Approved Courses
Winter Quarter (W17)
Dept/Description | Course No., Title | Instructor |
---|---|---|
HISTORY (W17) | 170A ANCIENT INDIA | PATEL, A. |
ASIANAM (W17) | 166 ASIANAM&RACE RELTNS | WU, J. |
Analyzes Asian American race relations and racialized interconnections, as well as Asian Americans in racial hierarchy. Topics include racial categorization, citizenship, immigration, equity. | ||
ASIANAM (W17) | 111 ASNAM, U.S. & WAR | FUJITA-RONY, D. |
Introduction to important themes in the history of people of Asian ancestry in the United States from the nineteenth century to the present. | ||
AFAM (W17) | 162W BLACK PROTEST TRADN | WILDERSON, F. |
History and discourses of the black protest tradition. Traces emergence of black protest against racial slavery and white supremacy from the early colonial period to present and the complex elaboration of identity politics within black communities in the twentieth century. | ||
ENGLISH (W17) | 101W CLOSE READING | ROBERTS, H. |
In this class we will explore a variety of approaches to the theory and practice of "close reading," that most fundamental skill for all literary analysis and argument. We will explore some of the critical history of the idea of "close reading" and engage in numerous practical exercises in close reading of poetry, prose and drama with a particular emphasis on the effective use of close reading in critical writing. Weekly writing exercises will be required, as well as a final exam. Texts will be made available online or provided in class. | ||
COM LIT (W17) | 107 DEFINING DECOLONIZATION | COX, A |
Defining Decolonization: Indigenous Theories of Intellectual Sovereignty | ||
EURO ST (W17) | 101A FAITH & REASON | SMITH, J. |
Early Modern Europe was a time of tremendous upheavals that transformed the earlier medieval social structures and laid the foundation for our own world. Central to this period were challenges to traditional religious views (coming from conflicts within Europe but also from European encounters with other cultures) and the introduction of new modes of reasoning. Although these developments are often associated with a process of “secularization,” i.e., the gradual diminishment of the role of religion in public life and the substitution of non-religious ideas for religious ones, we will try to paint a more nuanced picture that sees faith and reason, the religious and the secular, in a complex dialogue (dialectic) with each other. The time period of the course material stretches from 1517 (Luther’s “99 Theses” unleash the Reformation) to 1789 (the French Revolution). | ||
GEN&SEX (W17) | 100B FEMINIST THEORY | KANG, L |
Examination of gender and sexuality in relation to the emergence of the modern world, modernity, and capitalism; commodification, circulation, and transnational exchanges relating to race, gender, class, sexuality, religion, and nationality. | ||
GLBLCLT (W17) | 103B GLOBALIZATION & CULTURAL TRANSFORMATIONS | AHMAD, A. |
The term ‘globalization’ has become popular only over the past quarter century, since about 1990. By the end of the 20th century a decade later, ‘globalization’ had become one of the dominant terms for academic analyses, in the social sciences as much as in cultural studies, theories of literature and the arts, film and media studies, discussions of planetary militarization, as well as discussions of ecology and environment. What was new in the world that accounts for this sudden popularization of this concept? That will be the starting point of this course. | ||
HISTORY (W17) | 180 HISTORY OF ATHEISM | MCKENNA, J. |
ENGLISH (W17) | 106 HOLLYWOOD EXCEPTIONALISM | CHRISTENSEN, J |
Hollywood Exceptionalism will study the history of Hollywood not as a continuously unfolding narrative of industrial innovation and adjustment but as a series of discontinuous episodes--moments of change engineered by the studios in response to or in anticipation of political, economic, social, and legal challenges and opportunities. | ||
PHILOS (W17) | 111 HUMAN, ANGELS & EVIL | KENT, B. |
A study of medieval theories of freedom, moral responsibility, and evil, based on readings from Augustine, Abelard, Anselm, and Aquinas. Topics include: What is evil? Why did God make creatures capable of evil? Is intending to sin just as bad as actually doing it? Does one need a body in order to sin, or do intellect and will suffice? (Angels are the test case for the last issue.) Days: 12:00-12:00 AM | ||
ASIANAM (W17) | 151E JAPANESE AMERICAN EXPERIENCES | CHO, J |
