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The Actor's Instrument — DRA2170.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Kirk Jackson
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
The craft of acting will be the main focus of this class. Through physical and vocal warm-up exercises, sensory exploration, improvisation, scene work, and extensive reading students will be asked to develop an awareness of their own unique instrument as actors and learn to trust their inner impulses where this is concerned. Extensive out of class preparation of specific
Drama

The Anthropology of Religion — ANT2108.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Noah Coburn
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
This course takes an anthropological approach to the study of religion. It will look comparatively at how religion is understood in different cultures as well as studying different historical and theoretical approaches to religion. The course takes a holistic approach to religion and asks how religion is tied to such concepts as politics, kinship, gender and nationalism. It
Social Science

The Anthropology of Science and Technology — ANT2119.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: David Bond
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
This course introduces students to science and technology studies. Studying the laboratory as a foreign culture, technology as a built argument, and objectivity as a disembodied vision, this course approaches science as a history of the present; that is, as an unfolding force that is actively shaping the texture and significance of social life in the present. Readings will
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The Archive in Art — VA4216.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Liz Deschenes
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
This seven-week course is an introduction to the archive and how it has been central to artistic production of the 20th and 21st centuries. We will read Walter Benjamins Archive, Archive Fever: Uses of The Document in Contemporary Art, and conclude with The Big Archive. There will be lectures on how the archive exists in specific artists works. Students will be given short
Visual Arts

The Art of Acoustic Recording — MSR4052.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Julie Last
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
Building on the fundamentals developed in MSR2152 Beginning Workshop in Recording, this class will focus on specific techniques for creating quality recordings of a wide variety of instruments. We will develop an understanding of the sonic and musical properties that make each instrument unique as well as techniques for working with live instrumentalists and vocalists in the
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The Art of Literary Translation — LIT4319.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Marguerite Feitlowitz
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
It may be that the closest, most interpretative and creative reading of a text involves translating from one language to another. Questions of place, culture, epoch, voice, gender, and rhythm take on new urgency, helping us deepen our skills and sensibilities in new ways. The seminar has a triple focus: comparing and contrasting existing translations of a single work; reading
Literature

The Art of Spanish I: Language Through Painting — SPA2107.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Jonathan Pitcher
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
Students with little or no Spanish will learn the language through an immersion in Latin American painting. While there will be some discussion of standard tactics such as stylistic nuances and artists' biographies, it is expected that we will rapidly develop sufficient linguistic ability to focus on movements, ranging from the republican art of nation-building in the 19th
Languages

The Creation of Spain's Image: Myths Archetypes — SPA4102.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Sarah Harris
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
The Spanish philosopher José Ortega y Gasset once remarked of his compatriots, 'We prefer the lively sensation of things to the things themselves.' This course will focus on these 'lively sensations,' national myths of Spain that may or may not maintain much direct connection to the original 'things themselves.' National myths contain symbolic cultural significance and can
Languages

The Digital Photo Book — PHO4130.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Jonathan Kline
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
From photography's inception, photo books have been critical to the medium and have provided a way to understand our culture's use of images. In 1844 William Henry Fox Talbot utilized the book form with the first lens-based book, 'The Pencil of Nature'. In this course, students will explore the photo-based artist book as a vehicle for self-expression. A a variety of approaches
Visual Arts

The Dual Narrative and the Arab-Israeli Conflict — MED4206.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Michael Cohen
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
This course will look at one of the longest protracted conflicts in the world today. A complex conflict with many components this course will use the dual narrative approach to gain a deeper understanding of this century old war. Historical events and documents will be examined through the prism of the dual narrative. The dual narrative approach to the Arab-Israeli Conflict was
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The Film Trailer Project — FRE4119.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Noelle Rouxel-Cubberly
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
In this course, French films are used as linguistic and cultural textbooks. While honing their language skills (listening, reading, speaking and writing), students will focus on selected cultural topics (food, clothes, history, gestures, etc.). Students will create film trailers that reflect their understanding  of the French language and cultural realities. 
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The Human Condition: Hannah Arendt — PHI4101.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Paul Voice
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) was a major political theorist whose work has become increasingly influential in recent years. A student of Martin Heidegger and Karl Jaspers, her extensive writings cover such topics as the nature of power, the meaning of the political and the problem of totalitariansim. This seven-week course is a critical exploration of some of her major works,
Social Science

The Language of Material and Process — CER4250.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Barry Bartlett
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
This course will investigate the unique, material nature of clay as a sculptural medium. Students will explore the material aspects of clay such as dryness, wetness, mass and scale using a variety of mechanical processes that include extrusion, slab rolling, mold casting and experimental digital ceramic printing. In doing so, the pieces created will be used to convey ideas of
Visual Arts

