Brazilian Culture: from National to Transnational identities
Naomi Moniz
Mon, Wed, Fri, Jan 3, 5, 7, 10, 12, 14, 19, 21, 24, 26, 28, 03-05:30pm, 14N-217
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 29-Nov-2010
Limited to 25 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
This course is an multidisciplinary overview of the major lines of interpretations about society in Brazil from independence in the nineteenth century to the present. In the past and till recently race and nation have always been major categories in the cultural, political and scientific discourses of Brazilian national identity. Historians, writers, medical doctors, politicians, plastic artists, film directors helped to shape as well as to deconstruct the official history of the country and its racialized hegemonic discourse.
Particular attention will be paid to the way images from the historical record are circulated among peoples in different times and places and how they affect social changes.
This course is divided into two major parts I, II and subdivided into 7 modules. Readings should be done before the class scheduled in the syllabus. Some films and documentaries will be shown in class as it is listed. However, some will have to be viewed outside of class.
Contact: Nilma Dominique, 14N-324, x2-4974, nilmad@mit.edu
Sponsor: Foreign Languages and Literatures
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Hebrew Literacy Marathon
Susana Vasserman
Sun Jan 16, 23, 12-04:00pm, 2-105
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 13-Jan-2011
Limited to 12 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
If you don't know even a letter of the Hebrew alphabet, this class is for
you. Be part of an eight hour Hebrew learning marathon. You will learn the
aleph-bet and vowel signs of Hebrew, be able to read in Hebrew, be exposed to
many basic words of Hebrew.
No background required. Register now, as enrollment is limited!
Web: http://hebrew.mit.edu
Contact: Susana Vasserman, svasserm@MIT.EDU
Sponsor: Hillel
Cosponsor: MIT - Israel
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Introduction to the Japanese Language
Cathy Zhang
Tue Jan 11, 07-09:00pm, 4-159
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: Interest in Japanese
This talk will give you a basic introduction to Japanese, as you might've guessed from the title. You'll learn some basic expressions, get an introduction to the writing systems, and hear about some of what I think the major conceptual differences are between Japanese and English, which should be helpful for English speakers thinking about learning Japanese (in fact, if you are interested in learning Japanese, check out my "Japanese 101" class).
Contact: Cathy Zhang, zhangc@mit.edu
Sponsor: Cathy R Zhang, SIMMONS HALL # 577, 617 452-3114, zhangc@mit.edu
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Japanese 101
Cathy Zhang
Mon, Fri, Jan 10, 14, 17, 21, 24, 28, 07-09:00pm, 1-273
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: Interest in Japanese
Interested in Japanese but overwhelmed by the multiple writing systems and the "backwards" (SOV) sentence structure? I've been teaching a small group of students this past fall term, and I'd like to bring Japanese to more people and simultaneously bring more people into our group, so we'd be hitting the highlights of a lot of MIT Japanese I (with some Japanese II mixed in). If you decide you want more after this series, you can join our Japanese class in the spring term!
I'd also encourage everyone to come to my "Introduction to Japanese" talk, which will give you an introduction to the writing system and major conceptual differences between Japanese and English.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/zhangc/www/iap/japanese-101/
Contact: Cathy Zhang, zhangc@mit.edu
Sponsor: Cathy R Zhang, SIMMONS HALL # 577, 617 452-3114, zhangc@mit.edu
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