Author Archives: Hist & Lit

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”

The deadline to apply for an HL90 seminar is Tuesday, August 24. Do you know what you’ll be taking? Check out John Boonstra’s new course, The Rise of the Far Right in Europe, which meets Mondays, 3-5. What inspired you to teach this class? In April 2002, I was living in France on an exchangeContinue reading “HL90 EU: The Rise of the Far Right in Europe”

Some more returning HL90s this semester! Angela Allan told us about American Noir, which meets Thursdays, 9:45-12:45. Read on to find out more about the class and what other movies Angela watches. What inspired you to teach this class? I spent a lot of time early in the pandemic watching movies as an alternative toContinue reading “HL90 EK: American Noir”

We’ve still get lots of HL90s to share before the deadline to apply (August 24)! Sam Dolbee answered our classes about his new class and some of the texts it will explore–and may or may not have thrown in a question of his own. Migrants and Displacement in the Modern Middle East meets Wednesdays, 3-5!Continue reading “HL90 EW: Migrants and Displacement in the Modern Middle East”

We’re so excited to share more of this fall’s HL90 seminars, and Lucy Caplan told us all about her new course, Sound and Color, which meets Thursdays, 12:45-2:45. She also shared some podcast recommendations! Tell us about your class! I’m incredibly excited to teach “Sound and Color: Music, Race, and U.S. Cultural Politics” this fall.Continue reading “HL90 EV: Sound and Color: Music, Race, and US Cultural Politics”

Lots of HL90s to consider! Arianne Urus’s class, Islam in Early America, meets on Wednesdays, 9:45-11:45. Arianne told us more about some of the texts and topics covered in the course: Tell us more about your class and what students can expect to learn. Bringing together the Spanish Inquisition, Atlantic slavery, West African politics, andContinue reading “HL90 EI: Islam in Early America”