American Studies Summer Courses

AMST-2000-V11 - Major Developments in American Culture
Summer Session I, May 28 - June 27, 2024
Online: MTWTh, 01:00PM - 04:00PM

An interdisciplinary history of American cultural traditions. Students will be introduced to major developments in American culture, arts, literature, folkculture, thought, and media. Course sets transformations in culture in the context of American political, social, religious, and economic history.

CRN: 15804

Instructor: Dietrich, Christopher
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: PLUR

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ANTH-2700-V11 - You Are What You Eat
Summer Session I, May 28 - June 27, 2024
Online: MTWTh, 09:00AM - 12:00PM

As the center of all significant human rituals and ceremonies, food is studied by a range of natural and social scientists. For the anthropologist, food is connected to the human body, health social relations, identity, and even ideology; we are literally what we eat. This course examines the role food plays in shaping cultural practices throughout the world. Students will explore changing concepts of food through time, beginning with early humans, modes of food production, and consumption. Through primary literature, lectures, local ethnic markets, and sharing meals throughout the semester, this class will immerse you in the theoretical and empirical significance of the cross-cultural significance of food. Bon Appetit!

CRN: 14878

Instructor: Kleinman, Julie
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: ACUP, ADVD, AMST, ASHS, ASSC, ENST, ESEL, ESHC, INST, IPE, ISEU

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ANTH-4490-L21 - Anthropology of Political Violence
Summer Session II, July 2 - August 6, 2024
Lincoln Center: MTW, 05:30PM - 09:30PM

Political violence happens everyday, whether we endure it personally or hear about it through the media. But seldom do we ask ourselves what it is. This course investigates the nature of political violence and articulate its many forms from the anthropological perspectives of gender, class, ethnicity, economics, and of course, politics. Specific areas of study include Northern Ireland, Germany, Sudan, Palestine, Mexico, Argentina, China, Australia, and the U.S. The course will discuss the motivations for action (or inaction) by governments, elites, and insurgents, and students will get to know some of the organizations working against political violence. Field trips will include visits tothe United Nations, The United Holocaust Museum, and Ground Zero. Podcasts, news broadcasts, movies and audio documentation of events will provide further access to examples of global political violence.

CRN: 15838

Instructor: Gerard-Seif, Huda
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: AMST, APPI, ASHS, HHPA, HUST, ICC, INST, IPE, IRST, ISIN, PJST, PJWT

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BISC-1002-R11 - Ecology: A Human Approach
Summer Session I, May 28 - June 27, 2024
Rose Hill: TWTh, 09:00AM - 12:00PM

A course designed for non-majors. Ecological concepts and how they relate to critical contemporary issues: air and water pollution, radiation, energy, world hunger. Includes experiments, demonstrations and field trips. Lab fee.

CRN: 14836

Instructor: Pool, Justin
3 credits

Fordham course attributes: AMST, APPI, ASHS, BESN, BIOE, ENST, ESLS, ESNS, INST, ISIN, LSCI, PJEN, PJST, SOIN, URST, ZLB3

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COMC-1101-R21 - Communication and Culture: History, Theory, Methods
Summer Session II, July 2 - August 6, 2024
Rose Hill, Hybrid: MTWTh, 01:00PM - 04:00PM

An introduction to the history, theory and methods of Communication Studies, Media Studies, and Cultural Studies. This serves as the required introductory course for the major in Communication and Culture. It provides students with a basic theoretical foundation for understanding the interdisciplinary traditions of our field, an historical examination of key paradigms and theorists, and an overview of the methodological approaches used by scholars of mediated communication. We will explore the ways in which theory and methodology are inextricably intertwined and how their relationship shapes both inquiry and analysis. Four-credit courses that meet for 150 minutes per week require three additional hours of class preparation per week on the part of the student in lieu of an additional hour of formal instruction

CRN: 14933

Instructor: D'Aiello, Alan
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: ACUP, AMST, ASAM, ASHS, DISA, DTEM, DTMM

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COMC-2329-L21 - Media Industries
Summer Session II, July 2 - August 6, 2024
Lincoln Center, Hybrid: MTWTh, 01:00PM - 04:00PM

This course presents an introduction to the critical study of media industries. Students will not only survey institutional, social, and technological histories of the media industries, they will be introduced to scholarly approaches to studying issues such as media organization, the political economy of media, and media governance and regulatory policy. By engaging with recent writing and debates in the field, students will develop the skills necessary to examine media institutions, analyze their operations, and assess their impact on society.

