| Subject |
Course Code and Description |
Section |
CRN |
Course Title |
Instructor |
| American Civilization
|
AMCV0190L
| This course examines visual imagery
in 1960s' politics and culture and how "the Sixties" have been
represented in the popular imagination. The class focuses on
struggles for racial equality, countercultural movements, the
decade's international context, and memories of the 1960s. By
analyzing written texts, photographs, films, television, art, and
advertisements, we evaluate visual imagery in the 1960s; discuss the
importance of this decade; learn how to look at images; and question
how images can bring about social change.
| |
S01 |
25583 |
Visualizing the 1960s |
Seidman, Sarah |
AMCV0190Q
| Why do Americans eat ethnic food?
This course analyzes US
eating habits to understand the experience of immigration and the
processes of Americanization and identity formation. Students are invited to be
historians, anthropologists, and film scholars when they examine
menus, cookbooks, and films in order to draw conclusions about
American behaviors and tastes. | |
S01 |
25584 |
Ethnic Eats |
Lee, Heather |
AMCV1611Z
| Examines in depth the period of
immigration that stretched from the 1820s through the 1920s and
witnessed the migration of over 36 million Europeans, Asians,
Canadians, and Latin Americans to the United States. Explores casual
theories of migration and settlement, examines the role of family,
religion, work, politics, cultural production, and entertainment in
immigrant/ethnic communities, and traces the development and impact
of federal immigration policy. | |
S01 |
25800 |
Century of Immigration |
Meckel, Richard Alan |
AMCV1903Z
| This seminar will examine historic
house museums within the context of American culture from the
founding of Mount Vernon in 1853 to their present decline in
popularity and relevance. Utilizing sources from a variety of
disciplines including literature, women's and family history, and
museum and preservation theory and practice, students will
re-examine the prevailing historic house museum paradigm and develop
interpretation plans for house museums in the Providence area.
Enrollment limited to 20. If oversubscribed, priority is given to
students in the Public Humanities Programs and Department of
American Civilizations. No prerequisites.
| |
S01 |
25647 |
Shrine, House or Home |
|
AMCV1904A
| To understand how American culture
thinks about the past, we will explore a range of texts including
museum exhibits, historical society collections, memorials, and
civic celebrations. These sites and objects, the material culture of
memory, help us understand the construction of national, community
and personal identity. Students will also undertake practical
projects in memorialization and commemoration, among them designing
the program for a new memorial to the Rhode Island slave
trade. | |
S01 |
25780 |
Memories/Memorials/Collections |
Lubar, Steven |
AMCV2220C
| Asks if it is possible to study
"America" outside the territorial boundaries of the United States.
If so, how have scholars conducted ethnographies outside the U.S.
territories that are of relevance to social, political, and economic
issues concerning the United States? What are various approaches
that scholars have utilized and designed to address the lives of
non-Americans to learn more about America? What are the various ways
that the United States are culturally, politically, economically and
socially implicated in the daily lives of those outside the United
States? In a nutshell, how do we learn about America when looking
outside of the United States? | |
S01 |
25801 |
Transnatnl Amer Ethnogrphy |
Parrenas, Rhacel |
AMCV2670
| Practicums in public humanities
provide practical, hands-on training that is essential for careers
in museums, historic preservation, and cultural agenices. Students
will work with faculty to find appropriate placements and negotiate
a semester's or summer work, in general a specific project.
Available only to students in the Public Humanities M.A.
program. | |
S01 |
25802 |
Practicum in Public Humanities |
Valk, Anne |
| Anthropology |
ANTH0066D
| Examines the roles of the past in
the present: Why study the past, and why preserve it? How has the
materiality of the past been represented in different historical and
cultural contexts and for what purposes? How do the global realities
of indigenous, ethnic, and nationalist struggles shape current
archaeological practice? The course uses case studies from around
the world to explore the conflicts in the intrepretation and
presentation of the past and their broader implications.
| |
S01 |
25658 |
Who Owns the Past? |
Rubertone, Patricia |
ANTH1020
| Communities around the world are
affected in different ways by the HIV-AIDS pandemic. This course is
concerned with cross-cultural variation in knowledge, perception,
and treatment of AIDS in a global context. Twenty-five years into the
global epidemic, how does social and cultural variation influence
the continued spread or management of the disease? In addition to reading
significant anthropological works related to the meaning of AIDS in
cultural context, the course will address major public health
initiatives related to the global AIDS pandemic, and offer an
anthropological critique of their design, implementation and
success. Enrollment limited to 40. | |
S01 |
25796 |
AIDS in Global Perspective |
Harrison, Abigail |
ANTH1251
| The role of media in shaping
perceptions of violent conflict. Analysis of constructions of the
"violent other", "victims", and "suffering", the use of culture,
ethnicity, and psychopathology as tropes for articulating the
motivations of violent perpetrators. Multiple subject positions and
political interests will be considered. Case studies include the
Cold War, conflicts, insurgencies urban riots, the genocide, and
terrorism. | |
S01 |
25657 |
Violence and the Media |
Warren, Kay |
ANTH1624
| The course explores the colonial
and capitalist transformation of New England's social and cultural
landscapes following European contact. Using archaeology as
critical evidence, we will examine claims about conquest, Indian
Extinction, and class, gender and race relations by studying the
daily lives and interactions of the area's diverse Native American,
African American, and European peoples.
| |
S01 |
25659 |
NE Indians,Colonists,Africans |
Rubertone, Patricia |
ANTH2500C
| This course will train advanced
students in the laboratory methods needed for the successful
application of GIS and remote sensing technologies in archaeology.
We will conduct an
exhaustive literature review of spatial research in archaeology to
place GIS and remote sensing within a broader conceptual framework.
Each student will
design their own geodatabase that they will be able to build upon in
future research. | |
S01 |
25585 |
GIS/Remote Sensing in Arch. |
Garrison, Thomas |
| Applied Mathematics |
APMA1680
| A systematic treatment of
distribution-free alternatives to classical statistical tests. These
nonparametric tests make minimum assumptions about distributions
governing the generation of observations, yet are of nearly equal
power to the classical alternatives. Prerequisite: APMA 1650 or
equivalent. Offered in alternate years.
| |
S01 |
25589 |
Nonparametric Statistics |
Spiliopoulos, Konstantinos |
APMA2821G
| Addresses strategies and algorithms
in devising efficient discontinuous Galerkin solvers for fluid flow
equations such as Euler and Navier-Stokes. The course starts with an
introduction to discontinuous Galerkin methods for elliptic and
hyperbolic equations and then focuses on the following topics: 1) Serial and parallel
implementations of various discontinuous Galerkin operators for
curvilinear ele- ments in multiple space dimensions. 2) Explicit, semi-explicit
and implicit time discretizations. 3) Multigrid (multi-level)
solvers and preconditioners for systems arising from discontinuous
Galerkin approximations of the partial differential equations.
| |
S01 |
25790 |
Hi-Prfrmnc Discnt Galerkin Sol |
Shahbazi, Khosro |
| Archaeology and Ancient
World |
ARCH0330
| The volcano has come to represent a
modern western conception of wild nature -- unpredictable and
dangerous, ‘red in tooth and claw’ -- in authors from Byron to
Freud, Derrida to Dickens. Archaeologists have brought similar
attitudes to the study of volcanic eruptions such as Vesuvius and
Thera in the Mediterranean world, and Xitle and Popocatepetal in
Mexico. This course will begin with these literary and
archaeological interpretations of volcanoes, then explore other
non-western and indigenous perspectives. Our deeply embedded
assumption of a sharp divide between ‘nature’ and ‘culture’ will be
explored and questioned. | |
S01 |
25689 |
Archaeology Under the Volcano |
Holmberg, Karen |
ARCH0440
| To understand the tensions of the
modern Middle East, it is necessary to understand the region¹s past.
