Drawing on the expertise of distinguished Princeton faculty and visitors, this seminar aims to provide a broad, multidisciplinary perspective on central debates in European culture and society that remain urgent in the present and expand beyond geographic and temporal limits. It serves as the core course for the minor in European Studies, jointly offered by ECS and EPS.
Week 1: September 4
What is Culture?
Florian Fuchs & Spyros Papapetros
Week 2: September 11
Cultural Memory
Florian Fuchs & Spyros Papapetros
Week 3: September 18
The Medieval ‘Making of Europe’ & Colonialism
External Guest: Ittai Weinryb (Bard Graduate Center, New York City)
Week 4: September 25
Enlightenment, Psychology, Institution
Katja Günther (History)
Week 5: October 2
Marxism and European culture outside Europe
Eduardo Cadava (English)
Week 6: October 9
Architecture and Populism
Jan Werner Müller (Politics)
Week 7: October 23
Freud in Mexico
Rubén Gallo (Spanish & Portuguese)
Week 8: October 30
Zeitgeist is/in Europe
Christy Wampole (French & Italian)
Week 9: November 6
Europe after Globalism/ after Eurocentrism
Guest tbd
Week 10: November 13
Protective Images & Invasive Images
Florian Fuchs
Week 11: November 20
Cultural History as a Problem for Art
Brigid Doherty (Art History & German)
Week 12: December 4
Final paper presentation
