MIT: Independent Activities Period: IAP

IAP 2015 Activities by Sponsor - Global Studies and Languages



Heavy Metal 101

Jeffrey Pearlin, MIT GSL Systems Administrator

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: Ears, Eyes

Celebrating ten years, this crash course in all things Heavy Metal will have you Head Banging in no time! Learn everything you ever wanted to know about Heavy Metal, including who’s awesome, who isn’t, why louder DOES mean better, and so much more! 

Topics include: musicology; culture and iconography; history and development; why Judas Priest rules; why Metallica used to; and why Lemmy IS God.

This multimedia extravaganza promises to cover everything you ever wanted to know about Heavy Metal!

If you think that Poison is Metal (they're not), that ümlaüts häve nö pläce in the Ënglish längüage (they do), and can't tell the difference between Black Sabbath and Bon Jovi (hell, if you think Bon Jovi is listenable, for that matter), then you can't afford to miss this series. This is guaranteed to be the most BRUTAL class ever offered at MIT!

Visit metal.mit.edu for more information and more metal.

WARNING: This series most definitely goes to 11!  Earplugs optional.

Sponsor(s): Global Studies and Languages
Contact: Jeffrey Pearlin, 14N-308, 617 253-9776, pearlin@mit.edu


Heavy Metal 101: Music and Culture

Add to Calendar Jan/08 Thu 05:00PM-06:00PM 14N-313

A one-hour introduction to Heavy Metal. Topics include the musicology of Heavy Metal as well as an examination of Heavy Metal culture.  This multimedia extravaganza covers everything you ever wanted to know about Heavy Metal!

WARNING: This seminar most definitely goes to 11!  Earplugs optional.


History of Heavy Metal: Part I

Add to Calendar Jan/15 Thu 05:00PM-06:00PM 14N-313

A one-hour seminar examining the history of Heavy Metal from the late 1960s through the early 1980s.  Topics include Hard Rock, Archetypal Heavy Metal, and the New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM).

Warning: This seminar most definitely goes to 11!  Earplugs optional.


History of Heavy Metal: Part II

Add to Calendar Jan/22 Thu 05:00PM-06:00PM 14N-313

A one-hour seminar examining the history of Heavy Metal from the early 1980s through the early 1990s.  Topics include Power Metal, Thrash, the Big 4, post-Thrash, Grunge and New American Metal.

Warning: This seminar most definitely goes to 11!  Earplugs optional.


History of Heavy Metal: Part III

Add to Calendar Jan/29 Thu 05:00PM-06:00PM 14N-313

A one-hour seminar examining the history of Heavy Metal from the early 1990s to the present.  Topics include Extreme Metal, Black Metal, Death Metal, and Experimental/Avant-garde Metal.

Warning: This seminar most definitely goes to 11!  Earplugs optional.