ENGL 1620

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ENGL 1620
Engaged Humanities Seminar

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2017-2018.

The Engaged Humanities Seminar centers students critically and reflectively around sites of the public humanities and arts including museums, historic sites, performances, archives, parks and monuments, institutions, and organizations in order to gain greater understanding of the presence and influence of the arts and humanities in the day-to-day experience of communities, as well as scholars.  On-campus preparation and student research prepare members of the seminar for field and site visits that are followed by reflective sessions and connections to the larger context of the interpretive mapping of these sites through Engaged Cornell and other campus programmatic and departmental links. Topics vary for each section.

When Offered Spring.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: The Latinx Heritage of Cornell

  • 18841 ENGL 1620   SEM 101

  •  
    • F
    • Feb 9, 2018

    • Miller, A

    • F
    • Feb 23 - Mar 2, 2018

    • Miller, A

  • The Latinx heritage of Cornell goes back to its founding with a significant presence of students from Latin America and a distinguished Puerto Rican professor among the earliest faculty members who later became first Dean of the College of Engineering. In this seminar, we will explore the career and continued campus presence and memorialization of Prof. Esteban Fuertes and his son, Louis Agassiz Fuertes who are major figures in Cornell’s Fuertes Observatory and the Lab of Ornithology. Through special collections, we will also explore their personal reactions and engagement with the U.S. conquest of Puerto Rico as it occurred during their Cornell careers. The class includes a Saturday field trip.

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Women's Suffrage at Cornell

  • 18842 ENGL 1620   SEM 102

  •  
    • F
    • Mar 9, 2018

    • Miller, A

    • F
    • Mar 23 - Mar 30, 2018

    • Miller, A

  • Celebrating the hundredth anniversary of women’s right to vote in the state of New York, we will explore the activism on campus and in the Ithaca area associated with the achievement of women’s suffrage. Visits to the Howland Stone Store Museum in Sherwood, NY, which houses the largest collection of suffrage posters in the U.S. and preserves the memory of Ezra Cornell’s friend and activist Emily Howland, as well as the National Park in Seneca Falls will provide context for our local considerations. The class includes a Saturday field trip.

Syllabi: none

  •   Seven Week - Second. 

  • 1 Credit Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Indigenous Heritage at Cornell and Beyond

  • 18843 ENGL 1620   SEM 103

  •  
    • F
    • Apr 13 - Apr 27, 2018

    • Miller, A

      Miller, A

    • S
    • Apr 21, 2018

  • As of March 7, this course will not count toward graduation or good standing for Arts and Sciences students. New York state is one of the few eastern states to retain a significant presence and sovereignty for its indigenous Haudenosaunee population. We will explore the limited archeological record for the Cornell campus and Ithaca through special collections, meet with leaders of the Cayuga People working on a revived presence at the northern end of the lake, and travel to Ganondagan and Salamanca to learn from the more established modern Seneca nation to understand the history, heritage, and continued indigenous presence in this region. The class includes a Saturday field trip.