PITTSBURGH, DIASPORA, MIGRATION: SLAVIC AND EAST EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES   [Archived Catalog]
2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog
   

SLAV 1320 - PITTSBURGH, DIASPORA, MIGRATION: SLAVIC AND EAST EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES


Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course provides an overview of the diverse experiences of migration to Pittsburgh from Eastern and Central Europe, extending from the early twentieth century through the current moment. An interdisciplinary selection of readings is supplemented by opportunities for extensive fieldwork in English and in a range of relevant languages throughout western Pennsylvania, as well as in Eastern and Central Europe (the latter via electronic means during the semester, and through possible study abroad in the summer). Focused both on Pittsburgh and on Eastern and Central Europe in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, the course surveys the experiences of the following communities in and near Pittsburgh: Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Hungarian, Jewish, Montenegrin, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Ukrainian, among others. Students are introduced to the aims and methods of the public humanities and social sciences, learning research and technical skills in support of podcast, website, and short video production. In a future iteration the course will include additional language study through a 1-credit trailer. Students are encouraged to enroll in one of the following languages: HUN, POLISH, RUSS, SERCRO, SLOVAK, UKRAIN.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Attributes: DSAS Geographic Region General Ed. Requirement, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Global&Cross Cul GE. Req.


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