\u201cMagic on the Early Modern English Stage\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\nDr. Andrew McCarthy<\/strong><\/h3>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/06\/mccarthy-300x206.jpg\")
Dr. Andrew McCarthy is looking at the use of the supernatural in 16th and 17th century plays.<\/p><\/div>\n
Shakespeare and his contemporaries loved the supernatural stuff.<\/p>\n
Shakespeare wrote about witches (\u201cMacbeth\u201d), magicians (\u201cThe Tempest\u201d) and ghosts (\u201cHamlet\u201d). Christopher Marlowe\u2019s \u201cDr. Faustus\u201d featured the devil, demons and the occult.<\/p>\n
When these works were written in the 16th and 17th centuries, witches were still being burned at the stake; magic was considered a reality; and the devil walked.<\/p>\n
In his class \u201cMagic on the Early Modern English Stage,\u201d Dr. Andrew McCarthy not only highlights the written beauty of such plays, he discusses their connections to today\u2019s society.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur core beliefs are constantly being challenged, and what we believed 30 years ago isn\u2019t what we necessarily believe today,\u201d says McCarthy, a UC Foundation associate professor of English.<\/p>\n
Admittedly, he says, he trades on his students\u2019 current fascination with supernaturally-tinged entertainment offerings such as the \u201cHarry Potter\u201d books and Disney films. He notes that J.K. Rowling, author of \u201cHarry Potter,\u201d has said she loves \u201cMacbeth.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI want them to gain an appreciation for these beautiful works of art that just happen to use something they\u2019re very familiar with,\u201d McCarthy says.<\/p>\n
<\/h3>\n\u201cTerrorism\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\nDr. Ahmet Kule<\/strong><\/h3>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/06\/Kule-300x207.jpg\")
Dr. Ahmet Kule’s summer class, “Terrorism,” focuses on a subject in the forefront of today’s society.<\/p><\/div>\n
Two men plow a van through a Saturday-night crowd on London Bridge, then jump out and start stabbing bystanders, killing eight and injuring 48.<\/p>\n
A suicide bomber kills 22 and injures 116 on May 22 outside an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England.<\/p>\n
Eighty-four people, including 10 children, are killed on July 16, 2016, when a truck bulldozes through a crowd celebrating Bastille Day in Nice, France.<\/p>\n
Fifty people are killed on June 2016 when gunman opens fire in an Orlando, Fla., nightclub.<\/p>\n
An act of terrorism occurs somewhere in the world virtually every day. In May, the only day without some kind of terrorist attack was May 29.<\/p>\n
Dr. Ahmet Kule, an assistant professor in the College of Social, Cultural and Justice Studies, hopes to explain some aspects of such acts in his simply-titled course: \u201cTerrorism.\u201d Along with the roots of terrorism, he also plans to discuss the motivations behind suicide bombing, the media and its effect on terrorism, how to fight and prevent such deadly attacks, and the religious underpinnings of terrorism.<\/p>\n
Most people don\u2019t have an understand \u201cthe dynamics of terrorism,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven most of the researchers in the field of terrorism are one-time researchers; they publish an article and disappear.<\/p>\n
\u201cPerceptions of terrorism are more important than reality, and the media plays an important role in terms of these perceptions,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
Hopefully, students in the class will gain a solid understanding of why terrorism actually takes place. They\u2019ll learn who the major players are in worldwide terrorism and methods to try to counteract their plots.<\/p>\n
And they\u2019ll discuss and analyze both the short-term and long-term steps that can be taken to deal with terrorism.<\/p>\n
<\/h3>\n\u201cSexuality and Society\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\nDr. Shawn Trivette<\/strong><\/h3>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/06\/Trivette-300x208.jpg\")
In his summer class, Dr. Shawn Trivette examines the many ways that sex is embedded in our lives.<\/p><\/div>\n
Discussing sex\u2019s place in society doesn\u2019t lend itself to a single, simple explanation.<\/p>\n
There are sexual identities, same-sex marriage, sexual violence, sex in advertising and the political aspects of sex, to name just a few.<\/p>\n
