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COMPARATIVE HISTORY OF IDEAS
(COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES )

      >  231      Anderson she.her,C                  16/  20  CR/NC               
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         241      Woiak,J                    Open     23/  24                J     

         G070     Smith,Alissa N             Closed    6/   6                J     

         G070     Smith,Alissa N             Open      5/   6                J     

         145      FAIR,NAOMI                 Closed    6/   6                J     

         145      FAIR,NAOMI                 Closed    6/   6                J     

         112      Alzaroo,Lubna              Open     11/  25                      
                        "THE LITERATURE OF ENVIRONMENTAL                            
                        JUSTICE" (I&S)                                              
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                        THIS CLASS EXPLORES THE CONNECTIONS                         
                        BETWEEN ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION                           
                        AND SOCIAL INJUSTICE. ENVIRONMENTAL                         
                        JUSTICE LITERATURE PROVIDES                                 
                        NARRATIVES OF INDIVIDUALS AND                               
                        COMMUNITIES ORGANIZING AND                                  
                        RESPONDING TO ECONOMIC AND                                  
                        ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ON LOCAL,                            
                        NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL LEVELS.                         
                        WE WILL EXPLORE HOW A VARIETY OF                            
                        FORMS AND MEDIA, INCLUDING SHORT                            
                        FICTION, NOVELS, POETRY, VISUAL                             
                        ART, AND FILM REPRESENT                                     
                        ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES THAT ARE                               
                        DEEPLY CONNECTED WITH ISSUES OF                             
                        POWER, GLOBALIZATION, GENDER, RACE,                         
                        AND CLASS.                                                  

         278      Childs,Mary E              Closed   20/  20                W     
                        "THE ART OF WRITING"                                        
                        (W, I&S CREDIT)                                             
                                                                                    
                        IN THIS COURSE STUDENTS WILL                                
                        PRACTICE THE ART OF WRITING,                                
                        EXPLORING DIFFERENT GENRES,                                 
                        AUDIENCES AND RHETORICAL                                    
                        APPROACHES. WE WILL READ WRITERS                            
                        SUCH AS NAOMI KLEIN AND REBECCA                             
                        SOLNIT ON POLITICAL AND                                     
                        ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY AND                                  
                        ACTIVISM; DONNA HARAWAY, AS IN                              
                        STAYING WITH THE TROUBLE:  MAKING                           
                        KIN IN THE CHTHULUCENE, ENJOYING                            
                        CREATIVE THOUGHT AT THE EDGE OF                             
                        ACADEMIC WRITING; AND TRADITIONAL                           
                        ACADEMIC PROSE, IN SCHOLARLY                                
                        ARTICLES FROM THINKERS SUCH AS                              
                        DELELUZE, GUATTARI, AND OTHERS.                             
                        READING AND WRITING "IN THE                                 
                        GENRE" OF VARIOUS AUTHORS,                                  
                        STUDENTS WILL PRACTICE THE CRAFT                            
                        OF THINKING AND WRITING                                     
                        CREATIVELY, AND CLEARLY.                                    

         226      Garcia,MariaElena          Open     16/  40                      
                        "ART, MEMORY, AND VIOLENCE IN                               
                        LATIN AMERICA"                                              
                        (VLPA)                                                      
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                        THIS CLASS INVITES STUDENTS TO                              
                        THINK CRITICALLY ABOUT ART,                                 
                        VIOLENCE, MEMORY AND SOCIAL                                 
                        ACTIVISM IN LATIN AMERICA.                                  
                        STUDENTS WILL EXAMINE NOTIONS OF                            
                        "OTHERNESS" AND THE POWER TO LABEL                          
                        AS CENTRAL TO THE CULTURAL                                  
                        POLITICS OF VIOLENCE. AFTER                                 
                        EXAMINING DISCOURSES OF STATE                               
                        AUTHORITARIANISM, GENDERED                                  
                        STRATEGIES OF TORTURE, AND THE                              
                        ROLE OF RACE AND COLONIALITY IN                             
                        POLITICAL VIOLENCE, STUDENTS WILL                           
                        LEARN ABOUT THE POLITICS OF                                 
                        STRUGGLE, RESILIENCE AND HOPE.                              
                        SPECIFICALLY, WE WILL EXPLORE THE                           
                        ROLE OF ART IN SOCIAL STRUGGLE AND                          
                        IN ENACTING A POLITICS OF MEMORY,                           
                        AND READ AND HEAR FROM ARTISTS,                             
                        POLITICAL ACTIVISTS AND OTHER                               
                        SOCIAL JUSTICE ACTORS.                                      

