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A central component of the Gallatin curriculum is a commitment to the study of the history of ideas through significant world texts. Every year, Gallatin offers more than 100 different interdisciplinary seminars in the liberal arts that focus on major issues or themes in—and across—the humanities and arts, social sciences, and sciences. Through interdisciplinary seminars, students encounter a range of important historical periods and fields, and develop a global component to their studies. Gallatin’s expansive notion of the great books distinguishes it from other nontraditional programs as well as from most traditional programs. Interdisciplinary seminars are relatively small (20 to 22 students), emphasizing class discussion and thoughtful writing assignments.

Fall 2012 Interdisciplinary Seminars

Course # Title Instructor Day Time
IDSEM-UG1061 Literary Forms and the Craft of Criticism Sharon Friedman Wed 12:30 PM – 3:15 PM
Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors only.
IDSEM-UG1122 Discourses of Love: Antiquity to the Renaissance Bella Mirabella Tue, Thu 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM
Open to sophomores only.
IDSEM-UG1144 Free Speech and Democracy Paul Thaler Thu 6:20 PM – 9:00 PM
IDSEM-UG1156 The Darwinian Revolution Gene Cittadino Mon, Wed 2:00 PM – 3:15 PM
IDSEM-UG1193 Culture as Communication Vasu Varadhan Mon, Wed 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM
IDSEM-UG1197 Narratives of African Civilizations Dan Dawson Mon 3:30 PM – 6:10 PM
IDSEM-UG1202 Tragic Visions Bella Mirabella Tue, Thu 3:30 PM – 4:45 PM
IDSEM-UG1207 Origins of the Atomic Age Gene Cittadino Tue, Thu 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM
IDSEM-UG1215 Narrative Investigations I Stacy Pies Tue, Thu 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM
IDSEM-UG1216 Doing Things with Words: Arts and Politics Across Cultures Nina Cornyetz Tue 3:30 PM – 6:10 PM
IDSEM-UG1263 American Road Trip Steve Hutkins Tue, Thu 2:00 PM – 3:15 PM
Course meets during the last seven weeks only, October 23–December 15.
IDSEM-UG1300 Militaries and Militarization Antonio Lauria-Perricelli Tue, Thu 4:55 PM – 6:10 PM
IDSEM-UG1311 Mad Science/Mad Pride Bradley Lewis Tue 3:30 PM – 6:10 PM
IDSEM-UG1314 Literary and Cultural Theory: An Interdisciplinary Introduction Sara Murphy Mon, Wed 4:55 PM – 6:10 PM
IDSEM-UG1328 Jung and Postmodern Religious Experience Lee Robbins Tue, Thu 9:30 AM – 10:45 AM
IDSEM-UG1381 Creative Democracy: The Pragmatist Tradition Bill Caspary Wed 3:30 PM – 6:10 PM
IDSEM-UG1388 Thinking About Seeing Keith Miller Tue 3:30 PM – 6:10 PM
IDSEM-UG1394 Latinos and the Politics of Race René Francisco Poitevin Mon, Wed 9:30 AM – 10:45 AM
IDSEM-UG1426 Boundary Crossings E. Frances White Mon, Wed 6:20 PM – 7:35 PM
IDSEM-UG1454 The Iliad and its Legacies in Drama Laura Slatkin Wed 3:30 PM – 6:10 PM
Same as COLIT-UA 104.
IDSEM-UG1468 Psychoanalysis and the Visual Eve Meltzer Mon 12:30 PM – 3:15 PM
IDSEM-UG1482 Consuming the Caribbean Millery Polyné Thu 3:30 PM – 6:10 PM
Same as - SCA-UA 721.001
IDSEM-UG1503 American Poetics: Inventions and Intimate Dialogues in the Making of a Hemisphere Millery Polyné Wed 3:30 PM – 6:10 PM
Same as SCA-UA 816.
IDSEM-UG1504 Guilty Subjects: Guilt in Literature, Law and Psychoanalysis Sara Murphy Mon, Wed 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM
IDSEM-UG1519 Biology and Society Myles Jackson Mon, Wed 3:30 PM – 4:45 PM
Course meets during the last seven weeks only, October 24–December 13.
IDSEM-UG1523 Feminism, Empire and Postcoloniality Marie Cruz Soto Tue, Thu 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM
IDSEM-UG1527 Finance for Social Theorists Peter Rajsingh Mon 7:45 PM – 10:15 PM
IDSEM-UG1539 Travel Classics Steve Hutkins Tue, Thu 9:30 AM – 10:45 AM
