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Am I Charlie? — MOD2151.04

Spring 2015
Instructor: Stephen Shapiro; Noëlle Rouxel-Cubberly
Credits: 1
This course will help students to understand the Charlie Hebdo attacks by situating them in a social, political, religious and cultural context. Guest speakers will offer a variety of perspectives. We will examine conflicting notions of the limits of satire, the role of religion in public life, and the dynamics of social exclusion.
Modules: Transferable Approaches

America and the Middle East — Canceled

Fall 2018
Instructor: Mansour Farhang
Credits: 2
This course is a study of U. S. geopolitical involvement in national and regional affairs of the Middle East from World War I to the present. It is designed to enable the students to place today’s headlines into historical context and provide a range of analytic perspectives to evaluate the motives, methods of implementation and consequences of decisions intended to advance U.
CAPA Society Culture and Thought

America in Italy — ITA4602.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Barbara Alfano
Credits: 4
Whether as a myth, or as a geopolitical space, the United States of America hold a unique place in the history and in the collective imagery of Italians. How does Italian culture confront its own cultural construct of the U.S.A. and what is it that makes Italians rediscover and reinvent America still today? What is the myth made of? This course focuses on ideas of America
Languages

America in Italy After 9/11: Special Projects — ITA4706.01

Fall 2016
Instructor: Barbara Alfano
Credits: 4
This is a high-intermediate/advanced course in which students will do independent research on portrayals of the USA in post- 9/11 Italian literature and cinema and write a final research paper. Corequisite: Students must attend at least two Languages Series events (Mondays, 7:00pm – 8:00pm)
Languages

America in the World: Past, Present, Future — HIS4204.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Eileen Scully
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
Even while responding to recent global and national events that seem unprecedented, the United States continues to confront the dilemmas running throughout its diplomatic history-national security versus individual liberties, unilateralism versus multi-lateralism, competing domestic constituencies, and conflicting visions of America's role in the world. Newly declassified
Social Science

America in the World: Past, Present, Future — HIS4204.01

Fall 2018
Instructor: Eileen Scully
Credits: 4
Even while responding to recent global and national events that seem unprecedented, the United States continues to confront the dilemmas running throughout its diplomatic history-national security versus individual liberties, unilateralism versus multilateralism, competing domestic constituencies, and conflicting visions of America's role in the world. Newly declassified
Society Culture and Thought

America's History Through Her Music: 1500-1900 — MHI2103.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Kitty Brazelton
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
Start with the tributaries: European, African, then Caribbean. Trace these forward in great whorls, mingling currents in a hard-rushing river. For instance, chamber music from Germany in the Pennsylvania countryside was venerated by the High Anglican merchants in Philadelphia and the gentlemen farmers further south. And while those noble white gentlemen listened in parlors to
Music

America's History Through Her Music: 1500-1900 — MHI2103.01

Fall 2015
Instructor: Kitty Brazelton
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
Start with the tributaries: European, African, then Caribbean. Trace these forward in great whorls, mingling currents in a hard-rushing river. For instance, chamber music from Germany in the Pennsylvania countryside was venerated by the High Anglican merchants in Philadelphia and the gentlemen farmers further south. And while those noble white gentlemen listened in parlors to
Music

American Captivity — LIT4610.01

Spring 2026
Instructor: Benjamin Anastas
Days & Time: TU 2:10pm-5:50pm
Credits: 4

The captivity narrative is a uniquely American literary form, a distinct, adventure-driven offshoot of the Puritan spiritual autobiography--with affinities to the slave narrative--that has more in common with today's reality-based media programming that you might think. We'll spend the term looking closely at the captivity narratives that form the canon, beginning with the

Literature

American Environmental Politics — POL2109.01

Fall 2018
Instructor: John Hultgren
Credits: 4
This course will explore American environmental politics, from the late 1800s to the present day, with a focus on understanding the actors, institutions and structural power dynamics that impact environmental struggles. We will proceed by engaging with a variety of historical and contemporary case studies related to toxic waste, clean air and water, fracking, national parks,
CAPA Environment Society Culture and Thought

American Environmental Politics — POL2109.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: John Hultgren
Credits: 4
This course will explore American environmental politics, from the late 1800s to the present day, with a focus on understanding the actors, institutions, and structural power dynamics that impact environmental struggles. We will proceed by engaging with a variety of historical and contemporary case studies related to clean air and water, forests, energy, public lands, and
Environment Society Culture and Thought

American Environmental Politics — POL2109.01

Fall 2016
Instructor: Tim Schroeder
Credits: 4
This course will explore American environmental politics, from the late 1800s to the present day, with a focus on understanding the actors, institutions and structural power dynamics that impact environmental struggles. We will proceed by engaging with a variety of historical and contemporary case studies related to toxic waste, clean air and water, fracking, national parks,
Environment Society Culture and Thought

