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Catalogue 2013-2014 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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International Studies: II. Intermediate |
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INTL 256 - Race, Ethnicity and Nationalism
1 unit(s)
(Same as AFRS 256 and POLI 256 ) Conflicts over racial, ethnic and/or national identity continue to dominate headlines in diverse corners of the world. Whether referring to ethnic violence in Bosnia or Sri Lanka, racialized political tensions in Sudan and Fiji, the treatment of Roma (Gypsies) and Muslims in Europe, or the charged debates about immigration policy in the United States, cultural identities remain at the center of politics globally. Drawing upon multiple theoretical approaches, this course explores the related concepts of race, ethnicity and nationalism from a comparative perspective using case studies drawn from around the world and across different time periods. Mr. Mampilly.
Two 75-minute periods.
Not offered in 2013/14.
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INTL 260 - International Relations of the Third World: Bangdung to 9/11 Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
(Same as AFRS 260 and POLI 260 ) Whether referred to as the “Third World,” or other variants such as the “Global South,” the “Developing World,” the “G-77,” the “Non-Aligned Movement,” or the “Post- colonial World,” a certain unity has long been assumed for the multitude of countries ranging from Central and South America, across Africa to much of Asia. Is it valid to speak of a Third World? What were/are the connections between countries of the Third World? What were/are the high and low points of Third World solidarity? And what is the relationship between the First and Third Worlds? Drawing on academic and journalistic writings, personal narratives, music, and film, this course explores the concept of the Third World from economic, political and cultural perspectives. Beginning shortly after the end of colonialism, we examine the trajectory of the Third World in global political debates through the end of the Cold War and start of the War on Terror. Mr. Mampilly.
Two 75-minute periods.
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INTL 261 - “The Nuclear Cage”: Environmental Theory and Nuclear Power
1 unit(s)
(Same as ENST 261 and SOCI 261 ) The central aim of this course is to explore debates about the interaction between beings, including humans, animals, plants, and the earth within the context of advanced capitalism by concentrating on the production, distribution, consumption, and disposal of nuclear power. The first question concerning the class is how does Environmental Theory approach nuclear power and its impact on the environment. The second question deals with how this construction interacts with other forms of debate regarding nuclear power, especially concentrating on the relation between science, market and the state in dealing with nature, and how citizens formulate and articulate their understanding of nuclear power through social movements. Ms. Batur.
Not offered in 2013/14.
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INTL 266 - Population, Environment and Sustainable Development Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
(Same as GEOG 266 ) Concerns about human population are integral to debates about matters of political stability, socio-economic equity, ecological sustainability, and human wellbeing. This course engages these debates via an examination of environmental change, power and inequality, and technology and development. Case studies include: water supplies, fishing and agriculture and the production of foodstuffs. Being a geography course, it highlights human-“nature” relations, spatial distribution and difference, and the dynamic connections between places and regions. Mr. Lindner.
Two 75-minute periods.
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INTL 275 - International and Comparative Education Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
(Same as ASIA 275 and EDUC 275 ) This course provides an overview of comparative education theory, practice, and research methodology. We examine educational issues and systems in a variety of cultural contexts. Particular attention is paid to educational practices in Asia and Europe, as compared to the United States. The course focuses on educational concerns that transcend national boundaries. Among the topics explored are international development, democratization, social stratification, the cultural transmission of knowledge, and the place of education in the global economy. These issues are examined from multiple disciplinary vantage points. Mr. Bjork.
Prerequisite(s): EDUC 235 or permission of the instructor.
Two 75-minute periods.
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INTL 276 - Economic Geography: Spaces of Global Capitalism Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
(Same as GEOG 276 ) This course analyzes the shifting economic landscape of globalization. It covers classic location theories in economic geography, but also the recent trends of industrial reorganization in agriculture, manufacturing and services. Two areas of focus in this course are the globalization of the world economy and regional development under the first and third world contexts. We analyze the emergence of the global capitalist system, the commodification of nature, the transformation of agriculture, the global spread of manufacturing and the rise of flexible production systems, and restructuring of transnational corporations and its regional impacts. Ms. Zhou.
Two 75-minute periods.
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INTL 278 - Education for Peace, Justice and Human Rights Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
(Same as EDUC 278 ) The aim of this course is to introduce students to the field of peace education and provide an overview of the history, central concepts, scholarship, and practices within the field. The overarching questions explored are: What does it mean to educate for peace, justice and human rights? What and where are the possibilities and the barriers? How do identity, representation and context influence the ways in which these constructs are conceptualized and defined and what are the implications of these definitions? How can we move towards an authentic culture of peace, justice, and human rights in a pluralistic world? In order to address these questions, we survey the human and social dimensions of peace education, including its philosophical foundations, the role of gender, race, religion and ethnicity in peace and human rights education, and the function and influence of both formal and non-formal schooling on a culture of peace and justice. Significant time is spent on profiling key thinkers, theories, and movements in the field, with a particular focus on case-studies of peace education in practice nationally and worldwide. We examine these case studies with a critical eye, exploring how power operates and circulates in these contexts and consider ways in which to address larger structural inequities and micro-asymmetries. Since peace education is not only about the content of education, but also the process, the course endeavors to model peace pedagogy by promoting inquiry, collaboration and dialogue and give students the opportunity to practice these skills through presentations on the course readings and topics. Ms. Hantzopoulos.
Prerequisite(s): EDUC 162 or EDUC 235 .
Two 75-minute periods.
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INTL 289 - Islam in History Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
(Same as AFRS 289 ) This course is designed to introduce students to key moments in the history of Islam. It will cover the period from the end of the sixth century AD, eve of the rise of Islam, until the early sixteenth century and the demise of the Mameluke Sultanate. The course is designed to familiarize students with major themes from the sociopolitical as well as the intellectual history of Islam in the period spanning from the rise of Islam until the modern era. The course will explore the emergence of Islam as a world religion and the forces it set in motion; it will also address Islamic civilization and its characteristic political, social, and religious institutions and intellectual traditions. The readings will include a cross section of intellectual production, a myriad of cultural expressions as well as primary and secondary historical sources from the sixth century AD to the present. We will be examining a multitude of sources such as pre-Islamic poetry from the Arabian Peninsula, Quranic script, as well as theological, philosophical and scientific productions from the Medieval Islamic Empire. Mr. Hojairi.
