European Studies Undergraduate Course Descriptions
Spring Quarter
| Dept | Course No and Title | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| EURO ST (S24) | 12 ORIGIN OF LANGUAGE | PAN, D. |
| European Studies 12 What is the Origin of Language? Spring 2024, Online Course David Pan (dtpan@uci.edu) This course will survey a centuries-old debate about whether language was invented by humans on their own or was granted to them. If humans cannot reason without language, how would a human ever be able to invent language? On the other hand, if language were granted to humans as a gift, how would humans be able to receive this gift without already possessing some faculty of reason and thus linguistic ability? In the 18th century, this debate centered around whether humans invented language or whether it was granted to Adam by God. In the 20th and 21st centuries, a similar debate considers whether language arose through genetic mutation or as something that was gradually learned. In this course, you will learn methods of symbol-based logic and universal grammar as techniques for understanding the functioning of human language and apply these methods to answer the question of the origin of language. In reading works of philosophy, linguistics, biology, and literature, you will also learn how different disciplines approach this key question. This course fulfills two General Education requirements: 1) the GE Vb (formal reasoning) requirement and 2) your choice of either the GE III (social and behavioral sciences) or the GE IV (arts and humanities) requirement. | ||
| EURO ST (S24) | 100A TRAGIC PLAYS | VITTORI, G. |
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| EURO ST (S24) | 100B HOWNATIONSREMEMBER | BIENDARRA, A. |
| ES 100B / GLBCLT 191/ HIST 114 | ES 200C How Nations Remember Spring 2024 Professor Anke Biendarra (abiendar@uci.edu) European Languages and Studies Just as different nations have individual histories, they select and organize what they want to remember about their pasts in different and often specific ways. This seminar takes a comparative look at models of remembrance and the memorialization of specific historical and political events, mostly of the 20th century, in various countries and regions (Germany, France, Eastern Europe, and South Africa). We will ask how these events are represented in political discourse, public art works and museums, as well as in literature and film. What happens when different historical and political perspectives and memories confront each other in the public sphere? How can different groups stake their own claims for recognition and justice within a given national and political framework? What role do memorials, museums and public artworks play in the process, and how democratic are they? | ||
| EURO ST (S24) | 199 INDEPENDENT STUDY | BEY-ROZET, M. |
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| EURO ST (S24) | 199 INDEPENDENT STUDY | BROADBENT, P. |
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| EURO ST (S24) | 199 INDEPENDENT STUDY | EVERS, K. |
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| EURO ST (S24) | 199 INDEPENDENT STUDY | LITWIN, C. |
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| EURO ST (S24) | 199 INDEPENDENT STUDY | PAN, D. |
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| EURO ST (S24) | 199 INDEPENDENT STUDY | SHEMEK, D. |
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| EURO ST (S24) | 199 INDEPENDENT STUDY | SMITH, J. |
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| EURO ST (S24) | 199 INDEPENDENT STUDY | VAN DEN ABBEEL, G. |
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| EURO ST (S24) | 199 INDEPENDENT STUDY | STAFF |
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