CRN: 14799

Instructor: Hockenberry, Matthew
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: AMST, ASAM, CMST, JOUR, SSCI

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COMC-4360-L11 - Communication Ethics and the Public Sphere
Summer Session I, May 28 - June 27, 2024
Lincoln Center, Hybrid: MTWTh, 09:00AM - 12:00PM

(Formerly COMM 4004): This course deals with the policy decisions and ethical issues facing society in the telecommunications age. Of special concern are the ethical issues raised by the melding together of heretofore discrete media into vertically integrated, profit oriented, corporations.

CRN: 14883

Instructor: Kamin, Diana
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: AMST, APPI, ASAM, CCMS, CELP, CMST, EP4, HCWL, HUST, JETH, JOUR, PJMJ, PJST, URST, VAL

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COMC-4380-L21 - Media and Moral Philosophy
Summer Session II, July 2 - August 6, 2024
Lincoln Center, Hybrid: MTTh, 01:00PM - 04:00PM

This senior values EP4 seminar examines public discourse through the lens of moral philosophy. Debate in the public sphere often uses moral narratives to make sense of difficult issues or events. When something grips the national attention—such as a school shooting, a hotly contested election, or an environmental disaster—we don’t just need to know what happened, we also need to grapple with why. We want to understand whether and how this changes who we are as a society and our place in history. To this end, news and social media create diverse and often contradictory narratives about who is blameworthy and who is a victim, about what moral goods are at stake and the best way to protect and promote them. Understanding these narratives in moral terms is crucial to becoming an ethically informed public citizen, because it helps us grasp the deeply human stakes underlying what may often seem like endless newsfeed chatter. Each iteration of the course focuses on a different issue. In this version of the course, we will be looking at the moral narratives around gender.

CRN: 14931

Instructor: Schwartz, Margaret
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: ACUP, AMST, ASAM, ASRP, CCMS, CCUS, CMST, EP4, VAL, WGSS

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DTEM-4440-V11 - Privacy and Surveillance
Summer Session I, May 28 - June 27, 2024
Online: MTWTh, 01:00PM - 04:00PM

New technologies, from closed-circuit television cameras to large databases, have shifted the information landscape in ways that call into question cultural assumptions and social norms about sharing, visibility, and the very essence of privacy. Can we have privacy in the digital age? Is mass surveillance justified? Whose interests are being served, and who is at risk? This course is designed to promote student awareness of and sensitivity to the ethics, values, and latest developments in global privacy and surveillance.

CRN: 15016

Instructor: Klang, Mathias
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: ACUP, AMST, APPI, ASAM, ASHS, CELP, NMAC, NMAT, NMDD, NMDE, NMMI

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DTEM-4480-L21 - Digital Media and Public Responsibility
Summer Session II, July 2 - August 6, 2024
Lincoln Center, Hybrid: TWTh, 09:00AM - 12:00PM

An examination of the public cultures, goods, and problems that emerge from the ongoing integration of digital media into everyday life. This course goes beyond a traditional focus on personal problems and responsibilities to explore how publics have and can take collective responsibility to address structural inequities in a digital society.

CRN: 14930

Instructor: Donovan, Gregory
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: ACUP, AMST, APPI, ASAM, ASHS, CELP, EP4, JETH, JOUR, NMDD, NMDE, VAL

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ECON-3453-R21 - Law and Economics
Summer Session II, July 2 - August 6, 2024
Rose Hill: MTWTh, 01:00PM - 04:00PM

This course applies microeconomic analysis to traditional areas of legal study, such as contract, property, tort, and criminal law. The approach applies the "rational choice" framework used in economics to analyze the purpose, effect, and genesis of laws. Attention is paid to the effect of legal structures on economic efficiency. Economic analysis of law is one of the fastest-growing and most influential areas of both economic and legal scholarship. This course is of value to both the general economist and students planning to attend law school.

