German Studies draws upon history, music, political science, philosophy, the arts, and literary studies to examine German culture past and present. Emphasis is placed on knowledge and awareness ofthe history of modern German literature and culture, 1750 to the presentcultural developments in modern German-speaking central Europe, such as in the arts, cinema, literaturecentral issues such as the Nazi era and the Holocaust, the role of gender and minority discourses, and their reflection in German literature, arts, and cinema