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Black Queer Writing and Theoretical Approaches — LIT2327.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Phillip B. Williams
Credits: 4
This class serves an introduction to Black queer writing and the theories that feed into and are inspired from said writing. We will read poetry, fiction, and essays by writers who revolutionized and made possible Black queer expression in the United States. What is the necessary vocabulary for Black writers left out of white academic and creative circles? When white gender and
Literature

Black Studies: Black Film Division — FV2309.01

Fall 2016
Instructor: Karthik Pandian
Credits: 2
This film history course examines the Black American independent cinema of the 1960s-80s. We will screen landmark works by filmmakers such as Charles Burnett, Haile Gerima, Kathleen Collins and Julie Dash along with videos by contemporary artists. Screenings will be followed by discussions exploring the key thematic and formal preoccupations of black filmmakers of the era
CAPA Visual Arts

Black Studies: Black Music Division — MUS2149.02

Fall 2016
Instructor: Michael Wimberly
Credits: 2
In the early 70s Bennington music faculty members Bill Dixon and Milford Graves guided Bennington students through the black esthetic lens with music, words and deeds. Their compositions, teachings, and innovative approaches to creative music boldly addressed a multitude of issues inspired by the Civil Rights Movement. This 7 week course explores social, political and
CAPA Music

Black Studies: Black Music Division — MUS2149.01

Fall 2017
Instructor: Michael Wimberly
Credits: 2
In the early 70s Bennington music faculty members Bill Dixon and Milford Graves guided Bennington students through the black aesthetic lens with music, words and deeds. Their compositions, teachings, and innovative approaches to creative music boldly addressed a multitude of issues inspired by the Civil Rights and Black Power Movements. This course reveals social, political and
Music

Black Studies: Black Music Division — MHI4102.01

Spring 2017
Instructor: Michael Wimberly
Credits: 2
This seven-week course encourages students who have taken Black Studies: Black Film Division or Black Studies: Black Video Division courses in the Fall 2016 term to take Black Studies: Black Music Division course spring term. Students will use this course to collaborate and realize an exhibition in the Usdan Gallery based on their work and research into the past, present and
CAPA Music

Black Studies: Black Spring I — FV4318.01

Spring 2017
Instructor: Karthik Pandian
Credits: 2
Students who have taken Black Studies courses in the Fall 2016 term will use this course to realize an exhibition in the Usdan Gallery based on their work and research into the past, present and future of black lives at Bennington College. While the centerpiece of the exhibition will be the collaborative video produced in Black Studies: Black Video Division course, it will be
CAPA Visual Arts Music

Black Studies: Black Spring II — FV4320.02

Spring 2017
Instructor: Karthik Pandian
Credits: 2
Students who have taken Black Studies courses in the Fall 2016 term will use this course to realize physical and digital documentation of their work and research into the past, present and future of black lives at Bennington College. Participants in this practical course will archive and disseminate the work of Black Studies engaging technologies of print media, video
CAPA Visual Arts Music

Black Studies: Black Video Division — FV4317.01

Fall 2016
Instructor: Karthik Pandian
Credits: 4
This intermediate video production course imagines the past, present and future of black lives at Bennington College. Through archival work on the history of the Black Music Division, research into contemporary issues of race on campus and speculative explorations of the future of these issues and the aesthetic problems they pose, students will work collaboratively to
CAPA Visual Arts

Blackness, Fugitivity, and Visual Culture — MS4108.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 4
This course explores the ways in which visual culture in the United States has mobilized Blackness and fugitivity for the purposes of both liberation and capture.  Starting in the 19th century we will trace the abstraction and the materiality of Blackness and fugitivity through print, photography, and film ending in the vortex of the digital. Our inquiry will be
Society Culture and Thought

Blockchain/Web3 as an evolution of the consumer web — CS2138.01

Fall 2025
Instructor: Michael Corey
Days & Time: TH 3:40pm-5:30pm
Credits: 2

The large-scale consumer web has been defined by epochs. The first epoch was defined by the user as consumer: large companies created content which was consumed by the masses. The second web epoch (web 2.0) has been defined by consumer creators, large companies own and deliver content created by users to other users (Facebook, TikTok,

Computer Science

Bodies in Inner and Outer Space — PHO4306.01

Fall 2024
Instructor: Terry Boddie
Credits: 4
What are the ways in which the spaces that the human body occupies affects how we view it in a photograph? How does the gendered and racialized body communicate through a photograph made in these spaces? What is communicated when figure and space intertwine? Throughout the history of photography, the human figure has been used to intentionally occupy and alter physical
Visual Arts

