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CRN	15176	Distribution	A/C
Course No.	SST 224
Title	Ideology and the Media
Professor	Joel Kovel
Schedule	Mon Wed 10:00 am - 11:20 am OLIN 203

The media play an immense role in our society, and shape our lives in ways undreamt of only a few generations ago. This course has a twofold purpose--to learn how the press, television, advertising, etc, are structured to serve the purposes of power and social control; and to teach students to become "media literate." Thus roughly half the time will be spent in studying readings about the various ideological functions of the media, while the other half will be spent in learning interpretative skills that can enable students to develop an active as against a passive role in relation to the media. To this end, the last few sessions will be devoted to the theme of resistance to the media and the making of an alternative media.

CRN	15362	Distribution	A/C
Course No.	SST 232
Title	Luminous Creatures: Race at the Movies
Professor	Aureliano DeSoto
Schedule	Th 1:30 pm - 2:50 pm PRE 128 Screenings: Tu 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm WEIS THTR.

Cross-listed: American Studies, MES

See MES section for description.

CRN	15262	Distribution	A/C
Course No.	SST 299
Title	Intellectuals and Artists in Exile
Professor	David Kettler, et al
Schedule	Mon 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm OLIN 202

PIE Core Course

An inter-disciplinary introduction to the comparative study of exile, a compelling and pervasive phenomenon that took on novel form in the twentieth-century epoch of nationalist and totalitarian states and that poses new, unexpected problems in the twenty-first. Lecture classes will be conducted by Jonathan Brockopp (Religion), Bruce Chilton (Religion), Brad Clough (Religion), Laurie Dahlberg (Photography), Michael Donnelly (Sociology), Omar Encarnacion (Political Studies), Tabetha Ewing (History), David Kettler (Political Studies), Greg Moynahan (History), Jacob Neusner (Religion), Melanie Nicholson (Spanish), Barbara Olsen (Classics), Valerie Paradiz (Literature), John Pruitt (Film), Justus Rosenberg (Literature), Rona Sheramy (History), Gennady Shkliarevsky (History), Elaine Thomas (Political Studies. Topics range from exile in ancient Rome, Israel, Tibet, Iran, and Hitler Germany to African-Americans, Surrealists, and film-makers in exile. Continuity will be provided through weekly tutorials conducted by David Kettler. Students are required to sign up for one of two group tutorials: Tuesdays 4:30-5:50 or Friday 11:30-12:50.

CRN	15363	Distribution	A/C
Course No.	SST 310 / MES
Title	Major Conference: Blackness in Diaspora; Black British Cultural Studies
Professor	Aureliano DeSoto
Schedule	Wed 10:30 am - 12:50 pm OLIN 304

Cross-listed: AADS, MES

See MES section for description.