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Urban Design and Development — ANT4216.01

Fall 2015

Instructor: Timothy Karis

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 4

This course applies the perspectives and methods of anthropology to explore and critique patterns of urban design and development around the world, paying attention to the interactions between structural forces (urban planning and design practices, global capitalism, city and state policies) and locally produced cultural meanings and political activities involving the use of

Society Culture and Thought Visual Arts

Viewpoints Groundwork — DRA2124.01

Fall 2015

Instructor: Jenny Rohn

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 4

Viewpoints is a physical improvisational form used for training actors and creating movement for the stage. This class encourages students to explore the physical and vocal possibilities of time and space, with a specific focus on developing the capacity to be physically present, emotionally open, and free to follow creative impulses. Special emphasis will be placed on the

Drama

Violin and Viola — MIN4345.01

Fall 2015

Instructor: Kaori Washiyama

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 2

Studies in all left -hand positions and shifting and an exploration of various bow techniques. Students can select from the concerto and sonata repertoire, short pieces and etudes for study designed to develop technique, advance musicianship and performance. Co-requisite: Must participate in Music WorkShop (Tues. 6:30pm-8pm)

Music

Visionary Architecture — ARC4123.01

Fall 2015

Instructor: Donald Sherefkin

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 4

All architectural propositions begin as images that postulate new worlds. Some projects begin from a point of view that is expressly experimental. This studio will explore the history of visionary architecture as expressed through texts and images, ranging from Piranesi and Raymond Roussel, to Lebbeus Woods and Italo Calvino. Students will develop a series of projects that will

Visual Arts

Visual Arts Lecture Series — VA2999.01

Fall 2015

Instructor: VA Faculty

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 1

This is a series of lectures given by visiting artists and critics invited by the Visual Arts faculty. You will attend lectures on Tuesday evenings at 7:30 pm as well as gallery exhibitions. The number of lectures and exhibitions you must attend will vary according to how many are scheduled in any term. You are required to take notes during the lectures and exhibitions and

Visual Arts

Wavians Among the Ruins — LIT4328.01

Fall 2015

Instructor: Jonathan Pitcher

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 4

Evelyn Waugh is often described as a Bright Young Thing, a master of farce, the 20th century’s ironist, a modernist, an anti-modernist, a Catholic apologist, or the victim of a particularly elegiac, unforgiving case of enantiodromia. We will read his major novels, though with an eye on their critical reception, both then and now, since part of the course will be devoted to

Literature

What is the Truth? – Learning WWII with History Textbooks in Japan — JPN4233.01

Fall 2015

Instructor: Ikuko Yoshida

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 4

What is the truth in history? Is there one truth? In this course, students learn World War II from the Japanese point of view by reading and examining Japanese history textbooks, novels, essays, and films. Historical events such as the bombings of Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima can be perceived differently depending on whether you study them in Japan or in America

Languages

Woodwind Workshop — MIN2235.01

Fall 2015

Instructor: Bruce Williamson

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 2

This small group of intermediate woodwind students (flute, clarinet, oboe) will collectively work to improve technique (fingerings, articulation, breath), tone production (embouchure, mouthpiece, reeds), sight‐reading, ensemble playing (intonation and blend), and improvisation skills. Corequisite: Must attend seven Music Workshops (Tuesday, 6:30 ‐ 8pm).

Music

Word and Image Lab: Poems into Print — PRI4250.01

Fall 2015

Instructor: Thorsten Dennerline and Mark Wunderlich

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 4

In this hybrid Literature / Visual Arts course, students will experience the full range of the poet's creative process, from the conception of the poem, to writing it, shaping and editing it, designing its printed material aspects, setting it in type, printing on the letterpresses, and producing the work in a readable, distributable form. The process will be a dialog between

Literature Visual Arts

Working With Light — DRA2234.01

Fall 2015

Instructor: Michael Giannitti

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 2

Lighting design has the powerful ability to shape the experience of an audience. Its practice incorporates elements of artistry and craft and should interest those working in all aspects of visual and performing arts. In addition to hands-on work with theatrical lighting equipment in and outside of class, awareness of light, play analysis and conceptualization, color, angle,

Dance Drama

Workshop: Walking and Writing — LIT2398.01

Fall 2015

Instructor: Akiko Busch

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 4

The workshop will examine the literary traditions of walking and writing, focusing on how the first can assist the second. Themes would include walking as a passage; walking as escape; walking as a meditation; walking towards something; walking away from something; and those times when walking manages to be both of these things. Of his outings in Concord, Henry

Literature

“If Spain Falls”: The Spanish Civil War through the Latin American Lens — CANCELLED

Fall 2015

Instructor: Luis Gonzalez Barrios (See Sarah Harris or Jonathan Pitcher for registration.)

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 4

The Spanish Civil War (1936-39) aroused enormous international interest, including in the Americas. Many Latin American authors visited the Peninsula to participate in the conflict, leaving an important body of testimonial and artistic work. In this course we will explore the Spanish civil conflict through a transatlantic approach. The first part of the course will define the

Languages