Bodies in Inner and Outer Spaces — PHO4361.01

Fall 2023
Instructor: Terry Boddie
Credits: 4
What are the ways in which the space the human body occupies affects how we experience it in a photograph? How does the gendered and racialized body communicate through a photograph made in these spaces? What is communicated when figure and space intertwine? Throughout the history of photography, the human figure has been used to intentionally occupy and alter physical spaces.
Visual Arts

Bodies of Sound — MCO4121.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: Sergei Tcherepnin
Credits: 2
What is the materiality of sound? Do some combinations of sounds have a shape, have color? How can we identify and work with these characteristics? How does sound affect the body and brain? This is an installation class that focuses on ways of working with Sound in the context of Visual Art. You will learn all the tools necessary to create an electronic sound installation -
Music Visual Arts

Bon Dance: A Cultural and Traditional Japanese Dance Experience — CSL2008.01

Spring 2026
Instructor: Ikuko Yoshida
Days & Time: MO 3:40pm-5:30pm
Credits: 2

This comprehensive course offers an immersive introduction to Bon Dance, a time-honored Japanese dance form traditionally performed during the Obon festival, which honors the spirits of ancestors. Designed for participants of all experience levels, the course provides a profound understanding of the dance's cultural significance while teaching basic Japanese

Cultural Studies and Languages Dance

Book Club Italiano — ITA4612.01

Spring 2020
Instructor: Noëlle Rouxel-Cubberly
Credits: 2
Designed like a book club, this course will allow students to read books and discuss them as a class. Titles include Sei personaggi in cerca d’autore (Pirandello, 1921), L’isola di Arturo (Morante, 1957), and Pecore nere: racconti (Kuruvilla, Scego, Mubiayi, Wadia, 2012). While the main focus is on developing reading and speaking skills, this course will also include writing
Cultural Studies and Languages

Borders and Border Crossings — ANT2209.01

Fall 2016
Instructor: Laura Nussbaum-Barberena
Credits: 4
Why do people create borders? Are there borders we perceive but do not acknowledge? How do borders shape the ways we see each other, within and across borders? In what ways do borders influence the way people interact with those they encounter within and across borders? In this course, students will examine borders in a global perspective. The course will begin by discussing
Society Culture and Thought

Boundaries — SCU2309.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: John Umphlett
Credits: 4
This class will participate in a deep investigation of the body. In the beginning, we will work from a live model to produce life size clay representations for understanding the body as a form as well as entertain complicated questions that pertain to the space between the observer and the reference model. In the beginning the goal is for each student to clone this body
Visual Arts

Brain, Behavior, and Cognition — BIO2128.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Blake Jones
Credits: 4
How do animals communicate? What does the brain do? Where are memories stored? Why have different cognitive abilities evolved in different animals? This course will explore these questions and more by integrating across disciplines all aimed at understanding how animals (including humans) behave and think. We will focus on how individuals acquire, encode, interpret, and respond
Science and Mathematics

Brass Chamber Ensemble — Canceled

Spring 2015
Instructor: TBA
Credits: 2
The Brass Ensemble explores the wide breadth of music and expression available to instruments made of brass. From antiquity, where the terrifying sounds of brass instruments heralded war and communicated power, to the gaudy wobble of medieval dance music; the beautiful introspection of renaissance wind music, or the beautifully ornamented architecture of baroque music; the
Music

Brass Chamber Ensemble — MPF4237.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Nathan Botts
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
The Brass Ensemble, directed by Nathan Botts explores the wide breadth of music and expression available to instruments made of brass. From antiquity, where the terrifying sounds of brass instruments heralded war and communicated power, to the gaudy wobble of medieval dance music; the beautiful introspection of renaissance wind music, or the beautifully ornamented architecture
Music

Brass Chamber Ensemble — MPF4237.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Nathan Botts
Credits: 2
The Brass Ensemble, directed by Nathan Botts explores the wide breadth of music and expression available to instruments made of brass. From antiquity, where the terrifying sounds of brass instruments heralded war and communicated power, to the gaudy wobble of medieval dance music; the beautiful introspection of renaissance wind music, or the beautifully ornamented architecture
Music

Brass Chamber Ensemble (Canceled) — MPF4237.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: tba
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
The Brass Ensemble, directed by Nathan Botts, explores the wide breadth of music and expression available to instruments made of brass. From antiquity, where the terrifying sounds of brass instruments heralded war and communicated power, to the gaudy wobble of medieval dance music; the beautiful introspection of renaissance wind music, or the beautifully ornamented architecture
Music

Brass Instruments — MIN4218.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Nathan Botts
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
Individual instruction for brass players (including trumpet, French horn, trombone, and tuba). Strategies will be developed for each student to enhance their technique and musicianship. Course work will include the study and practice of music in a variety of styles including baroque, classical/romantic, contemporary, and jazz/improvisation, depending on the level and specific
Music