Please check back for updates on the 2014 Winter Term Travel courses.
We will be offering the following travel courses during the 2014 winter term:
- LIT 367 — British Theater– Taking place in London and Stratford-Upon-Avon
- LIT 374 — American Literature to 1800 — Taking place on the TCNJ campus and on the Swarthmore College Campus
- WGS 361 / HIS 365 / AAS 376 & WGS 376 / LIT 316 — African American Women’s History & Global Women Writers — Taking place in New Orleans
- CLS 351/HON 351 –An Odyssey in Greece and Turkey: An Exploration of Ancient Greek Culture and Places–Taking place in Greece and Turkey
Please click on the course in question for more specific information.
Some faculty may choose to assign readings and assignments that will be expected to be completed before class begins.
Please note: All course listings are subject to change. Add drop for courses in London, New Orleans and Greece/Turkey is November 15th.
Winter Courses
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Class
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| TRAVEL | AAS 37601 | AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN’S HISTORY | In this course we will combine classroom instruction with archival research to explore the experiences of African American women in the New Orleans area specifically and in the South. New Orleans provides a unique perspective to study African American Women�s history, as it was the location of both free and slave communities. In addition to classroom and archival work, we will explore the worlds of African American women with experiences such as plantation and city tours. |
| TRAVEL | CLS 351 | AN ODYSSEY IN GREECE AND TURKEY: AN EXPLORATION OF ANCIENT GREEK CULTURE AND PLACES | This multiweek experience includes visits to the major classical sites of Athens, Olympia, and Delphi, as well as to important sites elsewhere in the ancient Greek world, such as Knossos and other Bronze Age sites in Crete or ancient and Byzantine sites in Istanbul and western Turkey. The course examines various artistic media and intellectual traditions, especially literature, philosophy, architecture, and decorative sculptural programs, in their concrete physical context, with attention to their religious and cultural functions as well as their social, political, historical, and/or artistic value. The study of the ancient sites, focusing on the religious, political, and topographical aspects that shaped the foundation, growth and development of these important ancient places, will take place mostly on site and in the museums. Particular emphasis is placed on the religious meaning and function of the sites in regard to rituals, festivals, and games. At the same time, students read literary texts, especially the tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, and examine the ways in which these literary works themselves developed out of religious ceremony and explored religious beliefs and images in order to contribute to or challenge social and cultural cohesion. |
| TRAVEL | HON 351 | AN ODYSSEY IN GREECE AND TURKEY: AN EXPLORATION OF ANCIENT GREEK CULTURE AND PLACES | This multiweek experience includes visits to the major classical sites of Athens, Olympia, and Delphi, as well as to important sites elsewhere in the ancient Greek world, such as Knossos and other Bronze Age sites in Crete or ancient and Byzantine sites in Istanbul and western Turkey. The course examines various artistic media and intellectual traditions, especially literature, philosophy, architecture, and decorative sculptural programs, in their concrete physical context, with attention to their religious and cultural functions as well as their social, political, historical, and/or artistic value. The study of the ancient sites, focusing on the religious, political, and topographical aspects that shaped the foundation, growth and development of these important ancient places, will take place mostly on site and in the museums. Particular emphasis is placed on the religious meaning and function of the sites in regard to rituals, festivals, and games. At the same time, students read literary texts, especially the tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, and examine the ways in which these literary works themselves developed out of religious ceremony and explored religious beliefs and images in order to contribute to or challenge social and cultural cohesion. |
| TRAVEL | LIT 31601 | GLOBAL WOMEN WRITERS | This course will explore various literatures from around the world, encouraging students to examine the politics of gender, culture, and nation as well as the intersections of those systems of power. In exploring everything from arranged marriages to women in war, Global Women Writers will provide students – especially those students who have spent much of their lives within the borders of the U.S. – with one of the most challenging and rewarding courses of their college career. Common themes include feminist politics, post- and neo-colonialisms, reproductive rights, translation, globalization, and activism. |
| TRAVEL | LIT 36701 | BRITISH DRAMA | The course meets in the United Kingdom during the January term. Students will examine six to eight British plays both in performance and as texts and will tour sites and institutions important to British literary history. |
| TRAVEL | LIT 37401 | AMERICAN LITERATURE TO 1800 | This course is designed to provide students with the opportunity to acquire a broad-based, foundational knowledge and understanding of early American literature. Emphasis will be placed on formulating a coherent understanding of the texts, contexts, concerns, and problematics which influenced American literature before 1865 and which continue to structure interpretations of the period. |
| TRAVEL | WGS 376 | GLOBAL WOMEN WRITERS | This course will explore various literatures from around the world, encouraging students to examine the politics of gender, culture, and nation as well as the intersections of those systems of power. In exploring everything from arranged marriages to women in war, Global Women Writers will provide students – especially those students who have spent much of their lives within the borders of the U.S. – with one of the most challenging and rewarding courses of their college career. Common themes include feminist politics, post- and neo-colonialisms, reproductive rights, translation, globalization, and activism. |