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Historical Dress: Drawing Connections Exploring Historical Icons Through Representation in Film and Art — DRA2320.02

Fall 2023
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 2
Part lecture, part seminar and part student presentation, this course will be a detective mission in which students unpack contrasting depictions of historical costumes, learn to find the context around those depictions, and discover how clothes work by drawing and dimensionalizing garments. The source material will be representations in film and art, including work from Sofia
Drama

Historical Dress: the 1930's — DRA2287.02

Fall 2020
Instructor: CSchoonmaker@bennington.edu
Credits: 2
This class will examine the clothing and style of the 1930's. We will examine the topic in the context of Social/Political/Artistic movements and the effect and influence on Fashion and Style. Subjects we will touch on will include: the Paris couture of the era: Chanel, Vionnet, and Schiaparelli among them, American fashion designers such as Claire McCardell and Adrian, Art
Drama

Historical Dress: The 19th Century — DRA2285.02

Fall 2017
Instructor: Charles Schoonmaker
Credits: 21
This class will examine the fashions of the 19th century in the western world. We will consider the fashions of the period in the context of the culture and the political and technological shifts of the time. We will familiarize ourselves with the silhouettes and fashion terms of the 'Age of Empire'.
Drama

Historical Dress: The Great Couturiers — DRA2176.01

Spring 2023
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 2
This class will examine the fashions and designers of the Couture, ranging from Worth to Dior and beyond, and including Chanel, Schiaparelli, Vionnet, McQueen, and van Herpen, among others. We will examine the topic in the context of the culture: the artistic, political and technological shifts of their times. While the primary focus of the class will be the giants there will
Drama

Historical Dress: The Great Couturiers — DRA2176.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: Charles Schoonmaker
Credits: 4
This class will examine the fashions and designers in the era of the Couture, ranging from Worth to Dior, and including Chanel, Schiaparelli, Vionnet, and Gres. We will examine the topic in the context of the culture: the artistic, political and technological shifts of the time. Assignments will include design / research projects. Corequisites: Dance or Drama Lab Required
Drama

Historical Dress: The Jazz Age — DRA2286.01

Fall 2020
Instructor: CSchoonmaker@bennington.edu
Credits: 2
This class will examine the clothing and style of the 1920's. We will examine the topic in the context of Social/Political/Artistic movements and the effect and influence on Fashion and Style. Subjects we will touch on will include: the Paris couture of the era: Chanel, Vionnet, and Lanvin among them, Art Deco – in decorative arts, architecture, and fashion, Surrealism, the
Drama

Historical Fictions/Fictional Histories — LIT4165.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Marguerite Feitlowitz
Credits: 4
In this advanced seminar, we will consider the demands and complexities of working with history in fiction. When, where, why, and how do facts abet and/or intrude on the creation of plot, character, place, framing, rhythm, and other details of style in novels and stories? How do questions of representation, selection and emphasis, vocabulary and tone, pacing and texture, affect
Literature

Historical Fictions/Fictional Histories — LIT4165.01

Spring 2018
Instructor: Marguerite Feitlowitz
Credits: 4
In this Writing Intensive Seminar, we will consider the demands and complexities of working with history in fiction. When, where, why, and how do facts abet and/or intrude on the creation of plot, character, place, framing, rhythm, and other details of style in novels and stories? How do questions of representation—selection and emphasis, vocabulary and tone, pacing and texture
Literature

Historical Grievances and Retrospective Redress — APA2124.01

Fall 2015
Instructor: Eileen Scully
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 1
Using readings and role plays focused around a case study involving Turkey, Armenia, and Azerbaijan, we will explore and develop successful mediation strategies for working with parties in conflict over contested memories and historical grievances. Students will become familiar with mediation fundamentals, and test out ideas and approaches in the emerging field of historical
CAPA Modules: Transferable Approaches

Historical Grievances and Retrospective Redress — APA4129.01

Spring 2018
Instructor: Eileen Scully
Credits: 4
This course is an opportunity to explore the politics of history-based grievances, including slavery, forced labor, genocide, mass violence, wartime plunder, and localized state-sanctioned violence. We will also explore an emerging array of reconciliation models, including trials, truth commissions, reparations, community mediation, and revisions of national narratives. The
CAPA Society Culture and Thought

Historical Processes — PHO4321.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Jonathan Kline
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
This class investigates a variety of photographic processes that evolved in the second half of the nineteenth century and continue to be used by contemporary photographers today. We will explore the historical and chemical aspects of the following: light sensitive silver, iron, and palladium compounds; photogenic drawings; cyanotypes; collodion glass plate negatives; Van Dyke
Visual Arts

