Delve into the rich linguistic history of English, German, and their Germanic relatives while gaining insights into language evolution and creating a collaborative digital exhibition. 

In this course we will marvel at how fairy tales are part of ecologies of storytelling that stretch from 16th century Italy to present-day Coast Salish nations.

We will explore the history of musical experience in Germany and beyond. We will listen to Bach and Turkish-German Rappers, watch films about Mozart and Cabaret, and even have a night at the opera.

Modern research universities like the UW are a 19th-century German invention. This course
provides an introduction to the modern university, exploring the relationship between
knowledge and power.

This class explores inflections of cross-cultural interactions in the Middle Ages as well as representations of "Otherness" in various cultural settings and discourses.

We'll attempt to trace the limits and possibilities of queer love, from Socrates’ description of platonic love, to 20th century novels that explore same-sex love, to contemporary films.

In this course, you will gain a better understanding of the “biography” of the German language in the geographical areas of its origin as well as abroad. English-language course!

This course examines the strategies and motivations in different media of fostering sympathy for commonly held enemies or discriminated groups. English-language course.

This course traces the development of the filmic production of Weimar Germany from pre-WWI to the rise of Hitler. Through an analysis of significant films from the era, we will explore the stylistic, generic, and thematic trends of this turbulent period in German history.  English-language course.

When we examine how bodies are culturally represented, it becomes clear that writers and artists have long suggested that bodies are porous and in a constant state of change.