Two 75-minute periods.
Not offered in 2013/14.
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INTL 290 - Field Work Semester Offered: Fall or Spring
1/2 or 1 unit(s)
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INTL 298 - Independent Work Semester Offered: Fall or Spring
1/2 or 1 unit(s)
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International Studies: III. Advanced |
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INTL 300 - Senior Thesis Semester Offered: Fall or Spring
1 unit(s)
A 1-unit thesis written in the fall or spring semester. Students may elect to write their theses in one semester only in exceptional circumstances. Usually students will adopt INTL 301 -INTL 302 .
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INTL 301 - Senior Thesis Semester Offered: Fall
1/2 unit(s)
A 1-unit thesis written in two semesters.
Yearlong course 301-INTL 302 .
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INTL 302 - Senior Thesis Semester Offered: Spring
1/2 unit(s)
A 1-unit thesis written in two semesters.
Yearlong course INTL 301 -302.
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INTL 305 - Senior Seminar Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
An examination of selected global topics in a multidisciplinary framework. Topics vary from year to year.
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INTL 360 - Problems in Cultural Analysis Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
(Same as ANTH 360 ) Covers a variety of current issues in modern anthropology in terms of ongoing discussion among scholars of diverse opinions rather than a rigid body of fact and theory.
Topic for 2013/14b: Global Diasporas. This course highlights aspects of globalization that put waves of people, ideas and money on the move, paying specific attention to diaspora and migration. Theories of globalization, diaspora, and transnationalism provide students with frameworks for analyzing what happens when people move across state boundaries, and for considering the “push and pull” factors influencing movements from the South to North, and from East to West and vice versa. The use of ethnography, film, and the novel help students better understand how such flows are experienced locally, how connections across space and time are sustained, and how “culture” is continually (re)made in and through movement and as a consequence of contact rather than isolation. The question that animates and organizes our inquiries is: How do global flows of human interaction challenge or complicate our understandings of such constructs as “culture”, “race” and “nation-state?” May be repeated for credit if topic has changed. Ms. Lowe. Swift. The department.
Prerequisite(s): previous coursework in Anthropology or International Studies, or permission of the instructor.
One 3-hour seminar.
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INTL 363 - Nations, Globalization, and Post-Coloniality
1 unit(s)
(Same as ANTH 363 ) How do conditions of globalization and dilemmas of post-coloniality challenge the nation-state? Do they also reinforce and reinvent it? This course engages three related topics and literatures; recent anthropology of the nation-state; the anthropology of colonial and post-colonial societies; and the anthropology of global institutions and global flows. Ms. Kaplan.
Prerequisite(s): previous coursework in Anthropology or by permission of instructor.
Not offered in 2013/14.
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INTL 365 - Civil Wars and Rebel Movements Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
(Same as POLI 365 ) Since World War II, civil wars have vastly outnumbered interstate wars, and have killed, conservatively, five times as many people as interstate wars. This seminar explores contemporary civil wars from a variety of different angles and approaches drawn primarily from political science, but also other disciplines. In addition, we consider personal accounts, journalistic coverage, and films that illustrate the reality of contemporary warfare. The course is divided into three sections, each of which emphasizes the transnational nature of contemporary civil wars. First, we read a selection of differing perspectives on the causes and consequences of civil conflicts. Next, we explore literature on the organization and behavior of rebel organizations by rebel theorists and academics. And finally, we consider different case studies from different parts of the world. Mr. Mampilly.
Prerequisite(s): permission of the instructor.
One 2-hour period.
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INTL 372 - Topics in Human Geography
1 unit(s)
This seminar focuses on advanced debates in the socio-spatial organization of the modern world. The specific topic of inquiry varies from year to year. Students may repeat the course for credit if the topic changes. Previous seminar themes include the urban-industrial transition, the urban frontier, urban poverty, cities of the Americas, segregation in the city, global migration, and reading globalization.
One 3-hour period.
Not offered in 2012/13.
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INTL 382 - Terrorism
1 unit(s)
No other issue generates as much discussion and controversy as the contemporary debate over ‘terrorism.’ But what is this phenomenon? And how should we respond to it? This course examines ‘terrorism’ with a critical eye, looking at the different ways that the subject is framed by various disciplines and authors. Drawing on political science, anthropological and historical accounts, as well as arguments made by scholars from economics, Women’s studies and area studies, we discuss the ways in which terrorism has been presented, debated and analyzed. We also draw from the fictional universe through an examination of films and novels that depict the inner struggles of ‘terrorists’ and those affected by their actions. Mr. Mampilly.
Not offered in 2012/13.
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INTL 384 - Transnational Queer: Genders, Sexualities, Identities
1 unit(s)
(Same as CLCS 384 and WMST 384 ) What does it mean to be Queer? This seminar examines, critiques, and interrogates queer identities and constructions in France and North America. In what ways do diverse cultures engage with discourses on gender and sexuality? Can or should our understanding of queerness change depending on cultural contexts? Through guest lectures and discussion seminars, the course examines a broad range of queer cultural production, from fiction to cinema and performance. Topics include such diverse issues as queer bodies, national citizenship, sexual politics, legal discourse, and aesthetic representation. All lectures, readings, and discussions are in English. Mr. Swamy.
Prerequisite(s): Freshman Writing Seminar and one 200-level course.
One 3-hour period.
By special permission.
Not offered in 2013/14.
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INTL 385 - Women, Culture, and Development
1 unit(s)
(Same as LALS 385 , SOCI 385 , and WMST 385 ) This course examines the ongoing debates within development studies about how integration into the global economy is experienced by women around the world. Drawing on gender studies, cultural studies, and global political economy, we explore the multiple ways in which women struggle to secure well-being, challenge injustice, and live meaningful lives. Ms. Carruyo.
Not offered in 2013/14.
