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Fall 2018

Islamic Art and Modernity — cancelled

Fall 2018

Instructor: Razan Francis

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Credits: 4

The historiography of Islamic art has not been at ease associating Islamic art with modernity. The scarcity of scholarship on the artistic production of Islamic cultures between the end of the eighteenth century and the end of the twentieth century is, in part, due to the collecting practices and acquisition policies of the Western museum; that have not conceived such works as

Visual Arts

Italians About Their World(s) — ITA4404.01

Fall 2018

Instructor: Barbara Alfano

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Credits: 4

Come with a lot of curiosity as well as critical sense to discover what Italians say about their own cultural, social, and political habits and what they fail to comment upon. Through journal articles, interviews, advertisements, web sites, film, e-mails, and conversations with Italians, we will see what Italy has to say about issues such as family and familism; the role of

Languages

Jazz Ensemble — MPF4250.01

Fall 2018

Instructor: Hui Cox

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Credits: 2

This ensemble will perform a wide range of Jazz music (a genre that is constantly evolving), with an emphasis on both ensemble playing and improvisation skills. By playing together, students will learn how blues, swing, Latin, and rock elements have all fueled this music called jazz. Students will also learn how major Jazz artists such as Ellington, Monk, Mingus, Wayne Shorter,

Music

Jazz Piano — MIN4240.01

Fall 2018

Instructor: Music Faculty (TBD)

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Credits: 2

Weekly private instruction in jazz piano to be arranged with instructor. Explore and develop skills and knowledge required to effectively play non-classical piano repertoire. Styles covered: blues, reggae, salsa, bossa-nova and jazz. Create bass lines, chord voicings, stylistic rhythms, melodies and improvised solos. Corequisites: Participation in Music Workshop, Tuesdays 6:30

Music

Kant Seminar: The Three Critiques — PHI4266.01

Fall 2018

Instructor: Paul Voice

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Credits: 4

Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) describes his own work in metaphysics by analogy with Copernicus’s revolution in astronomy. He constructs a system of thought that attempts to move beyond the empiricism of Hume and the rationalism of Leibniz and Wolff. His method - critique - and his theory - transcendental idealism - have profoundly influenced all subsequent philosophy. In three

Society Culture and Thought

Kurdish Cinema: Images from a Longtime Stateless Nation — DRA2149.01

Fall 2018

Instructor: Burcu Seyben

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Credits: 4

Kurds live in many different countries in the Middle East and Asia, but until recently they were forced to live without a self-governing region. Nevertheless, Kurdish cinema has flourished, especially since the turn of the 21stcentury. Both feature films and documentaries proliferate throughout the region. This course will look closely at contemporary Kurdish films and

Drama

La Generación del 98 — SPA4503.01

Fall 2018

Instructor: Jonathan Pitcher

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Credits: 4

Paradoxically initiated by the loss of its last colonies in the Spanish-American War of 1898 and a Nicaraguan poet’s invention of modernism, Spain’s rebirth, its Silver Age, was marked by an increasingly cosmopolitan, radical egoism. This cultural revitalization, particularly the newfound gravitas of the philosophical essay, fed by America to Europe then back to America once

Languages

Language as System and Social Behavior — LIN2101.01

Fall 2018

Instructor: Thomas Leddy-Cecere

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Credits: 4

In this course, students will examine the building blocks which make up the interlocking systems of language and observe how those systems are enacted and granted layers of meaning through social practice. Beyond developing an understanding of the basic mechanics of sound systems, word-meaning relations, and the expression of grammatical values in languages of the world, we

Languages Society Culture and Thought

Language, Power and Belonging in the Middle East and North Africa — LIN4101.01

Fall 2018

Instructor: Thomas Leddy-Cecere

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Credits: 4

This course addresses the ways in which language defines and projects power and identity, as well as its role as a societal force with the capacity to embrace or marginalize individuals and entire communities. The course will consider what language is in these contexts as well as public and official conceptions of what it ought to be, and will utilize a combination of primary

Languages Society Culture and Thought

Latin American Art since Independence — SPA2111.01

Fall 2018

Instructor: Jonathan Pitcher

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Credits: 4

This course ranges from the republican art of nation-building in the 19th century to modernism, magical realism, and the postmodern. 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 ability to focus on movements, theory, and politics, thus treating the works as

Languages Visual Arts

Latinx Avant-Garde — LIT4125.01

Fall 2018

Instructor: Natalie Scenters-Zapico

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Credits: 4

“Rather than sit at our drafting table as aesthetic innovators, we Latin@ poets are expected to normalize our histories and tell the ancestral tales of our colorful otherness” write Carmen Giménez Smith and John Chávez in their introduction to the anthology Angels of the Americlypse. How do expectations of the Latinx experience as filled with colorful papel picado, calaveras,

Literature

Letterpress: Technique, Materials, and Equipment — PRI4208.01

Fall 2018

Instructor: Julia Ferrari and Mike Smoot

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Credits: 4

This will be a studio art class during which students are introduced to the techniques, materials and equipment used in letterpress printing. Students will complete a series of assignments designed to give them practice in these techniques and for them to become more adept at using the materials and equipment. Ambitious students will be able to do more advanced work, as the

