When medical anthropologist Arthur Kleinman writes that “illness has meaning,” he reminds us that the human experience of being sick…
This first-year seminar provides a multi-faceted, in-depth, and unique exploration of William Shakespeare’s tragic masterpiece, Hamlet. A play as oft…
There is the assumption that science fiction propagandizes for the gleaming gadgetry that it depicts. It’s true that science fiction…
In this class we will investigate the history of human rights from the perspective of literature. We will explore how…
This course focuses on the creative processes involved in writing poetry. We will look at poets’ revisions of their work,…
What will our world look like in ten years? Fifty? One hundred? Will the future be a utopian paradise or…
William Blake, the visionary poet, artist and printmaker of the British Romantic period, has had enormous influence on modern art…
This course guides students slowly and carefully through one extraordinary long book that is well worth the time and effort….
When medical anthropologist Arthur Kleinman writes that “illness has meaning,” he reminds us that the human experience of being sick…
Scan any bookstore shelf and you’d think the human psyche is hanging on by a thread. From fighting anxiety to…