Courses of interest of Public Humanities Students Fall 2009
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For more descriptive information about these classes, download the document 
public humanities courses 2009-2010.doc
At Brown:
AMCV1010-S01: Introduction to American Studies: War and American Culture
AMCV1250B-S01: Gravestones and Burying Grounds:
AMCV1520-S01: Technology and Material Culture in America: The Urban Built Environment
AMCV2010-S01: Introduction to Interdisciplinary Methods
AMCV2520-S01: American Studies: Method and Theory
AMCV2650-S01: Introduction to Public Humanities
AMCV2653-S01: Public Art: History, Theory, and Practice
AMCV2670-S01: Practicum in Public Humanities
AMCV2690-S01: Public Humanities Institutions: A Systems Perspective
ANTH1900-S01: History of Anthropology
ANTH2000-S01: History of Ethnological Theory
ANTH2501-S01: Principles of Archaeology
ARCH1160: The World of Museums: Logistics, Laws and Loans
ARCH1540-S01: Cultural Heritage: The Players and Politics of Protecting the Past
ARCH1850-S01: Comparative Empires and Material Culture
ARCH1900: The Archaeology of College Hill
EDUC1280-S01: International Perspectives on Informal Education
ENGN1930S-S01: Land Use and Built Environment: An entrepreneurial view
HIAA1890F-S01: From Worlds in Miniature to Miniature Worlds: Theming and Virtuality
HIAA1910A-S01: Architecture of Downtown Providence from Late Nineteenth Century to the Present
HIST1971Z-S01: Memoirs and Memory: The Individual Experience of Modern Jewish Life
HIST1973P-S01: City as Modernity: Popular Culture, Mass Consumption, Urban Entertainment in Nineteenth-Century Paris
HIST1974U-S01: Theory and Practice of Local History
MCM1502U-F01: Media and Memory: Representing the Holocaust
PPAI1700R-S01: Urban Revitalization: Lessons from the Providence Plan
PPAI2000-S01: Institutions and Policy Making
PPAI2020-S01: Public Budgeting and Management
PPAI2130-S01: Organizations and Policymaking
PPAI2550-S01: Managing and Leading in Public Affairs
TSDA1280Y-S01Issues in Performance Studies
URBN1010-S01: Fieldwork in Urban Archaeology and Historical Preservation
URBN1870N-S01: The Cultural and Social Life of the Built Environment
At RISD:
ARTE 602G 01 MUSEUMS, HISTORIES & CRITIQUES
3 credits Sarah Blythe
W 09:00am - 12:00pm MUS tba
GRAD 109G 01 SOCIAL GEOGRAPHIES AND THEIR REPRESENTATION
3 credits Marie Cieri
T 01:10pm - 04:10pm MASN 105
GRAD 032G 01 CRITICAL ISSUES:CONTEMPORARY ART
3 credits Debra Balken
W 01:10pm - 04:10pm MASN 105
ARTE 601G 01 CURRIC.MAPPING FOR VISUAL ARTS LEARNING
3 credits Paul Sproll
T 09:00am - 12:00pm 20WP 205
ARTE 601G 02 CURRIC.MAPPING FOR VISUAL ARTS LEARNING
3 credits John Chamberlin
F 01:10pm - 04:10pm 20WP 205
ARTE 652G 01 CONTEXT, CONTENT AND PRACTICES IN ART + DES. EDUC
3 credits John Chamberlin
Th 09:00am - 12:00pm 20WP 205
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At Harvard
*History 84c (formerly *History 1610). Confronting Objects/Interpreting Culture: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on North America
Catalog Number: 2479 Enrollment: Limited to 15.
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich and Ivan Gaskell
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Using case studies drawn from the Longfellow National Historic site and Harvard collections, students will explore a range of methods used in interpreting art and artifacts from colonial North America and the early US. Emphasis on the interplay between particular objects and larger historical themes, such as colonialism, patriotism, or the beginnings of mechanization. Students will be introduced to a range of scholarly tools, including laboratory analysis of materials, quantitative studies of household inventories, and iconography.
Note: Expected to be given in 2010–11. This course, when taken for a letter grade, meets the Core area requirement for Historical Study B.
History 2403. Harvard Collections in World History (Graduate Seminar in General Education) - (New Course)
Catalog Number: 72039 Enrollment: Limited to 15.
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich and Ivan Gaskell
Half course (fall term). Th., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
Participants in the seminar will explore Harvard’s vast collections of tangible things, from rocks to medical specimens to works of art. They will also design and develop an undergraduate General Education course that will employ objects to teach history.
AND....Looking forward to the Spring!
Ron Potvin, Rethinking Historic House Museums
Ray Williams, The Responsive Museum
Ian Russell, Archaeology/Public Art
