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Historical Grievances and Retrospective Redress — APA4129.01

Spring 2018
Instructor: Eileen Scully
Days & Time:
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
Days & Time:
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
Days & Time:
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
Days & Time:
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
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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 2019
Instructor: Sue Rees
Days & Time:
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 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
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History of Animation — MA2137.01

Fall 2020
Instructor: Sue Rees
Days & Time:
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 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
Days & Time:
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 2016
Instructor: Sue Rees
Days & Time:
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 2021
Instructor: Sue Rees
Days & Time:
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 Christianity: From the Hebrews to Henry VIII — HIS2227.01

Fall 2024
Instructor: Carol Pal
Days & Time:
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 Christians often seem to be
Society Culture and Thought

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

Spring 2020
Instructor: Carol Pal
Days & Time:
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

History of Directing: Traditions and Experiments — DRA2252.01

Spring 2024
Instructor: Jean Randich
Days & Time:
Credits: 4
We will work semi-chronologically from the late 19th to the early 21st century, examining how the “director” emerged as a seminal force in the experimental theater. Parallel movements in film will be considered, but our focus remains on live performance. We will read historic manifestos, critical responses, and examine videos and visual research. We may read contemporary case
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History of Directing: Traditions and Experiments — DRA2252.01

Spring 2027
Instructor: Jean Randich
Days & Time: TU,FR 10:30am-12:20pm
Credits: 4

We will work semi-chronologically from the late 19th to the early 21st century, examining how the “director” emerged as a seminal force in the experimental theater. Parallel movements in film will be considered, but our focus remains on live performance. We will read historic manifestos, critical responses, and examine videos and visual research. We may read contemporary

Drama

History of Jazz on Drum Set — MHI4105.01

Fall 2018
Instructor: Susie Ibarra
Days & Time:
Credits: 2
This ensemble will study the history of jazz on the drum set. The class will examine and learn to play jazz styles and its influences from the 1900s to present day music, including American New Orleans second line, African and Cuban claves in jazz, blues, swing, bebop, hard bop, modern, free, electric and current trends of crossover styles.
Music

History of Medicine: From Hippocrates to Harvey — HIS2183.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Carol Pal
Days & Time:
Credits: 4
How did pre-modern culture understand the human body? How did it work? Where did it fit in the Great Chain of Being, and what differentiated men from women? Medicine has always been a hybrid of thinking, seeing, knowing, and doing. But what defined medicine in the past? Was it a science, an art, or a random assortment of practices? Between the age of Hippocrates and the age of
Social Science

History of Medicine: From Hippocrates to Harvey — HIS2183.01

Fall 2016
Instructor: Carol Pal
Days & Time:
Credits: 4
How did pre-modern culture understand the human body? How did it work? Where did it fit in the Great Chain of Being, and what differentiated men from women? Medicine has always been a hybrid of thinking, seeing, knowing, and doing. But what defined medicine in the past? Was it a science, an art, or a random assortment of practices?  Between the age of Hippocrates and the
Society Culture and Thought

History of Medicine: From Hippocrates to Harvey — HIS2312.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: Carol Pal
Days & Time:
Credits: 4
How did premodern culture understand the human body? How did it work? Where did it fit in the Great Chain of Being, and what differentiated men from women? Medicine has always been a hybrid of thinking, seeing, knowing, and doing. But what defined medicine in the past? Was it a science, an art, or merely a collection of practices? Between the age of Hippocrates and the age of
Society Culture and Thought

History of Music at Bennington College 1932-present — MHI2321.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Allen Shawn
Days & Time:
Credits: 4
Music was a central part of Bennington College from its beginnings. Not only was Bennington’s hands-on approach to teaching innovative and unapologetically progressive, so was its hiring policy: performing musicians were to be full-time faculty and the study of an instrument was considered an academic pursuit.  In this course we will study the history of Music teaching at
Music

History of Photography/19th Century — PHO2142.01

Fall 2017
Instructor: Jonathan Kline
Days & Time:
Credits: 2
This course examines the invention and evolution of  photography in the 19th century.  We will be discussing the diverse applications that photography was directed towards- art, commerce, documentation, and the sciences.  The various social, cultural, and political environments that enabled photography to flourish will be explored through assigned readings,
Visual Arts

History of Photography/20th Century — PHO2154.01

Fall 2019
Instructor: Jonathan Kline
Days & Time:
Credits: 2
This class explores the various ways photography was intertwined with the artistic, political, and scientific developments of the 20th century on a global level. Students will do weekly research connecting to online sites hosted by major institutions such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Victoria Albert Museum, The Getty and others. Class discussions, identification
Visual Arts