		Room 42605 \| Faculty of Humanities

54664	2 c.p.	Study Excursion: The Imperial Past in the Nation State: The Baltic Case (in Hebrew)
		Dr. Samuel Barnai
		11-18.05.2024
		Prerequisite: course 54663.

40766	4 c.p.	Study Excursion: Europe in China: To the Former European Colonies Hong Kong and Macau and the Pearl River Delta (in Hebrew)
		Prof. Noam Shoval & Dr. Dror Kochan
		09-18.03.2024

54626	2 c.p.	German Media between Printed Press and Digital Networks
		Prof. Gisela Dachs
		Spring term \| Wednesday \| 12:30-14:00
		Room 42605 \| Faculty of Humanities

54836	2 c.p.	Europe from the In- and Outside: What You See from Here You Don’t See from There
		Prof. Gisela Dachs
		Spring term \| Wednesday \| 16:30-18:00
		Room 42605 \| Faculty of Humanities

54619	2 c.p.	Internship for Students of the European Forum
		Dr. Maya Sion-Tzidkiyahu
		Annual \| Wednesday \| 18:30-20:00
		Room 42605 \| Faculty of Humanities

54800	2 c.p.	Introduction to the European Union: A Unique Supranational Beast (in Hebrew)
		Dr. Maya Sion-Tzidkiyahu
		Fall term \| Monday \| 08:30-10:00
		Room 42605 \| Faculty of Humanities

54682	4 c.p.	Breaking the Silos: Identifying the Win-Win Opportunities in the Energy, Security and Climate Nexus
		Prof. Lior Herman
		Tuesday \| 29.10.2024 \| 11:30-13:15 \| online
		Fall term \| Wednesday \| 11:30-14:15 \| online
		Workshop in Brussels: 26.11-01.12.2024 (Tentative)
		The number of participants is limited. Deadline for application: 19.10.2024. Application form


Elective Courses

50987	2 c.p.	Global Holocaust Memory and Popular Cinema (online course)
		Dr. Tobias Ebbrecht-Hartmann
		Fall term \| Monday \| 08:30-10:00

58940	2 c.p.	The European Titans: Anglo-German Relations 1815-2022 (in Hebrew)
		Dr. Oded Steinberg
		Spring term \| Monday \| 13:00-14:30
		Room 23209 \| Faculty of Social Sciences

39856	2 c.p.	The Compensation Project: Reparations for Historical Wrongs in Europe after 1945 (in Hebrew)
		Dr. Iris Nachum
		Fall term \| Tuesday \| 12:30-14:00

56886	4 c.p.	Fundamental Issues in Political Theory: Freedom (in Hebrew)
		Dr. Yiftah Elazar
		Annual \| Monday \| 15:00-16:30
		Room 22301 \| Faculty of Social Sciences

14763	2 c.p.	Graduate Seminar in German-Jewish Thought and Culture
		Prof. Benjamin Pollock
		Annual \| Monday \| 10:30-12:00

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Study Excursions

In the study programs of the Europe Forum, there are at least two study excursions every year.

The excursions are courses that give credit points.

The students pay a participation fee, but the Europe Forum heavily subsidizes the cost of the tours.

Here are some of the excursions we have gone on in the past:

Study Excursion to the EU Institutions in Brussels (held once every two years)

Dr. Maya Sion-Tzidkiyahu

Two multilateral institutions in Brussels – the European Union and NATO – are the focus of the study tour. While the European Union is a supranational "unique beast", and NATO is a pure intergovernmental organization, both are looking for new goals to justify their path. This is especially true at a time when both are suffering from multiple crises. The excursion focuses on the integration process and making collective and binding decisions. It allows the students to deepen their understanding of how the European Union and NATO work, and to add an experiential and experiential layer to the academic understanding. It brings the students together with the decision-makers and the factors that advise and influence them and allows the students to present questions to them and discuss general and current issues, especially specific issues that are of research interest to them.

During the excursion, meetings and discussions are held with politicians, diplomats, officials, experts and lecturers working in these institutions or experts in them, as well as with Israeli diplomats who serve in the Israeli delegation to the European Union and NATO and with a pro-Israeli lobby organization. We visit the Council of Ministers, the European Commission, the European Parliament, the European Foreign Service, and NATO headquarters.

Also, within the constraints of time, the tour brings the students together with Belgium, a federation divided between the Walloon and Flemish communities, whose capital is Brussels, and perhaps one of the factors preventing its disintegration.

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New Challenges for Liberalism in the Old Continent – Study excursion to Switzerland, France, and Germany (2023)

Prof. Gisela Dachs

Across Western Europe, long-established political arrangements are under attack. Far-right parties gain ground leading to increased polarization and fragmentation of society. But how do liberal democracies try to uphold and fight for their core practices, norms, and values? The study trip will explore the various responses to the crisis by visiting and engaging in dialogue with institutions, representatives of intellectual and cultural circles, officials, decision-makers, journalists, and other experts in several bordering countries.

Vienna: A Biography of the 'World's Most Liveable City' (2023)

Prof. Joseph Patrouch, University of Alberta, Canada

Is Vienna indeed the 'World's Most Liveable City'? What makes it so?

This course introduced students to themes relating to the histories of Vienna and its surrounding area from prehistoric times to the present. After studying in the classroom in Jerusalem, we flew to Vienna and visited the sites discussed, to understand them in context: palaces, churches, the UN headquarters, monuments, gardens, residential neighbourhoods, and more.

