Author Archives: Hist & Lit

Listen to this! One of our popular HL90s is back this year: Lucy Caplan teaches “Sound and Color: Music, Race, and U. S. Cultural Politics,” Thursdays 9:45-11:45. Lucy told us more about the class and how you can learn more. Tell us about your class! I’m incredibly excited to teach “Sound and Color: Music, Race,Continue reading “HL90 EV: Sound and Color: Music, Race, and U.S. Cultural Politics”

Looking for classes this semester? Don’t stop now! You’ll want to check out Laura Quinton’s new HL90, “British Soft Power from Shakespeare to Dua Lipa”! What inspired you to teach this class? I’m British, but I’ve lived in the U.S. for many years. I’m often struck by how fascinated Americans are with British culture –Continue reading “HL90 FU: British Soft Power from Shakespeare to Dua Lipa”

Don’t be fooled–there are lots more HL90s to check out! Angela Allan teaches “Con Artist Nation: Scams, Schemes, and American Dreams” Tuesdays, 9:45-11:45. Tell us about your class! There have been so many recent scam stories in both the news and in fiction, but I wanted to provide a bigger historical picture for how AmericansContinue reading “HL90 FQ: Con Artist Nation: Scams, Schemes, and American Dreams”

More new HL90s to consider this fall! Adhy Kim’s course, “Speculative East Asias,” meets Mondays from 12:45-2:45. Adhy told us more about some of the ideas and texts to look forward to this semester. What inspired you to teach this class?  I’ve always enjoyed things that involve alternate world-building but don’t get trapped in tooContinue reading “HL90 FN: Speculative East Asias”

This heat wave calls for a trip to the ocean! Ali Glassie is teaching “Atlantic Narratives and the Making of the Modern World,” Thursdays 9:45-11:45 this fall. It’s one of the many great new HL90s to consider! Tell us about your class! One of my deepest interests is how people narrate their relationships to theContinue reading “HL90 FP: Atlantic Narratives and the Making of the Modern World”

Any chance we can go undercover as a student and sit in on this?? Duncan White’s popular HL90, “Espionage: A Cultural History” is back this year, Mondays 9:45-11:45. What inspired you to teach this class? When I was growing up in Brussels the parents of one of my classmates were revealed to have been spiesContinue reading “HL90 EJ: Espionage: A Cultural History”

Do you know what you’re taking this fall? Bri Smith’s new HL90, “Europe After the Cold War,” is one you won’t want to miss! Bri told us more about the class, Europe after 1989, and even the World Cup! What inspired you to teach this class? This class was inspired by my frustration with ColdContinue reading “HL90 FK: Europe After the Cold War”

There are so many great new HL90s to consider this semester! Make sure you check out Hannah Waits’s “Race and Empire in the Americas,” which meets Thursdays, 12:45-2:45. Tell us about your class!  “Race and Empire in the Americas” is an examination of how empire has functioned across Central America, South America, and North AmericaContinue reading “HL90 FI: Race and Empire in the Americas”

In addition to all of the new HL90s this year, we’ve got some great classes returning if you didn’t get a chance to enroll last year! Vikrant Dadawala teaches “The Global South Asian Diaspora,” Thursdays, 3–5. Vikrant told us more about one of the exciting additions (between “Tasting Place” and this, we’re getting hungry!) toContinue reading “HL90 EZ: The Global South Asian Diaspora”

It’s August! We’ve got lots of HL90 seminars this fall, with some returning favorites and some new exciting courses, including Rachel Kirby’s “Tasting Place: Food and Culture in America,” which meets Thursdays, 12:45-2:45. Tell us about your class! What inspired you to teach it? “Tasting Place” is an exploration of the relationship between, well, tastesContinue reading “HL90 FM: Tasting Place: Food and Culture in America”