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INTL 386 - Central Asia and the Caucasus: Nation Building and Human Rights Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
(Same as HIST 386 ) The Muslim regions between Russia and China are becoming more populated, prosperous, and connected. The Caspian Sea region is booming with new oil and gas wealth. A wave of democracy movements swept newly independent states but oligarchs and long-term autocratic presidents dominate politics and business. An Islamic revival after the fall of communism has brought a crisis of political Islam, including problems like terrorism, re-veiling campaigns, and bride-kidnappings. Chechnya and the North Caucasus became magnets for violence, while Tatarstan has seen a quiet renaissance of liberal Russian Islam. This cross-listed seminar explores nation building, human rights, and spiritual life in Central Asia and the Caucasus from a historical perspective. Topics include the legacies of Mongol and Tatar power verticals, the impact of communism on Central Asia, the war in Chechnya and its effect on human rights in the region, the history of Kazakhstan’s new capital, Astana, and daily life and politics since independence in 1991. Ms. Pohl.
One 2-hour period.
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INTL 399 - Senior Independent Work Semester Offered: Fall or Spring
1/2 or 1 unit(s)
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Irish/Gaelic: I. Introductory |
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IRSH 105 - Beginning Irish/Gaelic Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
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IRSH 106 - Beginning Irish/Gaelic Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
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Irish/Gaelic: II. Intermediate |
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IRSH 210 - Intermediate Irish/Gaelic Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
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IRSH 211 - Intermediate Irish/Gaelic Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
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Irish/Gaelic: III. Advanced |
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IRSH 310 - Advanced Irish/Gaelic Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
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IRSH 311 - Advanced Irish/Gaelic Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
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Italian: I. Introductory |
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ITAL 105 - Elementary Italian Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
Introduction to the essential structures of the language with emphasis on oral skills and reading. Reading and performance of a play by a contemporary author in the second semester. Supplementary material from “Andiamo in Italia”, a web-based trip to Italy. The department.
Open to all classes; four 50-minute periods; one hour of drill and one hour of aural-oral practice. Electronic versions of required materials are not accepted.
Yearlong course 105-ITAL 106 .
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ITAL 106 - Elementary Italian Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
Introduction to the essential structures of the language with emphasis on oral skills and reading. Reading and performance of a play by a contemporary author in the second semester. Supplementary material from “Andiamo in Italia”, a web-based trip to Italy. The department.
Open to all classes; four 50-minute periods; one hour of drill and one hour of aural-oral practice. Electronic versions of required materials are not accepted.
Yearlong course ITAL 105 -106.
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ITAL 107 - Intensive Elementary Italian Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
2 unit(s)
A single-semester equivalent of ITAL 105 -ITAL 106 . Supplementary material from Andiamo in Italia, a web-based trip to Italy. Electronic versions of required materials are not accepted. Mr. Giusti (a). Ms. Antognini (b).
Prerequisite(s): permission of the instructor.
Open to all classes; four 75-minute periods; one hour of drill and one hour of aural-oral practice.
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ITAL 175 - The Italian Renaissance in English Translation
1 unit(s)
In this course we analyze the development of the concept of individuality and its representation from the early Humanists (XIV century) to the end of the Renaissance (XVI century). Cultural, philosophical, aesthetic, and gender issues are investigated through the reading of literary and theatrical masterpieces. We read excerpts from Petrarch (Canzoniere and Letters), Boccaccio (Decameron), poems and letters by women Humanists (Isotta Nogarola, Cassandra Fedele, Laura Cereta), Machiavelli (The Prince and La Mandragola), Castiglione (The Book of the Courtier), Gaspara Stampa and Veronica Franco (Poems). In order to foster the student’s self-awareness and creativity, experiential practices, and a creative project, based on the course content, are included. May not be counted towards the Italian major. Satisfies college requirement for a Freshman Writing Seminar. Mr. Giusti.
Two 75-minute periods.
Not offered in 2013/14.
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ITAL 177 - Italy and the Modern Self
1 unit(s)
In this course we analyze the ways in which the experience of modernity has shaped Italian literature at the beginning of the 20th century. In particular we focus on the crisis of the self and its literary expressions: fragmentation, illness, madness, but also masquerading and performance. Frequently employed as metaphors for the alienated condition of the artist and intellectual in modern society, these ideas contribute to redefine the notion of self in a country increasingly concerned with progress and modernization while still looking to the past in search of a national identity. While the radical changes in material and social structures, gender roles, moral values challenge traditional certainties, artists and intellectuals challenge formal traditions and provide multiple definitions of the modern experience. Readings include works, in English translation, by Luigi Pirandello, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Eugenio Montale, Italo Svevo and others. As a Freshman Writing Seminar, the course is designed to help students develop analytical and critical skills, and to practice clear and persuasive writing. Students produce a variety of brief informal writing assignments and formal interpretive essays. May not be counted towards the Italian major. Satisfies the college requirement for a Freshman Writing Seminar. Ms. Bondavalli.
Two 75-minute periods.
Not offered in 2013/14.
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ITAL 178 - With Dante in Hell
1 unit(s)
Where is Hell? Who goes there? Why? Is it organized? How can a poet know so much about it? We read the Inferno in the context of Italy in the Middle Ages. Topics include: political persecution and expulsion, the reciprocal imitation of Empire and Church, the interaction of desire, deceit, and violence, the dialogue of the classical past and the chaotic present, proto-capitalism and radical religious poverty. There are also selected readings from some of Dante’s sources, parallel texts, and critical responses to the poem from the fourteenth-century to the present. Using a bilingual edition, we read the poem in translation with a glance at the original Italian. There are brief weekly writing assignments. May not be counted towards the Italian major. Satisfies the college requirement for a Freshman Writing Seminar. Mr. Ahern.
Two 75-minute periods.
Not offered in 2013/14.
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Italian: II. Intermediate |
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ITAL 205 - Intermediate Italian I Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
1 unit(s)
Narration in popular culture, literature, and film. Analysis of folktales, short stories, and a contemporary feature film. Strong emphasis on effective oral expression. Formal study of grammar. Successful completion of this course provides a suitable background for other 200-level courses. The department.
Prerequisite(s): ITAL 105 -ITAL 106 , ITAL 107 or permission of the instructor.
Two 75-minute periods and one hour of conversation. Electronic versions of required materials are not accepted.
