Black Panthers, Brown Berets: Radical Social Movements of the Late-20th Century
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Dixieland? - Literature and Culture of the American South
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Food, Identity, and Place: You Are What You Eat and Where You Eat It
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Leadership, Law and Social Movements
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More Than A Game: Leadership and Social Change in Sports
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Anthropology of Religion
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Gender, Sexuality, and Queerness: An Interdisciplinary Approach
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Global Health: Inequality, Culture, and Human Well-being Around the World
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Leadership and the Politics of Food
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Why do we want to help? Motivations, History, and Critiques of Humanitarianism
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Ancient DNA: Uncovering the Secrets of Our Species
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Black Lives Matter Less: How Structural Racism Affects Health
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Leadership and Global Health
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Moral Medicine: Questions in Bioethics at the Cutting Edge
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Free Will and the Brain: The Neuroscience of Decision-Making
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Archaeology of Ancient Greece
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Greek Mythology
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Mythology
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Playing with Death: Games in the Ancient World
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Rome, Italy - Making of an Eternal City
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The American Presidents and the Western Tradition
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Ethical Questions of the Information Age
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Behavioral Game Theory: Experiments in Strategic Interaction
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Egyptology 101
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The Quest for Immortality in the Ancient World
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"All of them Witches!": Race, Gender, and Witchcraft in Popular Culture
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20th Century Literary Movements and Theories
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Apocalypse Now
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How Poetry Matters: Reading Experimental Poetry in the Pandemic Era
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Law and Literature
This course considers how law and literature contribute jointly to our sense of justice and our understanding of injustice. Through novels, poetry, film, legal writings, and legal opinions, we examine how law and literature create interrelated narratives that shed light on issues like identity, sexuality, injury, policing, speech, and silence.
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Tagged With: Anthropology & SociologyEnglish & World LiteratureLegal StudiesModern Culture & MediaPolitical Science
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Literature, Culture, and American Identities
America has been described as a melting pot and a nation of immigrants, but what does it mean to be an “American” and to claim an “American” identity? This course will introduce students to the study of personal and group identity in U.S. literature and culture. Crossing multiple genres, historical periods, and cultural forms (fiction, film, TV), we will examine a diverse range of texts by African American, Asian American, Chicano/Latino, Jewish American, and Native American writers. We will ask how these writers have come to understand the United States, and how they have used literary and cultural expression to represent their own experiences and the experiences of their communities in the U.S.
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Tagged With: Anthropology & SociologyEnglish & World LiteratureHistory & American StudiesModern Culture & Media
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Love Stories
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Applying Environmental Leadership To The Global Climate Crisis
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Brown Environmental Leadership Lab: Alaska
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Brown Environmental Leadership Lab: Rhode Island
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Immersive Italian
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Kafka and the Philosophers
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"In the Good Old Days" - The Idea of Nostalgia
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A People's History of War in America
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Popular Politics in the Middle East and North Africa
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Power and the Production of History
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Segovia, Spain - Spanish Life and Culture
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Setting Sail: Early American History from the Water
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U.S. Politics, Public Policy and Social Justice
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Warfare in the Ancient World
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World War II: A Global History from Below
The largest and deadliest conflict in human history, World War II dramatically transformed the modern world. This course will look at the war from the bottom up, exploring the experiences of ordinary people from across the world. In particular, centering the opportunities and challenges the war presented to members of marginalized groups in uniform, in occupied territory, and returning home after the war. Students will analyze a variety of primary and secondary sources through class discussion and assignments, drawing conclusions about the agency of these individuals as well as the social, cultural, and political legacies of the war. Students will analyze a variety of primary and secondary sources through class discussion and short papers, drawing conclusions about the agency of these individuals as well as the social, cultural, and political legacies of the war.
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Tagged With: Anthropology & SociologyEnglish & World LiteratureHistory & American StudiesPolitical Science
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Ancient Art in the Flesh: Discovering Ancient Art at the RISD Museum
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Art, Fashion, and Gender in the Modern Age
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Logic & Paradox
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Around the World in 10 Days: Exploring Tourism
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From Mayberry to Netflix: Topics in Television Studies, Race, Gender, and Class
Television’s modes of content creation, distribution, and consumption are changing rapidly. Some would argue that television has usurped film as the preeminent visual medium of our age, while others would suggest that television and film are converging to the point that these very labels are becoming meaningless. Regardless, alternative modes of production and distribution allow for a plethora of diverse shows that no longer have to “play in Peoria.” Concurrently, issues of race, gender, and class on television are more prominent and pervasive than ever. But is increased representation—of minority, female, and LGBTQ characters—enough? What is “good” or “bad” representation, or should we eliminate this binary altogether? How do we define quality and/or relevant television? The purpose of this course is to collect the tools that we need in order to think critically about what we watch.
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Tagged With: Anthropology & SociologyHistory & American StudiesModern Culture & MediaPolitical Science
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The *@#%* Media: Enough Disinformation!
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The People vs. The Media: Race and Gender in Representations of Crime
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Arguing About Arguing and Thinking About Thinking
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Contemporary Moral Issues
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Equity and Justice: The Meaning of Equality in a Time of Systemic Oppression
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Implicit Bias - What is it and Who is to Blame?
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Introduction to Philosophy
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Nevertheless, She Persisted: Current Issues in Feminist Philosophy
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Science, Perception, and Reality
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From Newton to Nanotechnology: History and Applications of Physics
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Introductory Astronomy: Exploring the Cosmos
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May The Force Be With You: Physics for the Ages
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Quantum Mechanics and the Nature of Reality
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What Does It Take to Discover a Particle?
