CRFT&SCI;:OBJ&MKING; EARLY MOD

CRFT&SCI;: OBJ&MKING; EARLY MOD

Chandler 260 , This course studies the materials, techniques, settings, and meanings of skilled craft and artistic practices in the early modern period (1350-1750), in order to reflect upon a series of issues, including craft knowledge and artisanal epistemology; the intersections between craft and science; and questions of historical methodology and evidence in the reconstruction of historical experience. The course will be run as a “Laboratory Seminar,” with discussions of primary and secondary materials, as well as text- and object-based research and hands-on work in a laboratory. One component of the
Making and Knowing Project
of the
Center for Science and Society
, this course contributes to the collaborative production of a transcription, English translation, and critical edition of a late sixteenth-century manuscript in French,
BnF Ms. Fr. 640
. In fall 2018, the course will focus on the cultural context, materials, and techniques of “making impressions” upon a variety of surfaces, including making reliefs for ornament and for printing, and inscribing metal, including engraving and etching. Several entries in the manuscript use what we think of as “print techniques” for metal decoration or making seals and molds, and other entries discuss printers’ type, and make use of prints for image transfer. Students will begin with skill-building exercises in culinary reconstruction, pigment making, and molding, and then, with advice from a visiting “expert maker,” will choose a research focus from the entries in the manuscript that cover such topics as draftsmanship, engraving techniques, print transfer, and other topics that intersect with printing and printmaking. The course will be taught this year only in fall 2018. It is not necessary to have either prior lab experience or French language skills. Please don't hesitate to contact Pamela Smith, ps2270@columbia.edu, if you have questions.

• Department: History
• M 10:10 a.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Pamela Smith
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 4 points

GENDER AS CRITIQUE

• Department: History
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Camille A Robcis
  CULPA: 2 Wikipedia Info
• 4 points

HISTORY AND THEORY

This course is attentive to how social contexts shape the reception of ideas that are assumed to have universal purchase. The seminar adopts a historical mode of presentation, and locates social theory in its global contexts with a specific focus on the global South.We follow the itinerary of two concepts,
equality
and
difference
. Can we write a global history of social thought? How are ideas and contexts transformed when they encounter forms of social difference (e.g., race, caste, religion) that must be thought on their own terms? What is the relationship between commitments to equality, on the one hand, and the preservation of difference on the other?
Readings for the seminar will include a mix of classic texts of social theory, and monographs in history and anthropology that seek to engage and redirect the energies of social thought toward questions of translation, commensuration, and alterity.

• Department: History
• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Anupama Rao
  CULPA: 28 Info
• 4 points

GEOPOLITICS

The term "geopolitics" and its cognates emerged at the very end of the nineteenth century in connection to new forms of nationalism and inter-imperialist competition in Europe and the world. Emphasizing the mutually constitutive relationship among power, place, and knowledge, geopolitics has most often been associated with a "realist" and state-centric approach to international relations, although recent decades have seen the rise of a critical geopolitics that includes a far wider range of social actors. This course is both a conceptual history of geopolitics as the term has been defined and applied over the last hundred years, as well as a critical survey of the changing relations among technology, state power, and spatiality in connection to strategies of global competition and conflict. The course includes an introduction to Global Imaging Systems in the second week.

• Department: History
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Charles K Armstrong
  CULPA: 10 Wikipedia Info
• 4 points

M.A. THESIS

• Department: Art History and Archaeology
• Instructor: Frederique Baumgartner
  CULPA: 3 Info
• Instructor: Barry G Bergdoll
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Diane Bodart
  CULPA: 3 Info
• Instructor: Zeynep Celik
  Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Michael Cole
  CULPA: 4 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Jonathan K Crary
  CULPA: 11 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Francesco de Angelis
  CULPA: 10 Info
• Instructor: Vidya Dehejia
  CULPA: 16 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Dawn H Delbanco
  CULPA: 12 Info
• Instructor: David A Freedberg
  Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Meredith Gamer
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Robert Harrist
  CULPA: 19 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Kellie Jones
  CULPA: 3 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Branden W Joseph
  CULPA: 9 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Holger A Klein
  CULPA: 13 Info
• Instructor: Rosalind Krauss
  CULPA: 10 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Janet L Kraynak
  Info
• Instructor: Matthew P McKelway
  CULPA: 6 Info
• Instructor: Ioannis Mylonopoulos
  CULPA: 13 Info
• Instructor: Eleonora Pistis
  Info
• Instructor: John Rajchman
  Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Avinoam Shalem
  CULPA: 4 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Zoe S Strother
  CULPA: 10 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Michael J Waters
  CULPA: 5 h-index: 3 Info
• 3-6 points