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ITAL 206 - Intermediate Italian II Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
Advanced formal study of grammar, with strong emphasis on expansion of vocabulary, complex linguistic structures, the use of dialect. Through analysis and discussion of strategies of representation in a contemporary novel and a film, students develop writing skills and effective oral expression. Ms. Blumenfeld.
Prerequisite(s): ITAL 205 or permission of the instructor. Electronic versions of required materials are not accepted.
Two 75-minute periods and one hour of conversation.
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ITAL 217 - Advanced Composition and Oral Expression
1 unit(s)
Development of oral and written skills through extensive conversation and essay writing. The course makes use of a variety of “texts” available in traditional formats (books, magazines, journals, films), as well as web-based materials. and the DVD Ritorniamo in Italia. The topics covered are in the area of contemporary and historical issues, with emphasis on Italy’s variety of cultural, socio-political, and linguistic phenomena. Advanced grammatical topics, related to the reading material, are reviewed or introduced. Mr. Giusti.
Prerequisite(s): ITAL 205 , ITAL 206 or permission of the instructor.
Two 75-minute periods.
Not offered in 2013/14.
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ITAL 218 - Giorgio Bassani’s The Garden of the Finzi-Contini’s Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
Giorgio Bassani’s The Garden of the Finzi-Contini’s. Bassani’s novel is the story of the decadence of a Jewish family, from the proclamation of the Mussolini’s Racial Laws in 1938, to the deportation of Italian Jews to Nazi death-camps in 1943, to the present of the narrator some 15 years later. Through social, historical, intellectual contextualizations, we engage in extensive linguistic, literary, and aesthetic analysis. Particular attention is devoted to the development of oral and written skills. Individual and group multi-media projects. Ms. Antognini.
Prerequisite(s): ITAL 206 , ITAL 217 or permission of the instructor.
Two 75-minute periods.
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ITAL 220 - Italian Civilization: Interpreting the Texts Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
From the origin of the Italian language to the masterpieces of the Renaissance. Selected texts from the “Dolce stil nuovo” and Dante’s Vita nuova; Petrarch’s Canzoniere and Italian Humanism; Boccaccio’s Decameron and the “novella” tradition; Ariosto, and the Italian epic; Machiavelli, Castiglione, Bembo on politics and ideology; Michelangelo, Stampa, Franco on gender in literature. Ms. Antognini.
Prerequisite(s): ITAL 217 , ITAL 218 or permission of the instructor.
Two 75-minute periods.
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ITAL 222 - Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Italian Culture
1 unit(s)
The course introduces students to the transformation of Italian society from the second half of the 20th century to the present through its cinematic representation: movements of protest in the Sixties, the political terrorism of the Seventies, the crisis of ideology in the Eighties, the fall of the First Republic and the emergence of Berlusconi in the Nineties, globalized crime and post-ideological forms of social commitment in the new millennium. While previous experience with film studies is not required, the course is designed to train students to approach film critically and become familiar with the basic terms of film analysis in Italian. The viewing and discussion of films will be accompanied by critical readings and regular writing practice. Films by Marco Bellocchio, Nanni Moretti, Matteo Garrone, and Marco Tullio Giordana, among others. The course is conducted in Italian. Films are in Italian with English subtitles. Ms. Bondavalli.
Prerequisite(s): ITAL 217 , ITAL 218 or permission of the instructor.
Two 75-minute periods.
Not offered in 2013/14.
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ITAL 237 - Dante’s Divine Comedy in Translation Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
A close reading of the entire Comedy in its historical, philosophical, theological, and literary contexts. Conducted in English. Open to all classes. Mr. Ahern.
Two 75-minute periods.
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ITAL 238 - Dante’s Divine Comedy in Translation
1 unit(s)
Not offered in 2013/14.
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ITAL 242 - Boccaccio’s Decameron in Translation: The “Novella” as Microcosm
1 unit(s)
A close reading of the one hundred tales with emphasis on social, cultural, and gender issues of the later Middle Ages. Reference is made to classical sources (Ovid, Petronius, Apuleius), the French Fabliaux, and Courtly Literature. The course also analyzes contemporary rewritings of the text in different genres and media. Conducted in English. Open to all classes. Italian majors see ITAL 342 . Mr. Giusti.
Two 75-minute periods.
Not offered in 2013/14.
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ITAL 250 - Italian Cinema in English
1 unit(s)
Cultural, ideological, and aesthetic issues in the history of Italian cinema from neo-realism to contemporary auteurs. Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. May be counted towards the Italian major. Ms. Blumenfeld.
Two 75-minute periods and two film screenings.
Not offered in 2013/14.
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ITAL 255 - Four Italian Filmmakers (in English)
1 unit(s)
(Same as FILM 255 ) Close analysis of the narrative and visual styles of Michelangelo Antonioni, Bernardo Bertolucci, Lina Wertmüller, Gianni Amelio and Nanni Moretti, in the context of post war Italian cinema and culture. Theoretical literature on these directors and on approaches to the interpretation of cinematic works aid us in addressing questions of style and of political and social significance. Ms. Blumenfeld.
Prerequisite(s): No prerequisites.
Two 75-minute periods and two film screenings.
Not offered in 2013/14.
Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. May be counted towards the Italian major.
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ITAL 282 - Italian Fictions
1 unit(s)
Analysis of short fiction and a film. Practice in spoken and written Italian. Advanced Grammar review. Mr. Ahern.
Prerequisite(s): ITAL 205 or permission of the instructor.
One 2-hour period and one 1-hour period of conversation.
Not offered in 2013/14.
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ITAL 290 - Field Work Semester Offered: Fall or Spring
1/2 or 1 unit(s)
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ITAL 297 - Reading Course
1/2 unit(s)
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ITAL 297.01 - Reading Course. Topics in Seventeenth Century
1/2 unit(s)
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ITAL 297.02 - Reading Course. Topics in Eighteenth Century
1/2 unit(s)
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ITAL 297.03 - Reading Course. Topics in Nineteenth Century
1/2 unit(s)
The department.
