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69252-01 - Practical course: Contemporary Ukraine: An Interdisciplinary Introduction (3 CP)
| Semester | fall semester 2024 |
| Course frequency | Once only |
| Lecturers | Vitaly Chernetsky (vitaly.chernetsky@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | Since February 2022, the world has watched with surprise and admiration Ukrainian people’s heroic resistance to the brutal and criminal aggression by Russia. In this context, the world is also hungry to learn more about Ukraine’s culture. What is it that enabled these people to band together and resist so strongly, confounding pundits’ expectations? How are they coping with the new traumas it has brought? This course seeks to answer these questions by taking a closer look at some representative works of Ukrainian literature and culture (including cinema, visual art, and music) of the post-Soviet period, with particular emphasis on responses to Russia’s war against Ukraine since 2014. Consideration of these cultural artifacts, which provide a window into sociopolitical, aesthetic, and ideological concerns of Ukrainian people, is grounded in studies by scholars in a broad range of disciplines, both in the humanities and the social sciences. We shall address the major issues at stake in contemporary literature and art from the region, discuss the changes in Ukraine’s cultural landscape, and attempt to identify the directions that those changes have taken. Throughout the course, literary texts and artworks will be considered in a broader social, cross-disciplinary, and cross-cultural context. Given the volume and the richness of cultural production in Ukraine, the reading/viewing/listening selections for this class are necessarily selective. Students will have an opportunity to research and present in class on the literary texts, films, works of visual art and/or music, or focus on individual writers, filmmakers, visual artists, or musicians not included among the primary materials. |
| Admission requirements | Studierende der Geschichte aller Studienstufen sowie Studierende anderer Studienfächer, in deren Module die Übung verknüpft ist. Bei Überbelegung werden Studierende der Geschichte bevorzugt zugelassen. |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| wöchentlich | Tuesday | 10.15-12.00 | Departement Geschichte, Seminarraum 3 |
Dates
| Date | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday 17.09.2024 | 10.15-12.00 | Departement Geschichte, Seminarraum 3 |
| Tuesday 24.09.2024 | 10.15-12.00 | Departement Geschichte, Seminarraum 3 |
| Tuesday 01.10.2024 | 10.15-12.00 | Departement Geschichte, Seminarraum 3 |
| Tuesday 08.10.2024 | 10.15-12.00 | Departement Geschichte, Seminarraum 3 |
| Tuesday 15.10.2024 | 10.15-12.00 | Departement Geschichte, Seminarraum 3 |
| Tuesday 22.10.2024 | 10.15-12.00 | Departement Geschichte, Seminarraum 3 |
| Tuesday 29.10.2024 | 10.15-12.00 | Departement Geschichte, Seminarraum 3 |
| Tuesday 05.11.2024 | 10.15-12.00 | Departement Geschichte, Seminarraum 3 |
| Tuesday 12.11.2024 | 10.15-12.00 | Departement Geschichte, Seminarraum 3 |
| Tuesday 19.11.2024 | 10.15-12.00 | Departement Geschichte, Seminarraum 3 |
| Tuesday 26.11.2024 | 10.15-12.00 | Departement Geschichte, Seminarraum 3 |
| Tuesday 03.12.2024 | 10.15-12.00 | Departement Geschichte, Seminarraum 3 |
| Tuesday 10.12.2024 | 10.15-12.00 | Departement Geschichte, Seminarraum 3 |
| Tuesday 17.12.2024 | 10.15-12.00 | Departement Geschichte, Seminarraum 3 |
| Modules |
Electives Bachelor History: Recommendations (Bachelor's degree subject: History) Modul: Archive / Medien / Theorien (Bachelor's degree program: Eastern European Studies) Modul: Areas: Osteuropa (Master's degree program: European History in Global Perspective) Modul: Basis Geschichte: Ostmitteleuropa (Bachelor's degree program: Eastern European Studies) Modul: Basis Geschichte: Russland / Sowjetunion (Bachelor's degree program: Eastern European Studies) Modul: Forschung und Praxis (Master's degree subject: East European History) Modul: Geschichte Ostmitteleuropas (Master's degree subject: East European History) Modul: Geschichte Russlands und der Sowjetunion (Master's degree subject: East European History) Modul: Gesellschaft in Osteuropa (Bachelor's degree program: Eastern European Studies) Modul: Gesellschaft in Osteuropa (Bachelor's degree subject: Eastern European Cultures) Modul: Slavische Kulturwissenschaft (Master's degree subject: Slavic Studies) Module: Europeanization and Globalization (Master's Studies: European Global Studies) Wahlbereich Master Geschichte: Empfehlungen (Master's degree subject: History) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment details | Aktive Teilnahme. |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: not required |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | no repetition |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Departement Geschichte |