American Food 2018 — APA2151.01

Fall 2018
Instructor: Ben Hall
Credits: 4
In this survey we will examine the way food is used as social tool to produce power, exploitation, and waste. We will review the use of food in political movements such as the Catholic Worker House and Black Panthers Free Food Program, as well as hunger strikes as an individual tool of political freedom and not eating animals as a form of political resistance. We will also
CAPA Environment

American Food 2021 — APA2343.01

Spring 2021
Instructor: Susan Sgorbati
Credits: 4
In this class we will examine the way food is used as social tool to produce power, exploitation, and waste. We will review the use of food in political movements such as the Catholic Worker House and Black Panthers Free Food Program, as well as hunger strikes as an individual tool of political freedom and not eating animals as a form of political resistance. We will also
CAPA Environment

American Food 2022 — APA4308.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 4
In this class we will examine the way food is used as social tool to produce power, exploitation, and waste. We will review the use of food in political movements such as the Black Panthers Free Food Program, as well as hunger strikes as an individual tool of political freedom and not eating animals as a form of political resistance. We will also review the way contemporary
CAPA

American Literacies in School and Out — Canceled

Spring 2015
Instructor: Peter Jones
Credits: 4
We study the social, cultural, and political contexts of literacy. While schools are the central institutions charged with providing instruction in literacy, we also consider the practices, models and ideologies of literacy at the heart of other social contexts. Home, for instance, is the site of initiation into literacy practices that variably align with school. New digital
Education

American Neo-Imperialism: The Anthropology of Mercenaries, Contractors, Bankers and other Rogues — ANT4220.01

Fall 2016
Instructor: Noah Coburn
Credits: 4
This course takes an anthropological approach to look at the ways in which America has projected its power internationally since 2001.  This ranges from its military invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, its more passive policies on Syria and Libya and its more subtle use of development funds and soft power to shape the world beyond its borders.  These attempts, however,
CAPA Society Culture and Thought

American Others: Experimental American Literature — LIT4221.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: Manuel Gonzales
Credits: 4
The label, Experimental Fiction, has been applied and misapplied since Laurence Sterne's novel, Tristam Shandy, was first published in 1759. In this class, we will dissect and examine the label and the work often associated with that label, questioning what it means to be 'experimental' as an American writer of fiction. Over the semester we will tackle modernist and postmodern
Literature

American Theater NEXT — DRA4422.01

Spring 2021
Instructor: Jennifer Rohn
Credits: 4
American theaters and theater-makers are at an extraordinary crossroads - struggling to respond to the pandemic which has shut their doors, and to the 29-page list of demands written after George Floyd's murder entitled We See You White American Theater. Broadway theaters aren't planning on opening until the summer of 2021, and theater companies across the country are seeking
Drama

American Theater Now — DRA2151.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Jenny Rohn
Credits: 4
This non-performance based course will focus on a detailed, coast-to-coast examination of the state of the American Theater in 2013-2014. Who are the playwrights, directors, designers, actors, and producers that are shaping the landscape? Who is making theater? How and why are they making it? We will explore the history of theater in America, specifically the regional theater
Drama

American Theater Now — DRA2151.01

Spring 2017
Instructor: Jennifer Rohn
Credits: 4
This non-performance based course will focus on a detailed, coast-to-coast examination of the state of the American Theater in 2016-2017. Who are the playwrights, directors, designers, actors, and producers that are shaping the landscape? Who is making theater? How and why are they making it? We will explore the history of theater in America, specifically the regional theater
Drama

American Theater Now — DRA2151.01

Fall 2018
Instructor: Jennifer Rohn
Credits: 4
This non-performance based course will focus on a detailed, coast-to-coast examination of the state of the American Theater in 2018-2019 with a specific emphasis on issues of equity, diversity and inclusion. Who are the playwrights, directors, designers, actors, and producers that are shaping the landscape? Who is making theater? How and why are they making it? We will explore
Drama

American Theater Now — DRA2151.01

Fall 2020
Instructor: Jennifer Rohn
Credits: 4
This non-performance based course will focus on a detailed, coast-to-coast examination of the state of the American Theater in 2020-2021 with a specific emphasis on the pressing issues of equity, diversity, and inclusion and on the national theater community’s response to the pandemic. Who are the playwrights, directors, designers, actors, and producers that are shaping the
Drama

Americans in Paris — HIS2114.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: stephen shapiro
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
This course will survey the rich history of Americans' fascination and engagement with the city of Paris and France. Beginning with Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin, we will look at succeeding generations of travelers and expatriates: 19th-century tourists who came to complete their cultural education, painters who discovered new techniques and inspiration in artistic
Social Science