Courses at the History Department: Summer Semester 2026

North American Studies Course Catalog (Summer Semester 2026)

 

BACHELOR PROGRAM

Orientation Module

US Military History, Sönke Kunkel, Mondays, 16:00-18:00

Advanced Module B: History of North America Since 1865

Science and Technology in Twentieth-Century America, Kira Alvarez, Tuesdays, 18:00-20:00

The Politics of Sound: The Twentieth-Century Classical Music World in the United States, Kira Alvarez, Thursdays, 18:00-20:00

Cold War in Global East Asia, Seung Hwan Ryu, Tuesdays, 8:00-10:00

 

Colloquium

BA Colloquium Political Science, Sociology, History, Economics, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, Mondays, 12:00-14:00

 

 

MASTER PROGRAM

Module B: North America History before 1865

US Military History before 1914, Sönkel Kunkel, Tuesdays, 8:00-10:00

Module C: North American History after 1865

Extraordinary Justice: Special Courts in the United States and Beyond 1800-2025, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, Thursdays, 16:00-18:00

The American Right from the 1950s to the 1990s, David Bebnowski, Fridays, 12:00-14:00

Current topics and research fields in North American Studies 1

Reproductive Justice, Helen Gibson and Lea Espinoza Garrido, Thursdays, 14:00-16:00

Current topics and research fields in North American Studies 2

Narrative and History, Jessica Gienow-Hecht and Stephanie Müller, Thursdays, 14:00-16:00

Colloquium

MA Colloquium History, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, Mondays, 14:00-16:00