Dr. Shawn Trivette acknowledges that trying to cover everything sex in a five-week course is pretty much impossible, but just discussing some of its facets can show the many ways it fits into our lives.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a little bit of a potpourri course, and it\u2019s meant to be an overview to give some understanding of sexuality and the social forces around it,\u201d says Trivette, assistant professor of sociology in the Department of Social, Cultural, and Justice Studies.<\/p>\n
Among the angles he plans to address are:<\/p>\n
\n- Sexual identity. What does the term mean? How do we define it and deal with it in relation to ourselves?<\/li>\n
- Abortion politics. \u201cHow we understand reproductive access and care in the context of broader political issues.\u201d<\/li>\n
- Same-sex marriage and its development. \u201cThere may be gay individuals who were opposed to same-sex marriage.\u201d<\/li>\n
- Sexual violence. \u201cUnderstanding some of the gendered aspects of sexual violence,\u201d and how it just keeps going in generation after generation.<\/li>\n
- Sex as a commodity. Sure, there\u2019s pornography; that\u2019s obvious. But there\u2019s also sex \u201cin advertising for cars, food. Things that have nothing to do with sex.\u201d<\/li>\n
- Sex education and how it\u2019s understood and taught \u2014 or not taught \u2014 in elementary, middle and high school.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\u201cWhat I want to do is think less about which is the \u2018right\u2019 perspective, but how does power play out in this and how people mobilize resources to accomplish a particular end,\u201d Trivette says. \u201cThere\u2019s no: Here\u2019s the \u2018right\u2019 answer.\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/h3>\n\u201cLegendary Rome: Epic Founders, Wicked Emperors, Saintly Martyrs\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\nKristen Fulton Knopick<\/strong><\/h3>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/06\/Kopnick-300x196.jpg\")
The lives of Roman emperors have some lessons for today’s society, says lecturer Kristen Fulton Knopick.<\/p><\/div>\n
Looking for a hero? Try Aeneas, the Trojan who left his home and traveled to Italy, where he became an ancestor of the Romans. Along the way he encountered war, gods and ghosts, adventures documented in Virgil\u2019s poetic epic, \u201cThe Aeneid.\u201d<\/p>\n
Want evil? Roman emperors Caligula and Nero focused only on their own wants and desires. If getting those meant killing other Romans, well, you have to break a few eggs for an omelet, right?<\/p>\n
Want saints? Writer St. Augustine looked at the myths of Rome but did so through his Christian faith.<\/p>\n
Learning about such figures, both fictional and real, and their lasting lessons are part of \u201cLegendary Rome: Epic Founders, Wicked Emperors, Saintly Martyrs.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are many things that Rome can teach us today; learning from the mistakes of our forebears is an important undertaking,\u201d says Kristen Fulton Knopick, a lecturer in modern and classical languages and literature.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe can learn tolerance and civic responsibility, which includes being cognizant and respectful of all classes and cultures within our society, since Rome suffered the consequences of ignoring and\/or oppressing\u00a0certain segments of its society.\u201d<\/p>\n
While Aeneas is fictional, St. Augustine, Caligula and Nero are well-documented reality. But facts about them have been bent through the centuries, Knopick says, and that includes the atrocities of the two emperors.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe biases in the records distort the stories and make the two leaders seem larger than life, thereby inserting them in the realm of legend,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou’ll have to take the class \u2026 for the gory details.\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/h3>\n\u201cDesign of Thermal Components”<\/strong><\/h3>\nDr. Prakash Dhamshala<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Dr. Andrew McCarthy is looking at the use of the supernatural in 16th and 17th century plays.<\/p><\/div>\n
Shakespeare and his contemporaries loved the supernatural stuff.<\/p>\n
Shakespeare wrote about witches (\u201cMacbeth\u201d), magicians (\u201cThe Tempest\u201d) and ghosts (\u201cHamlet\u201d). Christopher Marlowe\u2019s \u201cDr. Faustus\u201d featured the devil, demons and the occult.<\/p>\n
When these works were written in the 16th and 17th centuries, witches were still being burned at the stake; magic was considered a reality; and the devil walked.<\/p>\n
