WHAT IS AMERICAN STUDIES?
Prerequisites: None Corequisites: None What is America? Who is American? How do we live in America? This new lecture course will introduce you to the dynamic, inter-disciplinary field of American Studies.
WHAT IS AMERICAN STUDIES-DIS
Corequisites: AMST UN1010 This is the required discussion section for AMST UN1010 Intro to American Studies
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Cultural Studies
AMST Methods: Cultural St
The study of culture is at the heart of the humanities and social sciences. Each discipline outlines a specific way of defining culture, a specific set of research questions, and a specific way to collect and analyze evidence. Though it is an interdisciplinary formation, American Studies, too, is marked by specific ways of approaching the study of culture. In contemporary American Studies, this approach is rooted in the approach that was first developed at the Birmingham School of Cultural Studies. This course serves as an introduction to cultural studies, with a particular focus on the concept of “structures of feeling,” as proposed by the Welsh critic Raymond Williams.
- T 2 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
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Instructor:
Manu Karuka
Info - 4 points
ABORTION IN CONTEXT
Abortion access will shape the lives of your generation—and yet the issue of abortion is too often left to misinformation and disconnected from its role in overall reproductive freedom. In this course, we will put abortion into multiple contexts (historical, political, legal, pharmaceutical, religious), drawing interdisciplinary material from scholars, activists, community organizers, lawyers, care providers, and journalists. Each class will feature a guest speaker who has dedicated their career to advocating for abortion as a critical part of overall reproductive healthcare in the United States and internationally. Grounded in the reproductive justice framework, which aims not only to protect the “right to choose” but also to create the economic, social, and environmental conditions in which people can parent with dignity, we will think of abortion as one critical part of a constellation of projects that, together, work toward total reproductive freedom.
- M 10:10 a.m.-noon
- 4 points
ABORTION IN CONTEXT DISCUSSION SECTION
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- R 1:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
- F 2:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
- R 1:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
- R 2:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
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SENIOR RESEARCH ESSAY SEMINAR
- T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Jennie Kassanoff
CULPA: 20
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Instructor:
Vrinda Condillac
CULPA: 28
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- 4 points
Du Bois Seminar
This seminar engages the life and work of W.E.B. Du Bois, widely understood to be the greatest intellectual in U.S. history. Students will read and discuss Du Bois’s autobiography, and major works across his long and prolific career. Major themes include pan-Africanism, socialism, and peace.
- R 2 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
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Instructor:
Manu Karuka
Info - 4 points