IDND 220 - Vienna, 1890-1938: Capital of Tradition, Innovation, Promise, and Peril

From the latter nineteenth century through the 1930s, Vienna was a cauldron of crucialdevelopments. It was a space of dynamic achievements in music, modern art, architecture, urban planning, psychoanalysis, and popular culture, as well as a vital cultural crossroad for migrants and refugees, in particular Jews, from Eastern and Central Europe. Vienna was also an important site for the evolution of political movements of the right and the left. This interdisciplinary seminar, drawing on approaches from musicology, history, art history, and more, will explore the interactions of art, culture and politics that emerged in Vienna from the turn-of-the-century through the Nazi period after 1938. We will bring various critical lens to bear on these pressing issues and also consider how such developments continue to impact our contemporary world in a various, sometimes surprising ways. 

Anticipated Terms Offered: Bi-annually