11649

AS 101 Introduction to American Studies

Geoff Sanborn

. . W . F

11:50 – 1:10

RKC 102

HUM

Rather than a survey of any one aspect or period of American history, literature, or popular culture, this course is an introduction to the interdisciplinary field of American Studies, a field defined both by the range of texts we read (essays, novels, autobiographies, photographs, films, music, architecture, historical documents, legal texts), and by the questions we ask of them. Those questions include: How have different Americans imagined what it means to be an American? What ideas about national history, patriotism, and moral character shape their visions of Americanness? How do they draw the boundaries that define who belongs within the nation and who gets excluded? What uses have been made of the claim to an American identity, and what is at stake in that claim? How have Americans imagined a national landscape, a national culture, and to what ends? The course will drive toward a consideration of the place that September 11 has begun to assume in American cultural memory. Class size: 22

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AS 314 Spiritualism

Donna Grover

. T . . .

10:10 - 12:30 pm

OLIN 305

HUM

Cross listed: Gender & Sexuality Studies In 1848 a series of mysterious raps soon bought notoriety to Kate and Maggie Fox, two young women from Rochester, New York and thus the American Spiritualist movement was born.  During the forty year period that the Fox sisters soared to fame  (and then plummeted into obscurity and ignominy when one sister claimed the raps were faked) America experienced a myriad of changes—abolition, women’s suffrage and great technological advances—all of which found a connection to Spiritualism.  In this course we will examine the social, religious, economic and political forces that helped shape the Spiritualist movement.  Essential to our discussion is the work of William James who attempted to place Spiritualism within the legitimate scientific community.    The novels of Henry James, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and William Dean Howells will provide both a critique of Spiritualism and demonstrate its cultural impact.  The peculiar role of New York State in the shaping of the Spiritualist movement—from the politically progressive community of Rochester, to New York City and the Barnum Hotel—will also be a point of interest.  In an era when the telegraph sent messages over incredible distances, Spiritualism’s assertion that messages could be sent between two worlds interrogated the relationship between faith and science. Class size: 15

(Cross-listed courses; see primary area for description.)

11637

ANTH 212 Historical Archaeology

Christopher Lindner

. . W . . . . . . F

4:40 – 6:00 pm 11:50 -4:30 pm

HEG 300 ROSE 108

HIST/DIFF

11389

ARTH 315 Beautiful by Design: The Decorative Arts and Material Culture in Late 19^th/Early 20^th century America

Julia Rosenbaum

. . . . F

1:30 - 3:50 pm

FISHER ANNEX

AART

11705

HIST 133  The Atlantic World in the Early Modern Period

Casey King

M . . .  . . . . F

11:50 – 1:10 pm  3:10 -  4:30 pm

OLIN 204

HIST/DIFF

11681

HIST 149   The American Revolution

Casey King

M . . .  . . . . F

10:10 – 11:30 am   1:30 –  2:50 pm

OLIN 201 OLIN 203

HIST

11411

HIST 2014 History of New York City

Cecile Kuznitz

. T . Th .

1:30 - 2:50 pm

HEG 201

HIST

11417

HIST 3132 The History of Urban Schooling In the U.S., 1790-2010

Ellen Lagemann

. T . . .

1:30 - 3:50 pm

OLIN 205

HIST

11258

LIT 257 Literature of the U.S. I - Amazing Grace: The Puritan Legacy in American Literature & Culture

Elizabeth Frank

. . W . . . . . Th .

3:10 - 4:30 pm 1:30 - 2:50 pm

OLIN 101

ELIT

11502

LIT 258 Literature of the U.S. II

Matthew Mutter

. T . Th .

4:40 - 6:00 pm

OLIN 201

ELIT

11654

LIT 209 Modern American Poets

Benjamin La Farge

M . W . .

10:10 - 11:30 am

OLIN 309

ELIT

11501

LIT 3309 The American Comic Novel

Matthew Mutter

. T . Th .

3:10 - 4:30 pm

OLIN 301

ELIT

11302

LIT 3312 Louisiana

Karen Sullivan

. . . . F

1:30 - 3:50 pm

OLIN 101

ELIT

11474

LIT 3313 The San Francisco Renaissance

Cole Heinowitz

. T . . .

4:40 - 7:00 pm

OLIN 101

ELIT

11584

MUS 335 Jazz:The Freedom Principle III

Thurman Barker

M . . . .

1:30 - 3:50 pm

BLM N210

AART

11645

PS 122 American Politics: Issues and Institutions

Verity Smith

. T . Th .

11:50 - 1:10 pm

HEG 102

SSCI

11309

PS 224 Sex, Power & Politics

Verity Smith

. T . Th .

3:10 - 4:30 pm

OLIN 204

SSCI

11313

PS 343 Civil Liberties and States of Emergency

Verity Smith

. . . . F

10:10 - 12:30 pm

OLIN 309

SSCI

11315

PS 368 Crusader America: Promoting Democracy Abroad

Omar Encarnacion

. T . . .

10:10 - 12:30 pm

OLIN 307

SSCI

11186

SOC 214 Contemporary Immigration

Joel Perlmann

. T . Th .

4:40 - 6:00 pm

OLIN 202

SSCI

11102

SOC 247 The American Family

Yuval Elmelech

. T . Th .

1:30 - 2:50 pm

OLIN 303

SSCI

11103

SOC 332 Seminar on Social Problems

Yuval Elmelech

. . W . .

10:10 - 12:30 pm

OLIN 306

SSCI/DIFF