The University: Past and Present

4.0 credits

This interdisciplinary seminar explores the University as an institution and as a contested idea in Germany and the United States. Topics for discussion include premodern antecedents, the emergence of Wissenschaft, tenure and its discontents, postwar democratization, student protest, neoliberal financialization, and the present struggle for the University’s survival. Students will develop independent projects on the University today that will be workshopped over the course of the semester. These independent projects will be presented in a class conference at the end of the semester. Taught in English.