Really interesting class and Professor Yildiz was very good, especially at leading discussions and helping make connections between a lot of diverse materials (novels, films, poems, government documents). You need to be prepared for discussion and participation really matters. Grade mostly based on papers and participation. One group presentation project.

The class was pretty varied, ranging from founding European Union documents to discussions about German war/holocaust guilt to East vs West German identity stuff to Afro-German identities. Sometimes class discussions were a little boring, but on the whole I found the class interesting and the workload minimal (except for when we had to read a 210pg book in a week and half...). I didn't really like the essay topic but they were graded easily and so I was never really stressed by this class. Overall I'd recommend.