This course will
explore the archaeological history of Israel, Lebanon, Syria and
Jordan, not least the political and religious agendas that scholars
brought to the study of these lands. Prehistoric and early historic
developments will be emphasized: the earliest human occupation, the
“Neolithic Revolution”, and the rise of social inequality and
political complexity. | |
S01 |
25690 |
Archaeologies of Middle East |
Kersel, Morag |
ARCH1050
| This course examines how
archaeologists working on different sides of the world study the
past. Archaeology in the Old World and New World has developed on
parallel, but separate, trajectories. While these approaches share
methods and theories, they often interpret archaeological data in
alternative or even contradictory ways. In this course we will view
archaeological topics from both perspectives, using examples from
the Mediterranean and Mesoamerica, to try to better understand, and
perhaps bridge the gap between, some of our differences.
Prerequisite: An introductory course in archaeology, either through
the Joukowsky Institute or the Anthropology department.
| |
S01 |
25768 |
Old and New World Archaeology |
Cherry, John |
| BioMed-Community Health
|
PHP1540
| Reviews the epidemiology of alcohol
use, abuse, and dependence and examines its neurobiological and
behavioral underpinnings. Covers etiology including physiological,
genetic, psychological and social cultural influences, and
prevention, brief intervention and treatment considerations. Course
background in psychology, sociology, or community health is
recommended. Recommended prerequisites: PHP 0320 and PSYC 0010.
Restricted to juniors, seniors, and graduate students.
| |
S01 |
25572 |
Alcohol Use and Misuse |
Monti, Peter |
PHP1680E
| Health policy is not the
straightforward application of value-neutral scientific research,
but a process involving cultural values and processes. We examine
scientific methodology, causation and epistemology theories, not as
timeless rules, but as historically- developed frameworks for
understanding the world. From this perspective, we analyze case
studies in occupational and environmental health and explore policy
solutions to health problems. | |
S01 |
25710 |
Conceptual Issues/Hlth Policy |
Egilman, David |
PHP1920
| The course provides an overview of
social determinants of health. Examples of topics include health
effects of educational attainment, social integration, neighborhood
socioeconomic characteristics, racial discrimination, gender, income
inequality, childhood socioeconomic circumstances, parental neglect,
and job strain. Mixed teaching methods are used, including small
group discussions, problem-based learning and guest lectures. Open
to graduate students and advanced undergraduates.
| |
S01 |
25573 |
Social Determinants of Health |
Loucks, Eric |
| Biology |
BIOL1890
| A comprehensive study of the
structure and function of human tissues and organs providing a
foundation for the understanding of pathologic alterations.
Relationships are drawn to aspects of development, growth,
physiology, and gross anatomy. For Pfizer students only.
| |
S01 |
25695 |
Human Histology |
Thompson, Marjorie |
BIOL2840F
| No description available.
| |
S01 |
25673 |
Pathobiol Basis of Disease |
DeLaMonte, Suzanne |
| Classics |
CLAS0900
| Reviews major myths along with some
lesser known variations, in order to understand how ancient Greeks
imagined their relation to the divine world, to nature, and to other
human beings. Considers connections between myth and cult or ritual,
and also to the psychological, social, historical, and aesthetic
aspects of classical myths. Examines adaptations of classical myths
in later societies and comparative materials from other
cultures. | |
S01 |
25793 |
Greek Mythology |
|
CLAS1120J
| This course explores the personal
essay as a vehicle for self-expression. Examining self-reflective
essays from a variety of cultures and time periods--ancient, modern,
East, and West--we trace the theme of friends as dialectical others
against whom individuals define themselves. Our investigations will
lead us to a provisional definition of the essay genre, keeping in
mind its unique placement between fiction and non-fiction, and its
relationship with non-Western forms such as the
<i>suibi</i> and the <i>xiaopin
wen</i>. | |
S01 |
25691 |
Essaying the Essay |
Handler-Spitz, Rebecca |
CLAS2930A
| We will read extensive selections
in the original languages from Hellenistic Greek poetry and Latin
poetry with Hellenistic influence, with an eye to their historical
and cultural context and to their intertextual dimension.
| |
S01 |
25795 |
Alexandrian Poetry |
Reed, Joseph |
| Cognitive and Linguistic Sci |
COGS1280
| A detailed introduction to
computational modeling of cognition, summarizing traditional
approaches and providing experience with state-of-the-art methods.
Covers pattern recognition approaches, shallow and hierarchical
networks including Bayesian probabilistic models, and illustrates
how they have been applied in several key areas in cognitive
science, including visual perception and attention, object and face
recognition, learning and memory as well as decision-making and
reasoning. Focuses on modeling simple laboratory tasks from
cognitive psychology. Connections to contemporary research in
computer science will be emphasized highlighting how computational
models may motivate the development of new hypothesis for experiment
design in cognitive psychology. | |
S01 |
25705 |
Computational Cognitive Sci |
|
| Comparative Literature |
COLT1811Q
| Wright's <i>Native
Son</i>, Burrough's <i>Naked Lunch</i>, Derrida's
<i>Specters of Marx</i>, and Rimbaud.
| |
S01 |
25775 |
Poisonous or Prophetic? |
Ahearn, Edward James |
| Computer Science |
CSCI1950C
| This workshop will explore advanced
tools and techniques for the creation of innovative and expressive
works of digital art. Lectures will address the
application of best practices from the software design community to
the context of artistic practice. In the first section of the
course, students will exercise their aesthetic, conceptual, and
technical skills on a set of 'mini-projects' exploring the analysis,
generation and presentation of computationally-augmented literary
texts. Assignments will include web-text mining, feature extraction,
grammars, generative algorithms, and statistical techniques. During the second half of the
course, students will focus on a larger work of their own design,
participating in regular critiques throughout the development cycle.
Though assignments will focus on digital literature, a wide range of
artistic media will be explored, including sound, image, video, 3D
and installation. Collaboration is encouraged.