The Making of a Poem — LIT4117.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Mark Wunderlich
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
How are poems made? What do we mean when we say something is 'lyrical' or 'poetic?' How do poets reward readers for the gift of their attention? In this course we will read the work of the poets who will come to campus as part of Poetry at Bennington and look at the strategies they use to shape poems that are distinctive, satisfying and rigorous. We will also examine their
Literature

The New York School of Poetry — LIT2198.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Michael Dumanis
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
This course will serve as an immersion in the work of several major American poets of the 1950s and 1960s, noted for their humor, irreverence, disjunctive experimentation, charm, and wildness, and collectively known as the New York School. We will begin by focusing on the original generation of New York School poets: John Ashbery, Frank OHara, Kenneth Koch, James Schuyler, and
Literature

The Sababa Project: Children in Crisis — MED4202.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Susan Sgorbati
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
There are similarities in children and adolescents all over the world who are in crisis, whether they are youth at-risk in the United States as a result of domestic violence, poverty, drug abuse, or for academic reasons, or if they are youth at-risk in countries that are at-risk, for example, because of horrific violence or issues of economic or environmental sustainability.
Conflict Resolution and Systems Design

The Scriptorium: Critical Theories — LIT2227.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Camille Guthrie
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
Our scriptorium, a "place for writing," will function as a class for beginning writers for those students who want to improve their essay skills. We will read to write and write to read, following the originator of the form, Montaigne. Much of our time will be occupied with writing probatively, as essai means "trial" or "attempt." This particular class will examine model
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Theatre and the Arts for Peace and Reconciliation — MED4102.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Daniel Michaelson
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
How can Theatre, Visual Arts, Music and Dance help youth in at-risk situations, or build international peace, or rehabilitate prisoners, or help victims of genocide, or heal the environment? Students in this class will investigate various efforts both local and international that involve theatre and other arts for social action, including the "Belarusian Dream" project in
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Thinking Like a Social Scientist — PSY2108.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: David Anderegg
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
This course introduces the method and materials of social science disciplines and focuses on how social scientists make arguments. The disciplines differ in their methods (for example experimental data analysis in psychology versus observational data in anthropology) but share a commitment to rigorous, non-prejudicial argument and a sometimes successful effort to transcend the
Social Science

Through Syntax to Style: A Grammar of Writing — LIT2169.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: John Gould
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
"Syntax" is the aspect of grammar concerned with the relationships of words in a language, with how they fit together to create meaning.  By exploring various English syntactical structures, we will discover a variety of ways to combine the same words to say slightly different things.  The course will rely heavily on the linguistic work of Noam Chomsky.  We will
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Time, History, and Memory — Canceled

Fall 2013
Instructor: Karen Danna
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
This course offers a critical appraisal of the concepts of time, history, and memory in the social and cognitive sciences. We will start by defining our field of research at the intersection of sociology, psychology, history, anthropology, and cognitive neuroscience. We will examine the emergence of memory as an object of study within these disciplines, and focus on the
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Traditional Music Ensemble — MPF4221.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: John Kirk
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
We will study and perform from the string band traditions of rural America. Nova Scotia, Quebecois, Irish, New England, Scandinavian, African American, dance, and ballad traditions will also be experienced with listening, practice (weekly group rehearsals outside of class), and performing components. Emphasis on ensemble intuition, playing by ear, and lifetime personal music
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Traditional Music of North America — MHI2135.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: John Kirk
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
This course explores music from early native music through contemporary singer-songwriters. Some of the traditions we draw from include African, Native American, Quebecois, Appalachian, Irish and Scottish, British Isle traditions, Cajun, Blues, Gospel, and Conjunto music. Instrumental, dance, and ballad traditions are explored. Students must bring a guitar, banjo, mandolin, or
Music

Twisted Siblings: Relationships Between Painting and Architecture — ARC4215.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Anthony Titus
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
Architecture and painting are two of the oldest forms of societal expression and have been historically linked in complex and dynamic ways. In the 20th century, the movements of Cubism, Futurism, Neo-Plasticism, and Constructivism exemplified vigorous relationships between painting and architecture. The course seeks to create new connections between the two disciplines in the
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Unique Prints: 3-D Prints and Modular Works — PRI4272.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Thorsten Dennerline
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
This course is an introduction to unique prints, or prints that are not necessarily printed as an edition. We will emphasize the making of mixed media prints using a broad range of methods from monotypes to digital prints. The class is structured around a series of projects where rigorous experimentation is encouraged. Students will learn various non-typical printmaking
Visual Arts