Society for the Humanities (SHUM)Arts and Sciences
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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2021-2022.
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Classes
SHUM 2025
Course Description
Apartheid was a brutal system of segregating every aspect of life for different racial groups in South Africa. This notorious system of racial oppression survived for four and a half decades before it ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 2025, HIST 2025
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW McGraw Hall 145
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Borah, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
SHUM 2240
Course Description
This course combines (Afro)Latinx social dance forms with modern concert dance, related forms, and hip hop, including the histories of these dance forms, exploring new fusions across these genres without ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PE 1188, PMA 2240, VISST 2540
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 320
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Aldape Munoz, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
SHUM 2241
Course Description
In this course we will use the Game of Thrones series as a way of familiarizing ourselves with different tools of cultural analysis and approaches in literary theory (such as narratology, psychoanalysis, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 2241
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Rockefeller Hall 187
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Bachner, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
SHUM 2675
Course Description
This class aims to approach the literature and culture of the Cold War as the birth of the present "Age of Information," as well as the origin of modern notions of privacy that are now being superseded. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 2675, ENGL 2675
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Uris Library 311
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Braddock, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
SHUM 2750
Course Description
These seminars offer an introduction to the humanities by exploring historical, cultural, social, and political themes. Students will explore themes in critical dialogue with a range of texts and media ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 2750, ENGL 2950, GOVT 2755
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Energy
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR A D White House 109
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Pinkus, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Enrollment preference will be given to students in the Humanities Scholars Program. See the Humanities Scholars Program website for the specific description of SHUM 2750, SEM101, "Energy." https://as.cornell.edu/research/hsp-core-courses
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Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 2750, CLASS 2750
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: The Afterlife of the Roman Landscape
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR A D White House 109
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Tally-Schumacher, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Enrollment preference will be given to students in the Humanities Scholars Program. See the Humanities Scholars Program website for the specific description of SHUM 2750, SEM 102, "The Afterlife of the Roman Landscape." https://as.cornell.edu/research/hsp-core-courses
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Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 2751, ASRC 2750, ENGL 2950
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Environmental Justice in Upstate NY
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR A D White House 110
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Reynolds, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Enrollment preference will be given to students in the Humanities Scholars Program. See the Humanities Scholars Program website for the specific description of SHUM 2750, SEM 103, "Environmental Justice in Upstate NY." https://as.cornell.edu/research/hsp-core-courses
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SHUM 2812
Course Description
An introduction to the history and theory of writing systems from cuneiform to the alphabet, historical and new writing media, and the complex relationship of writing technologies to human language and ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 2812, CLASS 2812, LING 2212, NES 2812, STS 2812, VISST 2812
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Rockefeller Hall 122
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Kirk, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
SHUM 3120
Course Description
Undergraduate seminar in Greek. Topics: Fall - Herodotus; Spring - Euripides, Alcestis. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GREEK 3120, GREEK 5130
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Euripides, Alcestis
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 158
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Umachandran, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
SHUM 3625
Course Description
This course takes a critical perspective on the centrality of Paris to canonical narratives of modernity and modern art and architecture. We will look both at some of the defining art movements of the ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 3625, ARTH 6625
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Rockefeller Hall 128
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Presutti, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
SHUM 3742
Course Description
When an African and an African American meet, solidarity is presumed, but often friction is the result. In this course, we will consider how Africans and African Americans see each other through literature. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3732, ASRC 3742, ENGL 3742
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall 283
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Ngugi, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
SHUM 3750
Course Description
This course explores the practice, theory, and methodology of humanities research, critical analysis, and communication through writing and oral presentation. We will study the work and impact of humanists ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 3950, ASIAN 3375, NES 3750
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW A D White House 110
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Ghosh, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Enrollment preference given to students in the Humanities Scholars Program.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
SHUM 4008
Course Description
In recent years, scholars in Indigenous studies, Black studies, Asian American studies, Latinx studies, and Arab American studies have discussed variant dispossessions that influence their own cultural ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 4008, ENGL 4928, NES 4008
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 236
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Ghanayem, E
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
SHUM 4605
Course Description
This course takes up literatures and arts of Black speculation in the broadest terms, from science fiction and fantasy to Afrofuturism and Afropunk to Phillis Wheatley's and Outkast's poetics. We'll give ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4603, ASRC 4655, ENGL 4605
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Africana Ctr B01
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Spires, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
SHUM 4666
Course Description
In this course, we will take an inter- and multidisciplinary approach that examines works of fiction, film, performance, and photography, as well as graffiti, souvenirs, and internet memes, to explore ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LATA 4666, LATA 6666, SHUM 6666, SPAN 4666, SPAN 6666
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M A D White House 110
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Troconis Gonzalez, I
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
This class will be taught in English.