Permission of the
instructor required. | |
S01 |
25787 |
Adv Program for Dig Art/Lit |
Howe, Daniel |
CSCI1950G
| Describes the convergence of
computer graphics and computer vision with photography. Its goal is
to overcome the limitations of traditional photography using
computational techniques to enhance the way we capture, manipulate,
and interact with visual media. Topics covered: cameras,
human visual perception, image processing and manipulation, image
based lighting and rendering, high dynamic range, single view
reconstruction, photo quality assessment, non photorealistic
rendering, the use of Internet-scale data, and more. Students are
encouraged to capture and process their own data. Prerequisites:
previous programming experience, basic linear algebra, calculus, and
probability; previous knowledge of computer graphics or computer
vision. | |
S01 |
25670 |
Computational Photography |
|
CSCI2950R
| Planar graphs arise in applications
such as road map navigation and logistics, graph drawing, and image
processing. We will study graph algorithms and data structures that
exploit planarity. Our focus will be on recent research results in
optimization. Prerequisite: CSCI 1570 or the equivalent.
| |
S01 |
25778 |
Topics in Advanced Algorithms |
Klein, Philip |
| East Asian Studies |
EAST1950X
| This seminar investigates cultural
practices enacted by Japanese gays and lesbians, or otherwise
related to same-sex attraction. How have sexual identities
traditionally been constructed in Japan, and how has the modern
period transformed them? How has same-sex sexuality
become figured in the Japanese art, literature and popular culture
of the 20th century; and how have the forces of a global LGBT
culture interacted with the specific experiences of a same-sex
community in Japan? This class explores questions about queer
history, writing and cultural practice by looking at particular
moments in the Japanese past and present.
| |
S01 |
25685 |
Queer Japan: Cltr, Hist, Sxlty |
Perry, Samuel |
| Economics |
ECON0180C
| This seminar will use social theory
and social science evidence to understand how punishment works as a
mechanism to produce inequality in American society. The institution
of incarceration as a generator of social stigma is examined in this
light. Zero-tolerance policing practices and racial profiling are
discussed from this point of view as well. Questions about
authority, legitimacy, deviancy, power and social cognition will
guide the discussion. Enrollment limited to 20
first year students. FYS
| |
S01 |
25650 |
Punishment + Inequality in US |
Loury, Glenn |
ECON1370
| We examine racial inequality in the
United States, focusing on economic, political, social and
historical aspects. Topics include urban poverty, employment
discrimination, crime and the criminal justice system, affirmative
action, immigration, and low wage labor markets. Black/white
relations in the US are the principle but not exclusive concern.
Recommended prerequisite: ECON 1110 or 1130.
| |
S01 |
25651 |
Race and Inequality in the US |
Loury, Glenn |
ECON1460
| A study of industry structure and
firm conduct and its economic/antitrust implications. Theoretical
and empirical examinations of strategic firm interactions in
oligopolistic markets, dominant firm behaviors, and entry deterrence
by incumbents. Also economics of innovation: research and
development activities and government patent policies. Prerequisite:
ECON 1110 or 1130. Some knowledge of calculus required.
| |
S01 |
25671 |
Industrial Organization |
Roessler, Christian |
ECON1759
| An experimental course that
prepares students for research of the type conducted in academic
finance, hedge funds, and some advanced consulting firms and
I-Banks. Nothing like
this is offered at any other university as far as the instructor
knows. Students that do
well in this course should have a head start in academic finance PhD
programs, as well as in MBA programs, quantitatively oriented
investment funds, finance companies, and consulting firms. Prerequisites: ECON 1110 or 1130, and ECON
1710 or 1720, and ECON 1620 or 1630 or APMA 1650. CSCI0040 or equivalent also
recommended as background. Instructor permission required.
| |
S01 |
25683 |
Data, Statistics, Finance |
Welch, Ivo |
ECON1790
| A corporation's economic success
depends on access to human capital and other resources, effective
management of these resources, and a governance system that ensures
effective decision making. The course offers policy prescriptions in
economic incentives and regulatory rules that attempt to align
management with investors. Prerequisites: ECON 1110 or 1130; ECON
1620 or 1630; or APMA 1650; ECON 1720; ECON 0710.
| |
S01 |
25672 |
Corporate Governance/Managemnt |
Roessler, Christian |
ECON2530
| An introduction to the methodology
of experimental economics with an emphasis on experiments designed
to illuminate problems in organizational design and emergence of
institutions, and experiments investigating the operation of social
and social-psychological elements of preference such as altruism,
inequality aversion, reciprocity, trust, concern for relative
standing, envy, and willingness to punish norm violators.
Experiments studied will include ones based on the prisoners'
dilemma, dictator game, ultimatum game, and especially the voluntary
contribution mechanism (public goods game) and the trust
game. | |
S01 |
25767 |
Behav and Experimental Econ |
Putterman, Louis |
| Education |
EDUC1050
| This course will examine the
history of African-American education with particular emphasis on
the twentieth century. We will explore
African-Americans' experiences with schooling under slavery and
segregation, the struggle for desegregation and equity North and
South, and the place of education in African-Americans' quest for
equal rights. We will
also consider how the African-American experience with public
schooling makes us rethink major narratives of American education,
democracy, and equality of opportunity and how an historical
understanding of these issues may help us engage contemporary
debates. | |
S01 |
25681 |
Hist of Africn-Americn Educatn |
Steffes, Tracy |
EDUC1750
| Explores social problems in terms
of contemporary theories and research in human development and
education. The class chooses issues for discussion and researches
their mechanisms and possible solutions. Demands basic knowledge of
theory and research in psychology, sociology, or anthropology, and
background in educational issues. Prerequisite: EDUC 0800, 1270, or
1710, or any other two social science courses.
| |
S01 |
25732 |
Contemporary Social Problems |
Demick, Jack |
| English |
ENGL0110
| An introduction to university-level
writing. Students produce and revise multiple drafts of essays,
practice essential skills of paragraph organization, and develop
techniques of critical analysis and research. Readings from a wide
range of texts in literature, the media, and academic disciplines.
Assignments move from personal response papers to formal academic
essays. Enrollment limited to 17. Fall sections 3 and 4 are
reserved for first-year students. Banner registrations after
classes begin require instructor approval. S/NC.
| |
S04 |
25663 |
Crit Rdg/Wrtng I:Academc Essay |
Readey, Jonathan |
ENGL0180
| Designed to familiarize students
with the techniques and narrative structures of creative nonfiction.
Reading and writing focus on personal essays, memoir, science
writing, travel writing, and other related subgenres. May serve as
preparation for ENGL1180. Writing sample may be required. Enrollment
limited. Banner
registrations after classes begin require instructor approval. S/NC.
| |
S09 |
25580 |
Intro to Creative Nonfiction |
Hardy, Edward |
ENGL0400D
| This course will introduce students
to medieval prose and poetry that centralize the problematic nature
of violent conflict and its attendant horrors. We will study
literature from medieval England, Wales, Ireland, and Iceland,
including <i>Beowulf</i>, two Old Icelandic sagas and
Eddic poetry, Irish and Welsh texts, and part of Malory's
<i>Morte Darthur</i>. Topics will include sacrifice,
religion, chivalry, horror, and contemporary critical approaches.
Open to undergraduates
only. | |
S01 |
25661 |
Violence, Sacrifice, Narrative |
Adams, Anthony |
ENGL0450E
| One of the distinguishing features
of American literature may be its seemingly constant struggle with
the idea of America itself. For what, these authors wonder,
does/should America stand? We will examine the rhetorical battles
waged in some major works of American literature over the meaning
and/or meanings of our national identity. Authors include Franklin,
Hawthorne, Melville, and Fitzgerald. Limited to 20 first-year
students. FYS | |
S01 |
25579 |
Inventing America |
Egan, James |
ENGL0600C
| Considers the Victorian novel with
an emphasis on its many forms, including the social-problem novel,
<i>bildungsroman</i>, sensation novel, detective novel,
and multiplot novel. Topics covered include the nature of realism,
serial publication, empire, the "new woman," industrialization, the
"condition of England," science and technology, and the role of the
artist. Novels by Charlotte Brontë, Charles Dickens, Elizabeth
Gaskell, George Eliot, Wilkie Collins, Thomas Hardy, Anthony
Trollope. Students should register for ENGL 0600C S01 and may be
assigned to conference sections by the instructor during the first
week of class. | |
C01 |
25824 |
The Victorian Novel |
|
| C02 |
25825 |
The Victorian Novel |
|
| C03 |
25826 |
The Victorian Novel |
|
ENGL1190L
| For advanced writers. What is
Creative Nonfiction? Writers have flocked to it; scholars have
questioned it. Does it harm the truth? Is it narrative with too much
"I" and too little "Eye"? What makes it significant? To help us
explore persistent questions about form, point of view, method, and
ethics, readings will include historical examples, recent
practitioners, editors, and critics. Intensive reading responses,
research, drafting, and revision. Two critical essays; one piece of
creative nonfiction. Prerequisite: ENGL0130, 0160, 0180, 1140, 1160,
1180, or 1190. Class list will be reduced to 17 after writing
samples are reviewed during the first week of classes. Preference
will be given to English concentrators. Banner registrations after
classes begin require instructor approval. S/NC.
