V (Cult): American Chronotopes: Place-making in US Cultural History

This survey lecture course provides an overview of US cultural history from the early European colonization of North America to recent moments in the United States. Taking a transnational perspective and considering the notion of place-making as a point of departure, it surveys crucial places, periods, and topics relevant to American cultural history. It heightens an understanding of the dynamics of American cultural history by focusing on key chronotopes—moments and sites—that have contributed to shaping an understanding of it. Among other aspects, the course highlights how chronotopes relate to the emergence of what “America” means to different demographic groups. It also considers the medial and discursive conditions that shape an understanding of chronotopes today.

The lecture course begins in the first week of the semester.

Location: W48/004