W33W The Short and Speckled Life of the Weimar Republic (Hybrid/In-Person)

In-Person | Registration opens 12/16/2025 10:00 AM EST

1/14/2026-3/18/2026
11:15 AM-12:45 PM EST on Wed
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W33W The Short and Speckled Life of the Weimar Republic (Hybrid/In-Person)

In-Person | Registration opens 12/16/2025 10:00 AM EST

[NEW COURSE] The Weimar Republic (1918-1933) was an experiment in democracy between the Second and Third Reichs. It was conceived at the end of WWI, plagued by an abortive German revolution, hyperinflation, the Great Depression, and the growing cloud of Nazism. It was an era of experimentation: socially (see Broadway’s Cabaret), artistically (the Bauhaus, German Expressionism, painters Max Beckman and George Grosz), cinematically (Metropolis, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari), and politically (socialists, communists, and Nazis). We’ll examine all of this and the Republic’s dreadful end with the Enabling Act of 1933. Draw parallels at your own risk. Audio/Visual, Discussion, Lecture

  • *This registration item is HYBRID/IN-PERSON, which means that you can attend either in-person or via Zoom. DO NOT also register for the Zoom section of this course.*

Roger Gans

Roger Gans was formally educated in geology and then became an engineering professor. He has long been interested in the history of scientific ideas.