| |
S01 |
25664 |
Creatv Nonfictn: Pract & Crit
|
Taylor, Elizabeth |
ENGL1360H
| This course will offer a thorough
introduction to the earliest period of English language and
literature, and allow students, by the end of the course, to read
and appreciate a language that is both intriguingly foreign and
importantly familiar. We will start with an extensive coverage of
grammar and syntax, before reading short texts, and Old English
poetry, including excerpts from <i>Beowulf</i>.
Enrollment limited. | |
S01 |
25662 |
Seminar in Old English Lit |
Adams, Anthony |
| Ethnic Studies |
ETHN0090A
| Reserved for First Year students.
Enrollment limited to:
20. | |
S01 |
25757 |
The Border/La Frontera |
Hu-Dehart, Evelyn |
ETHN0300
| This course will explore the idea
of "ethnic writing" in both theory and practice. Students will examine how
writers draw upon race and ethnicity (not always their own) to
produce creative works and will then put these ideas in practice in
their own writing, including but not limited to fiction, poetry,
memoir, and inter-genre work. Limited to 17. S/NC.
| |
S01 |
25686 |
Ethnic Writing |
Lee, Marie |
ETHN1890C
| The exchange of goods, resources,
or commodities is commonly understood as business transactions.
Business transactions have always been global, but in the new
information age, it seems that many can take part in this exchange
system. What is termed as "globalization" has become increasingly
popular, yet efforts to clearly define what the term actually means
continue to change. This course aims at complicating, rather than
simplifying, the term and to understand how business transactions
unfold in a "global" economy. | |
S01 |
25769 |
Business, Culture, Globalizatn |
|
| Gender and Sexuality Studies |
GNSS1960G
| This course explores the topic of
transnational adoption within the field of culture and politics. How
is adoption changing our ideas of kinship? How do new reproductive
technologies relate to adoption? How are adoptee-identities
constituted within cultural frameworks of race, class, and gender?
And how do local, national, and global processes intervene in the
political economy of adoption? The main aim of the course is to
provide students the tools to critically assess the complexities of
transnational adoption in a globalizing world.
| |
S01 |
25676 |
Globalization of Family-Making |
|
| German Studies |
GRMN1320A
| A survey of some of the most
important German-language contributions to theories of art. Authors
include Lessing, Kant, Schiller, Hegel, Nietzsche, Benjamin, Adorno,
and Heidegger. Emphasis will be on how aesthetics intersects with
literary theory and the idea of critique, and also how it
contributes to discussions about knowledge, subjectivity, and power.
All readings in English translation. | |
S01 |
25777 |
German Aesthetics |
Sng, Zachary |
GRMN1440C
| We will examine some theories of
the sublime, and read them alongside selected poets who take up
certain related questions about representation, perception, and
power. The goal will be to come to a better understanding of why the
sublime is important as a category in thinking about the
relationship between literature, philosophy, and history. Texts may
include: Longinus, Schiller, Kant, and Paul de Man on the theory of
the sublime, and poetry by Hölderlin, Wordsworth, Rilke, and Celan.
In English; reading knowledge of German helpful but not
required. | |
S01 |
25776 |
Poetry and the Sublime |
Sng, Zachary |
| Greek |
GREK2110A
| No description available.
| |
S01 |
25803 |
Homer |
Nuenlist, Rene |
| Hispanic Studies |
HISP2350K
| The figures of the intellectual and
the artist in turn of the century Latin America (1880-1910). The
difference between the artist and intellectual provides a new point
of view for the discussion about modernization. During the years
1880-1910 the concepts of intellectual, cultural autonomy, and a
Saxon-Latin divide gained centrality. Those years also witnessed a
clash between Positivism and a new Spiritualistic reaction. Reason,
Aesthetics, and the Occult were three strong traditions in tension
with each other during those years. How did cultural agents deal
with this tension? How did they represent it? These questions
suggest the importance that the end of 19th century has had on our
present discussions within and about Latin America. Readings by
Martí, Darío, Herrera y Reissig, Rodó, Lugones, Colmo, Ingenieros,
Ramos Mejía, and others. | |
S01 |
25697 |
Aesthetics/Rationality/Occult |
Mazzucchelli, Aldo |
| Hist of Art and
Architecture |
HIAA1410B
| The Mughal (Muslim) rulers of north
India in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries presided over what
was then the richest, most cosmopolitan culture in the world. The
earliest rulers were open-minded and intellectually voracious; they
brought together Persian, Turkish, and a variety of indigenous
Indian traditions to create a distinctive new way of representing
and living in the world. This cultural interaction, and the
important role played by Portuguese missionaries and English
traders, will be the focus of this seminar.
| |
S01 |
25765 |
Paintng Mughal India 1550-1650 |
|
HIAA1430D
| The visual legacy of medieval
England is at once unique from and responsive to predominant
European movements of the sixth through fifteenth centuries. This
course introduces students generally to English Art of this period,
but also considers in depth the historical and critical debates
surrounding key monuments, such as the Lindisfarne Gospels, The
Bayeux Tapestry, Westminister Abbey, and the recently re-discovered
Macclesfield Psalter. Enrollment limited to 25.
| |
S01 |
25786 |
Topcs in Medieval Art: England |
|
HIAA1890A
| Contemporary artists (and,
eventually, institutions) frequently require the active
participation of the public. In order to avoid a passive acceptance
of this pervasive trend, this undergraduate seminar intends to
question the historical and theoretical foundations of the
participation notion through the development of the arts of
performance, happening and installation. First situating
historically this tendency in the first avant-garde, the seminar
intends to interrogate the promise of an individual or collective
liberation underlying the "arts of participation".
| |
S01 |
25665 |
Art of Participation |
Vanel, Herve |
| History |
HIST0970A
| History is not just about people;
it is also about things! Come explore the world of early America
through the lens of objects--boats, dresses, plows, houses, wagons,
watches, silver cups, wigs, blankets, land, gardens, hammers,
desks--and the cultures that produced and consumed them. As a first
year seminar, this course is designed to engagingly introduce
students to the basic concepts of historical study. Over the course
of the semester we will be visiting the terrific resources for the
study of history that exist right here on or nearby our campus, such
as the John Carter Brown Library, the Rhode Island Historical
Society, and the John Brown House Museum. We will take several field
trips to local historical sites, both on and off campus. Our primary
focus will be specific objects and their contexts and histories.
Enrollment limited to 20 first year students.
| |
S01 |
25649 |
Object Histories |
Fisher, Linford |
HIST1030
| Once thought of as the "Dark Ages,"
this period of western European history should instead be seen as a
fascinating time in which late Roman culture fused with that of the
Germanic tribes, a mixture tempered by a new religion, Christianity.
