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| European Roots of Psychology & Sociology |
| Spring 2009 |
| European Roots of Psychology and Sociology is a new course developed by Drs. Lorraine Straw (Psychology) and Kathy Kremer (Sociology). Using a Faculty Development Grant in 2008, they travelled to central Europe to meet with scholars familiar with the origins of their disciplines to learn more about this history and to develop the course. |
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| The course began with a spring semester class that covered the history of intellectual thought and the development of the two disciplines. Sociology and psychology are interrelated, and share European origins in the 19th Century. The course specifically explored the events in philosophy and the natural sciences prior to the 19th Century, then delved deeply into the context of the 19th and early 20th centuries where these two disciplines developed in Europe. |
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| Students then travelled with the two professors to Central Europe from May 11-25, 2009 where they participated in programs and lectures presented by European academics and experts. Some of these programs were at Heidelberg University, the University of Frankfurt, the University of Berlin, the lab of Wilhelm Wundt in Leipzig, Karl Marx Haus and Study Centre in Trier, The Museum of Communism in Prague, and the Freud Museum and University Medical Museum in Vienna. |
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| With the staff of the Karl Marx Haus and Study Centre |
Humbolt University - University of Berlin |
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| Students at the University of Frankfurt U-Bahn Station |
Humbolt University - University
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Lecture by Dr. Wolfgang Alt at Porta Nigra in Trier, Germany, down the street from Karl Marx's boyhood home |
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| Program at the office of Wilhelm Wundt, Leipzig University |
Lecure by Dr. Victor Sarris at Johann Wolfgang Goethe University - University of Frankfurt |
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Tour of the Library at Heidelberg University, the oldest University in Germany and home of early intellectual thought in the area
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Elizabeth Beam at the Museum
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Lauren Cromley at the Museum of Communism, Prague |
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(Left to right) Elizabeth Beam, Elise Wisnieski, Brittany Reed in the Courtyard at Westend City Hostel, Vienna |
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