General information

Course name	Seminar: 10-76-4-D2/WD2-07 Key Topics in Media and Culture: Cinema in the Age of Climate Crisis
Subtitle
Course number	10-76-4-D2/WD2-07
Semester	SoSe 2026
Current number of participants	37
expected number of participants	35
Home institute	Anglistik/Amerikanistik
Courses type	Seminar in category Teaching
First date	Wednesday, 08.04.2026 14:15 - 15:45, Room: GW2 B3010 (Kleiner Studierraum)
Type/Form
Englischsprachige Veranstaltung	Ja

Lecturers

Dr. Paula von Gleich

Tutor

Lea Hilf

Rooms and times

GW2 B3010 (Kleiner Studierraum): Wednesday: 14:15 - 15:45, weekly (8x)
GW2 B1415: Wednesday: 14:15 - 15:45, weekly (2x)
GW2 B1410: Wednesday: 14:15 - 15:45, weekly (1x)
GW2 A3570 (FB 10 Besprechungsraum): Wednesday: 14:15 - 15:45, weekly (1x)
No room preference: Wednesday: 14:15 - 15:45, weekly(1x)
(Self-Study): Wednesday: 14:15 - 15:45, weekly (1x)

Module assignments

Comment/Description

This seminar introduces students to the study of cinema in the age of the climate crisis. Students will hone their skills in film analysis and expand their command of theoretical approaches to critically examine filmic representations of the environment, of natural disasters such as floods, and the relationship of various human communities to the non-human, or more-than-human, world. In doing so, students will not only engage with critical discourses around ecocinema and the blue humanities but also refine their academic reading, writing, and presentation skills as well as train their media literacy.

This class is open to BA E-SC students studying 4th semester modules. It is also open to a limited number of international exchange students and students doing ‘Freiwillige Zusatzleistungen,’ ‘Ersatzleistungen,’ and General Studies, including the sustainability certificate BRENA.

Prior enrolment via Stud.IP is mandatory and admission is limited to a maximum of thirty-five students. Further information will be made available on Stud.IP and during the first session.

Requirements
• active participation in weekly in-person meetings,
• in-depth study of the primary and secondary material in preparation for each session,
• graded or ungraded assignment in accordance with the respective module requirements (i.e. graded term paper or portfolio OR ungraded class contribution).

Registration mode

After enrolment, participants will manually be selected.

Potential participants are given additional information before enroling to the course.

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