Screening Socialism: Visual Culture in Eastern Europe

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

The course offers an introduction to the everyday and life and politics of socialism in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, with attention to cultural studies as well as using media as a tool to have a better grasp on common trend and specific experiences. It further provides an introduction to visual culture while exploring issues of sources, methods, and knowledge in the social sciences--asking which uses social sciences can make of visual materials. Students also engage in this discussion as they work on their own research project for the course.