Syllabus
Introduction:
1) Introduction to the topic, definitions of the collective memory, French-German relations and history in the 20th century. Identity:
2) French Realms of Memory
3) German Realms of Memory Confllct:
4) WWI
5) WWII Trauma:
6) Vichy Syndrome
7) Vergangenheitsbewältigung Repentance:
8) French Repentance
9) Historikerstreit Cooperation:
10) Elysee Treaty
11) European Integration Conclusion:
12) Wrap-up seminar, discussion
Annotation
Bachelor degree facultative course "The past that will not pass. Politics of memory in France and Germany" is conceived as an introdution to the reflexive problematics of history - i.e. questions of collective memory, politics of memory or uses of the past by political as well as non-political actors, studied on the specific case of French-German relationship in the 20th century.