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ITAL 298 - Independent Work Semester Offered: Fall or Spring
1/2 or 1 unit(s)
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Italian: III. Advanced |
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ITAL 301 - Senior Seminar Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
An examination of selected topics in recent Italian culture or of a single topic across several centuries. May be taken more than once for credit when topic changes. Required of all senior majors. Topic for 2013/14b. Calvino and Pasolini: Two Perspectives on the 20th Century. The course focuses on the works of Italo Calvino and Pier Paolo Pasolini, arguably the most representative Italian authors of the second half of the 20th century. A world-famous storyteller and essayist translated into 45 languages, and a poet, novelist, essayist and filmmaker whose use of language reflects the diversity of Italian dialects, Calvino and Pasolini deal with the crisis of modernity in ways that are emblematic of opposing attitudes towards literature, history and the culture industry. We study a selection of fiction, poems, essays, and film and examine the parallel and often contrasting views of the two authors as they relate to modern Italian culture and ideology; the role of intellectuals in society; the definition of literature and its relationship with tradition, and the use of a national language. Ms. Bondavalli.
Prerequisite(s): ITAL 220 , ITAL 222 or ITAL 218 with permission of the instructor.
One 2-hour period, and one film screening.
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ITAL 302 - Senior Project Semester Offered: Fall
1/2 unit(s)
The department.
Yearlong course (302-ITAL 303 ).
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ITAL 303 - Senior Project Semester Offered: Spring
1/2 unit(s)
The department.
Yearlong course (ITAL 302 -303).
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ITAL 304 - Senior Project Seminar
1 unit(s)
The course is intended to provide Italian majors, who have chosen to produce a senior project, with a collective and regular learning environment. They will receive systematic guidance from their instructor, and discuss problems they encounter in various stages of their project creation with both the instructor and their peers. The class meets three times a semester for two hours. One hour individual meetings are scheduled bi-weekly. Mr. Giusti.
Prerequisite(s): one 300-level course.
Not offered in 2013/14.
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ITAL 338 - Dante’s Divine Comedy Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
A close reading of the entire Comedy in its historical, philosophical, theological, and literary contexts. Designed for Italian majors in their senior year. Conducted in Italian. Mr. Ahern.
Prerequisite(s): ITAL 220 , ITAL 222 or ITAL 218 with permission of the instructor.
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ITAL 342 - Giovanni Boccaccio’s Decameron: The “Novella” as a Microcosm Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
A reading of the one hundred tales with specific emphasis on social, cultural and gender issues of the later Middle Ages, as represented in the novella genre. Particular attention is devoted to the Decameron’s frame as a connective tissue for the one hundred tales and a space for gender debate and social re-creation. Reference is made to some of the Decameron’s subtexts (Apuleius’ The Golden Ass, the Novellino, the French Fabliaux, and Courtly Literature). Critical interpretations are analyzed after the reading of the entire masterpiece. Issues related to textual censorship, and contemporary re-writings through different media are addressed. Mr. Giusti.
Prerequisite(s): ITAL 220 , ITAL 222 or ITAL 218 with permission of the instructor.
One 2-hour period.
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ITAL 380 - Modernity in Italy
1 unit(s)
This course explores different manifestations of modernity in Italian literature and culture in the early twentieth century. We will consider both objective and subjective transformations, focusing on the impact of urban life, war, Fascism, and technological modernization on literary creation and its aesthetic and social function. How do Italian writers of the early 20th century relate to modernity and define it? How are the ideas of progress, tradition, and avant-garde defined, expressed and questioned? How does the affirmation of mass culture affect the perceived role of poets? How do artists and intellectuals redefine their role in relation to bourgeois materialism, war propaganda, censorship, or spectacular politics? These are some of the questions that will inform textual analysis, class discussion and students’ writing. In studying specifically Italian modernism, we also investigate how its origins at the peripheries of the nation shape its relation to Italian history and literary tradition. The texts examined include poetry, narrative, theory, and programmatic writings by such authors as Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Guido Gozzano, Aldo Palazzeschi, Luigi Pirandello, Italo Svevo, Eugenio Montale among others. Ms. Bondavalli.
Prerequisite(s): ITAL 220 , ITAL 222 or ITAL 218 with permission of the instructor.
One 2-hour period.
Not offered in 2013/14.
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ITAL 385 - Three Contemporary Women Writers: Dacia Maraini, Rossana Campo, Liana Borghi Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
This course explores new literary styles that reflect the new freedoms of contemporary Italian women and women writers. We study the texts of these writers from the 1970s to 1990s, from the early days of feminist activism, to recent transformations in literature and politics, asking whether postmodernism leads to the de-ideologization of feminism. Ms. Blumenfeld.
Prerequisite(s): ITAL 220 , ITAL 222 or ITAL 218 with permission of the instructor.
One 2-hour period.
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ITAL 389 - The Impossible Task of Translating: An Introduction of Literary Translation from Italian to English
1 unit(s)
Whether translation between two languages is at all possible is a question as old as translating itself, but no matter how many answers have been given, the truth of the matter remains that we have always translated and we will continue to do so. Translation studies have flourished in the last few years and literary translation is more and more considered a creative undertaking rather than an unoriginal and quite tedious activity. Given the intrinsic bilingualism of the foreign literature classroom, translation is particularly intertwined with teaching and learning and becomes an integral part of the course. As a result, many students choose to complete their B.A. in Italian with a literary translation. Translating is above all a decision process– careful interpretation and intelligent notation– and as such it requires passion, accuracy, careful attention to details, together with a knowledge and understanding of both the source and the target language and culture. This course aims to give students of Italian some insight into the field –historical and theoretical–as well as a solid grasp of the tools required to be a literary translator. While analyzing different translation strategies and doing practical exercises, such as contrasting and comparing different versions of the same source text, students will devote time to studying not only Italian grammar but also English. By the end of the semester, they will produce a final original translation, accompanied by a “translation diary” , a metatextual description of the problems encountered during their work. Our theoretical background will be Umberto Eco’s considerations on translating, both as a writer and as a translator. Ms. Antognini.
Prerequisite(s): ITAL 220 , ITAL 222 or ITAL 218 with permission of the instructor.
Two 75-minute periods.
