CSME Core Curriculum (Module Theories and Methods)
Politics of Memory and Identity in the MENA Region
The focus of this class is on the use of cultural matters in creating, reinforcing or reshaping national, religious and other identities. Analyzing texts and images that deal with historical events and cultural history in the MENA aims at unraveling mechanisms that lie behind the writing of history books, the foundation of museums, the use of political symbols etc.
Politics of Memory and Identity in the MENA Region
The focus of this class is on the use of cultural matters in creating, reinforcing or reshaping national, religious and other identities. Analyzing texts and images that deal with historical events and cultural history in the MENA aims at unraveling mechanisms that lie behind the writing of history books, the foundation of museums, the use of political symbols etc.
- Moderator/in: Lorenz Korn
- Moderator/in: Jörn Thielmann
Semester: 2024/25 Wintersemester