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Germany and France: From Wars to Reconciliation and Beyond. A Study excursion from Berlin to Paris (2022)

Prof. Gisela Dachs

Throughout their long history, the relations between French and Germans have been mostly marked by embittered wars and enmity. It was only after 1945 that a process of reconciliation started to take place. The founding fathers of this process shaped not only what would then develop into a strong alliance at the heart of Western Europe, but also the core of the future European Union. Albeit not without difficulties, the Franco-German friendship has become to symbolize a successful way to overcome history through peaceful bilateral cooperation. Such transnational interactions include a wide range of activities including state-financed youth exchanges, municipal partnerships, and a host of bi-national institutes and associations. Rather than directly affecting domestic political affairs, this kind of Europeanization connects French and Germans in various ways, transforming their partnership into the driving force of the European integration.

The study excursion explored the historical traces as reminders of the former enmity between France and Germany, as well as current transnational practices of cooperation. It provided the participants with a wide range of encounters and experiences showing how, on the one side, collective memory as well as political, cultural and linguistic differences can be continuous challenges to the bilateral relations, but also how processes of reconciliation were able to shape a lasting alliance, on the other side.

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Social and Cultural History in the Heart of Europe (2021, in collaboration with the University of Innsbruck and AIANI - Austria-Israel Academic Network Innsbruck)

Prof. Kurt Scharr, University of Innsbruck, Austria

The Ötztal Alps are a range in the Central Eastern Alps, in Tyrol, in western Austria and northern Italy.

Hiking the Ötztal, we delved into the following topics: the history of settlements on high Alpine areas, and the history of state borders; the Alps as a national loaded landscape; Länderkunde: a story of landscape and national ideas, the (Eastern) Alps as a scientific agenda; Alps as a cultural landscape and the human impact; genesis of Alpine cultural landscape; elements of Alpine cultural landscape; energy input and spatial changes; history of Alps in selected historical paintings; the Ötztal: history & structure: an insight, history of tourism in Tyrol; Innsbruck at the crossroads: a history of an Alpine city.

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Troubled Landscapes: Collisions, Turmoil, and Attack – A Study Trip to Munich and Nuremberg (an international DAAD excursion, 2017)

Prof. Tobias Ebbrecht-Hartmann

Throughout the course of history, the city of Munich and other parts of the Federal State of Bavaria were fundamentally shaped by political turmoil, revolts, and the outbreak of political violence. The 20th century as a “century of violence” in particular still affects ongoing political and cultural life in Germany. The memory of political turmoil, ideological collisions and terrorist attacks left significant traces in the landscapes of German cities. Besides Berlin the Bavarian capital Munich might be one of the most shattered metropolises in contemporary Germany. Events such as the “Bavarian Soviet Republic” in 1919, Hitler’s Beer Hall Putsch in 1923, Munich’s characterization as “Capital of the Nazi Movement” during the 1930s and 1940s, postwar terrorist attacks such as the hostage crisis during the Olympic Games in 1972 and the bomb attack on the Oktoberfest in 1980 and two murders of the National Socialist Underground in 2001 and 2005 create a fabric of ‘resonating violence’. Munich’s neighboring Franconian metropolis Nuremberg was similarly shaped by the experience of political violence. Once, during the 1930s, the city hosted huge Nazi party conferences. Today the former convention center, fragmented ‘brutality in stone’ (Alexander Kluge), hosts a museum. After the war Nuremberg was place of several trials against Nazi perpetrators. In 1973 the radical left wing terrorist group “Revolutionary Cells” targeted the ITT Corporation, in 1979 a member of the Red Army Faction was arrested in Nuremberg. Between 2000 and 2009 the NSU committed three brutal murder and several bomb attacks in the city.

The study excursion explored different cultural, historical and geographical traces of this troubling history.

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German Presence in Sicily and Southern Italy (2024)

Dr. Oded Steinberg

In this study excursion, we explored the enduring, entangled engagements of Germans with Sicily and Southern Italy. We visited and learned about the German presence of medieval times, especially the impact of the Hohenstaufen dynasty from the twelfth and until the fourteenth centuries. Indeed, as we saw, the dynasty’s kings: Henri IV, Frederick II, etc. left a dramatic impact on the largest Island of the Mediterranean. We also explored in depth the fascination of German romanticists with Sicily and Southern Italy, delving into the romantic admiration of figures such as Goethe with the Island’s rich Greek and Roman pasts. Eventually, we also dealt with the troubled past of the Nazi presence in Sicily. The excursion included lectures by local scholars and guides, as well as presentations by the students.

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2023-2024

The information in the Shnaton – the university’s course catalogue shall prevail.
For the M.A. study regulations, please see here.