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"This Is What Democracy Looks Like!"
Democracy is conventionally conceived as a tidy set of procedures and principles: elections, voting, legislation, checks and balances, majority rule. But it becomes a lot more complex when we look at the history of democratic thought, which has often been associated with revolutionary activity, large social movements, and messy conflict. In this course, we will examine the history of democratic thought, explore questions about rule and authority, and come to broaden our understanding of how democracy’s central values and ideals might reinvigorate democracy in our contemporary moment.
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Tagged With: Philosophy & ReligionPolitical Science
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Animals Among Us: Humans, Nonhumans, and Politics
What is an animal? To begin, you may point to your dog or cat nearby, the bird outside the window, or perhaps a selfie — these are all particular animals. Yet humans take great effort in distinguishing themselves from other animals. And our society and politics are based on these distinctions— otherwise, we couldn’t use animals as food, scientific research, or even pets. In this course, we will explore the place of animals in western political theory: How do foundational texts establish the separation of humans from other animals? How are animals confined, included in, or excluded from our (human) political systems? Lastly, we will look at various historical, literary, philosophical, and ethnographic texts from different parts of the world that present diverse impressions of animals. This course offers a window to the complex ways that theories and practice intersect in the study of animals.
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Tagged With: Anthropology & SociologyClassics & Ancient WorldPhilosophy & ReligionPolitical Science
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Debating Democracy: Threats and Prospects
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Ethics and International Affairs
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Great Trials That Changed History: A Judge's Perspective
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Introduction to U.S. Law and The Way Lawyers Think
Because the law affects nearly all aspects of daily life, understanding our society’s legal framework empowers students to step into leadership roles, use the law to help others, change the law, and change the world around them. Students will learn how to think and analyze issues like a lawyer, lawmaker, and judge as we explore different types of law, such as criminal law, civil rights, litigation, business law, and more.
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Tagged With: EconomicsLegal StudiesPolitical Science
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Introduction to Women’s Studies
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Law, Ethics, and Democracy
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Making Sense of the World: Analyzing the Key Players in the International System
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Political Theory Through Science Fiction: Utopias, Dystopias and Allegories
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Posting Power - Digital Media and the Transformation of Politics
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Race, Justice, and American Democracy
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The American Presidency
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The International Human Rights of Political and Environmental Migrations
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The Political Economy of Cities: American and Comparative Perspectives
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The Politics of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
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The United States Supreme Court: The 2021-22 Term in Review
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Transforming Conflict
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U.S. Foreign Policy: Past, Present, and Future
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Freud: Psychoanalysis and Its Legacies
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The Psychology of Denial, Skepticism, and Conspiracy
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Racism and Health: From a Physiological to Societal Perspective
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The End of the World
Living now amid the Covid-19 pandemic, thoughts of whether humanity can defeat the virus and, if so, what will become of the world post-pandemic greatly trouble the mind. While our anxieties at present are very real and valid, concern over humanity’s end and the end of the world is not new. The theme of the apocalypse features prominently in some of the most lucrative Hollywood movies that dramatize global catastrophes—extreme global warming, astrological forces, pandemics—that threaten humanity’s end. That concern over the world ending is at the forefront of the present-day human mind is indicated by the sheer popularity and success of these films. Such anxieties have also been revealed by recent crazed responses over the uncertainty of what would happen after Dec 21, 2012, the last day of the Mayan calendar, and when the clock struck midnight to usher in the year 2000 (Y2K). However, this kind of apocalyptic thinking is not born out of modernity. It originated over 2,000 years ago in the religions of Judaism and Christianity and has shaped human thinking and catalyzed human action ever since. What can we learn from the history of the apocalyptic mindset, and how might it better help us understand ourselves and the world we live in today? How has belief in the apocalypse shaped human behavior for better or worse? If this topic and these questions are of interest, then this is the course for you.
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Tagged With: Anthropology & SociologyClassics & Ancient WorldPhilosophy & Religion
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Environmental Sociology for A Rapidly Warming World
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Finance for the Poor: Microcredit, Poverty, and Development
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Gender, Race and Class in Medical Research and Practice
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Informed Leadership: Science, Technology and Society
From the development of vaccines to the first test of the atomic bomb, the social landscape of the 20th and 21st centuries has been shaped by technological, medical, and scientific advancements. In this course, you will analyze the ever-shifting relationship between science and society through readings drawn from Science, Technology, Studies (STS), Environmental Studies, Bioethics, the History of Science, and the Philosophy of Science.
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Tagged With: Anthropology & SociologyHistory & American StudiesLegal StudiesMath & Computer SciencePhilosophy & ReligionPolitical ScienceMedicine & Health StudiesPublic Health
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Leadership and Social Change
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Leadership for Educational Equity
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Social Impact of Natural and Human-made Disasters
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The Climate Crisis and Society
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Women and Leadership
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Acting
Acting is about doing! Explore your unique potential. You will develop valuable acting, collaboration, and communication skills. This is a useful, challenging, and fun exploration of the art of acting.
In class, students work on scenes, applying new techniques. There will be multiple presentations of scene work, the final one open to the public. Develop physical, vocal, emotional, and intellectual skills. CREATE a supportive collaborative space. Have fun exploring!
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Tagged With: Performing & Media ArtsEnglish & World LiteratureHistory & American StudiesPsychologyMusic, Performing & Media Arts
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Female Forces: Hidden Histories of Art + Design
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