SUMMER SESSION I: May 23 - July 6
SCA Faculty Electives
SCA-UA 623.001: New York City in Film
Prof. Sandhu
In-Person: Tues, Wed, Thurs, 9:30 – 11:30 AM
What are the diverse ways in which New York City has been imagined on the silver screen? How does a cinematic perspective shape our understanding of urban spaces? This course analyzes films that portray New York as a site of local encounter and global exchange in both commercial and documentary films since the 1960s. We will investigate the dramatic mapping and remapping of urban space through works that articulate questions of gentrification, immigrant labor, organized crime, and sexual subcultures. In turn, we will examine how these stories have helped shape and contest the city's image of itself--as a space of struggle, belonging, illegality, emancipation, and transformation. The goal is to see how each particular film captures a distinct moment both in the city's history over the past fifty years as well as in the history of filmmaking. In so doing, we will blend the perspectives of urban studies, ethnic studies, and visual culture, placing films within their aesthetic, political, and historical context.
SCA Faculty Elective for these majors/minors: American, Metropolitan, and SCA.
SCA-UA 680.001: Housing Insecurity in New York City
Prof. Manriquez
In-Person: Tues, Wed, Thurs, 11:45 – 1:45 PM
The aim of this course is to describe what “housing insecurity” is and examine known causes and responses in New York City. To do so, we will read about several key events in New York City’s housing history, including the rise of public housing, squatting, and urban homesteading. Next, we will study present challenges, notably climate change and the city’s lack of affordable housing. Lastly, layered on top of past and present events and challenges, we will see what happens when we treat housing as a “right,” “commodity,” “solution,” and more. In addition to relevant research and scholarship, we will also study archival documents and oral histories.
SCA Faculty Elective for these majors/minors: American, Metropolitan, and SCA.
SCA-UA 401.001: Approaches to Gender and Sexuality Studies
Prof. Gao
In-Person: Tues, Wed, Thurs, 2:00 – 4:00 PM
Explores the construction of sex, gender, and sexuality; gender asymmetry in society; sexual normativity and violations of norms; and the interactions of sex, gender, sexuality, race, class, and nation. Engages materials and methodologies from a range of media and disciplines, such as literature, the visual arts, history, sociology, psychology, and anthropology. Examines both feminist and nonfeminist arguments from a variety of critical perspectives.
CORE Social Science, intro for Gender & Sexuality Major/Minor and SCA Major NOT Minor, by request, can count as an SCA Faculty elective for the American and SCA majors and minors. Email SCA@nyu.edu.
SUMMER SESSION II: JULY 7 - AUGUST 17
SCA-UA 234.001/060: Cultures & Economies: History and Politics of the Far Right
Prof. McGlothlin
In-Person: Tues, Wed, Thurs, 6:20 – 8:20 PM
Focuses on the relationship between 'the economy' and 'culture' in the contemporary United States, the specific focus changes by semester, here is the current one: Far-right movements are on the rise in the US and around the globe. This course explores the contemporary resurgence of far-right movements through a broad historical framework, including histories of colonialism and racial capitalism, transformations in the global economy, and the proliferation of paramilitary infrastructures worldwide. Readings will focus on historical case studies from different parts of the world that illustrate the distinctive histories and ideological features of far-right groups, including the Patriot movement in the United States, anti-communist mercenary soldiers in Nicaragua and the former apartheid state of Rhodesia, and the ascendence of Hindu nationalism in India.
SCA Faculty Elective for these majors/minors: Africana, American, Asian/Pacific/American, Gender and Sexuality, Latino, and SCA.
SCA-UA 541.001/060: Topics in Latino Studies: Central American NY: Culture & Theory
Prof. Aiello
Blended, In-Person/Online: Tues, Wed, Thurs, 12:00 – 2:00 PM
*This course is blended, students can attend either fully in person or online*
Looks at the literature produced on the Central American Diaspora in the US, focusing on research attending to the growing Central American community in New York. Special attention is paid to issues of culture, politics, the creation of solidarity and diasporic communities, and migration. Develops a greater understanding of the transnational Central American community’s experience, and its relevance to contemporary US politics. Analyzes and evaluates the larger systems of exclusion within the US immigration system and the urban space of New York that remain relevant to the Central American community.
SCA Faculty Elective for these majors/minors Africana, American, Latino, Metropolitan, and SCA.
CROSS-LISTED ELECTIVES
SCA-UA 9744.002: CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON BRAZILIAN CULTURE AND SOCIETY (SESSION II, 7/5-7/22)
Prof. Michele Kettner
In-Person (Brazil): Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs, Fri, 10:00 – 5:00 PM (Brazil Time)
Cross-listed faculty elective for Africana Studies major and minor and for the SCA major but NOT MINOR. For course description and more information please see PORT-UA 9700 in Portuguese.