CRN: 14984

Instructor: Themeli, Booi
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: AMST, APPI, ASHS, ASSC, BLEB, LPBC, LPGP

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ECON-3743-V11 - Stocks, Bonds, Options, and Futures
Summer Session I, May 28 - June 27, 2024
Online: MTWTh, 06:00PM - 09:00PM

This course examines the working of the primary and secondary markets, investment banking, brokers and dealers, the New York and the American Stock Exchanges, the NASDAQ, the options and futures markets. Fundamental and technical analysis is also covered.

CRN: 14873

Instructor: Vali, Shapoor
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: AMST, APPI, ASHS

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ECON-3971-V31 - Urban Economics
Summer Session III, May 28 - August 6, 2024
Online, Asynchronous

Urban Economics is the study of location choices by firms and households. The technological changes and economic factors driving the process of urbanization, and the shift from a "downtown-centered" city to the suburbanized metropolises prevalent in the U.S. today are the central focus of the course. Throughout the course, New York City's history and current situation are used as examples of the economic forces operating in cities. Students will participate in a group project to analyze a major urban problem such as housing affordability, poverty, crime, or education.

CRN: 15041

Instructor: Sun, Meiping
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: AMST, APPI, ASHS, ASSC, LALS, LASS, URST

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ENGL-4403-V31 - Extraordinary Bodies
Summer Session III, May 28 - August 6, 2024
Online, Asynchronous

From freak shows to the Americans with Disabilities Act, people with non-normative bodies have received special, and not always welcome, attention from their peers. This course will study the experience of people with anomalous bodies from a variety of personal and social perspectives. Please

CRN: 15059

Instructor: Sanchez, Rebecca
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: ACUP, ADVD, AMST, ASLT, BEVL, COLI, DISA, DIUL, EP4, VAL, WGSS

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FITV-2425-R11 - Digital Video Production I for FITV
Summer Session I, May 28 - June 27, 2024
Rose Hill: TWTh, 09:00AM - 12:00PM

This introductory workshop class will teach the fundamentals of digital video production and cinematic storytelling. Students will learn concepts, techniques, and technologies pertaining to digital video and sound through hands-on production and post-production assignments. We will explore the aesthetics and the communicative potential of the medium through screenings, critiques, and exercises. (Formerly COMM 2222). Lab fee.

CRN: 15823

Instructor: Bordogna, Heidi
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: ACUP, AMST, ASAM, DTEM, FIPR, ZLB2

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FITV-4570-V21 - Films of Moral Struggle
Summer Session II, July 2 - August 6, 2024
Online: MTWTh, 06:00PM - 09:00PM

The course studies the portrayal of human values and moral choices both in the narrative content and the cinematic technique of outstanding films. Class discussion tends to explore ethical aspects of each film's issues, while numerous critical analyses of the films are offered to develop the student's appreciation of the film's artistic achievements. (Formerly COMM 4001). Lab fee.

CRN: 14952

Instructor: Foley, Ashar
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: ACUP, AMST, ASAM, ASRP, BEVL, CELP, COLI, EP4, PJMJ, PJST, REST, VAL

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HIST-1100-R21 - Understanding Historical Change: American History
Summer Session II, July 2 - August 6, 2024
Rose Hill: TWTh, 01:00PM - 04:00PM

Introduction to the nature and methods of historical study and examination of specific topics focusing on significant periods in the development of the U.S. and considering them in the light of certain elements shaping that history. Among these elements are the constitutional and political system; and the society's ideals, structure, economic policy, and world outlook.

CRN: 14992

Instructor: Dietrich, Christopher
3 credits

Fordham course attributes: AMST, APPI, ASHS, FRHE, FRHI, HC

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HIST-1100-V11 - Understanding Historical Change: American History
Summer Session I, May 28 - June 27, 2024
Online: TWTh, 01:00PM - 04:00PM

Introduction to the nature and methods of historical study and examination of specific topics focusing on significant periods in the development of the U.S. and considering them in the light of certain elements shaping that history. Among these elements are the constitutional and political system; and the society's ideals, structure, economic policy, and world outlook.

CRN: 14875

Instructor: Acosta, Salvador
3 credits

Fordham course attributes: AMST, APPI, ASHS, EP1, FRHE, FRHI, HC

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HIST-1400-V11 - Understanding Historical Change: Latin America
Summer Session I, May 28 - June 27, 2024
Online: TWTh, 09:00AM - 12:00PM

This course provides an introduction to the nature and methods of historical study and the examination of specific topics essential for understanding the history of Latin America, from the independence movement to the present.

