Examines individual and collective expression within the context of popular and consumer culture, including such areas as music, activism, the Web, fashion, subcultures, shopping, car culture, fan clubs, zines, TV and film.
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to some of the most distinctive literary and cinematic approaches to collective and individual memory and its representation in pre- and postwar Europe.
Examines the radical impulse as it shapes and is shaped by progressive cultural movements. Using examples from fine art, literature, film, music, and other artistic forms and drawing on history, cultural theory and socio-political thought, the course explores the tension between radical aesthetics and radical politics, investigating cultural praxis as it is moved by the […]
Explores how history has been depicted through popular culture in cinema and other electronic media. Focuses on WWII and its aftermath when filmmakers began to rethink the function of cinematic representation and its political and cultural relationship to the contemporary world.
This experiential course engages students in the study of a diverse spectrum of interdisciplinary performance theories and practices from Aristotle to Judith Butler. At the heart of this course is the requirement that students study performativity and attend live performance events through which they interpret their developing knowledge of the field.
This experiential course examines the history and development of musical theatre on stage and in film. Its study crosses the disciplines of theatre, film, dance, and popular culture in an endeavour to understand the historical and contemporary associations between human beings, cultural production, and reproduction in musical performances.
This course will begin with an exploration of the theory and practice of piracy. It will analyze the mythology of piracy, and consider this mythology in the context of historical and social realities of piracy. The course will examine what drove men and women to engage in piracy, how piracy is defined and its various […]
Introduces students to some of the major aspects of classical Islamic thought. Based on primary sources, the course explores the writings of leading figures in Islamic theology, jurisprudence, Qur'anic exegesis, mysticism and philosophy.
Examines the representation and the construction of the gendered roles of "Muslim Woman" and "Muslim Man" in different Islamic societies.
This course applies concepts of ecocriticism to cultural production, literature and film, of Africa and its Diaspora. The course will examine and highlight the role of land and landscape in the literary compositions of the selected writers and filmmakers, and how their works are informed by ecocritical tenets such as naturecultures, animals and animal activism, […]