Courses

The Center for Public Humanities lists courses under the PHUM rubric.  Our flexible program draws on Brown University's open curriculum.  Elective courses can be selected from approved 1000 and 2000 level courses offered at Brown, Rhode Island School of Design, and Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. The courses sponsored by the Center for Public Humanities in 2022-2023 academic years are listed below. Visit course catalog for a complete listing of courses at Brown University.

Other useful links

2022-2023 Courses

Fall 2022 Course #

Title

Instructor

Days/Times/Locations

PHUM 1903 Shrine, House or Home: Rethinking the House Museum Paradigm Ron Potvin M 3:00-5:30pm, John Nicholas Brown Center SEM201
PHUM 2021 Public Amnesias and Their Discontents:Theories and Practices of Remembering Diane O'Donoghue T 4:00-6:30pm, John Nicholas Brown Center SEM201
PHUM 2025 Semester Practicum in Public Humanities Ron Potvin Arranged, John Nicholas Brown Center 
PHUM 1080 The Entrepreneurial Process (Interested students must register for ENGN 1010) Daniel Warshay T Th 10:30-11:50am, Location TBD
PHUM 1340 Principles and Methods of Geographic Information Systems (Interested students must register for SOC 1340)

Kevin M Mwenda

MWF 12-12:50p

PHUM 1880 Exhibition as Medium (Interested students must register for HIAA 1888)

Lindsay A Caplan

W 3-5:30p

 
  Monuments, History, and Memory in the United States (Interested Public Humanities MA Students must contact Prof. Ater and register for AFRI 1970, S01).

Renee Ater

Th 4:00-6:30pm, John Nicholas Brown Center SEM201

Spring 2023 Course#

Title

Instructor

Days/Times/Locations

PHUM 1220

Decolonizing Classical Antiquity: Wht Nationalism, Colonialism, Ancient Material Heritage (Interested students must register for MGRK1220)

Yannis Hamilakis

T/Th 10:30am-11:50am
PHUM 1901 Anthropology in/of the Museum (Interested students must register for ANTH 1901)

Christina Hodge

F 3:00-5:30pm
PHUM 2020 Methods in Public Humanities Steve Lubar T/Th 10:30-11:50am, John Nicholas Brown Center Seminar Room
PHUM 2025 Semester Practicum in Public Humanities Ron Potvin Arranged, John Nicholas Brown Center 
PHUM 2225 Material Matters (Interested students must register for ANTH 2515) Robert Preucel F 3:00-5:30pm
PHUM 2405 Monuments, Counter-Monuments, and the Representation of the Slave Past (Interested students must register for AFRI 2005) Renee Ater T 4:00-6:30pm, John Nicholas Brown Center Seminar Room
PHUM 2696 Promise of Informal Learning (Interested students must register for AMST 2696) Jackie Delamatre Th 4:00-6:30pm, RISD, Fain Gallery