Courses at AAU

COURSES FOR WINTER INTERSESSION

HIS 237 CENTRAL EUROPEAN HISTORY - This course is an advanced survey of East Central Europe. It will trace political, social and cultural developments in this area from the early Middle Ages to the presence. Emphasis will be given to the comparative aspects of the various nationalities and regions of East Central Europe. The course will examine in greater detail the 20th century upheavals of the region with the climax of the events of 1989.
Prerequisite: none.

Time: 9 am—12:50 pm

Week One: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.

Week Two: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.

Syllabus for the Central European History Course

PSY 366 THE PSYCHOANALYSIS OF FILM: Screening desire, projecting anxiety
Everyone has an experience of film, a film you love or hate, a film which makes you feel good,
bad, or ugly. A film to make you laugh, cry or fall in or out of love. A film that makes you think.
This course studies the psychology of cinema from a psychoanalytic perspective and in addition
explores what we can learn about the mind, culture and society through the movies.

Time: 1pm - 5:15pm

Week One: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday.

Week Two: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday.

Week Three: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday.

Syllabus for The Psychoanalysis of Film Course

POL 335 21ST CENTURY REVOLUTIONS: THEORIES & INTERPRETATIONS
This course will critically examine the on-going ‘Arab Spring’ in order to better place the social
and political upheavals throughout North Africa into context. Given our proximity to the events,
which are continuing to unfold, it is not possible to fully understand what is taking place, nor will
it be for some time. Therefore this course will focus on an examination of the interpretations of
the events from a variety of state and non-state actors as well as from prominent intellectuals and
political commentators. By doing so we will be better armed to see how (and to what ends) the
different players’ identities are being created. This will enable us to not only better understand the
events, but to also have a better understanding of future social and political movements.

Time: 5pm- 9:15pm

Week One: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday.

Week Two: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday.

Week Three: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday.

Syllabus for the 21st Century Revolutions: Theories and Interpretations Course