Cluster: European Studies

Europe has long been a site of struggle over issues of self-identity, politics, ethnicity, class, gender, and religion, among others. The cluster in European Studies proposes an in-depth study of European history, economics, politics, geography, theater, art and literature in order to convey the complexity of the European scene, past and present.

Cluster Coordinator: Evguenia Davidova
Office: CH 117Z
Phone: 503-725-8992
E-mail: evquenia@pdx.edu

Sophomore Inquiry: European (Modern) Studies

(UNST 226)

Sophomore Inquiry classes in this cluster will take an interdisciplinary approach to investigate the meaning of Europe, examining the history of its development, and its contemporary relevance. Courses may analyze the historic impact of national, ethnic, religious, and class identities, or the various art forms (art, drama, and/or literature) produced by European cultures, emphasizing the arts as a forum for the portrayal of ethical issues within human experience. Courses will concentrate on teaching students to read closely history and the arts, and critically analyze both by investigating the different social, political, intellectual, and religious contexts, as well as the ideologies and symbolisms imbedded in the arts, history and culture or Europeans.

This SINQ leads to the European Studies Cluster.

Approved Cluster Courses:

Academic Year 09-10

ArH 481U     Nineteenth Century Art I
ArH 482U    Nineteenth Century Art II
DANE 345U    Hans Christian Anderson
DANE 346U    Danish 20th Century Women Writers
DANE 347U    Major Works in Danish Literature
DANE 361U    Danish Film from Dreyer to Dogmer
EC 445U    Comparative Economic Systems
EC 447U    Economics of Transition
ENG 345U    Modern British Literature
ENG 399U    Jewish and Israeli Literature (will become 330)
ENG 399U    Literature Between the Wars
ENG 410U    Major Works: Variety of Topics (when content is appropriate)
FL 399U    The European Historical Novel
FL 448U    Major Figures in Literature: Dostoevsky
FL 448U    Major Figures in Literature: Tolstoy
FR 335U    19th Century France
FR 343U    Introduction to French Literature: 19th-20th Century
FR 441U    Major Works in Translation: French Literature in Translation I
GEOG 354U    Geography of Europe
GEOG 355U    Landscapes of Spain
GEOG 356U    Russia and Its Neighbors
GER 441U    German Literature in Translation I
GER 441U    Major Works in Translation: German Intellectual History I
GER 441U    Major Works: Variety of Topics (when content is appropriate)
GER 441U    Major Works: Nazi Culture
GRK 345U    Hans Christian Anderson
HST 351U    History of England II: 18th - 20th Century
HST 357U    Europe from Reformation to Revolutions
HST 358U    Europe from National Unification to European Union
HST 359U    Early Modern France
HST 360U    French Revolution and Napoleon
HST 410U    Major Works: Variety of Topics (when content is appropriate)
IT 399U    Literature and Cinema, Four Major Italian Novels and their Cinematci Adaptions
MUS 301U    Survey of Music Literature I
MUS 302U    Survey of Music Literature II
PS 352U    Western European Politics
PS 385U    Modern Ideologies
RUS 330U    Russian Culture & Civilization
RUS 331U    Russian Literature and Film
RUS 441U    Russian Literature in Translation: Nineteenth Century
RUS 442U    Russian Literature in Translation: Twentieth Century
SPAN 441U    Spanish Literature in Translation
TA 426U    History of Dress II
TA 467U    Modern Theater I
TA 468U    Modern Theater II
TUR 361U    Turkey through Film