Odesa: Jews in the Modern World

Instructors: Murray Baumgarten +1 more

What you'll learn

  •   Describe the connection between Odesa as a place of opportunity and abundance, international trade, and modern capitalism.
  •   Connect virtuosity with Jewish interculturality and the complications of multilingual cultural production .
  •   Describe the ambiguous class and economic status of Jews in the Russian Empire and Pale of Settlement.

    • Skills you'll gain

  •   Socioeconomics
  •   Cultural Diversity
  •   Culture
  •   Economics
  •   Classical Music
  •   World History
  •   Intercultural Competence
  •   International Relations
  •   Immigration Law
  •   Social Studies
  •   European History

    • There are 8 modules in this course

    In this course, Peter Kenez and Murray Baumgarten, both emeritus professors at UC Santa Cruz, tell the story of the Jews of the Black Sea port of Odesa. Kenez and Baumgarten include music, literature, and history in their analysis of a city like no other. The course is for anyone with an interest in the history and culture of the Jewish people.

    Lecture 2: Jewish life in the Russian Empire

    Lecture 3: Modernism & Internationalism

    Lecture 4: Antisemitism in the Russian Empire

    Lecture 5: Jewish achievement in the modern world

    Lecture 6: Jewish virtuosity

    Lecture 7: Revolution & Civil War

    Final Project: A Postcard from Odesa

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