Compulsory Classes

54699	2 c.p.	Research Methods
		Dr. Daniel Wajner
		Fall term \| Monday \| 17:00-18:30
		Room 42605 \| Faculty of Humanities
		Syllabus

54677	1 c.p.	European Forum’s Colloquium A
		Prof. Gisela Dachs
		Fall term \| Monday \| 19:00-20:30
		Room 42605 \| Faculty of Humanities
		01.01.2024	26.02.2024
		15.01.2024	11.03.2024
		29.01.2024
		12.02.2024
		Syllabus

54777	1 c.p.	European Forum’s Colloquium B
		Prof. Gisela Dachs
		Spring term \| Monday \| 19:00-20:30
		Room 42605 \| Faculty of Humanities
		20.05.2024	15.07.2024
		03.06.2024	22.07.2024
		17.06.2024
		01.07.2024
		Syllabus


Simulation Workshops

54668	1 c.p.	Simulation Workshop: NATO and the Future of Ukraine
		Mr. Tamir Sinai
		Preparatory meetings:
		Wednesday \| 07.02.2024 \| 18:30-22:00
		Room 42605 \| Faculty of Humanities
		Simulation:
		Thursday \| 08.02.2024 \| 08:30-18:00
		Room 42605 \| Faculty of Humanities

54660	1 c.p.	Simulation Workshop: Crisis in Europe – European Council Meeting
		Mr. Louis Bernard
		Preparatory meeting:
		Wednesday \| 22.05.2023 \| 18:30-22:00
		Room 42605 \| Faculty of Social Sciences
		Simulation:
		Thursday \| 23.05.2023 \| 08:30-18:00
		Room 42605 \| Faculty of Humanities


Basic Courses

54812	2 c.p.	Introduction to German Law
		Dr. Katya Assaf
		Fall term \| Wednesday \| 08:30-10:00
		Room 42605 \| Faculty of Humanities
		Syllabus

54633	2 c.p.	German Nationalism
		Dr. Oded Steinberg
		Fall term \| Wednesday \| 14:30-16:00
		Room 42605 \| Faculty of Humanities
		Syllabus

54661	2 c.p.	Leadership in German Domestic and Foreign Policy
		Dr. Tristan Klingelhöfer
		Spring term \| Wednesday \| 12:30-14:00
		Room 42605 \| Faculty of Humanities
		Syllabus

54674	2 c.p.	German Social History in the 20th Century
		Dr. Tobias Ebbrecht-Hartmann
		Spring term \| Wednesday \| 16:30-18:00
		Room 42605 \| Faculty of Humanities
		Syllabus

54659	2 c.p.	Public History in Social Media: Memory Culture on 20th Century History on Instagram and TikTok
		Dr. Tobias Ebbrecht-Hartmann
		Spring term \| Tuesday \| 18:30-20:15 & a 3-days online workshop
		Online meetings:
		21.05.2024	25.06.2024	16.07.2024
		04.06.2024	02.07.2024
		18.06.2024	09.07.2024
		Online workshop: dates TBA
		Syllabus

32897	2 c.p.	Resistance, Rebellion, Revolution. Youth in German Modernist Literature
		Prof. Vivian Liska
		Spring term \| Tuesday \| 10:30-12:00
		Room 45204 \| Faculty of Humanities
		Syllabus


Elective Compulsory Courses

54915	2 c.p.	Germany in Legal Terms: Education, Politics, and Human Rights
		Dr. Katya Assaf
		Spring term \| Wednesday \| 08:30-10:00
		Room 48256 \| Faculty of Humanities
		Syllabus

54921	2 c.p.	Market, Media, and Law – Germany and the US in a Comparative Perspective
		Dr. Katya Assaf
		Spring term \| Wednesday \| 10:30-12:00
		Room 48256 \| Faculty of Humanities
		Syllabus

54800	2 c.p.	Introduction to the European Union: A Unique Supranational Beast (in Hebrew)
		Dr. Maya Sion-Tzidkiyahu
		Fall term \| Monday \| 08:30-10:00
		Room 42605 \| Faculty of Humanities
		Syllabus

54946	2 c.p.	Study Excursion to the EU Institutions (in Hebrew)
		Dr. Maya Sion-Tzidkiyahu
		Spring term \| September 2024 (tentative)
		Prerequisite: course 54800.
		Syllabus

54657	2 c.p.	Study Excursion: German Presence in Sicily and Southern Italy
		Dr. Oded Steinberg
		Spring term \| June 2024 (tentative)
		Prerequisite: course 54633.
		Syllabus

54658	2 c.p.	Electioneering in Germany: Election Campaigns in Theory and Praxis
		Dr. Tristan Klingelhöfer
		Fall term \| Wednesday \| 10:30-12:00
		Room 42605 \| Faculty of Humanities
		Syllabus

54662	2 c.p.	German-Israeli Relations
		Prof. Gisela Dachs
		Spring term \| Wednesday \| 14:30-16:00
		Room 42605 \| Faculty of Humanities
		Syllabus

54858	2 c.p.	Migration(s) to Germany: Policies, Realities and Perceptions
		Prof. Gisela Dachs
		Fall term \| Wednesday \| 12:30-14:00
		Room 42605 \| Faculty of Humanities
		Syllabus

54610	2 c.p.	The Sexual Revolution in Twentieth-Century Europe (in Hebrew)
		Dr. Yuval Tal
		Fall term \| Monday \| 10:30-12:00
		Room 42605 \| Faculty of Humanities
		Syllabus

54627	2 c.p.	The People vs. The Elites: European Populism in a Comparative Perspective (in Hebrew)
		Dr. Daniel Wajner
		Fall term \| Monday \| 13:00-14:30
		Room 42605 \| Faculty of Humanities
		Syllabus

54619	2 c.p.	Internship for Students of the European Forum
		Dr. Maya Sion-Tzidkiyahu
		Annual \| Monday \| 19:00-20:30
		Room 42605 \| Faculty of Humanities
		Prerequisite: course 54800.
		Syllabus