SHUM 4667
Course Description
Sonic Remains investigates how music/sound are mobilized to negotiate the passage of time, as well as how, by enduring and being retrieved through bodies, objects, and media formats, they challenge the ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: MUSIC 4667, MUSIC 6667, SHUM 6667, STS 4667, STS 6667
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T A D White House 201
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Zuazu Bermejo, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
SHUM 4668
Course Description
This seminar will examine the theoretical, critical, and practical methods necessary for the identification and interpretation of archives through the lenses of Afro-Puerto Rican and Afro-diasporic afterlives. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 4668, ASRC 6668, FGSS 4668, FGSS 6668, LSP 4668, LSP 6668, SHUM 6668
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T A D White House 110
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Figueroa-Vasquez, Y
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
SHUM 4669
Course Description
This course examines the history of policing in Black communities from its origins in slavery, through the Civil Rights/Black Power eras and the War on Drugs, to the present day. Specifically, it reveals ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4669, AMST 6669, ASRC 4669, ASRC 6669, HIST 4669, HIST 6669, SHUM 6669
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R A D White House 110
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Alexander, L
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
SHUM 4670
Course Description
DNA has become a pervasive feature of our lives, and a critical object through which race and justice are imagined and contested. DNA shapes how we think about ancestral pasts, medical futures, identity, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 4470, ANTHR 7470, ASRC 4670, ASRC 6670, SHUM 6670, STS 4670, STS 6670
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R A D White House 110
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Tamarkin, N
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
SHUM 4701
Course Description
This course explores nightlife as a temporality that fosters countercultural performances of the self and that serves as a site for the emergence of alternative kinship networks. Focusing on queer communities ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4705, FGSS 4701, LGBT 4701, LSP 4701, LSP 6701, PMA 4701, PMA 6701
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 124
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Jaime, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
SHUM 4750
Course Description
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-2 Credits Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M A D White House 110
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Reynolds, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
This class is for seniors in the Humanities Scholars Program.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-2 Credits Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T A D White House 109
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Tally-Schumacher, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
SHUM 4800
Course Description
This seminar will introduce students to the public humanities as both a disciplinary inquiry and a set of practices grounded in public and community engagement. It is intended to train cohorts of graduate ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: SHUM 6800
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W A D White House 109
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Rickard, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Department Consent Required (Add)
SHUM 4866
Course Description
It is a fundamental part of human activity to dress or cover one's body and environment. While the symbolic significance of such clothing has long been recognized, the activity of producing fabric itself ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4856, ARTH 6856, CLASS 4756, VISST 4857
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Johnson Museum 2L41 lecture rm
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Alexandridis, A
McGowan, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
SHUM 4916
Course Description
China, a cultural giant of East Asia, made a passive entrance into modernity. With the advent of Western and American colonialism and imperialism, coupled with recent successes in westernization by the ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4816, ARTH 6816, ASIAN 4473, ASIAN 6673
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Goldwin Smith Hall G24
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Pan, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
SHUM 6356
Course Description
The recent deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor sparked a global protest movement for social justice and against police brutality. Beyond the US, these events also fostered a stronger ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: MUSIC 7356
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Lincoln Hall 124
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Ndiaye, B
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
SHUM 6666
Course Description
In this course, we will take an inter- and multidisciplinary approach that examines works of fiction, film, performance, and photography, as well as graffiti, souvenirs, and internet memes, to explore ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LATA 4666, LATA 6666, SHUM 4666, SPAN 4666, SPAN 6666
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M A D White House 110
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Troconis Gonzalez, I
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
This class will be taught in English.
SHUM 6667
Course Description
Sonic Remains investigates how music/sound are mobilized to negotiate the passage of time, as well as how, by enduring and being retrieved through bodies, objects, and media formats, they challenge the ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: MUSIC 4667, MUSIC 6667, SHUM 4667, STS 4667, STS 6667
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T A D White House 201
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Zuazu Bermejo, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
SHUM 6668
Course Description
This seminar will examine the theoretical, critical, and practical methods necessary for the identification and interpretation of archives through the lenses of Afro-Puerto Rican and Afro-diasporic afterlives. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 4668, ASRC 6668, FGSS 4668, FGSS 6668, LSP 4668, LSP 6668, SHUM 4668
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T A D White House 110
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Figueroa-Vasquez, Y
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
SHUM 6669
Course Description
This course examines the history of policing in Black communities from its origins in slavery, through the Civil Rights/Black Power eras and the War on Drugs, to the present day. Specifically, it reveals ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4669, AMST 6669, ASRC 4669, ASRC 6669, HIST 4669, HIST 6669, SHUM 4669
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R A D White House 110
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Alexander, L
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
SHUM 6670
Course Description
DNA has become a pervasive feature of our lives, and a critical object through which race and justice are imagined and contested. DNA shapes how we think about ancestral pasts, medical futures, identity, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 4470, ANTHR 7470, ASRC 4670, ASRC 6670, SHUM 4670, STS 4670, STS 6670
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R A D White House 110
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Tamarkin, N
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
SHUM 6800
Course Description
This seminar will introduce students to the public humanities as both a disciplinary inquiry and a set of practices grounded in public and community engagement. It is intended to train cohorts of graduate ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: SHUM 4800
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W A D White House 109
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Rickard, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Department Consent Required (Add)
SHUM 6819
Course Description
Urban Justice Labs are innovative seminars designed to bring students into direct contact with complex questions about race and social justice within the context of American urban culture, architecture, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 6809, ARCH 6408, ASRC 6819, ENGL 6919
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Seeing to Be in the Aftermath
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M A D White House 109
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Van Clief-Stefanon, L
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Department Consent Required (Add)