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,…
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…
There is the assumption that science fiction propagandizes for the gleaming gadgetry that it depicts. It’s true that science fiction…
What will our world look like in ten years? Fifty? One hundred? Will the future be a utopian paradise or…
How have ideas about courtship changed between the twelfth century and today? Just what was “courtly love”? And how has…
Is it possible that people across generations and geographies see differently? What if what we see is related to who…
Today we tend to see curiosity and imagination as two peas in a very positive pod. Yet, although they have…
William Blake, the visionary poet, artist and printmaker of the British Romantic period, has had enormous influence on modern art…