Formerly MTH 245

Formerly MTH 245

Formerly MTH 245

Topics Course In this age of globalization, how do contemporary Italians relate to the Mediterranean: the sea that the Romans called mare nostrum (our sea) and that the Maritime Republics of Genoa, Venice, Amalfi and Pisa dominated for centuries? Even today ancient watchtowers built against the Moors or Saracens still dot the Italian coastlines. How does the past affect the way Italians today view the wave of recent immigrants who arrive by sea?

A study of the major economists and economic theories from the time of Adam Smith to the present; the historical context and intellectual climate of their times; the uses made of their work in understanding society and shaping public policy; an appraisal of the intellectual heritage and global influence of economic methodology today. Economists include Smith, Ricardo, Marx, Keynes, Friedman and contemporaries such as Akerlof and Stiglitz. Prerequisite: either 150 or 153.

Prerequisite for students applying for Junior Year Abroad in Florence. Reading of outstanding works and consideration of their cultural and social backgrounds from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance. One class a week is dedicated to linguistic preparation of the text studied. Prerequisite: ITL 220, and/or 230, and/or 231 or permission of the instructor. Course may not be taken S/U.

Prerequisite for students applying for Junior Year Abroad in Florence. Reading of outstanding works and consideration of their cultural and social backgrounds from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance. One class a week is dedicated to linguistic preparation of the text studied. Prerequisite: ITL 220, and/or 230, and/or 231 or permission of the instructor. Course may not be taken S/U.

This course will explore the organizing efforts of African-Americans during the twentieth century. We will examine activism in both rural and urban sites and in cross-class, middle-class and working-class organizations. The readings will provide critical perspectives on how class, educational status, and gender shape the formation, goals, leadership styles and strategies of various movements. Some of the movements include the lobbying and writing of Ida B.

This course will combine West African dance classes, conducted with the help of musicians who will provide live drumming for each class, and discussion based classes on the cultural and social history of Guinea. Students will explore West African aesthetics as represented in the music and dance traditions of Guinea by engaging in the dance, watching films of performances and celebrations, and reading recent scholarship on the role that national dance companies, such as Les Ballets Africains, played in the anti-colonial, revolutionary nationalist politics of Guinea.