Schemel Forum Course: From Caligari to Hitler

Students, faculty and staff are invited to attend The Schemel Forum six-week Evening Course: "From Caligari to Hitler: Cinema and Politics During the Weimar Republic 1918-1933," presented by Andrew LaZella, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Philosophy, The University of Scranton.

The course will take place on Wednesdays, Oct.16, 23 and 30, and Nov. 6, 13 and 20, from 6 to 7:15 p.m. in the Weinberg Memorial Library, Room 305.

This course will use Siegfried Kracauer's classic study, From Caligari to Hitler: A Psychological History of the German Film (1947), to explore the culture and politics of the Weimar Republic (1918-1933). Alongside a close reading of the text, attendees will watch and discuss classic Weimar films including, but not limited to The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Nosferatu, Metropolis, The Blue Angel, M, and so on.

The course will explore Kracauer's thesis that although itself apolitical, Weimar cinema offers a lens for understanding the unconscious desires and fears of this chaotic period from which the new political reality of fascism could emerge.

To register for the courses, or for more information on the Schemel Forum, call 570-941-4740 or email [email protected] . Registration is free for University of Scranton and Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine students, faculty, staff and Schemel Forum members; and $100 per person and $175 per couple for non-members.