CRN: 15785

Instructor: Huezo-Jefferson, Stephanie
3 credits

Fordham course attributes: AMCS, AMST, ASHS, GLBL, HC, INST, IPE, ISLA, LAIN, LALS, PJRC, PJST

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HIST-3752-L21 - Coming of the Civil War
Summer Session II, July 2 - August 6, 2024
Lincoln Center: TWTh, 01:00PM - 04:00PM

A history of the sectional crisis in America, focusing on the questions: Why did the South secede? Why did the North decide to fight rather than allow it?

CRN: 15782

Instructor: Alcenat, Westenley
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: AHC, AMST, APPI, ASHS, HIAH

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HIST-3950-V11 - Latino History
Summer Session I, May 28 - June 27, 2024
Online: MTWTh, 09:00AM - 12:00PM

This course explores the development of the Latina/o population in the U.S. by focusing on the questions of migration, race, ethnicity, labor, family, sexuality, and citizenship. Specific topics include: United States colonial expansion and its effects on the population of Latin America; Mexican-Americans, and the making of the West; colonialism and the Puerto Rican Diaspora; Caribbean revolutions and the Cuban-American community; and globalization and recent Latina/o migrations (Dominicans, Colombians).

CRN: 15786

Instructor: Acosta, Salvador
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: ACUP, ADVD, AHC, AMST, APPI, ASHS, COLI, HIAH, HIUL, INST, ISIN, ISLA, LALS, LAUH, PJRC, PJST, PLUR, URST

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HIST-3967-V11 - Modern Central America
Summer Session I, May 28 - June 27, 2024
Online: TWTh, 01:00PM - 04:00PM

This course covers Central American history from the dictators of the 1930s until the revolutionary decades and their aftermaths.

CRN: 15787

Instructor: Huezo-Jefferson, Stephanie
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: AHC, AMST, APPI, ASHS, GLBL, HIGH, HIUL, LALS, LAUH

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HIST-4009-R21 - Film, Fiction, and Power in the American Century
Summer Session II, July 2 - August 6, 2024
Rose Hill: MTWTh, 09:00AM - 12:00PM

Visual and written representations of American power have influenced, challenged and even transformed U.S. relations in the world. With their capacity to reach millions, films and fiction do more than tell stories or entertain audiences. They also have the unparalled means to shape values and beliefs, and to convey attitudes toward the nature and practice of American power. What sort of themes of international power did authors, screen-writers, and directors address in the twentieth century? What do these reflections on power reveal about American society, its politics, and its place in the world?

CRN: 15783

Instructor: Dietrich, Christopher
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: ACUP, AMST, APPI, ASAM, ASHS, HIAH, ICC

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HIST-4011-V11 - Why America Fights
Summer Session I, May 28 - June 27, 2024
Online: MTWTh, 06:00PM - 09:00PM

This history course analyzes the rationales that American leaders and the public have used to call for the United States to go to war in the 20th century—before, after, and during the fighting of those wars. At the same time, it examines the consequences of war on American society, including for those who dissented to those wars, from the pacifism of World War I to conscientious objectors during World War II and Korea to the massive anti-war movement of Vietnam and the less influential critiques of the early 21st century. In presenting that tension, the seminar raises one of the most important ethical and moral issues of past and present: why have some Americans called for war when others have criticized it? By studying the complex problems of war and peace in the modern United States, students will think deeply about that basic ethical question.

CRN: 15788

Instructor: Dietrich, Christopher
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: AHC, AMST, APPI, ASHS, EP4, HHPA, HIAH, HIUL, PJST, PJWT, PPWF, VAL

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MEST-3620-V31 - Islam in America
Summer Session III, May 28 - August 6, 2024
Online, Asynchronous

This course will examine the history of Islam and the experience of Muslims in American from the time of the slave trade to the present day. Through a close analysis of both primary and secondary materials, students will explore – through speaking and writing exercises – the rich diversity of US Muslim communities and their multi-faceted contributions to the global umma and the formation of an “American Islam”.

