E-Learning Guelma

This interdisciplinary course, which is compulsory for all Ph.D. English Language and Culture students, provide an introduction to key topics in American history, culture, and society, as well as influential academic discussions about them. Students will debate subjects such as freedom, empire, equality, (neo)liberalism, security, human rights, environmentalism, visual and digital cultures, and young politics, all of which are critical to comprehending the modern United States. Taken as a whole, these varied concepts will present students with a multidimensional view of the historical emergence, consolidation, and crises of American exceptionalism. Simultaneously, the course will introduce students to the most important methodological, theoretical, and ideological approaches that have enriched the field in recent decades, such as the cultural, transnational, and intersectional turns, as well as ongoing interdisciplinary cross-fertilization with digital and environmental humanities. The course will introduce and contextualize a variety of topics that will be studied in greater depth and complexity in the Ph.D. program's optional courses.