Elective Courses

56886	2 c.p.	Fundamental Issues in Political Theory: Solidarity
		Dr. Charles Lesch
		Annual \| Monday \| 10:30-12:00
		Room 22301 \| Faculty of Social Sciences
		Syllabus

14763	2 c.p.	Graduate Seminar in German-Jewish Thought and Culture
		Prof. Benjamin Pollock
		Annual \| Monday \| 10:30-12:00
		Room 1002 \| Rabin building
		Syllabus

58829	2 c.p.	European Nationalism: Myth, Race, and History (in Hebrew)
		Dr. Oded Steinberg
		Spring term \| Monday \| 13:00-14:30
		Room 23208 \| Faculty of Social Sciences
		Syllabus

32898	2 c.p.	Uwe Johnson's Cycle of Novels Jahrestage
		Prof. Michael Fisch
		Fall term \| Tuesday \| 16:30-18:00
		Room 44207 \| Faculty of Humanities
		Syllabus

32900	2 c.p.	Marlene Streeruwitz – Feminism from Austria (fourteen novels)
		Prof. Michael Fisch
		Spring term \| Tuesday \| 12:30-14:00
		Room 43230 \| Faculty of Humanities
		Syllabus

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2022-2023

The information in the Shnaton – the university’s course catalogue shall prevail.

For the M.A. study regulations please see here.

For more information on study excursions please see here.

Compulsory Classes

54699

2 c.p.

Research Methods

Dr. Daniel Wajner

Fall term | Wednesday | 16:30-18:00

Room 6205 | Faculty of Humanities

The information in the university’s course catalog shall prevail.
For the M.A. study regulations please see here.
For more information on study excursions please see here.
Compulsory Classes
54699xxx	2 c.p.xxx	Research Methods
		Prof. Gili S. Drori
		Fall Term \| Monday \| 17:00-18:30
		Room 6205 \| Faculty of Humanities
		Syllabus
54677	2 c.p.		European Forum’s Colloquium A
			Prof. Gisela Dachs
			Annual \| Monday \| 19:00-20:30
			Room 6205 \| Faculty of Humanites
			18.10.2021			13.12.2021
			01.11.2021			27.12.2021
			08.11.2021			10.01.2022
			29.11.2021
			Syllabus
54777	2 c.p.		European Forum’s Colloquium B
			Prof. Gisela Dachs
			Annual \| Monday \| 19:00-20:30
			Room 6205 \| Faculty of Humanites
			14.03.2022				09.05.2022
			28.03.2022				30.05.2022
			11.04.2022				13.06.2022
			25.04.2022
			Syllabus
Simulation Workshops
54634	1 c.p.		NATO in the Age of Strategic Competition
			Mr. Tamir Sinai
			Preparatory Meeting:
			Wednesday \| 08.12.2021 \| 18:30-22:00
			Room 6205 \| Faculty of Humanities
			Simulation Workshop:
			Thursday \| 09.12.2021 \| 08:30-18:00
			Room 6205 \| Faculty of Humanities
			Syllabus
54638	1 c.p.		Negotiation of a New Strategic Partnership Plan between the European Union and China
			Mr. Louis Bernard
			Preparatory Meeting:
			Wednesday \| 11.05.2022 \| 18:30-22:00
			Room 6205 \| Faculty of Humanities
			Simulation Workshop:
			Thursday \| 12.05.2022 \| 08:30-18:00
			Room 6205 \| Faculty of Humanities
			Syllabus
Basic Courses
54812	2 c.p.	Introduction to German Law
		Dr. Katya Assaf
		Fall Term \| Wednesday \| 08:30-10:00
		Room 6205 \| Faculty of Humanities
		Syllabus
54674	2 c.p.	German Social History in the 20^th Century
		Dr. Tobias Ebbrecht-Hartmann
		Fall Term \| Wednesday \| 12:30-14:00
		Room 6205 \| Faculty of Humanities
		Syllabus
54854	2 c.p.	German Foreign Policy in the European Context
		Dr. Maya Sion-Tzidkiyahu
		Spring Term \| Wednesday \| 12:30-14:00
		Room 6205 \| Humanities
		Syllabus
54633	2 c.p.	German Nationalism
		Dr. Oded Steinberg
		Spring Term \| Wednesday \| 14:30-16:00
		Room 6205 \| Faculty of Humanities
		Syllabus
Elective Compulsory Courses
54633	2 c.p.	German Nationalism
		Dr. Oded Steinberg
		Spring Term \| Wednesday \| 14:30-16:00
		Room 6205 \| Faculty of Humanities
		Syllabus
54674	2 c.p.	German Social History in the 20^th Century
		Dr. Tobias Ebbrecht-Hartmann
		Fall Term \| Wednesday \| 12:30-14:00
		Room 6205 \| Faculty of Humanities
		Syllabus
54812	2 c.p.	Introduction to German Law
		Dr. Katya Assaf
		Fall Term \| Wednesday \| 08:30-10:00
		Room 6205 \| Faculty of Humanities
		Syllabus
54854	2 c.p.	German Foreign Policy in the European Context
		Dr. Maya Sion-Tzidkiyahu
		Spring Term \| Wednesday \| 12:30-14:00
		Room 6205 \| Humanities
		Syllabus
54808	2 c.p.	The Core of Europe: History and Challenges of the Franco-German Friendship
		Prof. Gisela Dachs
		Spring Term \| Wednesday \| 16:30-18:00
		Room 6205 \| Faculty of Humanities
		Syllabus
54809	2 c.p.		Germany and France: From Wars to Reconciliation and Beyond. A Study trip to Berlin and Paris
			Prof. Gisela Dachs
			Spring Term \| 15.-24.05.2022 (tentative)
			Syllabus
54631	2 c.p.		Experiencing and Exhibiting the Past at Museums, Memorials and in Digital Environments (GIVCA)
			Dr. Tobias Ebbrecht-Hartmann
			Spring Term \| Wednesday \| 17:15-18:45
			Room 6205 \| Faculty of Humanities
			Syllabus

