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Topic may vary from semester to semester. The course may be repeated for credit.

This class will explore late nineteenth- and twentieth-century transatlantic cultural exchange in the realm of popular music, with particular emphasis on the reception and development of non-European musics in the European context. Students will investigate theories of cultural exchange drawn from a variety of disciplines through a series of case studies. For example, we will examine jazz in Europe during three eras: interwar, Cold War, and post-Cold War. We will study postcolonialism and its influence on European culture through the defiance and hope of Reggae – as enjoyed in the Caribbean, the U.S., and Europe – as well as the contradictory genre of Afrobeat, which celebrated Africa but did so through a genre strongly influenced by African American music. The course will close with explorations of how recent immigration to Europe, particularly from the Middle East and northern Africa, has affected European culture.

The University of New Orleans International Summer School program has a mandatory class attendance policy. All students are required to attend class for all morning classes and any required afternoon and/or weekend fields trips and lectures. No unexcused absences are allowed. However, LFU students who have to miss a UNO class due to LFU examinations in the first two weeks of our program, can receive one excused absence for this. Any further unexcused absences will result in an academic penalty. Each faculty member determines the penalty for missed classes. Most professors deduct a letter grade for each additional missed class day. For details, please refer to your course syllabi, which will be distributed on the first day of class. Mail: Center-New-Orleans@uibk.ac.at

Die Anrechnung der Kurse der UNO-IBK International Summer School muss von den Studierenden selbst vorab mit den zuständigen StudiendekanInnen geklärt werden. Diese allein entscheiden über die Anerkennung der belegten Kurse für das jeweilige Studienfach. Es wird empfohlen, sich einen Vorabbescheid über die Anerkennung der Kurse ausstellen zu lassen.