Few periods in United States. history experienced as much change and turmoil as the "Long Sixties" (1954-1975), when powerful social movements overhauled American gender norms, restructured the Democratic and Republican parties, and abolished the South's racist "Jim Crow" regime. This course examines the movements that defined this era.

"The development of the modern world, with particular attention to colonialism, imperialism, and the revolutionary movements for national liberation." (Gen.Ed. HS, DG)

This course explores the definition and evolution of a national literary tradition in the United States from the Civil War to the present. We will examine a variety of issues arising from the historical and cultural contexts of the 19th and 20th centuries, the formal study of literature, and the competing constructions of American identity. Students will consider canonical texts, as well as those less frequently recognized as central to the American literary tradition, in an effort to foster original insights i9nto the definition, content, and the shape of ?literature? in the United States.

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How are live art forms dealing with an increasingly mediatized world? This course offers a survey of theatre, dance, and art from the last decade, aimed at exposing students to a range of different styles and issues in contemporary performance culture. Each week, we will watch a different performance?either film documentation or a live event?and gather together to discuss the work. Very short readings will occasionally accompany the viewings, but this is largely a class centered on spectatorship. No experience is required, but an open mind is a necessity.

In this course we will look at how ten disasters both natural and caused by people had an impact on the history, culture, and economics of Japan. These disasters span the course of history starting in the classical period 794 CE and running to the present. There will be films, short stories, and historical readings.

The Guardian newspaper describes climate change as ?The Greatest Story Ever Told.? It is not surprising that the British newspaper should cast the unfolding threat of climate change through the lens of a ?story.? If we think about it, climate change has been cast as an environmental problem with economic, political and scientific solutions. However, as the renowned geographer Mike Hulme pointed out: ?Science may be solving the mysteries of climate, but it is not helping us discover the meaning of climate change.?