Course meets during the first seven weeks only, September 4–October 18.
IDSEM-UG1545 On Freud's Couch: Psychoanalysis, Narrative and Memory Nina Cornyetz Wed 12:30 PM – 3:15 PM
IDSEM-UG1552 Sociology of Religion: Islam and the Modern World Ali Mirsepassi Tue, Thu 2:00 PM – 3:15 PM
IDSEM-UG1555 Imagining India: From the Colonial to the Global Ritty Lukose Fri 11:00 AM – 1:45 PM
IDSEM-UG1558 The Travel Habit: On the Road in the Thirties Steve Hutkins Tue, Thu 2:00 PM – 3:15 PM
Course meets during the first seven weeks only, September 4–October 18.
IDSEM-UG1566 History of Environmental Sciences Before Darwin Peder Anker Tue, Thu 9:30 AM – 10:45 AM
IDSEM-UG1586 Consumerism in Comparative Perspective Kimberly DaCosta Tue 3:30 PM – 6:10 PM
Same as SOC-UA 970.
IDSEM-UG1587 Who Owns Culture?: Intellectual Property Law and the Cultural Commons Gail Drakes Wed 3:30 PM – 6:10 PM
IDSEM-UG1592 American Narratives I: American Literature, Race and Politics George Shulman Thu 3:30 PM – 6:10 PM
Open to sophomores and juniors only.
IDSEM-UG1603 Modern Poetry and the Actual World Lisa Goldfarb Tue, Thu 3:30 PM – 4:45 PM
IDSEM-UG1609 Dante's World Antonio Rutigliano Wed 3:30 PM – 6:10 PM
IDSEM-UG1617 Philosophy of Religion Joe Thometz Tue 9:30 AM – 12:15 PM
IDSEM-UG1618 Media and Fashion Moya Luckett Mon 6:20 PM – 9:00 PM
IDSEM-UG1643 Law and Legal Thought Vasuki Nesiah Tue, Thu 9:30 AM – 10:45 AM
IDSEM-UG1648 Environment and Development in Africa Rosalind Fredericks Wed 3:30 PM – 6:10 PM
IDSEM-UG1651 From Memory to Myth: The Mighty Charlemagne Andrew Romig Mon, Wed 12:30 PM – 1:45 PM
Same as HIST-UA 245.
IDSEM-UG1684 Indigenous Culture and Cultural Authenticity Luke Fleming Mon, Wed 3:30 PM – 4:45 PM
IDSEM-UG1698 The Social Contract: Early Modern European Political Theory Justin Holt Fri 12:30 PM – 3:15 PM
IDSEM-UG1699 Feeling, in Theory Eve Meltzer Thu 3:30 PM – 6:10 PM
IDSEM-UG1700 Becoming Global? Europe and the World: A Literary Exploration Valerie Forman Tue, Thu 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM
Same as COLIT-UA 800.001.
IDSEM-UG1701 The End of the World Matthew Stanley Mon, Wed 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM
IDSEM-UG1702 Spectacle and Mass Media Moya Luckett Fri 11:00 AM – 1:45 PM
IDSEM-UG1705 Antigone(s): Ancient Greece/Performance Now Laura Slatkin Kristin Horton Tue 3:30 PM – 6:10 PM
IDSEM-UG1706 The Origins of Language and its Place in Western Thought Luke Fleming Fri 11:00 AM – 1:45 PM
IDSEM-UG1708 Visions of the Good Life in Ancient Greece Mon, Wed 9:30 AM – 10:45 AM
IDSEM-UG1709 Sites of Surrealism Eugene Vydrin Wed 6:20 PM – 9:00 PM
IDSEM-UG1710 Sex and the State Lauren Kaminsky Mon 3:30 PM – 6:10 PM
IDSEM-UG1711 Politics, Writing and the Nobel Prize in Latin America Linn Cary Mehta Mon, Wed 3:30 PM – 4:45 PM
IDSEM-UG1712 Empire, Race and Politics George Shulman Tue 6:20 PM – 9:00 PM
Open to sophomores and juniors only.
IDSEM-UG1713 From Blackface to Black Power: Twentieth-century African American Literature Laurie Woodard Tue, Thu 2:00 PM – 3:15 PM
IDSEM-UG1714 What is Critique? A.B. Huber Wed 3:30 PM – 6:10 PM
Same as COLIT-UA 800.002.
IDSEM-UG1715 Narrating Gender in the Arab World Hoda El Shakry Mon, Wed 2:00 PM – 3:15 PM
Same as COLIT-UA 302.
IDSEM-UG1723 (Dis)inheriting Power: Literature and the Legacies of Colonialism Laurie R. Lambert Tue, Thu 4:55 PM – 6:10 PM
IDSEM-UG1724 Race, Ethnicity, and Popular Media Frank Roberts Thu 6:20 PM – 9:00 PM
IDSEM-UG1725 Cultures of Finance Robert Wosnitzer Mon, Wed 9:30 AM – 10:45 AM
IDSEM-UG1730 Art in Critical Theory Meleko Mokgosi Tue, Thu 6:20 PM – 7:35 PM
IDSEM-UG1731 Gender Undone: Fiction, Film, and Feminist Theory Rose-Ellen Lessy Thu 3:30 PM – 6:10 PM
IDSEM-UG1736 Making a Scientific Revolution: Medieval Christendom and Islam Mon, Wed 12:30 PM – 1:45 PM
 

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