CRN: 15043

Instructor: Kueny, Kathryn
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: ADVD, AFAM, AMST, ASHS, EP3, HIUL, ISAC, PLUR, RSCS, THEO, THHC

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PJST-3200-V21 - Environmental Justice
Summer Session II, July 2 - August 6, 2024
Online: TTh, 01:00PM - 04:00PM

This course focuses on the environmental justice movement in the United States and internationally. Environmental justice is defined as the equitable distribution of environmental burdens and benefits among racial and socioeconomic groups and among developed and developing countries. Issues such as pollution, climate change, biodiversity loss, industrial agriculture, food security, urban sprawl, and public health are treated.

CRN: 15837

Instructor: Huda, Sophia
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: AMST, APPI, ASHS, ASSC, BESN, BIOE, ENMI, ENST, EPLE, ESEJ, ESEL, ESPL, INST, IPE, PJEN, POAP, SOCI, URST

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POSC-3213-V31 - Interest Group Politics
Summer Session III, May 28 - August 6, 2024
Online, Asynchronous

An examination of pressure groups and their role in the political process. Special attention will be paid to the origins of groups, who joins and who does not and how groups affect their own members.

CRN: 15046

Instructor: Murib, Zein
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: AMST, APPI, ASHS, ASSC, PLUR, POAP

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POSC-3319-V11 - Film and Politics
Summer Session I, May 28 - June 27, 2024
Online: MTWTh, 01:00PM - 04:00PM

Views and analyzes films in class as a means of exploring the relationship between popular culture, political values/ideologies, and political socialization in American life. Also studies genre, filmmaking style and structure, and overt versus subtle messages to further examine film's point of view.

CRN: 15801

Instructor: Khatami, Nojang
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: ACUP, AMST, ASHS, ASSC, POAP

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POSC-3915-L11 - International Political Economy
Summer Session I, May 28 - June 27, 2024
Lincoln Center: MTWTh, 09:00AM - 12:00PM

This course introduces various theoretical frameworks explaining the international political economy and examine topics including trade, monetary policy, exchange rates, finance, multinational corporations, international institutions, and economic development. There is a particular focus on the distribution of benefits within an increasingly globalized world, and the ways in which interest groups work to advance their favored economic policies within this system.

CRN: 14830

Instructor: Aleman, Jose
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: AMST, APPI, ASHS, ASSC, INST, IPE, ISIE, ISIN, PJEC, PJST, POIP, URST

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POSC-4037-V11 - Social Movements and Revolutions
Summer Session I, May 28 - June 27, 2024
Online: TTh, 06:00PM - 09:00PM

Over the course of world history, various social movements were formed to challenge dominant power relations and bring about social change. Drawing upon literature in history, political science, and sociology, this course examines a wide range of challenger organizations and revolutions. In particular, this course discusses the development of several twenty-first century social movements and revolutions in the United States and abroad, including Black Lives Matter, the Occupy Wall Street, Otpor (Serbia), the Arab Spring (Middle East), Umbrella Revolution (Hong Kong), and EuroMaidan (Ukraine).

CRN: 14919

Instructor: Nikolayenko, Olena
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: ADVD, AMST, APPI, ASHS, ASRP, ICC, INST, ISIN, LALS, LASS, PJSJ, PJST, POCP

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POSC-4216-V21 - Seminar: Campaigns and Elections
Summer Session II, July 2 - August 6, 2024
Online: MW, 09:00AM - 12:00PM

The primary goal of this course is to provide an introduction to the major theoretical frameworks on campaigns, elections, and parties in the U.S. to better understand how incorporation and participation shape the multifaceted political identities of citizens and residents in the U.S. This course will largely push students to solidify and clarify their understanding of incorporation, democracy, inclusion, and rights at this particular historical moment, more specifically in relation to partisan and racial group identity in the U.S., incorporation of underrepresented groups over time, and the future of representation of all groups, both descriptive and substantive.

CRN: 15802

Instructor: Heersink, Boris
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: AMST, APPI, ASHS

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SOCI-2847-V21 - The 60s: Sex, Drugs, Rock and Roll
Summer Session II, July 2 - August 6, 2024
Online: MTWTh, 09:00AM - 12:00PM

The 1960's was one of the most tumultuous eras in American history, marked by a revolutionary movement led by youth struggling for freedom on many levels. African Americans, with white support, struggled against the oppression of racial segregation of the South in the Civil Rights movement: young people sought sexual freedom and the right to experiment with drugs; musicians broke away from the restraints of traditional pop and folk songs and created rock and roll; politically minded youth attacked the traditional institutions of political and economic power by protesting against the war in Vietnam; women challenged traditional male attitudes that confined them to domesticity or inferior status in the work place and in society; gays organized against the repressive laws and prejudices against homosexuality. This course will show how all of these social strands intertwined using films, music and writings from the era.

