Cornell University is hosting "History of Capitalism" Summer Camp from July 14th-25th, 2013. This camp will teach skills needed to understand economic theory, interpret quantitative sources, make sense of corporate archives, and write the new history of capitalism from the bottom to the top. The cost of the camp is $600 for graduate students, and $1800 for faculty. Application Deadline: May 15th.
GWSS 3307: "Feminist Film Studies" will be offered this Summer 2013 with Katie Bashore on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 4:40- 7:10pm. This course looks at cinema of the abject an intersectional feminist frame.
GWSS 1002: "Politics of Sex" will be offered this Summer 2013 with Elakshi Kumar on Mondays and Wednesdays from 4:40-7:10pm. This course explores how sex, gender, and sexuality play important and complex roles in US cultures and society, as well as globally. .
ARTH 5565 "American Art of the Gilded Age: Or, an exercise in History, big or small" will be offered in Fall 2013 on Mondays and Wednesdays at 4:00- 5:15pm with Prof. Jennifer Marshall.
Please see attached course flyer.
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ARTH: 3005 "American Art: Paintings You Should Know (And Maybe Love)" will be taught this fall on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 1:25-3:30 by Prof. Jennifer Marshall.
Please see attached course flyer.
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Please join the IHRC Friday March 29th for the Legal History Workshop. William Forbath will lead discussion on "Jews, Law and Identity Politics". The workshop will take place at Walter Mondale Hall in room 15 at 10:10am.
The Penn Social Science and Policy Forum is pleased to announce its initial Summer Institute for Predissertation Students, which will provide opportunities for talented doctoral students in the social sciences to visit the University of Pennsylvania campus to explore research topics and scholarship related to the theme of Inequality in June of 2013. Students will receive a $1500 fellowship (which they may use to help defray for travel expenses) plus housing and some meals. Application Deadline: Friday, April 12th, 2013 at 11:59pm.
The Center for Writing and The Graduate School's annual 3-week on-campus Dissertation Writing Retreat will be held this year from May 28th-June 13th, 2012. All dissertation-writing graduate students are invited to apply for one of the 15 open seats, which is a free opportunity for concentrated writing time in a supportive group setting. Applications due: April 8th by 5 p.m.
Current Grad Student Matthew Schneider-Mayerson will be presenting "Representing Slow/Spectacular Climate Chaos: Kim Stanley Robinson's 'Science In the Capital' Triology" on April 6th at 12:40 in Heller Hall.
American Antiquarian Society invites applications for its 2013 Summer Seminar titled "Indigenous Cultures of Print in Early America" running from June 16-21 in Worcester, Mass. The seminar is motivated by a simple question: Where does American Indian Literature come from? Applications are welcome from graduate students, public and tribal historians, librarians, and college and university faculty. Application deadline: March 29th, 2013.
