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Contemporary Chinese Poetry — CHI4220.01

Instructor: Ginger Lin
Days & Time: T/W/F 7:00PM-8:20PM
Credits: 5

While the language of classical Chinese poetry is practically inaccessible to even today’s native speakers of Chinese, the poetry of the five contemporary poets studied in this course is written in the vernacular and serves as a rich source of authentic texts for this course, which integrates language learning with poetry study. The

#Stop Asian Hate: Taking Actions Against Hate — JPN4711.01

Instructor: Ikuko Yoshida
Credits: 4
Since the start of COVD-19, harassment and violence against Asian people has been on the rise in the US.  Under the Human Rights Law, discriminating anyone due to the basis of race, age, nationality, and disability is illegal, and educating the public about their rights and discussing diversity and inclusion have been a key element of educational programs and institutions.

100 Places Where You Must Visit in Japan — JPN2112.01

Instructor: Ikuko Yoshida
Credits: 4
Where do you want to go when you visit Japan: Mount Fuji in Shizuoka, Imperial Palace in Kyoto, or Ghibli Museum in Tokyo? What would you like to eat there? Do you want to eat sushi, tonkatsu, ramen, or pizza that is topped with corn, tuna, and mayonnaise? Do you want to see traditional performing arts like Noh and Kabuki? Or would you like to see current pop groups like Arashi

A Voice from a Wound: Trauma and Memory in Hispanophone Literature — SPA4802.01

Instructor: Sarah Harris
Credits: 4
This advanced Spanish course is a study of the paradox of trauma literature. Stories that compel their telling, yet are unassimilated and unspeakable, trauma narratives grow out of disaster and crisis on an individual and/or collective scale. To better understand Anne Whitehead’s assertion that “Novelists have frequently found that the impact of trauma can only adequately be

Advanced Projects in Linguistics — LIN4117.01

Instructor: Alexia Fawcett
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2

In this course, students will pursue advanced work in linguistics via topics and forms approved by their respective Plan committees.  The course will frame habitual and productive practices in the conduct and presentation of linguistic research, guide the growth of individual students' topical expertise, and present opportunities for the sharing and

After Utopia — SPA4504.01

Instructor: Jonathan Pitcher
Credits: 4
This is a course on the postcolonial philosophical projects of Latin America, though that may be a misnomer. Even the most cursory glance at studies on the continent’s appropriation of the Western philosophical tradition would show that the appropriation is so distinctive that apparently it is still possible to question its existence as philosophy. The course will include some

Analyzing the Social Issues in Japan Through Online News — JPN4601.01

Instructor: Ikuko Yoshida
Credits: 4
The course is designed for students to deepen their understanding of Japanese language and culture through analysis of Japanese online newspapers and examination of Japanese news articles from various contexts. Students will practice various reading strategies, which will help them become independent learners. Mass media is the reflection of a society and the mirror of a

Art in Public Spaces as connective tissue — DAN4380.01

Instructor: Martin Landz
Days & Time: MO,TH 1:40pm-3:30pm
Credits: 2

In this course, we will explore various projects that aim to connect people with their surroundings and communities.
We will also explore the strategies that various artists have implemented to increase their audiences and interest in the arts.
We will analyze and design projects that seek sustainability, diversification, and access to the experience of art and

Avant Garde Art in China — CHI4507.01

Instructor: Ginger Lin
Credits: 4
Art is always somehow a reflection of the culture and society in which it is produced. In this class we will explore the ways in which contemporary (post-Mao) Chinese art reflects on modern Chinese culture and society. Each class or every other class, students will be given a packet with visual and written information on a particular work of art with a vocabulary list and

Avant-Garde Art in China — CHI4507.01

Instructor: Ginger Lin
Credits: 4
During the Mao era, artistic expression in China was completely relegated to serving the propaganda interests of the CCP. After the post Mao opening, avant-garde artists, such as the Stars group, seized upon the opportunity to explore western artistic influences and champion individualism and freedom of expression. In this class we will explore the ways in which post-Mao

Beyond Le Triangle et l'Hexagone: Narrating the (Hi)story and the Self — FRE4612.01

Instructor: Noëlle Rouxel-Cubberly
Credits: 4
Departing from my book Le Triangle et l’Hexagone: Réflexions sur une identité noire (La Découverte, 2020), the course proposes an analysis of the racial context of contemporary France, at times in comparison with that of the United States. The focus of the course will be set on narrations: historical, sociological and artistic (literature, film, music). Participants to this

