Course of Study
All students must either have successfully completed Humanistic Studies 216-219 or taken European Cultural Studies 209 (preferably in the sophomore year). In addition, students must also take two 300-level seminars, and they are encouraged to enroll in a 400-level seminar. Most seminars are taught by professors from two different departments.
The program has two final requirements. In their junior year students will attend a colloquium and participate in a work group on a specific topic. The work group will bring the juniors together for discussion of a theme, a problem, or a work of art under the guidance of a distinguished visiting scholar. Recent topics have included: "Reading Blake's Marriage of Heaven and Hell," Martin Jay's lecture "Somaesthetics and Democracy: John Dewey and Body Art," and a conference on "Places of Memory/Cultures of Memory."
In their senior year students will participate in a thesis writers' colloquium. Although they write their thesis under the direction of their home departments, they will meet together at regular intervals in the early spring to discuss common problems of research, conceptualization, organization, and writing. Each student will make a work-in-progress report and submit a chapter to the group for criticism.
Certificate of Proficiency
Students who fulfill all the requirements will receive
a certificate upon graduation.
Program in European Cultural Studies
Princeton University
Humanities Programs Building, Room 207, Princeton, NJ 08544
Director: Anson Rabinbach (rabin@princeton.edu)
Program Manager: Peggy Reilly (mjreilly@princeton.edu)
609-258-4713 -- fax 609-258-6866