The Center for Public Humanities lists courses under the American Studies AMST 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 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 academic years are listed below. Visit course catalog for a complete listing of courses at Brown University.
Other useful links
- Brown University Registration Guidelines
- Brown University Registrar's Office Instruction for RISD cross-registration
- Public Humanities Courses Syllabi Bank on Brown Digital Repository (starting 2014)
- List of courses sponsored by the Center for Public Humanities in prior years
- RISD Registrar's Office
2018-2019 Courses
Fall 2018 Course#
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Title
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Instructor
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Days/Times/Locations
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AMST2630 |
Public Amnesias and Their Discontents: Theories and Practices of Remembering and Forgetting |
Diane O'Donoghue |
Th 4:00-6:30pm, John Nicholas Brown Center SEM |
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AMST2631 |
Public Humanities on Lockdown: Considerations on the Role and Design of Humanities Programs in Prisons and Jails |
Christina Dawkins |
T 4:00-6:30pm, John Nicholas Brown Center SEM |
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AMST2650 |
Introduction to Public Humanities |
Steve Lubar |
W 3:00-5:30pm, John Nicholas Brown Center SEM |
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AMST2680 |
Semester Practicum in Public Humanities |
Ron Potvin |
Arranged |
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AMST2686 |
Creating a 21st Century Art and Design Museum: A Seminar and Laboratory |
Roger Mandle |
T 4:00-6:30pm, John Nicholas Brown Center LEC |
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AMST2687 |
History & Heritage Organizations: Collaboration & Critique |
Rick Ring |
M 3:00-5:30pm, John Nicholas Brown Center SEM |
Spring 2019 Course #
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Title
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Instructor
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Days/Times/Location
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AMST 1950 |
Pursuit of Happiness: Environmental Justice and Indigenous Rights |
Ron Potvin Loren Spears |
Th 4:00-6:30pm, John Nicholas Brown Center SEM |
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AMST 2500A |
History Curatorship |
Steve Lubar |
T Th 1:00-2:20pm, John Nicholas Brown Center SEM |
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AMST 2540 |
Methods in Public Humanities |
Susan Smulyan |
T Th 10:30-11:50am, John Nicholas Brown Center SEM |
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AMST 2655 |
Against Invisibility |
Robert Lee |
W 3:00-5:30pm, John Nicholas Brown Center SEM |
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AMST 2680 |
Semester Practicum |
Ron Potvin |
Arranged |
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AMST 2689 |
Show Me the Money: Philanthropy and Civil Society | Elizabeth Francis | T 4:00-6:30pm, John Nicholas Brown Center SEM |
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AMST 2697 |
Museum Interpretation Practices |
Sarah Ganz Blythe |
F 10:00-12:30, RISD Museum, Fein Gallery |
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AMST 2699 |
Digital Storytelling | Jim McGrath | T Th 2:30-3:50pm, John Nicholas Brown Center SEM |
2017-2018 Courses
Fall 2017 Course #
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Title
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Instructor
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Days/Times/Locations
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| AMST1700K | Race in the Americas: A Hemispheric Perspective | Kevin Escudero | Th 4:00-6:30pm |
| ASMT1904K | Power & Water: Material Culture and its Environmental Impact | Pon Potvin | M 3:00-5:30pm |
| AMST1905 | Public Memory | Beverly Haviland | Th 4:00-6:30pm |
| AMST2650 | Introduction to Public Humanities | Steve Lubar | W 3:00-5:30pm John Nicholas Brown Center SEM |
| AMST2670 | Practicum in Public Humanities (Summer practicum - required only for students who matriculated before Fall 2015) | Ron Potvin | Arranged |
| AMST2680 | Practicum in Public Humanities | Ron Potvin | Arranged |
| AMST2692 | Digital Public Humanities | Jim McGrath | T Th 1:00-2:20pm John Nicholas Brown Center SEM |
| AMST2694 | Decolonizing Public Humanities: Intersectional Approaches to Curatorial Work and Community Organizing | Micah Salkind | T 4:00-6:30pm John Nicholas Brown Center SEM |
| AMST2698 | Critical Perspectives in Informal Learning | Susan McCollough | M 3:00-5:30pm John Nicholas Brown Center SEM |
| ETHN1750B | Eating Local in Indian Country | Elizabeth Hoover | Th 4:00-6:30pm |
| RISD GRAD-015G-01 | The Artist and the Museum | Debra Balken | T 6:30-9:30pm |
| RISD GRAD-101G | Public Art: History, Theory, and Practice | Janet Zweig | |
Spring 2018 Course #
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Title
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Instructor
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Days/Times/Locations
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| AMST1900H | New Media as a Tool for Social and Political Change | Adrienne Keene | Th 4:00-6:30pm |
| AMST2540 | Methods in Public Humanities | Steve Lubar | T Th 10:30-11:50am, John Nicholas Brown Center SEM |
| AMST2655 | Against Invisibility | Bob Lee | W 3:00-5:30pm, John Nicholas Brown CenterSEM |
| AMST2670 | Summer Practicum in Public Humanities (Summer practicum - required only for students who matriculated before Fall 2015) | Ron Potvin | Arranged |
| AMST2680 | Semester Practicum in Public Humanities | Ron Potvin | Arranged |
| AMST2690 | Management of Cultural Institutions | Gayle Gifford | T 4:00-6:30pm John Nicholas Brown CenterSEM |
| AMST2685 | Critical Approaches to Architectural Preservation and Cultural Heritage | Marisa Brown | M 3:00-5:30pm John Nicholas Brown CenterSEM |
| AMST2697 | Museum Interpretation Practices | Sarah Ganz Blythe | F 10:00am-12:30pm, RISD Museum, Fain Gallery |