Not offered in 2013/14.
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ITAL 399 - Senior Independent Work Semester Offered: Fall or Spring
1/2 or 1 unit(s)
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Jewish Studies: I. Introductory |
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JWST 101 - Rewriting the Sacred Authority: Community and History in the Ancient Mediterranean Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
In this class we explore questions of identity, authority and law in the early history of the Jewish tradition. We will be particularly concerned with the intersection of power, knowledge and writing. What, for example, were the historical ramifications of the writing down of oral traditions, especially in an age when few could read? Why and when did elites assign divine authorship to older narratives? How did the canonization of certain texts change the idea of what it meant to be Jewish, or Christian, or Greek? To answer these questions we will read selections from the Torah, the Mishnah, and the Talmud, and will also take a comparative look at Greek texts by authors such as Homer, Hesiod, and Plato, that engage with similar questions. Among the specific issues we will discuss in the Greek context are the writing down of the Homeric poems in the 8th c. BCE and the transition from orality to literacy in the 5th c. In addition to primary sources in English translations, readings will include recent theoretical works that explore orality, literacy, and canonization. Ms. Friedman and Mr. Schreier.
Two 75-minute periods.
Open only to freshmen; satisfies college requirement for a Freshman Writing Seminar.
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JWST 125 - The Hebrew Bible Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
(Same as RELI 125 ) The Bible is one of the most important foundational documents of Western civilization. This course surveys the literature of the Hebrew Bible (Christian ‘Old Testament’) within the historical, religious and literary context of ancient Israel and its neighbors. What social and religious forces created these books, and how did they shape the lives of the ancient Israelites, their descendants, and all those they influenced for three thousand years? All texts are read in English translation. Ms. LiDonnici.
Not offered in 2013/14.
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JWST 150 - Jews, Christians, and Muslims Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
1 unit(s)
(Same as RELI 150 ) An historical comparative study of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The course focuses on such themes as origins, development, sacred literature, ritual, legal, mystical, and philosophical traditions, and interactions among the three religions. Mr. Epstein and Ms. Leeming.
Two 75-minute periods.
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JWST 180 - God Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
(Same as RELI 180 ) Whether we are furious with it, love it, or think it does not exist, the figure that western civilization calls ‘God’ is one of our most powerful root metaphors, an intellectual category that requires interrogation and understanding. As a literary figure, God has a personality, a biography, and a history; and like all of us, a great deal to say about how he has been understood and misunderstood. Through analysis of primary materials - biblical, Ugaritic, Canaanite, and Mesopotamian, we will explore the origin and development of this complicated figure in Biblical literature. Ms. LiDonnici.
Two 75-minute periods.
Open only to freshmen; satisfies college requirement for a Freshman Writing Seminar.
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Jewish Studies: II. Intermediate |
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JWST 201 - Jewish Textuality: Sources and Subversions
1 unit(s)
This course addresses characteristic forms of Jewish texts and related theoretical issues concerning transmission and interpretation. On the one hand, canonical texts–Bible, Midrash, Talmud–will be considered, including some modern (and postmodern) reactivations of these classical modes. On the other hand, special attention will be given to modern problems of transmission in a post-canonical world.
Mr. Bush.
Prerequisite(s): JWST 101 or by permission.
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JWST 214 - The Roots of the Palestine-Israel Conflict Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
1 unit(s)
(Same as HIST 214 ) An examination of the deep historical sources of the Palestine-Israel conflict. The course begins some two centuries ago when changes in the world economy and emerging nationalist ideologies altered the political and economic landscapes of the region. It then traces the development of both Jewish and Arab nationalism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries before exploring how the Arab and Jewish populations fought-and cooperated-on a variety of economic, political, and ideological fronts. It concludes by considering how this contest led to the development of two separate, hostile national identities. Mr. Schreier.
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JWST 217 - Film, Fiction and the Construction of Identity – Israeli and Palestinian Voices Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
(Same as HEBR 217 and RELI 217 ) This course explores the emergence and consolidation of collective identities in modern Israel and Palestine. Through a close examination of Israeli and Palestinian literary texts in translation and select movies students are introduced to an array of competing and complementing narratives that Israelis and Palestinians have relied on to understand themselves and their relationship to the other. Special attention is given to issues related to class, gender, ethnicity, religion and ideology. Ms. Weitzman.
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JWST 220 - Texts and Traditions Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
Not offered in 2013/14.
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JWST 221 - Voices from Modern Israel
1 unit(s)
(Same as HEBR 221 and RELI 221 ) An examination of modern and postmodern Hebrew literature in English translation. The course focuses on Israeli voices of men, women, Jews, Arabs, Ashkenazim and Mizrahim to investigate such topics as memory, identity, alienation, community, exile. Authors may include Yizhar, Yehoshua, Oz, Grossman, Kanafani, Almog, Katzir, Liebrecht, Ravikovitch, Zelda, Zach, Amichai, Darwish and el-Kassim. Ms. Weitzman.
Not offered in 2013/14.
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JWST 222 - Psychological Perspectives on the Holocaust
1 unit(s)
(Same as PSYC 222 ) The Holocaust has spawned several now classic programs of psychological research. This course considers topics such as: anti-Semitism and stereotypes of Jews; the authoritarian and altruistic personalities; conformity, obedience, and dissent; humanistic and existential psychology; and individual differences in stress, coping and resiliency. The broader implications of Holocaust-inspired research is explored in terms of traditional debates within psychology such as those on the role of the individual versus the situation in producing behavior and the essence of human nature. The ethical and logical constraints involved in translating human experiences and historical events into measurable/quantifiable scientific terms are also considered. Ms. Zeifman.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 105 or PSYC 106 .
Not offered in 2013/14.
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JWST 240 - The World of The Rabbis
1 unit(s)
(Same as RELI 240 )
Prerequisite(s): JWST 101 , JWST 201 , RELI 150 , or permission of the instructor.
Not offered in 2013/14.
