Fall 2026

Rakugo is one of Japan's traditional art forms and a storytelling entertainment that became extremely popular during the Edo period (1603-1868). Rakugo is a unique storytelling performance because a storyteller sits on a seat called “kooza" on stage and tells humorous stories without standing up. Additionally, the storytellers narrate and

This workshop course in nonfiction will ask students to generate essays in conversation with canonical essayistic works, both classical and contemporary, as well as traditional and experimental. We will read Pre-Socratic philosophers such as Heraclitus and Roman orators such as Plutarch, examine Sei Shonagon and Kenko, muse on Michel de Montaigne, Virginia Woolf, and William

This workshop-based creative writing course starts with the premise that every time we put a word down on a page or break a line at a particular point, we are making a choice of genuine consequence. The process of writing a poem is ultimately a sequence of these seemingly small choices and the particular arrangement of words and lines in our poems is more responsible for how

What is Autofiction? The term “autofiction” originated in France in the late 1970s to describe a certain kind of knowing, renegade, and mock-heroic school of autobiographical fiction that fell somewhere between the nihilistic experimentalism of

Ethnography is one of the key genres of writing in the discipline of anthropology and is employed across the social sciences. Proponents celebrate this genre for the nuance with which it describes social phenomena – while skeptics accuse it of getting too bogged down in detail. This course will consider how anthropologists read ethnography

This seminar course investigates the cultural, philosophical, and aesthetic dimensions of sound through critical readings, listening exercises, and discussions. Drawing from fields such as sound studies, media theory, musicology, literature, and art, Readings in

This course is writing-intensive course intended for seniors across methodologies who are in the final stages of their senior work. With Black studies serving as the overarching body of knowledge, this course provides its students with a deep and expansive exploration of the Black

Photography was used scientific purposes and a tool of imperial during the early years of its invention. These two things have helped shaped its historical representation of the body as well as its descriptive language. Marginal groups of individuals when they were represented in photography were often presented in a

An advanced studio-laboratory where nuanced movement, voice, and writing operate as one unstable system. The body is approached as a resonant instrument, with voice and text emerging as somatic extensions of the moving body. Through rigorous physical

This is a singing ensemble that is dedicated to the preservation and performance of African-American sacred music and other songs from the African diaspora (including South African songs and inspirational songs).  

Sage City Symphony is a community orchestra that invites student participation. The Symphony is noted for their policy of commissioning new works by major composers as well as playing the classics. There are always openings in the string sections and occasionally by audition for solo winds and percussion. There will be 1-2 concerts each term. Please note: this class

In this course, we will be uncovering, re-positioning, and affirming historical legacies and traditions that stand the risk of being lost forever, and explore how to use them to fight discrimination, racism and hate today. We will do so using Sankofa, a quest for knowledge through critical examination, patient investigation,

This introductory screenwriting course will focus its attention on, well, maybe you've guessed it, the horror script. We'll be reading feature-length horror screenplays, discussing the various ways to make someone shudder or scream or white-knuckle the arms of their theater seat (or loved one), and in the process we will spend time learning the various structural and formal

This Scriptorium, a “place for writing,” functions as a class for writers interested in improving their critical essay-writing skills. We will read to write and write to read. Much of our time will be occupied with discussion, writing, and revising—as essai means “trial” or “attempt." We will create new habits and

This Scriptorium, a “place for writing,” functions as a class for writers interested in improving their critical essay-writing skills. We will read to write and write to read. Much of our time will be occupied with discussion, writing, and revising—as essai means “trial” or “attempt." We will create new habits and

This Senior Projects course in Literature is two-pronged. Firstly, the course offers space and time to develop your thesis in any formal genre including literary fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and scholarly essay, or any approved project in a hybrid or other genre. (Note that all translation theses will be directed to Translation Atelier, where your

Screen printing is an extremely versatile means of reproducing a 2-D image onto a variety of objects.  Hand-drawn, painted, photographic and digital images can all be used singularly and in combination with each other.  Preparation and processing is relatively simple and multiples can be produced quickly. In

This lab course offers a unique space for students to participate in collective cooking and socially engaged meals. To foster a close-knit group and build strong social bonds, this course emphasizes in-situ learning. Through the collaborative and repetitive process of food preparation, students will establish meaningful routines for

This course explores the pedagogy and practice of Food Studies, specifically focusing on the methods used to build resilient, food-based communities. Drawing from the legacy of student-led "Social Kitchen" activities at Bennington College across FWT, internships, and independent research, we will reexamine the kitchen space as a crucial

This course explores the pedagogy and practice of Food Studies, specifically focusing on the methods used to build resilient, food-based communities. Drawing from the legacy of student-led "Social Kitchen" activities at Bennington College across FWT, internships, and independent research, we will reexamine the kitchen space as a crucial

What makes a group of songs a “cycle”? Is it a theme, lyric, or simple proximity?  Isn’t a song cycle just a concept album? In this course we’ll play through and recompose the literature about song cycles, from Schubert to Joanna Newsom’s Ys to many others. We’ll start by radically recomposing a

This seminar is based on the 1973 songwriting classics, “Innervisions” , and the 1976 “Songs in the Key of Life”, both released on Tamala Records, a subsidiary of Motown Records. Students will examine melodic and harmonic chord progressions using 18th century tonal harmony, and 20th century jazz substitutions, chromaticism, and quartal harmony that Stevie Wonder used in

Pioneering sound artist Maryanne Amacher created architectural sonic environments that were at once mystical, ethereal, and intensely physical. In her body of work, which she called, “Music for Sound Joined Rooms,” she would probe and test architecture with the equipment kept in just two suitcases. In this course, students with little or no previous knowledge of electronic

This hybrid class will examine the current situation in South Sudan. By interviewing in real time, farmers, journalists, students and artists onthe ground in South Sudan, we will hear the voices of people who are directly experiencing living in a conflict zone.  We will also study the history, politics, economics and ecology of South Sudanb to inform our conversations.

This course will provide insight into the music of Spanish speakers in Latin America and the United States, within its cultural and geographical contexts, through analysis of song lyrics, audio recordings, videos and feature films. We will familiarize ourselves with the styles and social functions of bolero, tango, milonga, ranchero, rumba, salsa, pop, merengue, bachata,