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To all Second Year students taking modules in German Studies (unless on year abroad in 2^nd year):

· The German Studies 2^nd year module options ballot opens today on moodle, accessed via this .

· Before you complete the ballot, please have a look at the of the website. If you have any queries about module content you are welcome to email course tutors.

GE207 Tutors: Christine Achinger, Birgit Röder, Helmut Schmitz
Term 1
GE214 Tutor: Anne Fuchs
GE218 Tutor: Mary Cosgrove
Term 2
GE211 Tutor: Christine Achinger
GE212 Tutor: Helmut Schmitz
GE215 Tutor: Jim Jordon
GE217 Tutor: Ian Roberts

· You should then rank all the modules in order of preference, down to the last choice. If you choose two 15 CATS modules, you can choose to do 2 modules in the same term (there will be staggered assessment deadlines if you choose 100% assessment methods).

· If you are unsure how many CATS of German modules you need to take, please look at the of the website. There is a section at the bottom of the page for comments (please include details of any outside modules you would like to take if you are German Studies).

You have a week to complete the ballot closes on 12 noon on Friday 5 June. Failure to complete the ballot by the deadline may result in loss of choice.

Just as music has fascinated scholars in the Western world continuously for thousands of years, so time and again they have felt the need to explain its power. During the Renaissance a revival of interest for ancient theories about the power of music began. Many philosophers, humanists and music theorists writing about music found themselves caught in the Plato-Aristotle controversy. They had to make a choice between two radically different theories of the constitution of the human soul: a Platonic one, originating from the Timaeus, which stated that music has a great influence on the human soul because they are somehow similar, and an Aristotelian one, originating from On the Soul, which did not postulate any special relationship between music and the soul. Privileging one philosophical model over the other brought along entirely different beliefs about the nature of music, what it does, or what it should do. The body of doctrine around these two sources, combined with Christian ideas about music and the soul and all kinds of medical and music-theoretical ideas was pervasive till the beginning of the seventeenth century. And yet, by the beginning of the eighteenth century, to learn about music’s power meant turning not to these ancient sources and their reception, but to works on the soul such as Descartes Passions of the Soul and Hobbes’ Human Nature. The purpose of this symposium is to track and to interrogate the nature, life span, and eventual radical transformation and/or demise of ancient, medieval, and Renaissance conceptions of the belief in music’s deep connections with human life.

A symposium organised by Global Research Fellow, Dr Jacomien Prins.

10:00 - 18:00