In his class \u201cMagic on the Early Modern English Stage,\u201d Dr. Andrew McCarthy not only highlights the written beauty of such plays, he discusses their connections to today\u2019s society.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur core beliefs are constantly being challenged, and what we believed 30 years ago isn\u2019t what we necessarily believe today,\u201d says McCarthy, a UC Foundation associate professor of English.<\/p>\n
Admittedly, he says, he trades on his students\u2019 current fascination with supernaturally-tinged entertainment offerings such as the \u201cHarry Potter\u201d books and Disney films. He notes that J.K. Rowling, author of \u201cHarry Potter,\u201d has said she loves \u201cMacbeth.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI want them to gain an appreciation for these beautiful works of art that just happen to use something they\u2019re very familiar with,\u201d McCarthy says.<\/p>\n
<\/h3>\n\u201cTerrorism\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\nDr. Ahmet Kule<\/strong><\/h3>\nDr. Ahmet Kule’s summer class, “Terrorism,” focuses on a subject in the forefront of today’s society.<\/p><\/div>\n
Two men plow a van through a Saturday-night crowd on London Bridge, then jump out and start stabbing bystanders, killing eight and injuring 48.<\/p>\n
A suicide bomber kills 22 and injures 116 on May 22 outside an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England.<\/p>\n
Eighty-four people, including 10 children, are killed on July 16, 2016, when a truck bulldozes through a crowd celebrating Bastille Day in Nice, France.<\/p>\n
Fifty people are killed on June 2016 when gunman opens fire in an Orlando, Fla., nightclub.<\/p>\n
An act of terrorism occurs somewhere in the world virtually every day. In May, the only day without some kind of terrorist attack was May 29.<\/p>\n
Dr. Ahmet Kule, an assistant professor in the College of Social, Cultural and Justice Studies, hopes to explain some aspects of such acts in his simply-titled course: \u201cTerrorism.\u201d Along with the roots of terrorism, he also plans to discuss the motivations behind suicide bombing, the media and its effect on terrorism, how to fight and prevent such deadly attacks, and the religious underpinnings of terrorism.<\/p>\n
Most people don\u2019t have an understand \u201cthe dynamics of terrorism,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven most of the researchers in the field of terrorism are one-time researchers; they publish an article and disappear.<\/p>\n
\u201cPerceptions of terrorism are more important than reality, and the media plays an important role in terms of these perceptions,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
Hopefully, students in the class will gain a solid understanding of why terrorism actually takes place. They\u2019ll learn who the major players are in worldwide terrorism and methods to try to counteract their plots.<\/p>\n
And they\u2019ll discuss and analyze both the short-term and long-term steps that can be taken to deal with terrorism.<\/p>\n
<\/h3>\n\u201cSexuality and Society\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\nDr. Shawn Trivette<\/strong><\/h3>\nIn his summer class, Dr. Shawn Trivette examines the many ways that sex is embedded in our lives.<\/p><\/div>\n
Discussing sex\u2019s place in society doesn\u2019t lend itself to a single, simple explanation.<\/p>\n
There are sexual identities, same-sex marriage, sexual violence, sex in advertising and the political aspects of sex, to name just a few.<\/p>\n
Dr. Shawn Trivette acknowledges that trying to cover everything sex in a five-week course is pretty much impossible, but just discussing some of its facets can show the many ways it fits into our lives.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a little bit of a potpourri course, and it\u2019s meant to be an overview to give some understanding of sexuality and the social forces around it,\u201d says Trivette, assistant professor of sociology in the Department of Social, Cultural, and Justice Studies.<\/p>\n
Among the angles he plans to address are:<\/p>\n
\n- Sexual identity. What does the term mean? How do we define it and deal with it in relation to ourselves?<\/li>\n
- Abortion politics. \u201cHow we understand reproductive access and care in the context of broader political issues.\u201d<\/li>\n
- Same-sex marriage and its development. \u201cThere may be gay individuals who were opposed to same-sex marriage.\u201d<\/li>\n
- Sexual violence. \u201cUnderstanding some of the gendered aspects of sexual violence,\u201d and how it just keeps going in generation after generation.<\/li>\n
