In the last decade, queer scholars have turned away from the study of identity and textuality to consider the role of affect and emotion in the production, circulation, and regulation of sexuality, race, and gender. This course examines a new body of work in queer studies, feminist studies, and sexuality studies that explores emotion and affect as central to operation of social, political, and economic power. Topics will include, mental illness, hormones, happiness, sex, trauma, labor, identity, and social movements, among others.

This course focuses on the theory and practice of peacebuilding and post-conflict economic recovery in the aftermath of mass violent conflict. Some questions we will explore are: how has the theory and practice of post-conflict recovery evolved since World War II? Should economic policies during peacebuilding phases differ from 'normal' economic development? How do economic policies interact with social, political and cultural factors to produce positive (or negative) outcomes? In what ways do internal and external actors support or inhibit the process of peacebuilding?

Can a poem be a contemplative space? This generative workshop is designed for practicing poets who are interested in the effects of meditation/mindfulness practice on their writing and creativity. Workshop members will spend the first 10-20 minutes of each session actively engaged in meditation. The remainder of each class period will be spent in one of three ways: writing and creating work in response to prompts, discussing common readings, sharing work, and/or offering feedback to peers.

This course is designed for students with no background in Spanish. Students are introduced to basic grammatical structures including present, past and future (ir + a + infinitive tenses) and by the end of the semester should be able to communicate in verbal and written forms about personal information, daily activities, future plans and past experiences. All four skill areas (speaking, listening, reading and writing) are practiced through activities that are based on real-life situations and the students' experiences.

In this seminar students will pursue advanced independent dance research and writing projects supported by a community of fellow student scholars. In class we will first consider contexts for this work by surveying in broad strokes the terrain of dance scholarship to register past and current interests, questions and debates. We'll note prominent and missing voices, and key professional organizations and journals. We'll also briefly review the history of dance's climb into higher education, and imagine the future of dance studies.

The focus of this course is the development of a semester-long photographic project. Students will acquire the technical and critical skills needed to create and sustain an in-depth body of work. They will plan, research and edit a project with the aim of effectively conveying complex narratives through images. The class will also focus on refining critique skills, writing about art, and researching funding for projects. Artist visits and presentations will further acquaint students with contemporary photographic practices and the potential of long-form photographic work.

This is an advanced production/theory course for video and film students interested in developing and strengthening the element of performance in their work. How does performance for the camera differ from performance for the stage? How do we find a physical language and a camera language that expand upon one another in a way that liberates the imagination? This course will explore performance and directing in their most diverse possibilities, in a context specific to film and videomakers.

What kinds of stories can we tell from archives? What stories do archives themselves tell? Cultural historians and cultural critics often rely on archives and special collections, which contain materials like letters, journals, manuscripts, organizational records, oral histories, photographs, periodicals, and ephemera. Creative writers, artists, and filmmakers can draw upon archives to shape their work as well.

Learn to make books that pop up, transform, unfold, expand, books that become theaters, movable structures or interactive experiences: movable books. Treat form and content as an interdependent whole as you create your own movable artists books in this hands-on, labor-intensive class. Research into historic and contemporary examples of paper engineering and movable books will inform our inquiry. If you have an interest in art, books, visual storytelling, paper engineering and love to make things with your hands, this is a class for you.

This is a co-taught course that combines theory and practice. After establishing an initial theoretical framework, it divides into two tracks of project production: students choose between art historical scholarly activism or video-based work in which the interview is the source of inquiry and research method. We challenge patriarchal frameworks by researching queer, People of Color (POC), and feminist scholars, activists, and artists through virtual and in-person interviews.