54635	2 c.p.		Multilayered Memories: Experiencing and Exhibiting German History in Berlin and Potsdam (Study Excursion)
			Dr. Tobias Ebbrecht-Hartmann
			Spring Term \| 7.-17.6.2022 (tentative)
			Syllabus

54858	2 c.p.	Migration(s) to Germany: Policies, Realities and Perceptions
		Prof. Gisela Dachs
		Fall Term \| Wednesday \| 14:30-16:00
		Room 3304 \| Faculty of Social Sciences
		Syllabus

54915	2 c.p.	Germany in Legal Terms: Education, Politics, and Human Rights
		Dr. Katya Assaf
		Spring Term \| Wednesday \| 08:30-10:00
		Room 6205 \| Faculty of Humanities
		Syllabus

54859	2 c.p.		Massacre and Genocide in 19th and 20th Century European (Global) History
			Dr. Oded Steinberg
			Fall Term \| Wednesday \| 10:30-12:00
			Room 6205 \| Faculty of Humanities
			Syllabus

54852	1 c.p		Environmentalism: Policy and Social Movement in Europe
			Prof. Markus Hadler (University of Graz)
			17.05.2022	18:30-20:00		22.05.2022		16:30-20:00
			19.05.2021	16:30-20:00		24.05.2022		16:30-20:00
			Room 6205 \| Faculty of Humanities
			Syllabus

54624	1 c.p		The European Museum: History, Identity and Knowledge
			Prof. Dirk Rupnow (University of Innsbruck)
			20.03.2022	18:30-20:00		29.03.2022		18:30-20:00
			22.03.2022	18:30-20:00		31.03.2022		18:30-20:00
			24.03.2022	18:30-20:00		03.04.2022		18:30-20:00
			27.03.2022	18:30-20:00
			Room 6205 \| Faculty of Humanities
			Syllabus

54800	2 c.p.		Introduction to the European Union: A Unique Supranational Beast
			Dr. Maya Sion-Tzidkiyahu
			Fall Term \| Monday \| 10:30-12:00
			Room 6205 \| Faculty of Humanities
			Syllabus

54946	2 c.p.	Study Excursion to the EU Institutions
		Dr. Maya Sion-Tzidkiyahu
		Spring Term \| 27.03.-01.04.2022 (tentative)
		Syllabus

54853	1 c.p		Nuclear Proliferation, Deterrence, and Arms Control: Challenges and Policy Options for Europe
			Prof. Martin Senn (University of Innsbruck)
			05.04.2022	18:30-20:00		10.04.2020		16:30-20:00
			07.04.2022	16:30-20:00		12.04.2022		16:30-20:00
			Room 6205 \| Faculty of Humanities
			Syllabus

54921	2 c.p.		Market, Media, and Law - Germany and the US in a Comparative Perspective
			Dr. Katya Assaf
			Spring Term \| Wednesday \| 10:30-12:00
			Room 6205 \| Faculty of Humanities
			Syllabus

54619	4 c.p.		Practicum for Social Sciences MA Students
			Dr. Maya Sion-Tzidkiyahu
			Annual \| Monday \| 19:00-20:30
			Room 6205 \| Faculty of Humanities
			11.10.2021		20.12.2021			02.05.2022
			25.10.2021		03.01.2022			16.05.2022
			15.11.2021		07.03.2022			06.06.2022
			22.11.2021		21.03.2022			20.06.2022
			06.12.2021		04.04.2022
			Syllabus

Elective Courses
56886	4 c.p.	Fundamental Issues in Political Theory
		Dr. Charles Lesch
		Annual \| Monday \| 15:00-16:30
		Room 4721 \| Faculty of Social Sciences
		Syllabus

32873	2 c.p.	Hannah Arendt and Rahel Varnhagen
		Prof. Michael Fisch
		Spring Term \| Wednesday\| 12:30-14:00
		Room \| Faculty of Humanities
		Syllabus

58823	2 c.p.	Israel and the European Powers: A Historical Workshop
		Dr. Gadi Heiman
		Spring Term \| Monday\| 10:30-12:00
		Room 3204 \| Faculty of Social Sciences
		Syllabus

39826	2 c.p.	Law in Times of Crises: The Jurist Jacob Robinson (1889-1977)
		Dr. Iris Nachum
		Fall Term \| Wednesday \| 10:30-12:00
		Room 3518 \| Faculty of Social Sciences
		Syllabus

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Compulsory Classes
54637 & 54677	2 c.p.	European Forum’s Colloquium
		Prof. Noam Shoval & Prof. Gili Drori
		Annual \| Monday \| 18:30-20:00
		Room 2415 \| Faculty of Humanities
		Syllabus

54841	2 c.p.	Workshop for Research Students on European Research*
		Prof. Noam Shoval
		Annual \| Monday \| 18:30-20:00
		Room 6205 \| Faculty of Humanities
		Syllabus \| *for PhD and MA students in the research track