RESEARCH FOR ADVANCED STUDENTS

• Department: Art History and Archaeology
• Instructor: Zainab Bahrani
  CULPA: 11 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Frederique Baumgartner
  CULPA: 3 Info
• Instructor: Barry G Bergdoll
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Diane Bodart
  CULPA: 3 Info
• Instructor: Zeynep Celik
  Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Michael Cole
  CULPA: 4 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Jonathan K Crary
  CULPA: 11 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Francesco de Angelis
  CULPA: 10 Info
• Instructor: Vidya Dehejia
  CULPA: 16 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Dawn H Delbanco
  CULPA: 12 Info
• Instructor: Noam M Elcott
  CULPA: 6 h-index: 7 Info
• Instructor: David A Freedberg
  Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Meredith Gamer
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Robert Harrist
  CULPA: 19 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Kellie Jones
  CULPA: 3 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Branden W Joseph
  CULPA: 9 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Holger A Klein
  CULPA: 13 Info
• Instructor: Rosalind Krauss
  CULPA: 10 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Janet L Kraynak
  Info
• Instructor: Matthew P McKelway
  CULPA: 6 Info
• Instructor: Ioannis Mylonopoulos
  CULPA: 13 Info
• Instructor: Eleonora Pistis
  Info
• Instructor: John Rajchman
  Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Avinoam Shalem
  CULPA: 4 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Zoe S Strother
  CULPA: 10 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Michael J Waters
  CULPA: 5 h-index: 3 Info
• 3-6 points

QUODLIBETAL STUDIES I

Prerequisites: high-quality work in the previous term.
Arrangements must be made with the director of graduate studies. Tutorial work in specialized research topics.

• Department: Philosophy
• Instructor: David Albert
  CULPA: 32 Wikipedia h-index: 40 Info
• Instructor: Akeel Bilgrami
  CULPA: 28 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Taylor Carman
  CULPA: 40 Wikipedia h-index: 19 Info
• Instructor: Justin Clarke-Doane
  h-index: 10 Info
• Instructor: John D Collins
  CULPA: 45 Info
• Instructor: Melissa S Fusco
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Haim Gaifman
  CULPA: 13 Wikipedia h-index: 30 Info
• Instructor: Lydia Goehr
  CULPA: 26 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Robert Gooding-Williams
  Wikipedia h-index: 15 Info
• Instructor: Axel Honneth
  CULPA: 2 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Dhananjay Jagannathan
  Info
• Instructor: Patricia Kitcher
  CULPA: 17 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Philip Kitcher
  CULPA: 23 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Tamar A Lando
  CULPA: 8 Info
• Instructor: Karen Lewis
  CULPA: 12 h-index: 7 Info
• Instructor: Wolfgang R Mann
  CULPA: 36 Info
• Instructor: Christia Mercer
  CULPA: 56 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Michele Moody-Adams
  CULPA: 20 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: John Morrison
  CULPA: 12 h-index: 7 Info
• Instructor: Frederick Neuhouser
  CULPA: 20 Wikipedia h-index: 16 Info
• Instructor: Christopher Peacocke
  CULPA: 4 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Carol Rovane
  CULPA: 13 Info
• Instructor: Una Stojnic
  Info
• Instructor: Kathryn C Tabb
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Achille Varzi
  CULPA: 30 Wikipedia h-index: 40 Info
• Instructor: Katja Vogt
  CULPA: 36 Info
• Instructor: Joseph Raz
  Info
• 3-6 points

QUODLIBETAL STUDIES III

Prerequisites: high-quality work in the previous term.
Arrangements must be made with the director of graduate studies. Tutorial work in specialized research topics.

• Department: Philosophy
• Instructor: David Albert
  CULPA: 32 Wikipedia h-index: 40 Info
• Instructor: Akeel Bilgrami
  CULPA: 28 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Taylor Carman
  CULPA: 40 Wikipedia h-index: 19 Info
• Instructor: Justin Clarke-Doane
  h-index: 10 Info
• Instructor: John D Collins
  CULPA: 45 Info
• Instructor: Melissa S Fusco
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Haim Gaifman
  CULPA: 13 Wikipedia h-index: 30 Info
• Instructor: Lydia Goehr
  CULPA: 26 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Robert Gooding-Williams
  Wikipedia h-index: 15 Info
• Instructor: Axel Honneth
  CULPA: 2 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Dhananjay Jagannathan
  Info
• Instructor: Patricia Kitcher
  CULPA: 17 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Philip Kitcher
  CULPA: 23 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Tamar A Lando
  CULPA: 8 Info
• Instructor: Karen Lewis
  CULPA: 12 h-index: 7 Info
• Instructor: Wolfgang R Mann
  CULPA: 36 Info
• Instructor: Christia Mercer
  CULPA: 56 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Michele Moody-Adams
  CULPA: 20 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: John Morrison
  CULPA: 12 h-index: 7 Info
• 3-6 points