Issues of particular concern include the symbolic construction of
political authority, the role of religion, the nature of social
loyalties, and gender roles. <i>P</i>
| |
S01 |
25669 |
Early Medieval Europe |
Remensnyder, Amy |
HIST1110
| This course focuses on Southern
European countries with an authoritarian tradition: Italy, Greece,
Portugal and Spain. It adopts a cross-national analysis of these
countries throughout the 20th century and deals with several
repressive state policies, such as torture, propaganda and
censorship and their effects. The course analyzes the ideology and
tactics that were adopted in order to enforce ultra-conservative
ideological agendas against the backdrop of economic crises,
political instability and social insurrection. The first part draws
on a number of theoretical studies on the origins of fascism, and
the various forms of authoritarianism and military regimes. A later
part of the course analyzes the regimes' inner transformations.
Questions that will be dealt with include the role of the Army in
politics, the connections between authoritarian ideologies and
violence, the role of charismatic personalities such as Mussolini,
Franco, Salazar and Metaxas, and the similarities and differences
with totalitarian systems, such as Nazi Germany.
| |
S01 |
25576 |
Discipline and Punish |
Kornetis, Konstantinos |
HIST1800
| This course considers the major
people, events, and issues in the history of religion in North
America, from pre-Columbian Native cosmologies to the tumultuous
events of the Civil War. Attention will be given to "religion as
lived" by ordinary people, as well as to the ways that "religion"
shaped (or not) larger cultural issues such as immigration, public
policy, social reform, warfare, democracy, slavery, and women's
rights. Advanced undergraduate and graduate students interested in
religion and American history will find this course useful. Prior
exposure to American history is helpful but not required; there are
no formal prerequisites. | |
S01 |
25677 |
Religion in America, 1600-1865 |
Fisher, Linford |
HIST1870
| This course will explore the major
events in French history from the time of absolutism to the present.
We will devote particular attention to the concept of French
national self-definition. Our central question will be: who belongs
to the French nation at various moments in its history? Through
focus on this question, we will study how phenomena such as
revolution, war, sexuality, race, and imperialism shift the
boundaries of national belonging in modern France.
| |
S01 |
25818 |
Modern France |
Colvin, Kelly |
HIST1910
| Narrated like an adventure story,
the history of modern Ireland seems to move from uprising to famine
to revolution in a romantic and dramatic arc. This course offers a
critical take on the nationalist narrative. Topics include: the
Celtic Revival, the role of women, the power of the Catholic Church,
Ireland's role in the British Empire, and Ireland's recent turn as
the poster-child success story of the European Union.
| |
S01 |
25674 |
Modern Ireland, 1798-2009 |
Moulton, Laura |
HIST1971H
| This course will examine the
reciprocal relevance of cinema for history and history for cinema,
within the context of the so-called 'political' film-making. It will
mainly focus on political inflected cinema and 'cinema of social
concern' of the 1960s and 1970s, mainly in Europe. Drawing on a
range of films the course will consider the social and political
imaginary of these decades, focusing on the masters of the genre and
proceeding with films made on particular historical junctures, their
relation to the actual period of realization and the politcal
messages they sought to send across. The course will examine
specific case studies in order to investigate how film can be used
to explore the cultural, political and social history of particular
societies in important transitional periods. The case studies
include: Fascist Italy; Second World War France; the Alergian War;
Francoist Spain; the Greek Civil War; Greece under the Colonels;
Britain in the 1950s and 1960s; and Latin American
dictatorships. | |
S01 |
25577 |
Intro to Political Cinema |
Kornetis, Konstantinos |
HIST1973J
| This course offers a systematic
investigation of the political, economic, and social histories of
Korea, North and South, from the inception of the two governments
following liberation from Japanese occupation in 1945 to the present
day. | |
S01 |
25578 |
Korea: North and South |
McClain, James |
HIST1973S
| British cultural theorists
pioneered the concept of the subculture in order to explain
distinctive groupings within British society, particularly youth
culture. In this course, we will use the idea of the subculture as a
passport to a tour of the undergrounds and by-ways of modern
Britain. Along the way, we will consider some of the central themes
of British history, including the decline and the loss of empire,
the intersections of race, class, gender, and nation, and the rise
of consumer culture. Previous coursework in history or related
disciplines recommended. | |
S01 |
25675 |
Subcultures in 20th C Britain |
Moulton, Laura |
HIST1973U
| This course examines the 19th
century phenomenon of Transcendentalism: this country’s most
romanticized religious, philosophical, and literary movement.
Focusing especially on Emerson, Thoreau, and Fuller, we’ll examine
the ideas of the Transcendentalists in the age of reform and
evaluate the application of their principles to abolition, feminism,
and nature. The central problem which they wrestled with will be the
focus, too, of our investigations: the tension between individualism
and conformity. | |
S01 |
25747 |
World of Walden Pond |
Sacks, Kenneth |
HIST1973W
| This class will examine the history
of European empires with respect to women and gender. We will focus
on theoretical underpinnings of gender and empire, as well as
particular countries' experiences in the colonies, and finally we
will look at how colonists themselves reacted (and continue to
react) to colonization and decolonization. By looking at women and
gender, we will be able to delve more deeply into colonial policies
and practices, seeing the relationships that developed between men
and women, male and female, and colonizer and colonized, all while
remaining conscious of the larger histories at play.
| |
S01 |
25763 |
Women/Gender/Empire Eur |
Colvin, Kelly |
HIST1973Y
| This course explores the history of
children in America from 1640 to the present. It is organized
chronologically, but is also topical in approach. Fundamental
questions posed by historians in this burgeoning field will be
examined: How has the regard for children changed over time? What is
the role of children in the popular imagination? How has children's
work evolved? How does gender affect children's development? We will
consider answers to these questions through the historiography and
primary sources that inform our knowledge of the past as children
experienced it. Senior history concentrators will receive priority
in enrollment. | |
S01 |
25766 |
History of Childhood in US |
Lassonde, Stephen |
HIST2970L
| No description available.
| |
S01 |
25656 |
Race and U.S. Empire |
Shibusawa, Naoko |
HIST2980B
| An introduction for graduate
students to the significance and methods of legal history, broadly
defined. Students will
engage with works in legal history from a variety of time periods
and geographical areas, and they will be guided to sources related
to their specific research interests. A major research essay will
be required that draws from the models of legal history given and is
based on original research into legal sources.
<i>E</i> | |
S01 |
25653 |
Legal History |
Vorenberg, Michael |
HIST2980T
| No description available.
| |
S01 |
25819 |
Minorities, Citizenshp, Nation |
Mandel, Maud |
| Italian |
ITAL2820
| The Italian Studies Colloquium is a
forum for an exchange of ideas and work of the community of Italian
scholars at Brown and invited outside scholars. Graduate students
present their work in progress, and engage the work of faculty and
visitors. They are expected to come prepared with informed questions
on the topic presented. Presentations in both Italian and English.
