Stephan Martin Scheuzger: Catalogue data in Spring Semester 2022 |
| Name | PD Dr. Stephan Martin Scheuzger |
| Field | Newer and Newest History |
| Address | Lehre Geistes-,Soz.-u.Staatswiss. ETH Zürich, RZ G 16.1 Clausiusstrasse 59 8092 Zürich SWITZERLAND |
| stephanmartin.scheuzger@gess.ethz.ch | |
| Department | Humanities, Social and Political Sciences |
| Relationship | Privatdozent |
| Number | Title | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 851-0498-00L | Structures of Confinement: The Global History of Prison Architecture | 3 credits | 2V | S. M. Scheuzger | |
| Abstract | The course discusses the history of prison architecture in its broader social, political, economic, scientific, legal and cultural contexts. The building of prisons and its developments are dealt with from the Early Modern Age to the present particularly in their relations to changing concepts and practices of punishment. | ||||
| Learning objective | A) The students are familiar with important historical developments of prison architecture. B) They are able to relate these developments to the concepts of penal confinement changing over space and time. C) They are able to assess central elements of prison architecture with regard to their objectives and implications critically. | ||||