Course:

AS 101  Introduction to American Studies

Professor:

Peter L’Official  

CRN:

15570

Schedule/Location:

 Tue  Thurs    1:30 PM – 2:50 PM Olin 205

Distributional Area:

MBV Meaning, Being, Value D+J Difference and Justice

Credits: 4

 

Class cap: 22

Crosslists: Africana Studies; Environmental & Urban Studies; Literature

American studies, as some have observed, is not defined by what it chooses to include, but by what it refuses to exclude—which is almost everything. This course introduces students to the capacious multidisciplinary field of American studies. An inter-discipline that, at its birth in the mid-twentieth century, united literary and historical studies at its core in an attempt to define what, if anything, constituted “American civilization,” American studies now is in close dialogue with ethnic studies, environmental and urban studies, Native American and indigenous studies, queer studies, disability studies, critical geography, sociology, media studies, art history, and more, while strengthening its links to questions of politics and social justice. Scholars in American studies read and interpret a broad range of artifacts (essays, literary texts, photographs, film, music, architecture, visual art, historical documents, and legal texts) in order to think critically about “America” and who and what makes it—in a hemispheric, transnational, and global sense. In this course, “The Discovery of What it Means to Be an American” describes both a piercing 1961 James Baldwin essay as well as it does our process of tracing lines of connection across historical moments and media in order to understand the aftereffects of enslavement, genocide, colonization, war, and migration as they have shaped U.S. history and culture. Issues of race, gender, sexuality, and socioeconomic difference will be discussed at length. This course is open both to intended American Studies majors and to others interested in developing skills in close-reading and critical analysis.

 

Course:

AS 221  Origins of the “Black Cookout”

Professor:

Joshua Livingston  

CRN:

15655

Schedule/Location:

Mon       10:20 AM – 1:00 PM Olin 307

Distributional Area:

SA Social Analysis  

Credits: 4

 

Class cap: 12

Crosslists: Africana Studies; Environmental & Urban Studies; Experimental Humanities

Cookouts are paramount in the Black American community. The cookout has always been an event that allows “folx” to celebrate culture, fellowship with new and old faces, sing, dance, play games and generally preserve the legacy of ancestors. The practice also has had lasting economic impact for entrepreneurs in the Black community. What is notable however is that the root of the cookout—the barbecuing itself—largely came Native American community’s practices of pit cooking, and in some part through the complex relationship between African Americans and Native Americans. This class will be centered around the book Black Smoke: African Americans and the United States of Barbecue— among other important texts, video, audio and film—to explore the main elements that have aided in shaping this pivotal form of placemaking among Black people. Goals of the course are: To critically examine the “human” design of placemaking and the important elements of fellowship; To explore the complex relationship between Black peoples and Native American tribes that brought about the art of barbecuing as a cultural trapping; To unpack and understand the economic implications of barbecue in the Black community; To share and learn about Black cookout cultural norms, and practices; To share and learn about fellow students’ community practices, and; To utilize campus resources, insights from Native American community members, and other wider Hudson Valley community resources. Along the way, students in the course will work on the design and construction of a custom barbeque pit—likened after traditional Native American design— to create a lasting “place” and cultural practice on campus. The course will culminate in students throwing a cookout in the spirit of the Black community that in turn pays homage to the rich history of indigenous and Black peoples. This course has no prerequisites and is open to students at all levels.

 

Cross-listed courses:

Course:

ANTH 239  Action Research: Social Service, Community Organizing, and Anthropology

Professor:

Duff Morton  

CRN:

15575

Schedule/Location:

  Wed     11:50 AM – 1:10 PM Olin 305

     Fri   8:30 AM – 12:30 PM  Internship

Distributional Area:

SA Social Analysis D+J Difference and Justice

Credits: 4

 

Class cap: 10

Crosslists: American Studies; Human Rights; Political Studies

 

Course:

ANTH 290  Archaeology of African American Farms, Yards, and Gardens

Professor:

Christopher Lindner  

CRN:

15578

Schedule/Location:

   Thurs    3:30 PM – 4:50 PM Hegeman 201

Fri   1:30 PM – 4:30 PM Hegeman 201

Distributional Area:

LS Laboratory Science  

Credits: 4

 

Class cap 12

Crosslists: Africana Studies; American Studies; Environmental & Urban Studies

 

Course:

ARTH 2491  Women of the Surrealist Movement

Professor:

Susan Aberth  

CRN:

15872

Schedule/Location:

Mon  Wed     3:30 PM – 4:50 PM Reem Kayden Center 103

Distributional Area:

AA Analysis of Art D+J Difference and Justice

Credits: 4

 

Class cap 22

Crosslists: American Studies; Gender and Sexuality Studies; Latin American/Iberian Studies

 

Course:

ARTH 315  Material Worlds and Social Identities

Professor:

