This course takes up representations of Italy by Americans travelling abroad as means of tracing the US’s changing relationship to the world in the twentieth century. Italy offers a rich point of entry for this investigation: the country not only...
The Spanish Civil War has generated an unprecedented level of interest in the historiography, literature, cinema and figurative arts both inside and outside of Spain. It is still, both quantitatively and qualitatively, the most popular topic in all...
Irish dramatists have for many years been held in high esteem on the world stage. Students will study the development of this success and gain an insight into subject matters which inspire Irish Playwrights. Through focused study of selected plays...
Over twelve weekly sessions, this course will facilitate student engagement with writing creatively, with a concentration on the short story form. Concurrently, participants will trace the development of the modern Irish short story as a literary...
“The Second World War had more influence on British national identity than any other event in history. - Richard Weight, Patriots, p. 116
The 1940s are also often reckoned to be the golden decade of British cinema. This course explores the...
This course will retrace and seek to understand the gradual shift in France from feminist theory to gender studies. Unlike in the American and British Academe, where the academic merit of these subjects was established over a half-century ago, in...
The objective of this course is to analyze the connection between literature (mainly narrative but occasionally some poetic and dramatic texts as well) and cinema. Along with this theoretical analysis, the course covers the historical evolution of...
The history of literature has favored for centuries, the study authors and works from a strictly male perspective. For decades, this exclusive view of the literary fact has changed, thanks mainly to cultural and feminist studies, which have claimed...
The focus of this researched-based course is to introduce students to international and Dutch law, with comparisons to U.S. law, culminating in a supervised research project. Students receive an introduction to research methodologies within the...
The course provides an overview of the luxury, fashion and design environment and an in-depth understanding of the strategic, organizational and managerial characteristics related to the main “Made in Italy” industries. “Made in Italy” in fashion and...