Instructor permission required. | |
S01 |
25648 |
Italian Studies Colloquium |
Riva, Massimo |
| Judaic Studies |
JUDS1980Q
| This course considers interactions
between Muslims and Jews in various historical settings from the
early Islamic world, to Medieval Spain, to contemporary Europe and
the Middle East. The goal is to move beyond simplistic histories of
interfaith utopia, Islamic persecution, and Zionist domination to
consider the complexities of ethno-religious interaction in a
variety of social, cultural, economic and political contexts.
| |
S01 |
25804 |
Jews and Muslims |
Mandel, Maud |
| Latin |
LATN1060E
| No description available.
| |
S01 |
25799 |
Livy |
Mignone, Lisa |
LATN1110J
| Close reading of Petronius's comic
masterpiece, the <i>Satyrica</i>, with emphasis on
questions of form, narrative technique, and literary
intention. | |
S01 |
25642 |
Petronius |
Bodel, John |
LATN1110S
| We will read all the extant poetry
of Catullus with an emphasis on close reading of the Latin text and
discussion of linguistic, literary, and cultural problems.
| |
S01 |
25794 |
Catullus |
Reed, Joseph |
| Literary Arts |
LITR0110E
| A workshop for students who have
little or no previous experience in writing screenplays. This course
is limited to undergraduates. S/NC. Enrollment limited to 17.
| |
S01 |
25652 |
Screenwriting I |
MacKay-Brook, Mallery |
| Mathematics |
MATH2720D
| This class will cover a variety of
topics, all more or less related to dynamical systems that are
defined by piecewise isometric maps. Topics may include:polygonal
billiards and flat cone surfaces; outer billiards; interval exchange
maps; The Gauss map and continued fractions; aperiodic tilings, such
as the Penrose tiling; cut and paste theorems about polyhedra; and
Ashwin's conjecture about piecewise rotation maps. A fairly large
part of the class will be devoted to the explanation of the
instructor's proof of the Moser-Neumann conjecture for outer
billiards. For this part, the instructor will use his book on the
subject. For other
parts of the course, a variety of sources will be used.
| |
S01 |
25782 |
Piecewise Isometric Maps |
Schwartz, Richard |
| Modern Culture and Media
|
MCM0260
| Examination of the structural and
ideological attributes of cinema, concentrating on the dominant
narrative model developed in the American studio system and
alternatives to that model. Emphasis on contemporary theories of
cinematic representation. Students become conversant with specific
elements and operations of the cinematic apparatus (e. g. camera,
editing, soundtrack) and its production of discursive meanings.
Students MUST register for the lecture section and the screening. A
sign up-sheet will be available for conferences after the first
class meeting. LILE | |
F02 |
25809 |
Cinematic Coding/Narrativity |
Doane, Mary Ann |
MCM1200D
| Subsaharan African cinemas
1960-present, primary emphasis on narrative films. We will analyze
cultural and aesthetic strategies, (cinematic style, narrative, and
subjects). in the context of postcolonial African and international
film histories. Themes include: anticolonial resistance/nationalist
ideologies; third cinema/international art cinemas; oral aesthetic
culture and cinematic style; political critique (e.g., gender, state
politics); media globalizationand resistence; the struggle for a
mass audience. Enrollment limited to 50. Previous coursework in MCM,
Africana Studies, or related areas highly recommended.
| |
F02 |
25810 |
African Cinema |
Rosen, Philip |
MCM1201M
| The introduction of visual
technologies that record and reproduce two-dimensional moving images
is key to a new form of disciplinary power. Through the use of these
recording technologies, the practice of surveillance has aided the
state in its quest to control its subjects and prevent criminal
behavior. This course will investigate the prevalence of
surveillance technologies and examine their implications for
fundamental issues in film theory as well as our social, political,
and cultural future. Enrollment limited to 50.
Prerequisite - one of the following: MCM0100, MCM0150, MCM0230,
MCM0240, MCM0250, MCM0260, MCM1110 | |
S01 |
25692 |
Surveillnce, Cinema, Rlity TV |
Groening, Stephen |
| F02 |
25817 |
Surveillnce, Cinema, Rlity TV |
Groening, Stephen |
| F01 |
25816 |
Surveillnce, Cinema, Rlity TV |
Groening, Stephen |
MCM1502W
| Using HISTOIRE(S) DU CINEMA as a
fulcrum we will examine a range of film and video by Jean-Luc Godard
made between 1989 and the present. Emphasis on work, such as JLG/JLG
and L'ELOGE DE L'AMOUR, which undertake the construction of a
self-identified relation between Godard and the cinematic machine:
as editor, actor, critic, and witness. Attention will be paid to his
work with Anne-Marie Mieville. Writing by Bellour, Daney, MacCabe,
Ranciere and others. Enrollment limited to 20. Prerequisite: one of
the following: MCM 0100, MCM 0150, MCM 0230, MCM 0240, MCM 0250, MCM
0260, MCM 1110. Limited to Juniors, Seniors and Graduate students.
All others seek permission from the instructor.
| |
F02 |
25811 |
Late Godard |
Silverman, John Michael |
MCM1700S
| No description available.
Enrollment limited to a total of 14 students. from Music and Modern
Culture and Media. | |
S01 |
25807 |
Immersion and Engagement |
Winkler, Todd |
| L01 |
25808 |
Immersion and Engagement |
Winkler, Todd |
MCM2120C
| Theoretical and political
conceptions of state and global violence posed against the theory
and history of cinema, as representational apparatus and as
instruction. Special attention to the establishment of film as
global medium around World War I; current issues around the global,
state, and biopower; "postmodern media culture;" etc. Readings from
sociopolitical theorists (e.g. Weber, Schmitt, Arendt, Foucault,
Agamben, Hardt and Negri, etc.) and media scholars/theorists (e.g.
Virillio, Prince, L. Williams, Miller, etc.) Enrollment limited to
20. Permission required for undergraduates only.
| |
F02 |
25812 |
Cinema,State Violnce,the Globl |
Rosen, Philip |
| Music |
MUSC1240B
| No description available.
Enrollment limited to a total of 14 students from Music and Modern
Culture and Media. | |
S01 |
25654 |
Immersion and Engagement |
Winkler, Todd |
| L01 |
25655 |
Immersion and Engagement |
Winkler, Todd |
| Persian |
PRSN0600
| Designed for students who have
completed PRSN 0500 or have acquired language skills above the
advanced level through other means. The main goal of the course is
to improve speaking, listening, reading and writing skills and
promote exposure to the language and culture through in depth study
of samples of Persian literature, history, journals, newspapers,
radio and TV material to advance toward mastery of contemporary
literature. Students will be motivated to communicate both in
written and spoken Persian by utilizing adequate grammatical order
and vocabulary. Activities will include poetry reading, informal
gatherings and translation from and into Persian.
| |
S01 |
25571 |
Advancd Persian Lang/Cultr II |
Anvar, Iraj |
| Philosophy |
PHIL0560
| An analytic investigation of some
central problems and topics in political philosophy, including
political obligation and civil disobedience, liberty, rights,
equality, and democracy. Readings are drawn from recent work in the
field, along with a few classics. | |
S01 |
25758 |
Political Philosophy |
Estlund, David |
PHIL2030A
| We all have our notions of good
people, bad people, and ordinary people, but reality tends to defy
these concepts. Many
otherwise "nice", family loving, church going people voted for
Hitler. On the other
hand, people with stupid or even evil views about morality sometimes
turn out to be a lot better "in practice" than their smart
counterparts who know Kant by heart. The same person may be very
honest with her husband but very dishonest with IRS, brave in battle
but scared of public speaking. In this class we shall
explore this complexity, touching upon topics like rationality, free
will, weak will, character, land love. We'll look at attempts by
contemporary philosophers to find some method in the mess.
| |
S01 |
25687 |
Moral Psychology |
Arpaly, Nomy |
| Physics |
PHYS0040
| See Basic Physics (PHYS 0030) for
course description. | |
S02 |
25789 |
Basic Physics |
Narain, Meenakshi |
| Political Science |
POLS1420
| Examines how the interaction of
states and markets create distinct global monetary and political
orders. Class analyzes the shift from the classical liberal Gold
Standard through the Post-War Bretton Woods arrangements through to
the globalized IPE of today. | |
S01 |
25814 |
Money, Power in Intl Pol Econ |
Blyth, Mark |
POLS1500
| Human rights have become an
increasingly central issue in global politics. This course introduces
students to the law and politics of international human rights.