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JWST 276 - Diasporas
1 unit(s)
(Same as RUSS 276 ) As far back as antiquity, Jews have formed alliances, and sometimes rivalries, amongst themselves that have crossed boundaries of hegemonic powers: long-distance legal consultations and commercial relations, shared reading lists and life practices, and mass population movements through exile and immigration. This course maps correspondences, both literal and figurative, between Jews otherwise separated by political geography, and so enables a critical examination of the commonalities and differences that constitute the alternative understandings of Jewish “peoplehood” and Jewish “community.”
Not offered in 2013/14.
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JWST 280 - Queering Judaism: Contemporary Issues Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
(Same as RELI 280 ) Jews in postmodernity encounter myriad challenges to traditional religious structures in the areas of sex and gender, family life, social life and political power-to name just a few. We will explore how these challenges were dealt with by a variety of strata of contemporary Jewish society in Europe, Israel and America, charting the various negotiations between religious observance and openness to changing social values among a variety of Jewish groups. Ms. Veto.
Two 75-minute periods.
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JWST 282 - American Jewish Literature Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
(Same as ENGL 282 ) This course is an exploration of the American Jewish literary imagination from historical, topical, and theoretical perspectives. Among the genres we will cover are novels (Anzia Yezierska’s Bread Givers), plays (Sholem Asch’s God of Vengeance), poems and stories (by Celia Dropkin, Isaac Baschevis Singer, Grace Paley, Irena Klepfisz, and Melanie Kaye-Kantrowitz, among others), graphic novels (Art Spiegelman’s Maus), comics (Superman and Batman), films (Woody Allen’s Zelig), artists’ books (Tatana Kellner’s Fifty Years of Silence), and theory (essays by Walter Benjamin, for example). Topics include the development of Jewish modernism and postmodernism, the influence of Jewish interpretive traditions on contemporary literary theory, the (anti)conventions of queer Jewish literatures and the intersections of Jewishness and queerness, the possibilities and limitations of a diaspora poetics, and contemporary representations of the Holocaust. Mr. Antelyes.
Two 75-minute periods.
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JWST 290 - Field Work Semester Offered: Fall or Spring
1/2 or 1 unit(s)
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JWST 298 - Independent Work Semester Offered: Fall or Spring
1/2 or 1 unit(s)
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Jewish Studies: III. Advanced |
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JWST 300 - Senior Thesis or Project Semester Offered: Fall or Spring
1 unit(s)
Optional for students concentrating in the program. Must be elected for student to be considered for Honors in the program.
Permission required.
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JWST 315 - Jews, Jewish Identity, and the Arts
1 unit(s)
This course examines the relationship of Jews with the arts from ancient times through the postmodern period.
Not offered in 2013/14.
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JWST 320 - Studies in Sacred Texts Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
(Same as RELI 320 ) Examination of selected themes and texts in sacred literature. May be taken more than once when content changes.
Topic for 2013/14a: Satan. As the personification of our greatest fears, Satan can appear as the ultimate alien monster or as our kindly old neighbor. Satan is a multifaceted symbol, a counter-cultural figure that may represent rebellion against hegemonic power, our feelings about that rebellion, or even sometimes about power itself. But he also has a role in the law, a dimension with devastating consequences for individuals at many periods in history. In the seminar, we will trace the development of the figure of Satan in Western culture through biblical, early Jewish, early Christian, early modern and contemporary sources. Ms. LiDonnici.
Prerequisite(s): one 200-level course in Religion or Jewish Studies, or permission of the instructor.
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JWST 340 - Women in the Classical Jewish Tradition Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
Not offered in 2013/14.
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JWST 350 - Confronting Modernity Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
(Same as AMST 350 ) Topic for 2013/14a: Intersections in American Jewish Thought: Politics, Religion, Culture. The course begins with three thinkers from the generations of Jewish immigrants to America. The speeches and writings of anarchist Emma Goldman, including her contributions to the journal Mother Earth, which she founded in 1906, chart the left turn from the Eastern European shtetl to internationalist politics, and eventually, to feminist issues. Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan articulates a sociological perspective in propounding a program for Jewish community organization and the reconstruction of ritual observance as a response to the specific conditions of Jewish life in early twentieth-century America. And Rabbi Abraham Heschel, arriving in the US at the outset of World War II, presents what he called a philosophy of Judaism, but what we might now call a renewed spirituality. From that base in distinct experiences, projects and perspectives, and their associated disciplines, the course focuses on an intersection between politics, religion and culture in later twentieth-century Jewish feminism, in such writings as Rabbi Rachel Adler’s work on feminist theology, the activist poetry of Muriel Rukeyser and the art installations of Judy Chicago. Thereafter, recent developments will be considered, such as the Jewish Renewal movement, the Second Diasporist Manifesto of painter R. B. Kitaj, the philosophy of Judith Butler, and the diverse social, political and cultural programs enunciated in contemporary periodicals like Lilith (“independent, Jewish and frankly feminist”) and Tikkun (“to heal, repair and transform the world”) as well as the battles of liberals and new-cons in ongoing, older magazines like Commentary and Dissent. Mr. Bush.
Two 75-minute periods.
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JWST 366 - Memoirs, Modernities, and Revolutions Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
(Same as ANTH 366 ) Autobiographical narratives of growing up have been a popular way for Jewish and non-Jewish writers of Middle Eastern origin to address central questions of identity and change. How do young adults frame and question their attachments to their families and to their countries of birth? For the authors and subjects of the memoirs, ethnographies and films we consider in this class, growing up and momentous historical events coincide, just as they did for young people during the recent revolutions in the Middle East. In this seminar, the autobiographical narratives-contextualized with historical, political, and visual material-allow us to see recent events through the eyes of people in their twenties. A major focus of the course will be post-revolutionary Iran (readings include Hakkakian, Journey from the Land of No; Khosravi, Young and Defiant in Tehran, Sofer, The Septembers of Shiraz, and Varzi, Warring Souls). Ms. Goldstein.
Prerequisite(s): previous coursework in Anthropology or Jewish Studies.
One 2-hour seminar.
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JWST 399 - Advanced Independent Work Semester Offered: Fall or Spring
1/2 or 1 unit(s)
Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite for all 300-level courses unless otherwise specified: one unit at the 200-level or permission of the instructor.
