Senior Seminar

 

 

 

SENIOR SEMINAR: LINKING THEORY AND PRACTICE

THE COURSE:
The questions that have been haunting you through many courses will be addressed directly in this one: what are the links between theory and practice? Where and how do they become linked? Do they affect each other? How does all this relate to my life and how will it help in my post-college experience? We’ll read economic, political, cultural, and literary theories and practices—socialism, capitalism, democracy, nationalisms, grassroots movements, diaspora, (sur)realism, among others. We’ll study how theory and practice define each other in the works of writers such as Rosa Luxemburg, Jean Rhys, Nella Larsen, Gayatri Spivak, Joanna Kadi, Catherine Eschle, Paula Moya, and Nancy Naples, to name a few. Your own experiences in academia, organizational work, and imagined professions will be part of our study. An affiliation, membership, experience in a group of students, workers, or other colleagues, while taking this course, is highly encouraged.