It examines the gradual
construction of an international human rights regime and its
influence on international politics. The course seeks to
understand how and why human rights standards have come into being
and how they change over time. Drawing on historical and
contemporary cases from around the world, the course will survey the
actors and organizations, including states, international
organizations, and non-state actors, involved in the promotion of
human rights around the globe, as well as obstacles to such
promotion. It will
review competing conceptions of human rights, whether human rights
are universal, problems of enforcement, and the role of human rights
in foreign policy. Major topics include civil
and political rights; economic, social and cultural rights;
genocide, torture, women's rights, humanitarian intervention, and
the international criminal court. | |
S01 |
25569 |
Int'l Law/Politcs-Human Rights |
Tannenwald, Nina |
POLS2080
| Social democracy was the
progressive political program of the 20th Century. Social democracy
treats economic liberty as morally less important than civil or
political liberty. Social democracy is often contrasted with
libertarianism, a political system that treats the economic
liberties of citizens as moral absolutes. Between social democracy
and libertarianism there is conceptual space for a third view:
market democracy. Market democracy treats economic liberty as on a
par with civil and political liberty. This course examines the moral
foundations of social democracy, libertarianism, and market
democracy. Could market democracy be a progressive political program
for the 21st Century? Graduate students only; qualified
undergraduates with instructor's permission.
| |
S01 |
25688 |
Market Democracy |
Tomasi, John |
POLS2190
| Why and how have welfare states
been constructed? How
do they differ in Western and Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia,
Africa, in democratic, authoritarian, and semi-authoritarian
polities? How have they
been affected by globalization of politics and markets? Explanations from
developmental, institutional, political, and transnational
perspectives, cases from various regions. Graduate students only;
senior undergraduates with instructor's permission.
| |
S01 |
25581 |
Politics of Welfare States |
Cook, Linda |
| POLS2450
|
S01 |
25772 |
Exchange Scholar Program |
|
POLS2590
| An intermediate statistics course
for graduate students. Includes descriptive and inferential
statistics, sampling theory, levels of measurement, multivariate
regression, and logit/probit analysis. Explores the use of
statistics in many fields of political science and public policy
including American institutions, comparative politics, and
international relations. | |
S01 |
25815 |
Quantitative Research Methods |
Moffitt, Susan |
| Psychology |
PSYC1040
| Laboratory course in behavioral
neuroscience for advanced students of psychology or neuroscience.
The goal is to gain "hans on" research experience with a variety of
behavioral assays used to assess the effects of genetic mutations on
behavior. Over the course of the semester, students will examine the
behavioral phenotype of a mouse model of human disease. A group of
transgenic mice will be compared with a group of wild type control
mice on three batteries of behavioral tasks designed to test
cognitive, affective, and sensorimotor behavior. Recent classes have
tested mice models of Fragile X Mental Retardation, Duchenne's
Muscular Dystrophy, and Alzheimer's Disease. Over the course of the
semester, each student will complete statistical analysis of the
data and prepare a manuscript suitable for publication in a
scientific journal. Prerequisites: PSYC 0750 or NEUR 0010, and PSYC
0090 or COGS 0090, or instructor permission.
| |
S01 |
25586 |
Laboratory in Genes/Behavior |
Burwell, Rebecca |
PSYC1520
| Explores what is aversive to us and
why. In particular, the
ways in which sensory preception (e.g., smell, taste, vision),
cognition, culture, personal experience and neurobiology mediate our
avoidance responses will be analyzed. The purpose of avoidance from
an evolutionary perspective and how the emotion od disgust is
uniquely human will be a theme throughout the course. Topics will range from
neuropsychological disorders to our social behavior and morality.
Additionally, why we
are attracted to stimuli that "should" inspire avoidance (e.g.,
horror movies, roller coaster rides) will be examined. Students will acquire a broad
knowledge of the psychology of aversion through course readings,
discussions, projects and active participation. In addition to presentations
and discussion, class time activities may include completing
questionnaires, watching vidoes and assessing various sensory
stimuli. Prerequisite:
PSYC 0010, COGS 0010, or NEUR 0010. Enrollment limited to 20
students.
| |
S01 |
25693 |
The Psychology of Aversion |
|
| Public Policy and Amer
Instns |
PPAI1500
| Analyzes the institutions and
policy-making of several countries. Includes an anlysis of education
policy, health policy, and social welfare policy.
| |
S01 |
25784 |
Comparative Policies |
Filindra, Alexandra |
PPAI1701J
| Why do well-intentioned policies
sometimes produce unfortunate results? This course will examine how
policies designed by elected officials, bureaucrats, and courts are
translated into practice through implementation, how and why public
policies succeed or fail to produce changes in practice, and how
policy implementation bears on democratic governance. The course will consider
policy implementation across policy domains, with recurring
attention to k-12 education policy. Enrollment is limited to
20. | |
S01 |
25785 |
Policy Implementation |
Moffitt, Susan |
PPAI2650
| Focus is on the federal budget
process, political interactions, and public policy outcomes. The
budget represents nearly one-quarter of GDP making those decisions
central to the functioning of our democracy and the health of our
economy. Emphasis is on the Congressional budget process,
appropriations process, and revenue decision-making because the
Constitution establishes Congress as the guardian of the nation's
purse strings. | |
S01 |
25587 |
Congress and Federal Budget |
Arenberg, Richard |
| Sanskrit |
SANS1100
| Introduction to reading the
<i>¿g Veda</i> and later Vedic literature, with
particular attention to the grammar of Vedic Sanskrit.
| |
S01 |
25682 |
Vedic Sanskrit |
Fitzgerald, James |
| Science and Society |
SCSO1740
| Interested students must register
for POLS 1740 S01 (CRN 25270). | |
S01 |
25666 |
Politics of Food (POLS 1740) |
|
SCSO1970M
| Interested students must register
for HMAN 1970M S01 (CRN 25097). | |
S01 |
25668 |
Sxl Idntty/Intl Ex (HMAN1970M) |
|
SCSO1970N
| Interested students must register
for HMAN 1970N S01 (CRN 25098). | |
S01 |
25667 |
Two Cultures? (HMAN 1970N) |
|
| Sociology |
SOC0170
| The state of the contemporary
family generates debate within and beyond sociology. That debate is
considered by examining different definitions of family, changing
gender roles within the family, and the family in cross-cultural
context. Special issues include new family forms, such as gay and
lesbian families and biological and step-parenthood, as well as
changing patterns of work and housework.
