All the necessary readings will be provided in-class and/or on Learnweb.

After earning my B.A. in English (with a focus on British and American novels) from Washington and Lee University in 1982, I pursued graduate studies in history at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville from
1986-1987, then completed my Master's Degree in American Studies at Purdue University in 1994 and my PhD in American History (with minor fields in Ancient History and the History of Science and Technology) in
2004, also at Purdue. In the meantime and since, besides teaching a full range of courses in American History, Government and Culture as well as Western Civilization (including Great Britain and the British Empire), I
have also worked at a number of public history venues in the U.S. (including for the National Park Service and five years at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello) as well as authored entries for American History, the History of Science and other reference and classroom volumes.

As all of us are aware by now, we live in an increasingly digitized/media-saturated/AI - defined world. 

Though we will use/reference and indeed explore the origins of that "reality" in this course

(thus some of the technologies section(s)), our main focus will be on both the symbolic "language" and substantive materials of the

"real"/analog world, past and present in the categories indicated. Practically speaking, knowing the "vocabulary" of these fields in their (mostly)

Anglophone context(s) could be a very useful tool for potential translators seeking a specialized/niche field in which to work. 

BA IKÜ 4. Semester, Referat mit schriftlicher Ausarbeitung (IKÜ: 8-2 (3 LP))