Foundations of Western Culture (II): The Making of the Modern World.
Mary Fuller
Fri Feb 2, 12-01:00pm, 14N-417
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Foundations of Western Culture (II): The Making of the Modern World.
Find out about a small HASS-D/CI-H class offered this spring (category 2: Language, Thought and Value). Meet the instructor, have milk and cookies, and check out a show-and-tell object from the year following Columbus' arrival in the Americas. Syllabus available at:
http://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/21L/sp07/21L.002/index.html
Web: http://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/21L/sp07/21L.002/index.html
Contact: Mary Fuller, 14N-414, x3-8848, mcfuller@mit.edu
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Pleasures of Poetry
David Thorburn
Mon-Fri, Jan 8-12, 16-19, 22-26, 29-2, 01-02:00pm, 14E-304
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Reading and discussion of memorable poems led by Literature Section faculty and other MIT colleagues.
A packet containing all of the poems in the series is available from the Literature Office, 14N-407.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/lit/www/
Contact: Julie Saunders, 14N-407, x8-8049, juliec@mit.edu
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Reading Film Sequences: Hitchcock, Shakespeare, Short Films
Peter Donaldson, Greg Dancer
Tue Jan 9, Thu Jan 11, Tue Jan 16, 12:30-02:00pm, 9-355c
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
In three sessions we will discuss a number of brief sequences in detail, using new tools developed in the iCampus XMAS project that allow students to define clips, attach comments and share material with the group. No technical experience required. Participants should plan on attending all three sessions.
Please visit website for full details of film selections.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/shakspere/iap2007
Contact: Belinda Yung, 9-355D, x3-3724, btyung@mit.edu
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