Two great summer classes in American Ethnic Studies
The following summer courses have spaces available—but sign up this week, or you may not get an opportunity later! Please contact the instructor, Vince Schleitwiler ([email protected]) if you have any questions.
A-TERM—AAS 330: Theater and Performance in Asian America
SLN 10015 VLPA / DIV 5 CREDITS MTuWThF 1:10pm-3:20pm
In 2019, Asian American performers are more visible than ever, and Asian American audiences are demanding to see their stories on screen. In AAS 330, we’ll learn where these debates came from, and how a professional Asian American theater developed from a revolutionary social and political movement.
As a summer class, AAS 330 is ideal for students curious about performing (no experience needed), as well as students who may not know much about theater, but want to read and talk about Asian American cultural politics in a relaxed, conversational setting.
B-TERM—AES 212: Comparative American Ethnic Literature
SLN 10041 VLPA / I&S / DIV 5 CREDITS MTuWThF 10:50am-1:00pm
AES 212 introduces students to a range of stories, films, poems, and graphic novels by US people of color. It fulfills a major requirement for AES, but is open to anyone. This summer, we’ll watch movies about migration featuring cyborgs and supernatural twists, and read a time-travel novel about slavery, a refugee ghost story, poems about hating cheese and loving Spam, a comic book series that retells the Frankenstein story as a bloody revenge thriller in the age of Black Lives Matter, and much more.
This class is usually taught as a 150-student lecture, but this summer, it will be taught in a small, discussion-based format, with plenty of opportunity for students to express themselves and get thorough feedback from a professor on their ideas and writing.
