Berlin: City and Culture
Course Outline:
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Week 1
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Introduction, History
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Week 3
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Architecture, Art, Photography
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Week 4
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Theatre
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Week 5
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Film and Documentaries
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Week 6
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Music
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Week 7
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Fashion
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Week 8
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Literature
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Week 9
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Media and Podcasts
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Week 10
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Magazines
Blogs
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Week 11
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LGBTQ+
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Books:
- Brian Ladd, The Ghosts of Berlin: Confronting German History in the Urban Landscape. Chicago: University Press, 1997.
- Peter Gay, Weimar Culture: The Outsider as Insider. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2001.
- Robert Beachy, Gay Berlin: Birthplace of a Modern Identity. New York: Vintage Books, 2015.
- Susan Ingram and Katrina Sark, Berliner Chic: A Locational History of Berlin Fashion. Bristol: Intellect Press, 2011.
- Susan Ingram (ed.) World Film Locations: Berlin. Bristol: Intellect Press, 2012.
- Karin Bauer and Jennifer Hosek (eds.) Cultural Topographies of the New Berlin. New York: Berghahn, 2018.
Films:
- The Lives of Others (dir. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, 2006)
- The Educators (dir. Hans Weingartner, 2004)
- Goodbye Lenin! (dir. Wolfgang Becker, 2003)
- The Tunnel (dir. Roland Suso Richter, 2001)
- Run Lola Run (dir. Tom Tykwer, 1998)
- The Legend of Paul and Paula (dir. Heiner Carow, 1973)
- One Two Three (dir. Billy Wilder, 1961)
- Berlin: Sinfonie der Großstadt (dir. Walter Ruttmann, 1927)
- Der blaue Engel (dir. Josef von Sternberg, 1930)
- Der geteilte Himmel (dir. Konrad Wolf, 1964)
- Der Himmel über Berlin [Wings of Desire] (dir. Wim Wenders, 1987)
- Faraway So Close (dir. Wim Wenders, 1993)
- Berlin is in Germany (dir. Hannes Stöhr, 2001)
- Berlin Calling (dir. Hannes Stöhr, 2008)
- Wir sind die Nacht (dir. Dennis Gansel, 2010)
TV Shows:
- Charité (on Netflix) - first season is set during 1888 and the years following at Berlin's Charité hospital. A second series aired in Germany in February 2019. This season is set from 1943 to 1945. The cast has been replaced with completely different actors due to the great time lapse between the seasons.
- The Same Sky (original title: Der gleiche Himmel, on Netflix) is a 2017 German TV miniseries set in Cold War Germany and portrays the fate of two families on either side of the Berlin Wall. The story revolves around the relationship between an East German "Romeo" agent – a spy who uses seduction as a way to unearth secrets — and his female target in the West.
Shops:
- Mall of Berlin (Leipziger Platz) and Arkaden am Potsdamer Platz
- Mauerpark Flee Market (Sundays only) – great for strolling through on your own time
- Dussmann Bookstore (Friedrichstraße 90, 10117 Berlin U+S-Friedrichstrasse) – open 10am – 12am, closed on Sundays – large collection of Berlin books, DVDs, Music, and now also a large English book section
- Original Unverpackt – packaging-free supermarket in Kreuzberg
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