a journal of research & art
By Louie Dean Valencia-García
Spanning from antiquity, this course deconstructs the concept and history of “Western Civilization.” Through the study of primary and secondary sources, students will consider how history can be written to include oppressed and marginalized voices while still attempting to understand the broad scope of European history and its legacy.
By Nancy Love
This course examines the various types of feminist political theories that inform contemporary feminist politics.
By Denise Martz
The purpose of this course is to take the contemporary social psychological phenomena of fat talk and body snarking to examine them through scientific and a feminist/political lens.
By Michele Rivkin-Fish
This course examines the experiences of post-socialist countries as a means of understanding the relationship between political-economic, social, and cultural change, on the one hand, and public health and gender relations, on the other.
By Ariane Simard
What happens when conscientious acts move from being merely a political practice to becoming something that resembles works that are more subtle and personal? What happens when an artist’s work veers into the political realm?
By Carina Ray
View this course syllabus for Race, Sex, and Colonialism from the History Department at Brandeis University.
