BISR Winter-Spring Term 2022

January-February Courses

A Ruthless Criticism of Everything Existing: an Introduction to Marx (In-Person Section)
Ajay Singh Chaudhary
Wednesday, 6:30-9:30pm EST
  • Marxism
  • Political Economy
A Ruthless Criticism of Everything Existing: an Introduction to Marx (Online Section)
Ajay Singh Chaudhary
Tuesday, 2:00-5:00pm EST
  • Marxism
  • Political Economy
Proust in Time: The Fugitive
Rebecca Ariel Porte
Tuesday, 6:30-9:30pm EST
  • Literature
Flux and Metaphysics: an Introduction to Process Philosophy
Michael Stevenson
Thursday, 6:30-9:30pm ET
  • Philosophy
Decolonial Theory: an Introduction
Geo Maher
Wednesday, 6:30-9:30pm EST
  • Decolonial Theory
  • politics
  • Post-colonialism
W.E.B. Du Bois: Black Reconstruction in America
Nara Roberta Silva
Tuesday, 6:30-9:30pm EST
  • African-American studies
  • History
  • Sociology
Macroeconomics: a Critical Introduction (In-Person Section)
Lygia Sabbag Fares
Thursday, 6:30-9:30pm EST
  • Economics
  • Political Economy
Macroeconomics: a Critical Introduction (Online Section)
Lygia Sabbag Fares
Monday, 6:30-9:30pm EST
  • Economics
  • Political Economy
African American Literature in the 21st Century: Race, Aesthetics, and Theory
Joseph Earl Thomas
Monday, 6:30-9:30pm EST
  • African-American studies
  • Cultural Studies
  • Literary Theory
  • Literature
Fake! Culture, Capitalism, and Authenticity
R.H. Lossin
Monday, 6:30-9:30pm EST
  • Cultural Studies
Modern Jihad: Ideology, Technology, and Violence
Suzanne Schneider
Monday, 6:30-9:30pm EST
  • History
  • Middle Eastern Studies
  • politics
Introduction to Gun Studies: History, Politics, and American Violence
Patrick Blanchfield
Sunday, 3:00-6:00pm EST
  • Gun Studies
  • History
  • politics
African Witchcraft: Rumor, Politics, and Memory
Alírio Karina
Date(s) to be announced soon.
  • African Studies
  • Post-colonialism
Seers, Sages, Philosophers: an Introduction to the Pre-Socratics
Bruce King
Date(s) to be announced soon.
  • Classics
  • Philosophy
Dr. Seuss: Art, Politics, and Imagination
Yitzhak Lewis
Thursday, 7:00-10:00pm EST
  • art
  • Literature
Everyday Communism: Gender, Culture, and Geopolitics in the Khrushchev Era
Olena Lyubchenko
Monday, 6:30-9:30pm EST
  • History
  • Political Theory
Musical Romanticism: Beauty, Ecstasy, and Expression
Nathan Shields
Tuesday, 6:30-9:30pm EST
  • Music
Literature, Colonialism, and Reputation: W.B. Yeats and Rabindranath Tagore
Amrita Ghosh
Sunday, 3:00-6:00pm EST
  • Literature
  • Post-colonialism
Kathi Weeks: Feminism and the Problem with Work
Sophie Lewis
Sunday, 3:00-6:00pm EST
  • Feminism
  • Political Economy
  • Social Theory
On Boredom: Philosophy, Literature, and Politics
Samantha Hill
Thursday, 6:30-9:30pm EST
  • Philosophy
U.S. Legal Theory: a Critical Introduction
Mark Firmani
Wednesday, 6:30-9:30pm EST
  • Legal Studies
The Philosophy of the Renaissance
Liane Carlson
Wednesday, 6:30-9:30pm EST
  • Philosophy

March Courses

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    April Courses

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