Visual Arts

Life and Death of Lorca — SPA4303.01

Fall 2018

Instructor: Sarah Harris

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Credits: 4

“In Spain, the dead are more alive than the dead of any other country in the world,” wrote Federico García Lorca (1898-1936), and indeed, Lorca’s own untimely death ensured his vibrant legacy as it came to represent the murder of intellectual and artistic freedoms. Lorca’s work and life provide a window into the rich artistic heritage of Andalucía and the twentieth century in

Languages

Life Drawing Lab — DRW2118.01

Fall 2018

Instructor: Colin Brant

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Credits: 2

Drawing Lab provides an opportunity for student artists of all experience levels to further develop their skills with observational-based drawing. Working primarily with the human figure, students build increased understanding of the poetic, dynamic, and inherently abstract nature of drawing, while paying close attention to the potential of formal elements such as shape, line,

Visual Arts

Light Lighting — PHO4252.01

Fall 2018

Instructor: Jonathan Kline

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Credits: 4

This intermediate course will explore the way light conveys emotional, narrative, and psychological meaning. The goal is to increase students’ experience in recognizing and shaping these effects. Lectures will be drawn from the history of photography, as well as cinema and contemporary art. Workshops and demos will involve small collaborative teams in a variety of studio and on

Visual Arts

Logic, Proofs, Algebra, and Set Theory — MAT2410.01

Fall 2018

Instructor: Carly Briggs

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Credits: 4

This introductory course will cover key foundations needed for more advanced mathematics; it should also be of interest to students not primarily studying mathematics. For students wanting to go on in mathematics, the topics and skills covered in this class will be fundamental in all advanced mathematics classes. In particular, this class may be used as a prerequisite for

Science and Mathematics Society Culture and Thought

Lost and Found in the Nineteenth Century — HIS2142.01

Fall 2018

Instructor: Eileen Scully

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Credits: 4

This is an immersion in “portraiture,” a unique methodology that “seeks to unveil the universal truths and resonant stories that lie in the specifics and complexity of everyday life.” Using online materials, including historical newspapers, censuses and vital records, we will draw up a list of people to “look for,” such as runaway slaves, absconding debtors, eloping spouses,

Society Culture and Thought

Low Tech Relief Printmaking — PRI2118.01

Fall 2018

Instructor: Sarah Amos

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Credits: 4

This class will explore the many varied techniques within the Relief family. We will be working with the following materials: linoleum, soft cut rubber, Mat board for Collagraphs and plastic plates for Carborundum Relief prints. We will also be looking at Monoprinting and Stencils to be used in collaboration with one or two of the other techniques. All of these techniques in

Visual Arts

Makers Making/Performance in the 21st Century — DAN4129.01

Fall 2018

Instructor: Elena Demyanenko

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Credits: 2

“Isn’t every artist essentially starting from nothing, no matter what they might have presented to theater directors or financiers? Isn’t the meaning of a work always discovered, to some extent, by its creator during the process of making it?” (Roslyn Sulcas). These are just some of the questions about the making, style, process, logistics, methods, and systems makers employ

Dance

Making from Scratch/Sourcing the Body — DAN2256.01

Fall 2018

Instructor: Elena Demyanenko

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Credits: 2

This is a practice for participants of any discipline to activate the awareness towards the detailed body, vigorous body, sensitive body, rebellious body, fantastic body, in their chosen form or medium. Trusting the intrinsic intelligence of the body in making, we will source multiple systems (e.g. muscular, skeletal, fluid, organ) and other ways of reading the body (e.g.

Dance

Mallet Percussion Ensemble — MPF4106.01

Fall 2018

Instructor: Michael Wimberly

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Credits: 4

Mallet Percussion Ensemble explores a variety of musical techniques while creating compositions for the mallet keyboard instrument. This includes compositions for Marimba, Xylophone, Glockenspiel, Vibraphone, and African Balafon. Compositions may be adapted from composers such as, Bach, Fernando Sor, Gordon Stout, Franz Schubert, and World music, as well as popular songs. No

Music

Mandolin — MIN2229.01

Fall 2018

Instructor: John Kirk

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Credits: 2

Beginning, intermediate and advanced group or individual lessons on the mandolin will be offered. Students will learn classical technique on the mandolin and start to develop a repertoire of classical and traditional folk pieces. Simple song sheets with chords, tablature, and standard notation, chord theory, and scale work will all be used to further skills. Students will be

Music

Many Peoples, One World — ANT2101.01

Fall 2018

Instructor: Miroslava Prazak

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Credits: 4

Why are cultures and societies so different, and simultaneously, so similar? We explore these questions by reading various ethnographic studies, meanwhile developing an anthropological perspective on economy and politics, social organization, kinship and family life, ideology and ritual, ecology and adaptation. We also focus on the sources and dynamics of inequality. Against

Society Culture and Thought

Markmaking and Representation — DRW2149.02, section 2

Fall 2018

Instructor: Colin Brant

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Credits: 4

The fundamentals of drawing are the basic tools for this investigation into seeing and translation. Using simple methods and means, the practice of drawing is approached from both traditional and experimental directions. The focus of this inquiry is on drawing from observation, broadly defined. In class drawing sessions are complemented by independent, outside of class work and

Visual Arts

Markmaking and Representation — DRW2149.01, section 1

Fall 2018

Instructor: Mary Lum

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Credits: 4

Visual Arts