         G070     Simpson,Caroline           Open     27/  40                      
                        THE POLITICS OF WEIRDNESS IN COMICS                         
                        (VLPA, I&S)                                                 
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                        WHILE WEIRDNESS IN COMICS IS                                
                        NOTHING NEW, THE ILLUSTRATED WORKS                          
                        WE WILL READ ARE EXPLICIT IN THEIR                          
                        EXPLORATION OF A RELATIONSHIP                               
                        BETWEEN FORMAL EXPERIMENTATION AND                          
                        CULTURAL DIFFERENCE. IN EVERY CASE,                         
                        THE EXPLORATION OF BIZARRE FORMS                            
                        AND FIGURES MARKS A DEEPER                                  
                        RESISTANCE TO EXISTING CODES OF                             
                        REPRESENTATION AND READING. OUR                             
                        TIME WILL BE BALANCED BETWEEN                               
                        CRITICAL READING AND DEBATE ABOUT                           
                        THE DEEPER MEANING OR EFFECTS OF                            
                        ALL THIS WEIRDNESS AND MORE                                 
                        CREATIVE EXERCISES INSPIRED BY OUR                          
                        DISCUSSIONS.                                                

         246      Freije,Vanessa             Open     15/  20                BJ    
                        JSIS A 354 NARCOCULTURE - PROPAGAND                         
                        AND PUBLICITY IN THE WAR ON DRUGS                           
                        (I&S)                                                       

      >  167      Giebel,Christoph                     1/  15  CR/NC               
                        PRE- DEPARTURE SEMINAR FOR SUMMER                           
                        STUDY ABROAD                                                

      >  156      Thibault,Ronnie                     11/  11                BJ    
                        DISABILITY STUDIES, FEMINIST THEORY                         
                        & REPRESENTATION CLASS                                      
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                        CLASS TAUGHT HYBRID. ALL COURSE                             
                        CONTENT WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR                          
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         211      Rahman,Anis                Closed    5/   5                J     
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         215      Rahman,Anis                Closed    2/   2                      
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         255      Rahman,Anis                Closed    1/   1                      
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         255      Rahman,Anis                Closed    1/   1                      
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         255      Rahman,Anis                Closed    1/   1                      
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         211      Harris,Gregory Keith       Open     15/  20                      
                        KNOWING THE CITY, FROM POETICS TO                           
                        POLITICAL ECONOMY                                           
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                        HOW CAN ONE KNOW A CITY? WE WILL BE                         
                        EXPLORING THE TENSIONS BETWEEN WHAT                         
                        KINDS OF KNOWLEDGE HAVE                                     
                        HISTORICALLY COUNTED AS KNOWLEDGE                           
                        OF CITIES AND ALTERNATIVE                                   
                        APPROACHES FOR UNDERSTANDING,                               
                        INTERPRETING, AND EXPERIENCING                              
                        URBAN SPACES. WE WILL INVESTIGATE                           
                        CITIES FROM THE PERSPECTIVES OF                             
                        BOTH POETICS AND POLITICAL ECONOMY                          
                        AND WILL ALSO INTERROGATE URBAN                             
                        KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION VIA AFFECT,                            
                        QUEER, FEMINIST, AND CRITICAL                               
                        THEORY, NARRATIVE AND EXPERIMENTAL                          
                        WRITING AND FILM, URBAN PLANNING,                           
                        PERFORMANCE AND MEDIA STUDIES                               
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         302      Underwood,D                Open      4/   5                J     

         112      Knapp,Caleb                Open      7/  25                      
                        CARCERAL AFTERLIVES OF SLAVERY                              
                        (VLPA)                                                      
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                        THIS COURSE EXPLORES HOW SCHOLARS,                          
                        ACTIVISTS, AND INCARCERATED PEOPLE                          
                        HAVE THEORIZED CONNECTIONS BETWEEN                          
                        SLAVERY AND INCARCERATION IN THE                            
                        UNITED STATES. TRAVERSING A RANGE                           
                        OF TOPICS IN CRITICAL PRISON                                
                        STUDIES AND SLAVERY STUDIES, IT                             
                        TRACKS THE LONG HISTORY OF                                  
                        CONTEMPORARY CARCERAL FORMATIONS,                           
                        OR THE EMERGENCE OF WHAT SOME                               
                        THINKERS HAVE CALLED THE PRISON                             
                        INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX                                          