BLACK IS THE JOURNEY: sampling the intellectual and artistic productions of the African Diaspora — CSL2133.01

Instructor: Noëlle Rouxel-Cubberly
Credits: 4
The course offers a rhizomatic exploration of the African diaspora of the Black Atlantic (Europe-Africa-America), encompassing a wide array of the modalities of its expressions: historical, political, cultural, artistic, and intellectual. Using my book "Black is the Journey, Africana the Name" (Polity, 2021) as a point of departure, this seminar is an invitation to embark on a

Book Club Italiano — ITA4612.01

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

Cartography of Desire in Latin American and Spanish Poetry — SPA4811.01

Instructor: Sarah Harris
Credits: 4
This advanced Spanish course will examine the diverse literary manifestations of desire throughout a wide array of Latin American and Spanish poets that configure eroticism, the lover and the beloved in radical ways. We will discuss the varied approaches from which desire is written, from a surrealist perspective, through philosophical-poetic traditions and a Non-Western

Chinese Zen — CHI4323.01

Instructor: Ginger Lin
Credits: 4
Although it was born in India, Buddhism has had a deep and profound influence on Chinese and East Asian culture, but this philosophy remains relevant to modern life in both the East and West. Students will be introduced to the spirit of Buddhism through modern Mandarin interpretations of classic Chinese Buddhist poems and stories. Students will explore Chinese Buddhist concepts

Chocolat — FRE4608.01

Instructor: Noëlle Rouxel-Cubberly
Days & Time: TU,FR 10:30am-12:20pm
Credits: 4

Why is a Mayan food, chocolate, such a high-stake product in French-speaking countries ?

When it arrived in Paris in the XVIIth century, chocolate constituted a medical and cultural catalyst on French social elites, and, to this day, still carries the heavy weight of its colonial past. In this course, students will explore the economic, historical, social, political

Chocolat — FRE4493.01

Instructor: Noëlle Rouxel-Cubberly
Credits: 4
Introduced in France after a complex trajectory from the "New World", chocolate constituted, when it arrived in Paris, a medical and cultural catalyst on French seventeenth-century aristocracy and bourgeoisie. In this course, students will explore the economic, historical, social, political, artistic and cultural legacy of chocolate production and consumption in French-speaking

Comics/Culture — SPA4401.01

Instructor: Sarah Harris
Credits: 4
What are comics? Why study them? What do they have to do with Spanish culture? Students in this course will consider the theoretical and artistic concerns for graphic narratives, especially in the interaction between text and image. We will examine the gradual evolution of the so-called historieta from its historical relegation to the realm of the juvenile and lowbrow, to the

Confucianism vs. Daoism — CHI4402.01

Instructor: Ginger Lin
Days & Time: TU,FR 2:10pm-4:00pm
Credits: 4

The Twenty-four Stories of Filial Piety are well known Chinese stories that exemplify the devotion of children to their parents that is the chief virtue in Confucianism. The Daoist Tales of Zhuangzi, on the other hand, offer a much different set of values. These tales "translated" from classical Chinese into modern Mandarin

Confucianism vs. Daoism — CHI4402.01

Instructor: Ginger Lin
Credits: 4
The Twenty-four Stories of Filial Piety are well known Chinese stories that exemplify the devotion of children to their parents that is the chief virtue in Confucianism. The Daoist Tales of Zhuangzi, on the other hand, offer a much different set of values. These tales "translated" from classical Chinese into modern Mandarin at the student's language level will serve as a

Confucianism vs. Daoism — CHI4402.01

Instructor: Ginger Lin
Credits: 4
The Twenty-four Stories of Filial Piety are well-known Chinese stories that exemplify the devotion of children to their parents that is the chief virtue in Confucianism. The Daoist Tales of Zhuangzi, on the other hand, offer a much different set of values. These tales "translated" from classical Chinese into modern Mandarin at the student's language level will serve as a

Constructed Languages: Between Entertainment and Idealism — LIN4106.01

Instructor: Tom Leddy-Cecere
Credits: 2
This course will explore the world of artificial or constructed languages (“ConLangs”), and examine their characteristics, their use, and the motivations behind their development.  ConLangs have captured the public imagination as a creative product in literature, film, television, and gaming; this enriches the lesser known but equally engrossing history of artificial