- Sex as a commodity. Sure, there\u2019s pornography; that\u2019s obvious. But there\u2019s also sex \u201cin advertising for cars, food. Things that have nothing to do with sex.\u201d<\/li>\n
- Sex education and how it\u2019s understood and taught \u2014 or not taught \u2014 in elementary, middle and high school.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\u201cWhat I want to do is think less about which is the \u2018right\u2019 perspective, but how does power play out in this and how people mobilize resources to accomplish a particular end,\u201d Trivette says. \u201cThere\u2019s no: Here\u2019s the \u2018right\u2019 answer.\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/h3>\n\u201cLegendary Rome: Epic Founders, Wicked Emperors, Saintly Martyrs\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\nKristen Fulton Knopick<\/strong><\/h3>\nThe lives of Roman emperors have some lessons for today’s society, says lecturer Kristen Fulton Knopick.<\/p><\/div>\n
Looking for a hero? Try Aeneas, the Trojan who left his home and traveled to Italy, where he became an ancestor of the Romans. Along the way he encountered war, gods and ghosts, adventures documented in Virgil\u2019s poetic epic, \u201cThe Aeneid.\u201d<\/p>\n
Want evil? Roman emperors Caligula and Nero focused only on their own wants and desires. If getting those meant killing other Romans, well, you have to break a few eggs for an omelet, right?<\/p>\n
Want saints? Writer St. Augustine looked at the myths of Rome but did so through his Christian faith.<\/p>\n
Learning about such figures, both fictional and real, and their lasting lessons are part of \u201cLegendary Rome: Epic Founders, Wicked Emperors, Saintly Martyrs.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are many things that Rome can teach us today; learning from the mistakes of our forebears is an important undertaking,\u201d says Kristen Fulton Knopick, a lecturer in modern and classical languages and literature.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe can learn tolerance and civic responsibility, which includes being cognizant and respectful of all classes and cultures within our society, since Rome suffered the consequences of ignoring and\/or oppressing\u00a0certain segments of its society.\u201d<\/p>\n
While Aeneas is fictional, St. Augustine, Caligula and Nero are well-documented reality. But facts about them have been bent through the centuries, Knopick says, and that includes the atrocities of the two emperors.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe biases in the records distort the stories and make the two leaders seem larger than life, thereby inserting them in the realm of legend,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou’ll have to take the class \u2026 for the gory details.\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/h3>\n\u201cDesign of Thermal Components”<\/strong><\/h3>\nDr. Prakash Dhamshala<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Dr. Ahmet Kule<\/strong><\/h3>\nDr. Ahmet Kule’s summer class, “Terrorism,” focuses on a subject in the forefront of today’s society.<\/p><\/div>\n
Two men plow a van through a Saturday-night crowd on London Bridge, then jump out and start stabbing bystanders, killing eight and injuring 48.<\/p>\n
A suicide bomber kills 22 and injures 116 on May 22 outside an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England.<\/p>\n
Eighty-four people, including 10 children, are killed on July 16, 2016, when a truck bulldozes through a crowd celebrating Bastille Day in Nice, France.<\/p>\n
Fifty people are killed on June 2016 when gunman opens fire in an Orlando, Fla., nightclub.<\/p>\n
An act of terrorism occurs somewhere in the world virtually every day. In May, the only day without some kind of terrorist attack was May 29.<\/p>\n
Dr. Ahmet Kule, an assistant professor in the College of Social, Cultural and Justice Studies, hopes to explain some aspects of such acts in his simply-titled course: \u201cTerrorism.\u201d Along with the roots of terrorism, he also plans to discuss the motivations behind suicide bombing, the media and its effect on terrorism, how to fight and prevent such deadly attacks, and the religious underpinnings of terrorism.<\/p>\n
Most people don\u2019t have an understand \u201cthe dynamics of terrorism,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven most of the researchers in the field of terrorism are one-time researchers; they publish an article and disappear.<\/p>\n
\u201cPerceptions of terrorism are more important than reality, and the media plays an important role in terms of these perceptions,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
