Featured Programs
-
Engineering
See details
-
Pre-Health Seminar & Shadowing
See details
-
International Business
See details
Experiential Learning Opportunities
HIS 239 Jewish Prague
Full Curriculum Program
Prague, Czech Republic
Dates: 2/1/22 - 5/24/22
HIS 239 Jewish Prague
OVERVIEW
CEA CAPA Partner Institution: Anglo-American University
Location: Prague, Czech Republic
Primary Subject Area: History
Other Subject Area: Cultural Studies
Instruction in: English
Course Code: HIS 239
Transcript Source: Partner Institution
Course Details: Level 200
Recommended Semester Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 42
DESCRIPTION
This course explores Jewish life in Prague from its beginning in the tenth century to today, paying specific attention to five historical time periods: arrival in Prague, the ghetto, the Inter-War Years, the Totalitarian states (Nazis and Communism) and modern-day life. Through seminar discussions, workshops and fieldtrips, we will examine the daily lives of the average Jew as well as those of renown in each of these respective time periods. This course focuses on the religious, cultural and political legacy of Prague's Jews in the midst of complicated and often difficult experiences of anti-Semitism.