This course uses and teaches artistic practice as a practical example of resilience in action. Sasha Su-Ling Welland, Gender, Women & Sexuality Studiesĭrama 203: Resilience and the Creative Process: Courage, Optimism, Creativity In this class, students learn to apply feminist thought in considering feminist art practice in terms of social hierarchy, aesthetic form, and ideology. Piotr Florczyk, Slavic Languages & LiteraturesĮxplore how feminist artists, working in diverse locations and cultural traditions, challenge conventions and representations of gender, sexuality, race, class, and nationality. In addition to focusing on close-reading and comparative analysis of novels, short stories, hybrid works, photography, music, and poetry, we will examine how various social, political, and cultural contexts may have impacted the authors. Our readings will include works by writers from France, East Germany, Poland, the US, Bangladesh, Ukraine, and more. The genre of war literature ranges from eyewitness accounts of combat to depictions of civilians caught in the crossfire. GLITS 251A / SLAVIC 200A / C LIT 251A: War Literature We will also explore surprising cultural and political parallels with our own time, particularly since the Italian government decreed March 25th as National Dante Day in honor of the celebrated author as a “symbol of unity.”īeatrice Arduini, French & Italian Studies We will not only observe Dante's journey through the afterlife but participate in it as well, as we encounter questions about the nature of evil, the possibility for spiritual improvement, and the experience of true happiness. ITAL 262 / GLITS 311 A / C LIT 361A: Dante's Divine Comedyĭiscover Dante Alighieri's “Divine Comedy,” one of the most influential masterpieces of Western literature. Learn about the peoples who shaped the land where we are today and the ongoing life and relationships with those cultures, including coastal Indigenous peoples’ social and political organization, economic and subsistence systems, food traditions, and artistic expression, and how these were impacted by settler colonialism. Meet the Native and Indigenous cultures of the Northwest Coast, from Southeast Alaska to the coastlines of British Columbia to Seattle. The professor’s recent book, "Feelin: Creative Practice, Pleasure, and Black Feminist Thought," explores how Black women artists use embodied knowledge to create work that resonates.īettina Judd, Gender, Women & Sexuality StudiesĪIS 270 / JSIS A 270: Native Peoples of the Northwest Coast This course uses essays, speeches, and creative work to examine important contributions of Black feminist thought to the fields of Black studies and Women's and Gender studies. This introductory course is designed to welcome students of all majors and intellectual interests.Īnu Taranath, Comparative History of Ideas Course texts will be a combination of scholarly essays, films, creative nonfiction, short stories, and novels. We will discuss how ideas about "Differences" and "Diversity" play out in society, our campus, and our lives. Investigate the meanings and implications of race, gender, class, sexuality, and other social differences. The course emphasizes the diplomatic, military, economic, and cultural implications of interactions between the US and the Middle East, looking at how those interactions have shaped the modern world and the reasons behind the US's long-lasting interventions in the region. (listed as "Issues in International Studies")ĭelve into the intricacies of US-Middle East relations, particularly since 1945, to understand the profound impact on global diplomacy and socio-political dynamics. Geoffrey Turnovsky, French & Italian Studies Readings and class sessions will be in English. Students will read a mixture of historical documents from the time. Learn about the history of France and the Francophone world from the Religious Wars in the 1500s up to the Revolution of 1789, as France emerged as a modern state and ultimately a nation with an official language and the claim to a shared French culture and national identity. How has race shaped American history? From Thomas Jefferson, colonial dispossession, and chattel slavery to Barack Obama, immigration debates, and #BlackLivesMatter, learn how race has enabled conceptions of the American nation and empire from its beginnings to today, and how race has shaped everyday practices and social interactions among different peoples.įRENCH 376 / HSTEU 490A / JSIS 488B: Culture, Politics, and Society in France from the Religious Wars to Revolutions
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