Hist & Lit

HL90 FG: Dictatorship and Resistance in Latin America

We’ve got lots of exciting HL90s coming this fall! Jennifer Alpert told us all about her new course, Dictatorship and Resistance in Latin America, which meets Mondays, 12:45-2:45. What inspired you to teach this class? I have dreamt about teaching a class like this for years because there were very few courses on Latin AmericaContinue reading “HL90 FG: Dictatorship and Resistance in Latin America”

HL90 EX: Queer Latinx Borderlands

More new HL90s to check out! Tommy Conners shared more about Queer Latinx Borderlands and also some tv recommendations! Tell us about your class! “Queer Latinx Borderlands” is an intro to Latinx Studies where queer describes both the what and the how: not only are a lot of the cultural texts, films, poems, and documentariesContinue reading “HL90 EX: Queer Latinx Borderlands”

HL90 EZ: The Global South Asian Diaspora

Classes start in just a few weeks! We’re ready with lots of new HL90s we’re excited to share! Up first, read more about Vikrant Dadawala’s class, The Global South Asian Diaspora: Tell us about your class! This class offers students a chance to think about migration, labor, and literature in a global and comparative spirit.Continue reading “HL90 EZ: The Global South Asian Diaspora”

Diana Myers ’21

Tell us about your thesis! My thesis, Mater matris domini: Holy Motherhood and the Early Cult of St. Anne, is about the creation and evolution of medieval veneration of St. Anne, who was the Virgin Mary’s mother. In the later Middle Ages, Anne was honored in liturgy and art as an exemplary mother, but howContinue reading “Diana Myers ’21”

HL90 ET: Asian America’s Vietnam War

We’ve got one final HL90 to share before applications to enroll in one are due tonight. Catherine Nguyen shared more about her new class, “Asian America’s Vietnam War,” the texts that made the cut, the texts that might have, and food! What inspired you to teach this class? I’m excited to be teaching a seminarContinue reading “HL90 ET: Asian America’s Vietnam War”

HL90 EI: Islam in Early America

We’ve got another new HL90 to check out this spring! Arianne Urus shared more about her class, “Islam in Early America.” Tell us more about your class and what students can expect to learn. Bringing together the Spanish Inquisition, Atlantic slavery, West African politics, and European imperialism, this course will examine how Islam and MuslimsContinue reading “HL90 EI: Islam in Early America”

HL90 DV: Red Scares

HUAC beware! Lauren Kaminsky and Steve Biel told us about their returning HL90, Red Scares; read more about the relationship between politics and culture, and get a sneak preview of Zoom outfits to come. Tell us about your class! In this class we’ll explore the anti-radical impulses and movements in US history that culminated inContinue reading “HL90 DV: Red Scares”

HL90 EK: American Noir

More new HL90s this semester! Angela Allan told us about her new class on noir. What inspired you to teach this class? I spent a lot of time in March and April watching movies as an alternative to doomscrolling (although I’ve done plenty of that too), and realized that a lot of the films IContinue reading “HL90 EK: American Noir”

HL90 DZ: Too Soon? Comedy in Europe’s Tragic Twentieth Century

No joke! One of our popular HL90 seminars is back! Kate Brackney told us more about European history, film, and comedy: What inspired you to teach this class? I thought up the title for this course years before teaching it; I’d bring up “Too Soon?” with colleagues, and we’d scheme about what might go onContinue reading “HL90 DZ: Too Soon? Comedy in Europe’s Tragic Twentieth Century”

HL90 ES: Prison Abolition

We’re excited about Thomas Dichter’s new HL90 this semester! Thomas told us some more about the class’s format and activism component. Tell us about your class! This course will give students an opportunity to apply historical and literary methods to studying the prison abolitionist movement, while also getting hands-on experience working with activists. Alongside ourContinue reading “HL90 ES: Prison Abolition”