In this seminar, we consider various kinds of writing--from daily journalism and popular criticism to academic monographs and scholarly essays--that concern the broad history of music. Via regular writing assignments and group discussions of substance and style, students have opportunities to improve the mechanics, tone and range of their written prose. Required of senior majors; open to others by permission of the instructor. Enrollment limited to 12. Juniors and seniors only. Instructor permission required.

A continuation of 110. One 50-minute musicianship section required per week, in addition to classroom meetings. Prerequisite: MUS 110 or permission of the instructor. Enrollment limited to 18.

Offered as MTH 320 and SDS 320. An introduction to the mathematical theory of statistics and to the application of that theory to the real world. Topics include functions of random variables, estimation, likelihood and Bayesian methods, hypothesis testing and linear models. Prerequisites: a course in introductory statistics, MTH 212 and MTH 246, or permission of the instructor. Enrollment limited to 12. Instructor permission required.

Systems of linear equations, matrices, linear transformations, vector spaces. Applications to be selected from differential equations, foundations of physics, geometry and other topics. Students may not receive credit for both MTH 211 and MTH 210. Prerequisite: MTH 112 or the equivalent, or MTH 111 and MTH 153; MTH 153 is suggested. Enrollment limited to 35 students.

This colloquium explores the history of human mobility from, to, and within the Global South, emphasizing the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. We examine a range of migrant groups who crossed oceans and borders for temporary sojourns or permanent settlement, by choice or by force. We ask how mobility has shaped the human experience in distinct ways depending on migrants’ age, social class, race, gender, and sexuality.

This course introduces students to a range of primary sources from Latin America c. 1500-2000. Examining sources such as diaries, letters, essays, manuals, and political manifestos, members of the class will gain experience interpreting historical texts by placing them in their context. The course offers students a window into Latin American history through the close study of texts written by conquistadors, poets, nuns, and guerrilla fighters, among others. These sources touch on themes including colonial rule, independence and nation-building, and revolution, among other topics.

This course explores the social and cultural history of sport in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Africa. Key subjects covered will be how a focus on sport helps us rethink African colonial encounters, the popular politics of the postcolonial state, and pan-Africanism. We will also reflect on how African sports history challenges us to think more deeply about African ideas of work, gender, and social mobility.

In this seminar, we look at films that make a deliberate and often caricatural use of stereotypes in order to make a statement, whether it is to provoke, examine, question, or simply illustrate some aspects of French culture or national consciousness. The stereotypes we consider include cinematic genres (comedies), as well as themes or topics (tradition versus modernity, ‘Frenchness’, racial and class differences). In doing so, we pay particular attention to the way these stereotypes are staged, what their modes of inquiry are, and what conversations, if any, they promote.

“I thought I had been transported to the garden of Eden”: the explorer Bougainville’s 1771 description of the abundance and beauty of “Taïti” set the tone for two centuries of exoticism in French literature and art. This course will explore legacies of Enlightenment, colonialism, feminism, and postcolonialism through the shifting representations of this so-called island paradise. Readings include travel narratives, philosophical texts, poetry, and novels by Rousseau, Diderot, Josephine de Montbart, Charles Baudelaire, Pierre Loti, and Chantal Spitz.