54699	2 c.p.	Research Methods
		Dr. Oded Steinberg
		Spring Term \| Monday \| 16:30-18:00
		Room 2303 \| Faculty of Social Sciences
		Syllabus

Simulation Workshops
54616	1 c.p.	PESCO or TESCO – European Army or ‘Every little helps’?
		Mr. Tamir Sinai
		Preparatory Meeting:
		Wednesday \| 17.01.2018 \| 18:30-21:00
		Room 2415 \| Faculty of Social Sciences
		Simulation Workshop:
		Thursday \| 18.01.2018 \| 08:30-18:00
		Room 6205 \| Faculty of Humanities
		Syllabus

54826	1 c.p.	Mechanism of Leaving the European Union
		Mr. Louis Bernard
		Preparatory Meeting:
		Wednesday \| 25.04.2018 \| 18:30-21:00
		Room 6205 \| Faculty of Humanities
		Simulation Workshop:
		Thursday \| 26.04.2018 \| 08:30-18:00
		Room 6205 \| Faculty of Humanities
		Syllabus

Basic Courses
54695	2 c.p.	German Foreign Policy
		Dr. Christian Thauer
		Fall Term \| Wednesday \| 08:30-10:00
		Room 6205 \| Humanities
		Syllabus

54806	4 c.p.	German Culture, Film and Theatre
		Dr. Tobias Ebbrecht-Hartmann
		Spring Term \| Wednesday \| 10:30-14:00
		Room 6205 \| Faculty of Humanities
		Syllabus

54835	4 c.p.	The Media in Germany: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
		Dr. Gisela Dachs
		Fall Term \| Wednesday \| 10:30-14:00
		Room 6205 \| Faculty of Humanities
		Syllabus
54812	2 c.p.	Introduction to German Law
		Dr. Katya Assaf
		Spring Term \| Wednesday \| 08:30-10:00
		Room 1706 \| Faculty of Social Sciences


32803	2 c.p.	Culture in Germany after Nazism- Literary and Philosophical Reflections 1944-1966
		Prof. Birgit Erdle
		Fall Term \| Wednesday \| 18:30-20:00
		Room 2404 \| Faculty of Humanities
		Syllabus

Elective Compulsory Courses
54526	2 c.p.	AfD, Linke and the Shadow of National Socialism
		Dr. Stephan Grigat
		Fall Term \| Wednesday \| 14:30-16:00
		Room 2305 \| Faculty of Social Sciences
		Syllabus

54829	2 c.p.	Nation and Nationalism in Contemporary Europe
		Dr. Stephan Grigat
		Fall Term \| Wednesday \| 16:30-18:00
		Room 2305 \| Faculty of Social Sciences
		Syllabus

54807	2 c.p.	Cultures of Memory in Germany and Europe
		Dr. Tobias Ebbrecht-Hartmann
		Spring Term \| Wednesday \| 14:30-16:00
		Room 6205\| Faculty of Humanities
		Syllabus

50057	2 c.p.	Terrorism Docudrama: Political Violence, Cinema and Television in the Global Age
		Dr. Tobias Ebbrecht-Hartmann
		Fall Term \| Monday \| 08:30-11:15
		Room 31 \| Media Department \| Bloomfield Library for the Humanities and Social Sciences
		Syllabus

50987	2 c.p.	The Holocaust, Collective Memory and Cinema
		Dr. Tobias Ebbrecht-Hartmann
		Fall Term \| Monday \| 14:30-16:00
		Room 29 \| Media Department \| Bloomfield Library for the Humanities and Social Sciences
		Syllabus

58892	4 c.p.	Multinational Corporations in World Politics
		Dr. Christian Thauer
		Fall Term \| Monday \| 12:30-16:00
		Room 2203 \| Faculty of Social Sciences
		Syllabus

54808	2 c.p.	The Core of Europe: History and Challenges of the Franco-German Friendship
		Dr. Gisela Dachs
		Spring Term \| Wednesday \| 18:30-20:00
		Room 2304 \| Faculty of Social Sciences
		Syllabus

54809	4 c.p.	Germany and France: From Wars to Reconciliation and Beyond Study Trip to Berlin and Paris 10-18/5/2018 (tentative)
		Dr. Gisela Dachs
		Spring Term \| 10-18.05.2018
		Syllabus

62311	2 c.p.	German Civil Code
		Dr. Katya Assaf
		Spring Term \| Monday \| 10:30-12:00
		Room 307 \| Faculty of Law
		Syllabus

54749	4 c.p.	Practicum for Social Sciences MA Students
		Maya De Vries-Kedem
		Annual \| Monday \| 12:30-14:00
		Room 2302 \| Faculty of Social Sciences
		Syllabus

32823	2 c.p.	From Goethe to Adorno: Introduction to Aesthetics
		Prof. Birgit Erdle
		Spring Term\| Wednesday\| 16:30-18:00
		Room 2407 \| Faculty of Humanities
		Syllabus

54833	4 c.p.	The European Union: A Unique “Beast”
		Dr. Maya Sion-Tzidkiyahu
		Annual \| Monday \| 08:30-10:00
		Room 2415 \| Faculty of Social Sciences (Fall Term) Room 3510 \| Faculty of Social Sciences (Spring Term)
		Syllabus

Elective Courses
32857	2 c.p.	Between Literature and Philosophy - Walter Benjamin's Writing
		Prof. Birgit Erdle
		Spring Term \| Tuesday \| 14:30-16:00
		Room 2335 \| Faculty of Humanities
		Syllabus

32867	2 c.p.	The Legacy of German-Jewish Modernism
		Prof. Vivian Liska
		Spring Term\| Wednesday \| 12:30-14:00
		Room 2101 \| Faculty of Humanities
		Syllabus

54814	2 c.p.	Antisemitism, Antifeminism, Nationalism: Central Europe in the 20th and 21st Century
		Dr. Karin Stögner
		Spring Term \| Monday \| 14:30-16:00
		Room 2303 \| Faculty of Humanities
		Syllabus

The information in the university’s course catalog shall prevail.