Julia Rosenbaum  

CRN:

15566

Schedule/Location:

   Thurs    3:10 PM – 5:30 PM Olin 301

Distributional Area:

AA Analysis of Art  

Credits: 4

 

Class cap 15

Crosslists: American Studies; Experimental Humanities

 

Course:

ARTH 367  American Women Artists

Professor:

Tom Wolf  

CRN:

15567

Schedule/Location:

  Wed     3:30 PM – 5:50 PM Fisher Studio Arts ANNEX

Distributional Area:

AA Analysis of Art  

Credits: 4

 

Class cap: 15

Crosslists: American Studies; Gender and Sexuality Studies

 

Course:

ARTS 309  Vibrant Matter: Archives of Contestation and Reanimation

Professor:

Krista Caballero  

CRN:

15926

Schedule/Location:

  Wed     3:30 PM - 6:30 PM New Annandale House

Distributional Area:

PA Practicing Arts  

Credits: 4

 

Class cap: 12

Crosslists: America Studies; Experimental Humanities; Human Rights

 

Course:

ECON 227  The Right to Employment

Professor:

Pavlina Tcherneva  

CRN:

15588

Schedule/Location:

Mon  Wed     10:10 AM – 11:30 AM Campus Center WEIS

Distributional Area:

SA Social Analysis D+J Difference and Justice

Credits: 4

 

Class cap 20

Crosslists: Africana Studies; American Studies; Environmental & Urban Studies; Human Rights; Sociology

 

Course:

HIST 136  Surveying Displacement and Migration in the United States

Professor:

Jeannette Estruth  

CRN:

15601

Schedule/Location:

 Tue  Thurs    6:40 PM – 8:00 PM Olin 201

Distributional Area:

HA Historical Analysis D+J Difference and Justice

Credits: 4

 

Class cap 22

Crosslists: American Studies; Architecture; Environmental & Urban Studies; Human Rights

 

Course:

HIST 152  Latin America: Independence, Sovereignty, and Revolution

Professor:

Miles Rodriguez  

CRN:

15602

Schedule/Location:

Mon  Wed     11:50 AM – 1:10 PM Olin 201

Distributional Area:

HA Historical Analysis D+J Difference and Justice

Credits: 4

 

Class cap 15

Crosslists: American Studies; Global & International Studies; Human Rights; Latin American/Iberian Studies

 

Course:

HIST 298  Making Silicon Valley Histories

Professor:

Jeannette Estruth  

CRN:

15662

Schedule/Location:

 Tue  Thurs    5:10 PM – 6:30 PM Olin 201

Distributional Area:

HA Historical Analysis  

Credits: 4

 

Class cap 22

Crosslists: American Studies; Architecture; Environmental & Urban Studies; Experimental Humanities; Human Rights

 

Course:

HR 269  Slavery, Reconciliation and Repair

Professor:

Kwame Holmes  

CRN:

15667

Schedule/Location:

Mon  Wed     3:30 PM – 4:50 PM Aspinwall 302

Distributional Area:

SA Social Analysis D+J Difference and Justice

Credits: 4

 

Class cap: 15

Crosslists: Africana Studies; American Studies; Historical Studies

 

Course:

HR 376  Housing Justice

Professor:

Kwame Holmes  

CRN:

15612

Schedule/Location:

Mon       12:30 PM – 2:50 PM Olin 309

Distributional Area:

SA Social Analysis D+J Difference and Justice

Credits: 4

 

Class cap 15

Crosslists: American Studies

 

Course:

LAIS 204  Latin American and Caribbean Revolutions

Professor:

Miles Rodriguez  

CRN:

15663

Schedule/Location:

 Tue  Thurs    11:50 AM – 1:10 PM Olin 202

Distributional Area:

HA Historical Analysis D+J Difference and Justice

Credits: 4

 

Class cap 15

Crosslists: American Studies; Global & International Studies; Historical Studies; Human Rights

 

Course:

LIT 259  American Literature III: What Does it Mean to Be Modern?

Professor:

Peter L’Official  

CRN:

15705

Schedule/Location:

 Tue  Thurs    11:50 AM – 1:10 PM Reem Kayden Center 102

Distributional Area:

LA Literary Analysis in English D+J Difference and Justice

Credits: 4

 

Class cap 22

Crosslists: American Studies; Environmental & Urban Studies

 

Course:

LIT 2670  Women Writing the Caribbean

Professor:

Donna Grover  

CRN:

15723

Schedule/Location:

 Tue  Thurs    3:30 PM – 4:50 PM Olin 306

Distributional Area:

LA Literary Analysis in English D+J Difference and Justice

Credits: 4

 

Class cap 18

Crosslists: Africana Studies; American Studies; Gender and Sexuality Studies

 

Course:

LIT 3043  Melville

Professor:

Alex Benson  

CRN:

15731

Schedule/Location:

Mon       12:30 PM – 2:50 PM Hegeman 201

Distributional Area:

LA Literary Analysis in English  

Credits: 4

 

Class cap: 15

Crosslists: American Studies

 

Course:

MES 2030  Freedom is a Constant Struggle: The History of Black-Palestinian Solidarity

Professor:

Dina Ramadan  

CRN:

15965

Schedule/Location:

Mon  Wed     11:50 AM - 1:10 PM Olin 205

Distributional Area:

HA Historical Analysis  D+J Difference and Justice

Credits: 2

 

Class cap: 22

Crosslists: Africana Studies; American Studies; Human Rights

 

Course:

MUS 146  Jazz Histories of Sound and Communication

Professor:

Whitney Slaten  

CRN:

15442

Schedule/Location:

  Wed  Fri   5:10 PM – 6:30 PM Hegeman 102

Distributional Area:

AA Analysis of Art  

Credits: 4

 

Class cap 20

Crosslists: Africana Studies; American Studies

 

Course:

MUS 212  Jazz in Literature II

Professor:

Thurman Barker  

CRN:

15402

Schedule/Location:

Mon  Wed     10:10 AM – 11:30 AM Blum Music Center N210

Distributional Area:

AA Analysis of Art D+J Difference and Justice

Credits: 4

 

Class cap 18

Crosslists: Africana Studies; American Studies

 

Course:

MUS 266B   American Popular Song 1930-1950

Professor:

John Esposito  

CRN:

15410

Schedule/Location:

Mon  Wed     11:50 AM – 1:10 PM Blum Music Center 0

Distributional Area:

PA Practicing Arts  

Credits: 4

 

Class cap 20

Crosslists: Africana Studies; American Studies

 

Course:

PS 122  American Politics: Issues and Institutions

Professor:

Simon Gilhooley  

CRN:

15638

Schedule/Location:

 Tue  Thurs    10:10 AM – 11:30 AM Aspinwall 302

Distributional Area:

SA Social Analysis  

Credits: 4

 

Class cap 22

Crosslists: American Studies

 

Course:

PS 251  Political Organizing: Theory and Practice

Professor:

Mie Inouye  

CRN:

15680

Schedule/Location:

 Tue  Thurs    3:30 PM – 4:50 PM Hegeman 106

Distributional Area:

SA Social Analysis  

Credits: 4

 

Class cap 22

Crosslists: American Studies; Human Rights

 

Course:

PS 393  Race and Gender in US Constitutional Development

Professor:

Simon Gilhooley  

CRN:

15682

Schedule/Location:

 Tue      12:30 PM – 2:50 PM Olin 303

Distributional Area:

SA Social Analysis  

Credits: 4

 

Class cap 15

Crosslists: Africana Studies; American Studies; Gender and Sexuality Studies; Historical Studies; Human Rights

 

Course:

SOC 101  Introduction to Sociology

Professor:

Peter Klein  

CRN:

15645

Schedule/Location:

 Tue  Thurs    11:50 AM – 1:10 PM Olin 203

Distributional Area:

SA Social Analysis D+J Difference and Justice

Credits: 4

 

Class cap 22

Crosslists: American Studies

 

Course:

SOC 120  Wealth, Poverty, and Inequality

Professor:

Yuval Elmelech  

CRN:

15646

Schedule/Location:

 Tue  Thurs    10:10 AM – 11:30 AM Hegeman 204

Distributional Area:

SA Social Analysis D+J Difference and Justice

Credits: 4

 

Class cap: 22

Crosslists: American Studies; Gender and Sexuality Studies; Human Rights

 

Course:

SOC 224  Punishment, Prisons, & Policing

Professor:

Allison McKim  

CRN:

15648

Schedule/Location:

Mon  Wed     11:50 AM – 1:10 PM Olin 204

Distributional Area:

SA Social Analysis D+J Difference and Justice

Credits: 4

 

Class cap 22

Crosslists: Africana Studies; American Studies; Human Rights

 

Course:

SOC 333  Tricks of the Trade: Qualitative Research Practicum

Professor:

Allison McKim  

CRN:

15649

Schedule/Location:

   Thurs    12:30 PM – 2:50 PM Olin 303

Distributional Area:

SA Social Analysis  

Credits: 4

 

Class cap 12

Crosslists: American Studies; Environmental & Urban Studies; Global & International Studies; Human Rights

 

Course:

SOC/EUS 361  Hudson Valley Cities and Environmental (In)Justice

Professor:

Peter Klein  

CRN:

15961

Schedule/Location:

   Every Other Fri     10:10 AM – 12:30 PM Olin 202

Distributional Area:

SA  Social Analysis   D+J Difference and Justice

Credits: 2

 

Class cap 15

Crosslists: American Studies