Hopefully, students in the class will gain a solid understanding of why terrorism actually takes place. They\u2019ll learn who the major players are in worldwide terrorism and methods to try to counteract their plots.<\/p>\n
And they\u2019ll discuss and analyze both the short-term and long-term steps that can be taken to deal with terrorism.<\/p>\n
<\/h3>\n\u201cSexuality and Society\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\nDr. Shawn Trivette<\/strong><\/h3>\nIn his summer class, Dr. Shawn Trivette examines the many ways that sex is embedded in our lives.<\/p><\/div>\n
Discussing sex\u2019s place in society doesn\u2019t lend itself to a single, simple explanation.<\/p>\n
There are sexual identities, same-sex marriage, sexual violence, sex in advertising and the political aspects of sex, to name just a few.<\/p>\n
Dr. Shawn Trivette acknowledges that trying to cover everything sex in a five-week course is pretty much impossible, but just discussing some of its facets can show the many ways it fits into our lives.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a little bit of a potpourri course, and it\u2019s meant to be an overview to give some understanding of sexuality and the social forces around it,\u201d says Trivette, assistant professor of sociology in the Department of Social, Cultural, and Justice Studies.<\/p>\n
Among the angles he plans to address are:<\/p>\n
\n- Sexual identity. What does the term mean? How do we define it and deal with it in relation to ourselves?<\/li>\n
- Abortion politics. \u201cHow we understand reproductive access and care in the context of broader political issues.\u201d<\/li>\n
- Same-sex marriage and its development. \u201cThere may be gay individuals who were opposed to same-sex marriage.\u201d<\/li>\n
- Sexual violence. \u201cUnderstanding some of the gendered aspects of sexual violence,\u201d and how it just keeps going in generation after generation.<\/li>\n
- Sex as a commodity. Sure, there\u2019s pornography; that\u2019s obvious. But there\u2019s also sex \u201cin advertising for cars, food. Things that have nothing to do with sex.\u201d<\/li>\n
- Sex education and how it\u2019s understood and taught \u2014 or not taught \u2014 in elementary, middle and high school.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\u201cWhat I want to do is think less about which is the \u2018right\u2019 perspective, but how does power play out in this and how people mobilize resources to accomplish a particular end,\u201d Trivette says. \u201cThere\u2019s no: Here\u2019s the \u2018right\u2019 answer.\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/h3>\n\u201cLegendary Rome: Epic Founders, Wicked Emperors, Saintly Martyrs\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\nKristen Fulton Knopick<\/strong><\/h3>\nThe lives of Roman emperors have some lessons for today’s society, says lecturer Kristen Fulton Knopick.<\/p><\/div>\n
Looking for a hero? Try Aeneas, the Trojan who left his home and traveled to Italy, where he became an ancestor of the Romans. Along the way he encountered war, gods and ghosts, adventures documented in Virgil\u2019s poetic epic, \u201cThe Aeneid.\u201d<\/p>\n
Want evil? Roman emperors Caligula and Nero focused only on their own wants and desires. If getting those meant killing other Romans, well, you have to break a few eggs for an omelet, right?<\/p>\n
Want saints? Writer St. Augustine looked at the myths of Rome but did so through his Christian faith.<\/p>\n
Learning about such figures, both fictional and real, and their lasting lessons are part of \u201cLegendary Rome: Epic Founders, Wicked Emperors, Saintly Martyrs.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are many things that Rome can teach us today; learning from the mistakes of our forebears is an important undertaking,\u201d says Kristen Fulton Knopick, a lecturer in modern and classical languages and literature.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe can learn tolerance and civic responsibility, which includes being cognizant and respectful of all classes and cultures within our society, since Rome suffered the consequences of ignoring and\/or oppressing\u00a0certain segments of its society.\u201d<\/p>\n
