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Upside/down 2.0: Business in the 21st Century — APA2156.01

Fall 2018

Instructor: Charles Crowell

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Credits: 4

We have all unknowingly adsorbed business startup mythologies in our culture as fact – like the viability of starting in a garage or basement, starting small, and with little capital, as well as whatever clickbait faux news (“Young Billionaires!”) we read in the newest online forum dedicated to start-up culture. These success stories are all wrong, or “upside /down”, for the

CAPA

Violin/Viola — MIN4345.01

Fall 2018

Instructor: Kaori Washiyama

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Credits: 2

Studies in all left-hand position and shifting and an exploration of various bow techniques. Students can select from the concerto, sonata repertoire, short pieces and etudes for study designed to develop technique, advance musicianship and prepare for performance. Corequisites: Must participate and perform at least twice in Music Workshop (Tu. 6:30pm – 8:00pm) Auditions will

Music

Visual Arts Lecture Series — VA2999.01

Fall 2018

Instructor: Visual Arts Faculty

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Credits: 1

Each term, Bennington offers a program of five-six lectures by visiting arts professionals: artists, curators, historians and critics, selected to showcase the diversity of contemporary art practices. Designed to enhance a broader and deeper knowledge of various disciplines in the Visual Arts and to stimulate campus dialogue around topical issues of contemporary art and

Visual Arts

Visual Arts Lecture Series Seminar — VA4218.01

Fall 2018

Instructor: J. Vanessa Lyon

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Credits: 2

This discussion-animated, readings-based seminar provides art historical, cultural, and critical contexts for the Visual Arts Lecture Series (VALS). In addition to our ongoing interrogation of the public lecture as such, students present their own work (in any field) and analyze the technical and stylistic aspects of structuring an effective and engaging 'talk.' The course

Visual Arts

War in the 21st Century — ANT4124.01

Fall 2018

Instructor: Noah Coburn

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Credits: 4

This seminar explores the ways in which war has (or has not) changed over the past two decades. Using anthropological tools we will ask questions about: the role of drones and other new technologies, the changing nature of the American Empire, strategic approaches to warfare including counterinsurgency and nuclear deterrence, the economic impact of global economies and

Society Culture and Thought

Water Dialogues: Conflicts Over Our Most Valuable Resource — APA2220.01

Fall 2018

Instructor: Susan Sgorbati

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Credits: 2

Water is the essence of life. Access to Clean Water for drinking, fishing, irrigation and sanitation are basic human rights. In this course, we will use two texts: "Written in Water: Messages of Hope for Earth's Most Precious Resource" edited by Irena Salin and Water: The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power, and Civilization by Steven Solomon. Water as a source of conflict for

CAPA Environment

Water: First Home of Life — APA2148.01

Fall 2018

Instructor: Burcu Seyben

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Credits: 4

Water is the source of life. Scientists search for water in the universe to discover if there is life out there. Civilizations of the ancient world flourished near water. Over the centuries, we have established relationships with water other than merely using it to survive. How has our relationship with water been changing, and how has this affected water? What role do

CAPA Environment

What is Economics? — SCT2136.02

Fall 2018

Instructor: Lopamudra Banerjee

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Credits: 1

You may have some familiarity with economics, from a course in high school or through various insights gleaned from news reports. But many people who need to consider the economic implications of policy, or who want to understand issues about how resources and wealth are allocated, have scant understanding of the key ideas of the field. This seminar addresses that: it is an

Society Culture and Thought

What is the Truth? World War II from the Japanese Perspective — JPN4709.01

Fall 2018

Instructor: Ikuko Yoshida

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Credits: 4

What is the truth in history? Is there one truth? In this course, students learn World War II from the Japanese point of view by reading and examining Japanese history textbooks, novels, essays, and films. Historical events such as the bombings of Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima can be perceived differently depending on whether you study them in Japan or in America. In other

Languages

Witchcraft and Magic in Pre-Modern Europe — HIS4104.01

Fall 2018

Instructor: Carol Pal

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Credits: 4

What is magic? What is a witch? Who is a witch? And in the increasingly rational culture of Europe after the Renaissance, how and why did nearly 100,000 people – predominantly women – come to be tried for the crime of witchcraft? In many ways, the investigation of these questions hangs on another question: how do we differentiate science, magic, and religion? In premodern

Society Culture and Thought

Written California, 1850s to the Present — LIT2374.01

Fall 2018

Instructor: Kathleen Alcott

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Credits: 4

“Though every prospect pleases, and only man is vile.” Traveling through the brand new state of California to conduct a survey of its geology, William. H. Brewer couldn’t help but think of this line from Heber. Even in its earliest iteration, California was a place where the fantasy of expansion—whether mental, geographical, technological—came at a dramatic cost. As the

Literature

Zeitgeist and the Political Poem — LIT2325.01

Fall 2018

Instructor: Natalie Scenters-Zapico

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Credits: 4

“Poets are: a) clowns b) parasites c) legislators d) terrorists” —“Quiz” Linh Dinh In this course we will explore the ever changing role of the political poem. We will begin by reading Hegel’s Phenomenology of the Spirit to use as a lens with which to explore how art reflects the zeitgeist of the culture that creates it. What role does the poet play in reflecting the popular

Literature