CRN: 15031

Instructor: Wormser, Richard
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: ACUP, AMST, APPI, ASAM, ASHS, ASSC, WGSS

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SOCI-2925-V21 - Media, Crime, Sex, and Violence
Summer Session II, July 2 - August 6, 2024
Online: MTWTh, 06:00PM - 09:00PM

Turn on the television set, pick up the local newspaper, go on the Internet or watch a movie. Wherever you turn, you will find the media saturated with stories about corrupt cops and honest cops, drug dealers and drug users, murderers and victims, organized crime and serial killers, crusading district attorneys and defense attorneys, corrupt lawyers and hanging judges, violent prisoners and convicted innocents. How accurate are these representations? What are the ideological messages and cultural values these stories communicate? In this course, you will learn how to demystify media representations in order to understand how and why they are produced, and who is responsible for their production.

CRN: 15013

Instructor: Wormser, Richard
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: AMST, APPI, ASAM, ASHS, ASSC, PJMJ, PJST, URST, WGSS

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SOCI-2960-L11 - Popular Culture
Summer Session I, May 28 - June 27, 2024
Lincoln Center, Hybrid: MW, 06:00PM - 09:00PM

This course will investigate the nature of contemporary popular culture. How do people spend their "spare time"? Does this vary with social class? Is sport the new religion? And how does this differ from that of earlier periods and simpler societies? (Every year)

CRN: 14806

Instructor: McGee, Michelle
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: ACUP, AMST, APPI, ASAM, ASHS, ASSC, URST

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SOCI-4004-LP1 - Art Worlds: Anthropology and Sociology Perspectives
Summer Session II, July 8 - July 18, 2024
Lincoln Center: MTWThF, 10:00AM - 04:00PM

The study of culture generally, and art world more specifically, allows us to understand the arts not only as aesthetics experiences, but also as institutional, economics, social, and political phenomena. Incorporating methods and insights from sociology and anthropology, and drawing on the resource of the immediate context of New York City’s cultural communities and institutions, the course will introduce students to issues in and methods for cultural analysis. The analysis of art worlds will include: 1) a consideration of the intentions of creative agents or producers; 2) the distribution of these objects within particular systems; and, 3) the reception and interpretation of these objects by and within particular social groups or communities.

This course is open to high school students accepted into the Fordham Summer Leaders Academy as well as college students.

CRN: 15809

Instructor: McGee, Michelle
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: AMST, APPI, ICC

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SOCI-4971-V11 - Dilemmas of the Modern Self
Summer Session I, May 28 - June 27, 2024
Online: MTWTh, 01:00PM - 04:00PM

Modern selfhood or identity is studied as a series of conflicts or dilemmas "What is a self today?" What are the special problems of ourselves as modern and post-modern "subjects?"

CRN: 14880

Instructor: Durkin, Daniel
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: AMST, APPI, ASHS, EP4, VAL

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THEO-3375-V11 - American Religious Texts and Traditions
Summer Session I, May 28 - June 27, 2024
Online: TWTh, 09:00AM - 12:00PM

A critical and contextual reading of significant texts in American religious history, focusing on diverse traditions and the history of religious debate about American culture, social structures, and identity. Major themes may include: nationhood and religious identity, secularism, religion and violence, new religious movements, religious pluralism, religious rights and freedoms, church-state relations, psychology and religion, religious intersections with race and ethnicity, spirituality, religious histories of liberation and oppression, religion and sexuality, religion and gender, science and religion, colonialism, religion and economic practice. Students will encounter themes through a variety of primary source materials, applying and critically assessing different modes of analysis. Genres considered may include autobiography and memoir, political speech, fiction, poetry, sermons, legal documents, self-help literature, scriptures, manuals and pamphlets, as well as various types of film, television, social media, art, music, and material culture.

CRN: 15818

Instructor: Reklis, Kathryn
3 credits

Fordham course attributes: ACUP, AMCS, AMST, APPI, ASHS, ASRP, PLUR, REST, STXT, THAC, THHC