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International Cultural Studies

Coordinator: Ang�lica J. Huizar

In the new millenium, icnreasing our capacity to live with and understand the heterogeneity and fluz that characterize global flows of people, culture, and capital is of paramount importance. An understanding of the impact of such global transformations on local and national communities requires an interdisciplinary approach to the study of culture and society that responds to and builds upon, critical analyses of traditional disciplines and epeistemologies as well as upon developments specific to studies that have emerged over the last thirty years. Key to the International Cultural Studies approach is the perception that language, gender, race, sexuality, nationality, and class organize identitites, complex social relations and cultural objects. Also key is the assumption that the study of culture in all of its coplexity requires cross-disciplinary work.

As in most fields, scholars in Cultural Studies share many assumptions, concepts, and methodologies, but there are also different tendencies and emphases within the discipline as a whole. Thus, the specific configuraiton of this concentraiton depends to a great degree on the interests and commitments of those involved. Currently, faculty whose research areas come from history, communications, health sciences, foreign languages, philosophy and women's studies will draw on the study of culture and cultural relations within their field.

The goal of the International Cultural Studies track is to offer challenging graduate study by preparing students to interpret cultural products and practices in diverse environments, media and fields. Students will be asked to research into the creation, dissemination, and recption of these products and practices in their own area or region of interest. The result: students will be able to better understand and work with culturally diverse populations, both domestically and internationally.

Requirements

Students selecting this field as their major or minor must take International Cultural Studies (IS7**/8**) as their required field course. M.A. students must select two or more courses within the field; Ph.D. students must choose four more courses. Students are strongly advised to take courses other than those listed below only in consultation with the field coordinator.

Field Seminars

IS 7xx/8xx* International Cultural Studies History, Theory and Application.
(Angelica Huizar, Spring)

IS 695 Who Owns the Oceans?
(Ingo Heidbrink, HIST, Fall or Spring)

IS 795/895 Transnational Media Practices.
(Avi Santo, COMM, Spring)

IS 795/895 International Health
(Burden S. Lundgren, HEALTH SCI, Spring)

IS 795/895 French Political Thought
(Peter Schulman, FL, Spring)

IS 715/825 New France in the New Europe
(Peter Schulman, FL, Fall)

IS 795/895 Gender & Globalization
(Jennifer Fish, WS, Spring)

IS 795/895 Islam and Western Secularism
(Shabbir Akhtar, PHILO, Fall or Spring)

IS 795/895 New German Film: Beyond Fascism and Understanding European Cinema
(Heidi Schlipphacke, FL, Fall or Spring)

(addtional new courses forthcoming)

* Required field seminar