While Aeneas is fictional, St. Augustine, Caligula and Nero are well-documented reality. But facts about them have been bent through the centuries, Knopick says, and that includes the atrocities of the two emperors.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe biases in the records distort the stories and make the two leaders seem larger than life, thereby inserting them in the realm of legend,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou’ll have to take the class \u2026 for the gory details.\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/h3>\n\u201cDesign of Thermal Components”<\/strong><\/h3>\nDr. Prakash Dhamshala<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Dr. Ahmet Kule’s summer class, “Terrorism,” focuses on a subject in the forefront of today’s society.<\/p><\/div>\n
Two men plow a van through a Saturday-night crowd on London Bridge, then jump out and start stabbing bystanders, killing eight and injuring 48.<\/p>\n
A suicide bomber kills 22 and injures 116 on May 22 outside an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England.<\/p>\n
Eighty-four people, including 10 children, are killed on July 16, 2016, when a truck bulldozes through a crowd celebrating Bastille Day in Nice, France.<\/p>\n
Fifty people are killed on June 2016 when gunman opens fire in an Orlando, Fla., nightclub.<\/p>\n
An act of terrorism occurs somewhere in the world virtually every day. In May, the only day without some kind of terrorist attack was May 29.<\/p>\n
Dr. Ahmet Kule, an assistant professor in the College of Social, Cultural and Justice Studies, hopes to explain some aspects of such acts in his simply-titled course: \u201cTerrorism.\u201d Along with the roots of terrorism, he also plans to discuss the motivations behind suicide bombing, the media and its effect on terrorism, how to fight and prevent such deadly attacks, and the religious underpinnings of terrorism.<\/p>\n
Most people don\u2019t have an understand \u201cthe dynamics of terrorism,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven most of the researchers in the field of terrorism are one-time researchers; they publish an article and disappear.<\/p>\n
\u201cPerceptions of terrorism are more important than reality, and the media plays an important role in terms of these perceptions,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
Hopefully, students in the class will gain a solid understanding of why terrorism actually takes place. They\u2019ll learn who the major players are in worldwide terrorism and methods to try to counteract their plots.<\/p>\n
And they\u2019ll discuss and analyze both the short-term and long-term steps that can be taken to deal with terrorism.<\/p>\n
<\/h3>\n\u201cSexuality and Society\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\nDr. Shawn Trivette<\/strong><\/h3>\nIn his summer class, Dr. Shawn Trivette examines the many ways that sex is embedded in our lives.<\/p><\/div>\n
Discussing sex\u2019s place in society doesn\u2019t lend itself to a single, simple explanation.<\/p>\n
There are sexual identities, same-sex marriage, sexual violence, sex in advertising and the political aspects of sex, to name just a few.<\/p>\n
Dr. Shawn Trivette acknowledges that trying to cover everything sex in a five-week course is pretty much impossible, but just discussing some of its facets can show the many ways it fits into our lives.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a little bit of a potpourri course, and it\u2019s meant to be an overview to give some understanding of sexuality and the social forces around it,\u201d says Trivette, assistant professor of sociology in the Department of Social, Cultural, and Justice Studies.<\/p>\n
Among the angles he plans to address are:<\/p>\n
\n- Sexual identity. What does the term mean? How do we define it and deal with it in relation to ourselves?<\/li>\n
- Abortion politics. \u201cHow we understand reproductive access and care in the context of broader political issues.\u201d<\/li>\n
- Same-sex marriage and its development. \u201cThere may be gay individuals who were opposed to same-sex marriage.\u201d<\/li>\n
- Sexual violence. \u201cUnderstanding some of the gendered aspects of sexual violence,\u201d and how it just keeps going in generation after generation.<\/li>\n
- Sex as a commodity. Sure, there\u2019s pornography; that\u2019s obvious. But there\u2019s also sex \u201cin advertising for cars, food. Things that have nothing to do with sex.\u201d<\/li>\n
- Sex education and how it\u2019s understood and taught \u2014 or not taught \u2014 in elementary, middle and high school.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\u201cWhat I want to do is think less about which is the \u2018right\u2019 perspective, but how does power play out in this and how people mobilize resources to accomplish a particular end,\u201d Trivette says. \u201cThere\u2019s no: Here\u2019s the \u2018right\u2019 answer.\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/h3>\n\u201cLegendary Rome: Epic Founders, Wicked Emperors, Saintly Martyrs\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\nKristen Fulton Knopick<\/strong><\/h3>\nThe lives of Roman emperors have some lessons for today’s society, says lecturer Kristen Fulton Knopick.<\/p><\/div>\n