| |
S01 |
25575 |
The Family |
Spearin, Carrie |
SOC1060
| In this course we will explore
various theoretical perspectives to leadership, with the purpose of
gaining a better understanding of this evasive phenomenon;
Additionally, we will engage in self-exploration, reflection,
analysis, feedback, and practice, aimed at increasing leadership
capabilities through identifying behavioral patterns, mental models
and outside influences that serve as driving forces in our role as
leaders. | |
S01 |
25639 |
Leadership in Organizations |
Shraga, Ofira |
SOC2460
| This course is intended to improve
writing skills that are especially relevant scholarship in
Sociology. Key issues include the logical flow of ideas, awareness
of the audience, clarity of expression, completeness, and (because
these writing products will be peer reviewed) anticipation of
potential reviewers' objections, and communicating what is new and
interesting about the work. Students will be required to provide a
draft of a paper or proposal that has potential to develop into a
25-35 page manuscript. The course is open to graduate students in
sociology and to doctoral students in other programs by permission
of the instructor. Enrollment limited to 12.
| |
S01 |
25694 |
Paper Writing Seminar |
Logan, John |
| Theatre, Speech and
Dance |
TSDA0100
| A workshop for students who have
little or no previous experience in writing plays. Students will be
introduced to a variety of technical and imaginative considerations
through exercises, readings and discussions. Course is not open to
those who have taken Advanced Playwriting (TSDA 1500, formerly LITR
1010C). Enrollment is limited to 17 undergraduates per section. A
limited number of spaces are reserved for incoming and transfer
students. S/NC. | |
S01 |
25827 |
Playwriting I |
Waechter, Joseph |
TSDA0200
| Emphasis is placed on dramatic
conventions, such as monologues, dialogue, mise-en-scene and time.
Writing includes frequent exercises in various theatrical
approaches. This course is limited to undergraduate students.
Instructor permission is required. Prerequisite: TSDA 0100 (formerly
LITR 0110C). All writing samples should be sent by the first day of
class electronically to Erik_Ehn@Brown.edu with "PW II Sample" in
the subject line. Permission will be given once the manuscripts have
been reviewed. S/NC. | |
S01 |
25828 |
Playwriting II |
Sibblies, Jacquelin |
TSDA0330
| Examines, by theory and praxis, the
techniques and philosophy of dance in Mande culture. Each dance is
taught as a highly codified language, with detailed phrasing
structures, focus, center, variations of intonation, and qualitative
choice. The specific ethnicities are studied in relationship to
their music and dance variations. Participants must be physically
fit. Enrollment limited
to 50. S/NC. | |
C03 |
25831 |
Mande Dance, Music and Culture |
Bach-Coulibaly, Michelle |
| C02 |
25830 |
Mande Dance, Music and Culture |
Bach-Coulibaly, Michelle |
| C01 |
25829 |
Mande Dance, Music and Culture |
Bach-Coulibaly, Michelle |
TSDA0700A
| Interested students must register
for AFRI 0990 S01 (CRN 21805). | |
S01 |
25631 |
Black Lavender (AFRI 0990) |
|
TSDA0960C
| A study of the history of American
Musical Theatre from Tin Pan Alley to today's Broadway musicals.
Students enrolled will study primary-source libretti, musical scores
and interviews, as well as historical articles and essays on musical
theatre and society. Special emphasis will be placed on musicals and
their implication in helping to shape and define American social
history, including topics such as national identity, race relations,
and the treatment of minorities. | |
S01 |
25773 |
The History of Musical Theatre |
Hertz, Andrew |
TSDA1280H
| This course studies contemporary
Asian performance with a special focus on modernity. Students are
encouraged to move beyond a Western historiography toward an
understanding of alternative modernities. This course explores most
nations in the Asian continent and covers wide theoretical and
aesthetic ground; from performances of healing to revolutionary
theatre to diasporic utterances. Essentialized and Orientalist
notions are problematized. This course aims to familiarize students
with different historical instances of Asian performances, while at
the same time enabling critical thinking about the relation between
theory and practice by paying close attention to the questions of
gender, identity, aesthetics and politics.
| |
S01 |
25582 |
Modern Asian Performance |
Mitra, Shayoni |
TSDA1281A
| Students will explore the
relationship between director and designer within the production
process. The main
objective is to improve collaboration and production output by
learning the language, tools, and skills involved in each area of
discipline so as to enhance creative output. Enrollment limited to
17 students. | |
S01 |
25770 |
Director/Designr Collab Studio |
McGarty, Michael |
TSDA1281B
| This course offers a close look at
avant-garde theatre practice in the German speaking countries since
the 1990s and will introduce current tendencies in theorizing
performance as that theory relates to the practice. Starting from
the notion of "Postdramatic Theatre" (H.T. Lehmann), we will discuss
the politics of (re-)presentation and spectatorship, analyzing as
well as experimenting with their implications for performance, for
writing for performance, and for writing about performance. (In
English) | |
S01 |
25771 |
Postdramatic Theatre |
|
TSDA1320
| Designed for those who have had
some experience in composition and would like to work, under
supervision, on making dances. Emphasizes making full-length dances
for small and large groups and demands a sophisticated use of space,
dynamics, and music. Further emphasis on viewing and interpreting
classic and contemporary works from a choreographic viewpoint.
S/NC. | |
S01 |
25832 |
Choreography |
Strandberg, Julie |
TSDA1360
| A study of dance repertory offered
through commissioned new works, reconstruction, coaching, rehearsal,
and performance. The course will explore the phenomenology of dance,
audience-performer connection, theatre production and dance
criticism, among other topics. Enrollment is by audition. Limited to
skilled dancers. S/NC. | |
S01 |
25833 |
Dance Performance + Repertory |
Strandberg, Julie |
TSDA1700C
| Interested students must register
for AFRI 1050A S01 (CRN 13217 for fall 2009; CRN 21807 for spring
2010). | |
S01 |
25632 |
Adv RPM Playwritng (AFRI1050A) |
|
TSDA1700D
| Interested students must register
for AFRI 1050D S01 (CRN 13219 for fall 2009; CRN 21808 for spring
2010). | |
S01 |
25633 |
Int RPM Playwritng (AFRI1050D) |
|
TSDA1700E
| Interested students must register
for AFRI 1050H S01 (CRN 23702). | |
S01 |
25635 |
Post-Clnl Afr Thtr (AFRI1050H) |
|
TSDA1700G
| Interested students must register
for AFRI 1050M S01 (CRN 24804). | |
S01 |
25637 |
Roots Afr Amer Fic (AFRI1050M) |
|
TSDA1700H
| Interested students must register
for AFRI 1050P S01 (CRN 25013). | |
S01 |
25638 |
Art + Civic Engmnt (AFRI1050P) |
|
TSDA1700I
| Interested students must register
for AFRI 1050E S01 (CRN 13222 for fall 2009; CRN 21809 for spring
2010). | |
S01 |
25634 |
RPM Playwriting (AFRI 1050E) |
|
TSDA2310
| With Word as the bodying forth into
social reality of original experience, the structures, purposes and
ethical risks of writing for performance are examined; experienced
through the reading of each other's works-in-progress, through the
reading of essays and in session exercises. Graduate Workshop in
Playwriting ordinarily limited to Graduate students; however, on
occasion, undergraduates will be admitted with permission of the
instructor. Writing samples must be submitted electronically by the
first day of class to Erik_Ehn@Brown.edu. Please use "Grad PW" in
the subject line. Permission will be given once manuscripts have
been reviewed. S/NC. | |
S01 |
25834 |
Graduate Playwriting I |
Ehn, Erik |