32258	2 c.p.	The Structure of German Grammar
		Dr. Kristina Reiss
		Spring Term \| Monday \| 10:30-12:00
		Faculty of Humanities
		Syllabus

32218	4 c.p.	Developing Writing and Speaking Skills in German
		Dr. Kristina Reiss
		Annual \| Wednesday \| 10:30-12:00
		Faculty of Humanities
		Syllabus

32344	2 c.p.	Let's Talk in German
		Dr. Kristina Reiss
		Fall Term \| Tuesday \| 16:30-18:00
		Faculty of Humanities
		Syllabus

32327	2 c.p.	What’s Going on? German Press and News
		Dr. Kristina Reiss
		Spring Term \| Monday \| 14:30-16:00
		Faculty of Humanities
		Syllabus

32569	4 c.p.	Creative Writing in German
		Dr. Kristina Reiss
		Annual \| Tuesday \| 12:30-14:00
		Faculty of Humanities
		Syllabus

32571	2 c.p.	German Film before and after the “Wende” (1989)
		Dr. Kristina Reiss
		Spring Term \| Wednesday \| 12:30-14:00
		Bloomfield Library for the Humanities and Social Sciences
		Syllabus

32529	2 c.p.	Modern German Literature
		Dr. Kristina Reiss
		Fall Term \| Wednesday \| 12:30-14:00
		Faculty of Humanities
		Syllabus

32532	2 c.p.	Berlin - Town, Life, Culture
		Dr. Kristina Reiss
		Fall Term \| Monday \| 14:30-16:00
		Faculty of Humanities
		Syllabus

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday
10:30-12:00			32218 Developing Writing and Speaking Skills in German
12:30-14:00		32569 Creative Writing in German	32529 Modern German Literature
14:30-16:00	32532 Berlin - Town, Life, Culture
16:30-18:00		32344 Let´s Talk in German

The information in the university’s course catalog shall prevail.

Compulsory Classes
54637 & 54677	2 c.p.	European Forum’s Colloquium
		Prof. Noam Shoval
		Annual \| Wednesday \| 18:30-20:00
		Room 2415 \| Faculty of Social Sciences
		Syllabus
		Fall Term Schedule
		Spring Term Schedule

54699	2 c.p.	Research Methods
		Dr. Gilad Rosen
		Spring Term \| Wednesday \| 16:30-18-18:00
		Room 2305 \| Faculty of Social Sciences
		Syllabus

Simulation Workshops
54828	1 c.p.	Germany and Terror
		Mr. Tamir Sinai
		Preparatory Meeting:
		Wednesday \| 18.01.2017 \| 18:30-21:00
		Room 6205 \| Faculty of Humanities
		Simulation Workshop:
		Thursday \| 19.01.2017 \| 08:30-18:00
		Room 6205 \| Faculty of Humanities
		Syllabus

54827	1 c.p.	Europe and Migration
		Mr. Louis Bernard
		Preparatory Meeting:
		Wednesday \| 26.04.2017 \| 18:30-21:00
		Room 6205 \| Faculty of Humanities
		Simulation Workshop:
		Thursday \| 27.04.2017 \| 08:30-18:00
		Room 6205 \| Faculty of Humanities
		Syllabus

Basic Courses
54675	4 c.p.	Modell Deutschland: The Rise and Transformation of the Wirtschaftswunder State
		Dr. Christian Thauer
		Spring Term \| Wednesday \| 08:30-12:00
		Room 2112 \| Faculty of Social Sciences
		Syllabus

54695	2 c.p.	German Foreign Policy
		Dr. Christian Thauer
		Fall Term \| Wednesday \| 10:30-12:00
		Room 2301 \| Faculty of Social Sciences
		Syllabus

54674	2 c.p.	German Social History in the 20^th Century
		Dr. Tobias Ebbrecht-Hartmann
		Fall Term \| Wednesday \| 16:30-18:00
		Room 3304 \| Faculty of Social Sciences
		Syllabus

54831	2 c.p.	Terrorism and Political Violence in German Public Memory and Visual Culture
		Dr. Tobias Ebbrecht-Hartmann
		Spring Term \| Wednesday \| 14:30-16:00
		Room 2202 \| Faculty of Social Sciences
		Syllabus

54832	4 c.p.	Troubled Landscapes: Collisions, Turmoil and Attack Study Trip to Munich and Nuremberg
		Dr. Tobias Ebbrecht-Hartmann
		Spring Term \| 28.03-04.04.2017
		Prerequisite: Participation in course 54831
		Participation is subject to additional charges.
		Syllabus