Histories of Numbers — MAT2484.01

Spring 2024
Instructor: Tim Kane
Credits: 4
As mathematics has become increasingly complex and abstract, so too have the number systems necessary to define and work within each expansion.  The development of the concept of number parallels that of mathematics itself, intertwined in a symbiosis where numbers generate new mathematical fields and mathematical insight unveils deeper understanding of numbers.  This
Science and Mathematics

Histories of Numbers —

Spring 2023
Instructor: Tim Kane
Credits:
As mathematics has become increasingly complex and abstract, so too have the number systems necessary to define and work within each expansion.  The development of the concept of number parallels that of mathematics itself, intertwined in a symbiosis where numbers generate new mathematical fields and mathematical insight unveils deeper understanding of numbers.  This

Histories of Numbers —

Spring 2023
Instructor: Tim Kane
Credits:
As mathematics has become increasingly complex and abstract, so too have the number systems necessary to define and work within each expansion.  The development of the concept of number parallels that of mathematics itself, intertwined in a symbiosis where numbers generate new mathematical fields and mathematical insight unveils deeper understanding of numbers.  This

History and Practice of Analog Color Photography — PHO4117.01

Spring 2015
Instructor: Liz Deschenes
Credits: 4
This course will present color photography in a different light. Discovering one's color aesthetic will be the basis of the class. Students will work mainly with color negatives. Through assignments, presentations, and critiques students will learn to observe the color of light. Students will develop a better understanding of their own color vocabulary and how to achieve it
Visual Arts

History of Animation — MA2137.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Sue Rees
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
We will study past and present styles of animation, and examine animations from the 1800's through to the present. Early devices used to create moving images, through to contemporary artists and production companies such as The Brothers Quay, William Kentridge, Aardman Productions, and Pixar, will be investigated. The class will consist of film screenings, primarily focusing on
Visual Arts

History of Animation — MA2137.01

Fall 2017
Instructor: Sue Rees
Credits: 2
We will study past and present styles of animation, and examine animations from the 1800′s through the present. Early devices used to create moving images, through to contemporary artists and production companies such as The Brothers Quay, Jan Svankmajer, Norman McLaren, Aardman Productions, and Pixar, will be investigated. The class will consist of film screenings, primarily
Visual Arts

History of Animation — MA2137.01

Fall 2015
Instructor: Sue Rees
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
We will study past and present styles of animation, and examine animations from the 1800′s through the present. Early devices used to create moving images, through to contemporary artists and production companies such as The Brothers Quay, William Kentridge, Aardman Productions, and Pixar, will be investigated. The class will consist of film screenings, primarily focusing on
Visual Arts

History of Animation — MA2137.01

Fall 2019
Instructor: Sue Rees
Credits: 2
A brief history of animated images from the 1500s to the present day. The class will be split into watching documentaries and animations along with discussions. A quiz and short responses will be required.
Visual Arts

History of Animation — MA2137.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Sue Rees
Credits: 2
A brief history of animated images from the 1500s to the present day including early devices to create sequential images, through to the invention of the rotoscope, avantgarde animations, independent artists and studios. The class will be split into watching documentaries and animations along with discussions, and weekly responses. The intention of the class is
Visual Arts

History of Animation — MA2137.01

Fall 2020
Instructor: Sue Rees
Credits: 2
A brief history of animated images from the 1500s to the present day including early devices to create sequential images, through to the invention of the rotoscope,avantgarde animations, independent artists and studios. The class will be split into watching documentaries and animations along with discussions, and weekly responses. This class will be online.
Drama Visual Arts

History of Animation — MA2137.01

Fall 2016
Instructor: Sue Rees
Credits: 2
We will study past and present styles of animation, and examine animations from the 1800′s through the present. Early devices used to create moving images, through to contemporary artists and production companies such as The Brothers Quay, William Kentridge, Aardman Productions, and Pixar, will be investigated. The class will consist of film screenings, primarily focusing on
Visual Arts

History of Christianity: From the Hebrews to Henry VIII — HIS2227.01

Spring 2020
Instructor: Carol Pal
Credits: 4
The aim of this course is to explore the development of Christianity as a set of interlocking complex systems with an equally complex history.  Christianity has been around for 2,000 years, and there is no denying that we live under its enormously powerful influence.  Millions have fought and died over it.  But even those who identify themselves as
Society Culture and Thought