This course will examine the evolution of the legal treatment of violence in intimate relationships, focusing specifically on the post-war United States and paying particular attention to the rise of the movement against domestic violence in the 1970s and 1980s. Through an analysis of court cases and legislation, we will look at how and why such violence came to be seen as a crime and the criminal and civil legal responses to it.

The natural processes of the ocean, including earthquakes and volcanoes, the hydrologic cycle and weather, ocean circulation and the global energy balance, the carbon cycle and productivity, biodi-versity and marine food webs, coastal dynamics. Also, global warming, sea-level rise, environmental degradation and the ocean system response to human activity and global change. Interactive class sessions, with considerable participation by students in problem solving, discussions, and demonstrations. Exams and grades based on teamwork as well as on individual performance.

This course examines the intersection of culture and the economy through the lens of consumers and consumption. Drawing on classic works of social theory and path-breaking new works in the history of consumerism, the course will highlight the tremendous possibilities of consumption as a means of understanding the history of capitalism. Themes to be examined in the course will include inequality, gender, colonialism, globalization, mass politics and the informal economy.

Refugees from Nazi Germany had a tremendous influence on Hollywood in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. This seminar explores the productions of directors such as Lubitsch, Wilder, Ulmer, and Preminger as works of German exile culture, examining their connections with Weimar cinema and their role in anti-fascist aesthetics. Our film analysis will be enriched with theoretical perspectives from Adorno, Eisler, Kracauer and other German exiles.

This course covers the history of South Asia. It traces politics, caste, religions, and empires from the earlier period to the emergence of modern India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. (HSG)

This course covers the history of South Asia. It traces politics, caste, religions, and empires from the earlier period to the emergence of modern India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. (HSG)

This course covers the history of South Asia. It traces politics, caste, religions, and empires from the earlier period to the emergence of modern India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. (HSG)

This course covers the history of South Asia. It traces politics, caste, religions, and empires from the earlier period to the emergence of modern India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. (HSG)

This course covers the history of South Asia. It traces politics, caste, religions, and empires from the earlier period to the emergence of modern India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. (HSG)

This course covers the history of South Asia. It traces politics, caste, religions, and empires from the earlier period to the emergence of modern India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. (HSG)