Studies the settlement of Japanese in Hawaii and the continental United States since the late nineteenth century. Topics covered include early migration in Hawaii, World War II internment, post-War community development, “model minority” initiatives, discourses of race in Civil Rights and redress campaigns, and questions of contemporary Japanese American identity and historical documentation in public education exhibitions and media. | ||
GEN&SEX (W17) | 110B MONEY SEX & POWER | MAHMUD, L. |
This course will review critical scholarship, and especially feminist inquiry, that has tackled three core issues of our times: money, sex, and power. Drawing from a variety of case studies from around the world, we will analyze how these seemingly discrete terms have emerged historically, and how they combine with one another to form a complex world of transnational political economies, race and gender relations, erotic politics, and class struggles. | ||
PHILOS (W17) | 145 PHILOS OF LANGUAGE: PROPOSITIONS | FIOCCO, M.O. |
A proposition is supposed to be a non-linguistic representational abstract entity. It is supposed to be what is expressed when one utters a declarative sentence. So when I utter ‘Snow is white’ I express that snow is white, something about the world. This very proposition could be expressed by someone speaking a different language (say, by a German speaker who utters ‘Schnee ist weiss’). Propositions are widely assumed to be what we believe, suspect, doubt, hope, etc. and to be the primary bearers of truth and falsity. The focus of this course will be on what role, if any, propositions play in understanding one’s most basic engagement with the world through perception and thought and how much of one’s mental engagement with the world is actually via propositions. With respect to the latter point, some philosophers maintain that there are states of mind whereby a mind is directed at the world, but not by means of any proposition. We will consider the work of these philosophers and the implications their views have for understanding the claim that minds can directly or immediately engage reality. Same as LPS 145, LINGUIS 141. Days: 12:00-12:00 AM | ||
ART HIS (W17) | 183C PHOTO & CONTROVERSY | GLEBOVA, A. |
Controversy has accompanied and, arguably, defined photography since the medium's very inception. Moving chronologically, we will examine a series of case studies that reveal important dimensions of photography and artistic, political, and technological developments that paralleled its development. A particular emphasis will be the question of photography's ethics. A preliminary list of case studies includes the controversy over the status of photography's inventor; the 19th century trials of ghost photographers; the ethics of manipulating photography, as in the legendary war photographs of Matthew Brady and Robert Capa; the work of Diane Arbus; Robert Mapplethorpe's obscenity trial; Richard Prince's appropriation of Instagram photographs for gallery exhibitions; and the Abu Ghraib photographs. | ||
GEN&SEX (W17) | 188A RACE GENDER&SCIENCE | JENKS, A. |
ASIANAM (W17) | 151H SE ASIAN AMER EXPER | FUJITA-RONY, D. |
Analyzes experiences of refugees and immigrants from Southeast Asia, which may include those from Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, and the Philippines. Examines political and economic factors for their exodus and how they reconstruct their identities, histories, and communities. | ||
GEN&SEX (W17) | 165B SEX HEALTH MEDICINE | TERRY, J. |
Focuses on cultural and political-economic analysis and representations of disease both within the U.S. and globally. | ||
E ASIAN (W17) | 130 SOC & CULTRE KOREA | CHOI, C. |
This course is a survey of modern Korean society and culture. We will examine and interpret the meanings of Korean social and cultural institutions. Topics of discussion include family and gender relationship, migration and multiculturalism, colonialism, war and national division, industrialization and social movement, as well as globalization and culture industry. We will also briefly explore life and society of North Korea. | ||
AFAM (W17) | 158 W.E.B. DUBOIS | CHANDLER, N. |
This course provides a deep introduction to one of the most gifted and influential thinkers of the Twentieth century, W. E. Du Bois. It’s core is the study of the classic The Souls of Black Folk: Essays and Sketches. | ||
HISTORY (W17) | 183 WRLD HIST THRU GAME | SEED, P. |
This course focuses upon a basic history of games introducing historically popular games, their themes, topics, and their mechanisms. Along with the course content, students will develop a historical game from any time period and in any media. |