54686	1 c.p.	Introduction to German Constitutional Law
		Prof. Jens Woelk (University of Trento, Italy)
		Fall Term
		10.01.2017	18:30-20:00			17.01.2017		18:30-20:00
		12.01.2017	16:30-20:00			19.01.2017		16:30-20:00
		15.01.2017	18:30-20:00
		Room 2202 \| Faculty of Social Sciences
		Syllabus

54834	2 c.p.	The GDR 1949-1990: Politics, Culture and Society
		Dr. Francesco Di Palma (Frei Universität Berlin)
		Spring Term \| Wednesday \| 12:30-16:00
		Room 3201 \| Faculty of Social Sciences
		Syllabus

54835	4 c.p.	The Media in Germany: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
		Dr. Gisela Dachs
		Fall Term \| Wednesday \| 12:30-16:00
		Room 1709 \| Faculty of Social Sciences
		Syllabus

Elective Compulsory Courses
54836	2 c.p.	Israel and Europe: What You See from Here, You Don’t See from There
		Dr. Gisela Dachs
		Spring Term \| Monday \| 10:30-12:00
		Room 3602 \| Faculty of Social Sciences
		Syllabus

62311	2 c.p.	German Civil Code
		Dr. Katya Assaf
		Spring Term \| Monday \| 10:30-12:00
		Room 315 \| Faculty of Law
		Syllabus

62712	4 c.p.	Intellectual Property Law
		Dr. Katya Assaf
		Fall Term \| Monday \| 10:30-12:00 \| \| Tuesday \| 10:30-12:00
		Room 402 \| \| 315 \| Faculty of Law
		Syllabus

54825	2 c.p.	Intellectual History in the in the 19^th and 20^th Century in Europe
		Dr. Francesco Di Palma
		Fall Term \| Monday \| 12:30-14:00
		Room 1707 \| Faculty of Social Sciences
		Syllabus

54815	1 c.p.	Successes and Pitfalls of European Economic Integration
		Prof. Michael Landesmann (The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies & Johannes Kepler University Linz)
		Fall Term
		13.11.2016	18:30-20:00		17.11.2017			16:30-20:00
		15.11.2016	16:30-20:00		20.11.2016			16:30-20:00
		Room 2302 \| Faculty of Social Sciences
		Syllabus

54840	1 c.p.	International Law, Global Governance and the European Union
		Prof. Jan Wouters (University of Leuven)
		Fall Termn
		08.01.2017	18:30-20:00	15.01.2017			18:30-20:00
		10.01.2017	18:30-20:00	17.01.2017			18:30-20:00
		12.01.2017	16:30-20:00	19.01.2017			18:30-20:00
		Room 2302 \| Faculty of Social Sciences
		Syllabus

54833	4 c.p.	The European Union: A Unique “Beast”
		Dr. Maya Sion-Tzidkiyahu
		Annual \| Monday \| 18:30-20:00
		Room 1711 \| Faculty of Social Sciences
		Syllabus

54946	3 c.p.	EU Institutions in Brussels Study Trip
		Dr. Maya Sion-Tzidkiyahu
		Fall Term \| 05-12.02.04.2017
		Prerequisite: Participation in course 54833
		Participation is subject to additional charges.
		Preparatory Meetings:
		14.11.2016	16:30-18:00		16.01.2017			16:30-18:00
		26.12.2016	16:30-18:00		23.01.2017			16:30-18:00
		09.01.2017	16:30-18:00		30.01.2017			10:30-14:00
		Syllabus

54830	1 c.p.	Local Government and Challenges of Housing Crisis and Immigrant/Refugee Absorption
		Prof. Eran Razin Prof. Hubert Heinelt (TU Darmstadt)
		Spring Term
		19.03.2017	Room 6205 \| Faculty of Humanities
		23.03.2017	Room 3610 \| Faculty of Social Sciences
		Syllabus

54749	4 c.p.	Practicum for Social Sciences MA Students
		Maya De Vries-Kedem
		Annual \| Monday \| 12:30-14:00
		Room 2302 \| Faculty of Social Sciences
		Syllabus

Elective Courses
32814	2 c.p.	Hanna Arendt on Language, Literature and Art
		Prof. Birgit Erdle
		Spring Term \| Wednesday \| 16:30-18:00
		Room 2301 \| Faculty of Humanities
		Syllabus

50987	2 c.p.	The Holocaust, Collective Memory and Cinema
		Dr. Tobias Ebbrecht-Hartmann
		Fall Term\| Monday \| 14:30-16:00
		Room 1 \| Media Department
		Syllabus

32829	2 c.p.	German Poetry after 1945
		Prof. Vivian Liska
		Spring \|Term \| Wednesday \| 12:30-14:00
		Room 2507 \| Faculty of Humanities
		Syllabus

13722	2 c.p.	Research Seminar for German-Jewish History
		Prof. Yfaat Weiss
		Fall Term \| Monday \| 10:30-14:00
		Room 1001 \| Rabin Building
		Syllabus

MA Program in Contemporary Germany Studies: Politics, Society and Culture - Course List

Study Excursions

2023-2024

2022-2023

2021-2022

2020-2021

2019-2020

2018-2019

Compulsory Classes

Simulation Workshops

Basic Courses

Elective Compulsory Courses

Elective Courses

2017-2018

Compulsory Classes

Simulation Workshops

Basic Courses

Elective Compulsory Courses

Elective Courses

German Language Courses of the DAAD Lektor

2016-2017

Compulsory Classes

Simulation Workshops

Basic Courses

Elective Compulsory Courses

Elective Courses