         210      Garcia,MariaElena          Open     19/  20                      
                        HAUNTING, HORROR, AND OTHER GHOST                           
                        STORIES (W, I&S)                                            
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                        THIS SEMINAR INVITES STUDENTS TO                            
                        THINK WITH HAUNTING, HORROR, AND                            
                        GHOSTS AS ENTRY POINTS INTO                                 
                        DISCUSSIONS ABOUT POLITICS, CULTURE                         
                        VIOLENCE AND POWER. STUDENTS WILL                           
                        ENGAGE WITH FILMS, FICTION, ART AND                         
                        OTHER MEDIUMS, AND WILL HAVE THE                            
                        OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ON A PROJECT                            
                        RELATED TO THE THEMES OF THE COURSE                         

         226      Childs,Mary E              Open      4/  25                      
                        GEORGIAN CINEMA, FILMS OF                                   
                        RESISTANCE AND DESIRE                                       
                        (I&S)                                                       
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                        IN THIS COURSE WE WILL EXPLORE THE                          
                        CINEMA OF GEORGIA, A MAGICAL,                               
                        MYSTERIOUS, AND COMPLEX COUNTRY.                            
                        SITUATED AT THE CROSSROADS OF EAST                          
                        AND WEST, GEORGIAN CINEMA OFFERS                            
                        DIRECTORS WHO BELONG TO FAMILY                              
                        CLANS, YET ALSO EMBRACE INNOVATIVE,                         
                        WESTERN LOOKING TRENDS, THOSE WHO                           
                        CHAFED AT STALIN AS A FELLOW                                
                        GEORGIAN, CREATING AN AVANT-GARDE,                          
                        CRITICAL CINEMA WITHIN THE SOVIET                           
                        UNION, NEW, YOUNG DIRECTORS                                 
                        GRAPPLING WITH CURRENT SOCIAL                               
                        TURMOIL.                                                    

         C101     Bourgette,Alika            Open      8/  18                      
                        ABOLITION AND ABUNDANCE AS METHOD                           
                        (VLPA, I&S)                                                 
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                        THIS COURSE DRAWS FROM ANTI-COLONIA                         
                        AND DECOLONIAL SCHOLARSHIP                                  
                        TO (RE)IMAGINE AND (RE)SCRIPT SETTL                         
                        IMAGINARIES OF PLACE ON THE TERMS O                         
                        DISPOSSESSED COMMUNITIES. WE WILL D                         
                        FROM ANTI-COLONIAL                                          
                        MOVEMENTS FROM TURTLE ISLAND, OCEAN                         
                        AND THE GLOBAL SOUTH THAT                                   
                        FORGE DIASPORIC AND RELATIONAL                              
                        METHODOLOGIES AIMED AT CREATING                             
                        SPACES OF THRIVANCE AND ABUNDANCE                           
                        OUTSIDE OF RACIAL CAPITALISM.                               

        RESEARCH SEMINAR

         102      Barr,Nicolaas P.           Open      9/  20                      
                        RESEARCH SEMINAR, (UN)SILENCING THE                         
                        PAST (VLPA, I&S)                                            
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                        THIS RESEARCH SEMINAR IS DESIGNED                           
                        TO HELP STUDENTS CONCEPTUALIZE,                             
                        DEVELOP, AND SIGNIFICANT RESEARCH                           
                        PROJECTS IN A SINGLE QUARTER. THIS                          
                        YEAR, WE WILL ASK: HOW DO CERTAIN                           
                        FORMS OF HISTORICAL MEMORIALIZATION                         
                        ACTIVELY OBSCURE AND SILENCE THE                            
                        PAST (E.G. CONFEDERATE MONUMENTS)?                          
                        HOW CAN WE COMPLICATE DOMINANT                              
                        HISTORIES AND GENERATE ALTERNATIVE                          
                        FORMS OF HISTORICAL MEMORY                                  
                        THROUGH                                                     
                        CRITICAL ATTENTION TO PLACES,                               
                        OBJECTS, AND INSTITUTIONS? STUDENTS                         
                        WILL DEVELOP SHARED INTELLECTUAL                            
                        FRAMEWORKS AND PURSUE INDIVIDUAL                            
                        TOPICS THAT ARE MEANINGFUL TO THEM.                         
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                        CONTACT NICK BARR FOR ADD CODES                             
                        NICKBARR@UW.EDU                                             

      >  113      Dwyer,A                              7/  25                R     
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         110      Schweigert,Val             Open      1/  12  CR/NC               
                        SWIPE, SHARE, LIKE: QUEERING SOCIAL                         
                        MEDIA                                                       
                        STUDENTS WILL EXPLORE ONLINE SPACES                         
                        AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE TO THE QUEER                         
                        COMMUNITY                                                   

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