Autumn 2018 Time Schedule
CENTER FOR THE HUMANITIES |
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Enrl Sect Crs Restr SLN ID Cred Meeting Times Bldg/Rm Instructor Status Enrl/Lim Grades Fee Other ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? |
| HUM 498 TOPICS HUMANITIES | (VLPA/I&S) |
>16227 A 1 T 330-450 PAR 310 0/ 15 CR/NC
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| HUM 596 HUMANITIES RSCH SEM |
>16228 A 2 to be arranged Wilke,Sabine 6/ 6 CR/NC
THIS YEAR LONG SEMINAR IS
STRUCTURED AROUND THE IDEA THAT
THE CONCEPT OF THE ANTHROPOCENE
CHALLENGES US TO RETHINK OUR BASIC
HUMANISTIC VALUES. PARTICIPANTS
WILL CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE
LITERATURE AND CULTURE OF HUMANISM
ON SELECT EXAMPLES DRAWN FROM THE
WESTERN TRADITION AND COMPARE THEM
WITH CONTEMPORARY ARTICULATIONS OF
HUMAN AND NONHUMAN RELATIONS THAT
EMPHASIZE THE NEED TO RETHINK
HUMAN EXCEPTIONALISM. PARTICIPANTS
WILL BE ENCOURAGED TO RECONSIDER
THE QUESTION: WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO
BE HUMAN IN AN AGE THAT CALLS FOR
CRITICALLY REASSESSING HUMAN
AGENCY ON A GLOBAL SCALE ON THE
ONE HAND AND EMPHASIZING THE
INTERCONNECTEDNESS OF SPECIES,
LIFE, AND MATTER ON THE OTHER?
WHAT IS THE ROLE OF HUMANISM IN
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16229 B 5 to be arranged Open 0/ 2
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| HUM 597 SPEC TOPICS IN HUM |
Restr 16230 A 1 to be arranged Powers,Matthew J Open 9/ 12 CR/NC THIS MICRO SEMINAR IS OFFERED IN RELATION TO A FALL SYMPOSIUM, THE SHIFTING LANDSCAPE OF PUBLIC COMMUNICATION, WHICH THE COURSE INSTRUCTORS ARE ORGANIZING. THE TASK OF THE SYMPOSIUM IS TO EXPLORE THE "BIG QUESTIONS" FOR SCHOLARS CONCERNED WITH A CONTEMPORARY MEDIA LANDSCAPE MARKED BY SURVEILLANCE, PROPAGANDA, AND RECEDING FAITH IN THE POWER OF SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS. COURSE READINGS WILL EXPLORE THESE ISSUES, AND INVOLVE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT HOW TO LINK "BIG QUESTIONS" TO EMPIRICAL RESEARCH AGENDAS. SEMINAR PARTICIPANTS WILL BE EXPECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TWO DAY SYMPOSIUM. SEMINAR PARTICIPANTS WILL READ AND DISCUSS CORE DEBATES SURROUNDING THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF PUBLIC COMMUNICATION, AS WELL AS TEXTS FOCUSED ON LINKING SOCIALLY- RELEVANT ISSUES TO SCHOLARLY RESEARCH AGENDAS. MEETS OCT 2, 9, 16, AND NOV 6 2-4 PM IN CMU 218D |
16231 B 1 to be arranged * * Warren,Adam W Open 6/ 18 CR/NC
THIS MICROSEMINAR IS ORGANIZED
AROUND THE ONE-DAY WORKSHOP
"ETHICS, SETTLER COLONIALISM, AND
INDIGENEITY IN THE HISTORY OF THE
HUMAN SCIENCES IN THE GLOBAL
SOUTH," WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE AT
THE SIMPSON CENTER ON NOVEMBER 4.
BOTH THE COURSE AND THE WORKSHOP
ASK HOW WE MIGHT ASSESS AND WRITE
ABOUT THE ETHICAL BREACHES AND
CONUNDRUMS THAT TOOK PLACE IN THE
HUMAN SCIENCES AS RESEARCHERS
DEFINED AND CARRIED OUT
INVESTIGATIONS OF "THE OTHER" AT
HOME AND ABROAD. THEY EXPLORE THIS
QUESTION BY FOREGROUNDING THE
GLOBAL SOUTH AND DECENTERING THE
PRESUMED CENTRALITY OF NORTH
ATLANTIC HISTORIES OF SCIENCE, BY
DRAWING ON THE WORK OF JAN
GOLDSTEIN AND OTHERS ON THE
"EMPIRICAL HISTORY OF MORAL
THINKING," AND BY BRINGING THE
HISTORY OF SCIENCE INTO
CONVERSATION WITH INDIGENOUS
STUDIES, SETTLER COLONIAL THEORY,
AND THEORIES OF RACE AND EMPIRE.
MEETINGS CMU 218D. 10/16, 10/23,
10/30, 11/13 10:30-12:20.
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Restr 16232 C 1 to be arranged Woodward,Kathleen Open 8/ 12 CR/NC THIS MICROSEMINAR IS DESIGNED TO FRAME THE VISIT OF TARA MCPHERSON AT THE UW ON OCTOBER 11-12, WHEN SHE WILL GIVE A PUBLIC LECTURE ENTITLED PLATFORMING HATE: ON THE RIGHT. WE WILL READ AND DISCUSS HER PROVOCATIVE ESSAYS. WE WILL ALSO READ WORK ON NEW MEDIA, AFFECT, AND DESIGN BY ZIZI PAPACHARISSI, WENDY CHUN, AND DANIELA K. ROSNER. MEETS 9/27, 10/4 (4-5:30 CMU 218D); 10/11 (4- 5:30 CMU 120); 10/12 (10:30-12 CMU 218D); 10/18 (4-5:30 CMU 218D) |