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Korean: I. Introductory |
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KORE 105 - Beginning Korean Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
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KORE 106 - Beginning Korean Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
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Korean: II. Intermediate |
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KORE 210 - Intermediate Korean Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
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KORE 211 - Intermediate Korean Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
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Korean: III. Advanced |
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KORE 310 - Advanced Korean Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
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KORE 311 - Advanced Korean Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
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Latin American and Latino/a Studies: I. Introductory |
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LALS 103 - Conceptualizing Latin and Latino/a America
1/2 unit(s)
An introduction to the basic concepts, theories, and methodologies necessary for the multidisciplinary study of Latin American and Latino communities. The focus of the course varies from year to year according to the topic selected by the instructor.
Not offered in 2013/14.
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LALS 104 - Conceptualizing Latin and Latino/a America
1/2 unit(s)
An introduction to the basic concepts, theories, and methodologies necessary for the multidisciplinary study of Latin American and Latino communities. The focus of the course varies from year to year according to the topic selected by the instructor.
Not offered in 2013/14.
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LALS 105 - Conceptualizing Latin and Latino/a America Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
An introduction to the basic concepts, theories, and methodologies necessary for the multidisciplinary study of Latin American and Latino communities. The focus of the course varies from year to year according to the topic selected by the instructor.
Topic for 2013/14b: Resistance, Revolution and Art in Latin o/a America. This course examines key moments in Latin o/a American history such as the Mexican, Cuban and Nicaraguan Revolutions, the Argentine Dirty War (1976-83), the Zapatista rebellion and the Chicano movement as sites of struggle and resistance for national sovereignty and social equality. Throughout the semester we will explore both these crucial historical events and also forms of artistic and literary expressions such as, novels, poetry, murals, songs and films which were an intrinsic part of these movements and contributed to defining their philosophical and cultural parameters. Mr. Grünfeld.
Two 75-minute periods.
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LALS 106 - Dynamic Women: From Bachelet to Ugly Betty
1 unit(s)
How do issues of inequality, social justice, representation, popular culture, migration, environmental justice and globalization look when women’s voices and gender analysis are at the center? This multidisciplinary course examines writing by and about women in Latin America, the Caribbean, and Latino/a USA. We read and write about a range of genres - from testimonio, film and fiction to social science. The goal is to develop an appreciation and understanding of the varied lives and struggles of Latinas and Caribbean women, the transnational politics of gender, key moments in the history of the hemisphere, and contemporary issues across the Americas. Ms. Carruyo.
Two 75-minute periods.
Not offered in 2013/14.
Satisfies college requirement for a Freshman Writing Seminar.
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Latin American and Latino/a Studies: II. Intermediate |
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LALS 212 - Advanced Topics in World Music Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
(Same as ANTH 212 and MUSI 212 ) Topic for 2013/14b: Music of Latin America. This course takes a broad view of music from across Latin America. Through case studies of various popular, folk, art, and roots music, the course examines the role that music plays in past and current social life, political movements, economic development, international representation and identity formation. It also considers the transnational nature of music through demographic shifts, technological adaptation and migration. Mr. Patch.
Prerequisite(s): MUSI 136 is highly recommended, or permission of the instructor.
Two 75-minute periods
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LALS 229 - Postcolonial Latin America Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
(Same as HISP 229 ) Studies in Latin American literary and cultural production from the emergence of the nation states to the present. Thematically structured, the course delves into the social, political, and institutional processes undergone by Latin America as a result of its uneven incorporation into world capitalist development.
Topic for 2013/14b: The Latin American Short Story. The course explores some of the most salient and canonical short story fiction of Latin American literature in relation to their times, meanings and textual strategies. Works by Horacio Quiroga, Jorge Luis Borges, Julio Cortázar, Juan Rulfo, Gabriel García Márquez, Juan José Arreola, Luisa Valenzuela. (Course readings and class discussion in Spanish.) Mr. Cesareo.
Prerequisite(s): one course above HISP 206 .
Two 75-minute periods.
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LALS 230 - Latina and Latino Literature Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
(Same as ENGL 230 ) This literature engages a history of conflict, resistance, and mestizaje. For some understanding of this embattled context, we examine transnational migration, exile, assimilation, bilingualism, and political and economic oppression as these variously affect the means and modes of the texts under consideration. At the same time, we emphasize the invented and hybrid nature of Latina and Latino literary and cultural traditions, and investigate the place of those inventions in the larger framework of American intellectual and literary traditions, on the one hand, and pan-Latinidad, on the other. Authors studied may include Americo Paredes, Piri Thomas, Cherrie Moraga, Richard Rodriguez, Michelle Serros, Cristina Garcia, Ana Castillo, and Junot Diaz. Mr. Perez.
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LALS 240 - Cultural Localities Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
(Same as ANTH 240 ) Detailed study of the cultures of people living in a particular area of the world, including their politics, economy, worldview, religion, expressive practices, and historical transformations. Included is a critical assessment of different approaches to the study of culture. Areas covered vary from year to year and may include Europe, Africa, North America, and India.
Topic for 2013/14a: Mesoamerican Worlds. An intensive survey of the culture, history, and politics of several neighboring indigenous societies that have deep historical and social ties to territory now located in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and Honduras. This course explores the emergence of powerful Mesoamerican states with a cosmology tied to warfare and human sacrifice, the reconfiguration of these societies under the twin burdens of Christianity and colonial rule, and the strategies that some of these communities adopted in order to preserve local notions of identity, and to cope with or resist incorporation into nation-states. The course also introduces students to a selection of historical and religious texts produced by indigenous authors. After a consideration of socio-religious hierarchies, and writing and calendrical systems in Precolumbian Mesoamerica, the course focuses on adaptations resulting from interaction with an evolving colonial order. The course also investigates the relations between native communities and the Mexican and Guatemalan states, and examines the representation of indigenous identities, the rapport among environmental policies, globalization, and local agricultural practices, and indigenous autonomy in the wake of the EZLN rebellion and transnational indigenous movements. Students proficient in Spanish will be encouraged to use original sources for course projects. May be repeated for credit if the topic has changed. Mr. Tavarez.
Prerequisite(s): previous coursework in Anthropology or Latin American and Latino/a Studies or permission of the instructor.
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