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CISA-Related Courses, Spring 2002

The following courses are taught by faculty who have been closely involved with CISA since its inception. While the list is not exhaustive, these courses share CISA's concerns with exploring relational aspects of identity in the Americas within a comparatist and transdisciplinary framework. African-American, Black and Caribbean Studies "Music & Culture of the Caribbean." HACU 237. Hampshire College Prof. Rebecca Miller T/Th: 10:30 am - 11:50 am. Asian-American Studies "Asian-American Literature." ENG 267 Smith College Prof. Cheung T/Th: 10:30 am - 11:50 am Latin-American and Central-American Studies: "Topics in Portuguese & Brazilian Litearture and Culture Brazil x Five: Journey Through Multicultural History" POR 221 Smith College Prof. Harrison MWF: 1:10pm - 2:30 pm "Latino/a Racial Identity." SOC 314 Smith College Prof. Candelario T 1:00 p, - 2:50 pm "Rights and Resistance: Film and Theatre in Latino/a America." Am Studies 80 Amherst College Prof. Nielsen MW 12:30 pm - 1:50 pm This course offers an introduction to Latin/o American film and theatre texts that illuminate cultural and political movements in the Americas during the 20th century. We study the ways in which film, theatre and music address and expresses crises of social conflict. Drawing on post-colonial and liberation theories of culture, art, and the state, we construct an intellectual history of socially-motivated Latin/o American film and theatre performances. Native-American Studies "Native Peoples of North America." Anthro 250 Smith College Prof. Mithlo MW: 1:10 pm - 2:30 pm Contested Spaces "Literature of Passing." ENG 75s(6). Amherst College Prof. Parham TTh 11:30 am "Introduction to Cultural Anthropology" Anthro 130. Smith College Prof. Mithlo MWF: 10:00 am - 10:50 am "The Nature of Place." Art 297J UMass Amherst Prof. Page TTh: 2:30 pm - 3:45 pm "Gender and Intercultural Film and Video." Comm 593C. UMass Amherst Prof. Ciecko M 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm "Contemporary World Cinema" Com 397T UMass Amherst Prof. Ciecko MW: 3:35 pm - 5:30 pm "The Jewish People II: Jewish History from Medieval Times to Present." Judaic 102 UMass, Amherst Prof. Ben-Ur TTh: 2:30 pm - 3:45 pm "Citizenship in a Media Culture" Com 397A University of Massachusetts, Amherst AND Colloquium 20 Amherst College Profs. Henderson and O'Connell TTh: 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm; Monday 3:35 - 5:35 (screening) The Americas as Crossroads: "American Folk & Traditional Music." HACU 184. Hampshire College. Prof. Miller MW: 10:30 am - 11:50 am "American Exertions: Performance, Sport, History." HACU 245 Hampshire College Prof. Nielsen MW: 4:00 pm - 5:20 pm "Autobiography in the Americas." HACU 303 Hampshire College Profs. Holland and Schocket W: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm ;Th 10:30 am - 12:30 pm "Rethinking the Americas" Frn 297A / PolSci 297 UMass Amherst Prof. Schwartzwald, et al. M: 11:15 am - 12:05 pm - W: 111:15 - am - 1:10 pm.