Category Archives: HL90s

What’s that we spy in the course catalog? One of our popular HL90s! Duncan White told us more about his class, Espionage: A Cultural History, which meets 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 beenContinue reading “HL90 EJ: Espionage: A Cultural History”

A returning favorite HL90 seminar! Drew Faust talks to us about what she learned from being the President of Harvard and how it impacted her class, American Speeches. Tell us about your class! American Speeches will explore speeches across the sweep of American history both as windows into their historical moment and as texts inContinue reading “HL90 DR: American Speeches”

Buckle up–one of our popular HL90s is back this semester! Patrick Whitmarsh teaches The Postwar American Road Narrative, Thursdays, 3-5. Tell us about your class! This course examines the road narrative as it has been taken up by writers of color. Together, we will study the ways that writers (as well as filmmakers and musicians)Continue reading “HL90 AT: The Postwar American Road Narrative”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”