Looking for a hero? Try Aeneas, the Trojan who left his home and traveled to Italy, where he became an ancestor of the Romans. Along the way he encountered war, gods and ghosts, adventures documented in Virgil\u2019s poetic epic, \u201cThe Aeneid.\u201d<\/p>\n
Want evil? Roman emperors Caligula and Nero focused only on their own wants and desires. If getting those meant killing other Romans, well, you have to break a few eggs for an omelet, right?<\/p>\n
Want saints? Writer St. Augustine looked at the myths of Rome but did so through his Christian faith.<\/p>\n
Learning about such figures, both fictional and real, and their lasting lessons are part of \u201cLegendary Rome: Epic Founders, Wicked Emperors, Saintly Martyrs.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are many things that Rome can teach us today; learning from the mistakes of our forebears is an important undertaking,\u201d says Kristen Fulton Knopick, a lecturer in modern and classical languages and literature.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe can learn tolerance and civic responsibility, which includes being cognizant and respectful of all classes and cultures within our society, since Rome suffered the consequences of ignoring and\/or oppressing\u00a0certain segments of its society.\u201d<\/p>\n
While Aeneas is fictional, St. Augustine, Caligula and Nero are well-documented reality. But facts about them have been bent through the centuries, Knopick says, and that includes the atrocities of the two emperors.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe biases in the records distort the stories and make the two leaders seem larger than life, thereby inserting them in the realm of legend,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou’ll have to take the class \u2026 for the gory details.\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/h3>\n\u201cDesign of Thermal Components”<\/strong><\/h3>\nDr. Prakash Dhamshala<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Dr. Shawn Trivette<\/strong><\/h3>\nIn his summer class, Dr. Shawn Trivette examines the many ways that sex is embedded in our lives.<\/p><\/div>\n
Discussing sex\u2019s place in society doesn\u2019t lend itself to a single, simple explanation.<\/p>\n
There are sexual identities, same-sex marriage, sexual violence, sex in advertising and the political aspects of sex, to name just a few.<\/p>\n
Dr. Shawn Trivette acknowledges that trying to cover everything sex in a five-week course is pretty much impossible, but just discussing some of its facets can show the many ways it fits into our lives.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a little bit of a potpourri course, and it\u2019s meant to be an overview to give some understanding of sexuality and the social forces around it,\u201d says Trivette, assistant professor of sociology in the Department of Social, Cultural, and Justice Studies.<\/p>\n
Among the angles he plans to address are:<\/p>\n
\n- Sexual identity. What does the term mean? How do we define it and deal with it in relation to ourselves?<\/li>\n
- Abortion politics. \u201cHow we understand reproductive access and care in the context of broader political issues.\u201d<\/li>\n
- Same-sex marriage and its development. \u201cThere may be gay individuals who were opposed to same-sex marriage.\u201d<\/li>\n
- Sexual violence. \u201cUnderstanding some of the gendered aspects of sexual violence,\u201d and how it just keeps going in generation after generation.<\/li>\n
- Sex as a commodity. Sure, there\u2019s pornography; that\u2019s obvious. But there\u2019s also sex \u201cin advertising for cars, food. Things that have nothing to do with sex.\u201d<\/li>\n
- Sex education and how it\u2019s understood and taught \u2014 or not taught \u2014 in elementary, middle and high school.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\u201cWhat I want to do is think less about which is the \u2018right\u2019 perspective, but how does power play out in this and how people mobilize resources to accomplish a particular end,\u201d Trivette says. \u201cThere\u2019s no: Here\u2019s the \u2018right\u2019 answer.\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/h3>\n\u201cLegendary Rome: Epic Founders, Wicked Emperors, Saintly Martyrs\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\nKristen Fulton Knopick<\/strong><\/h3>\nThe lives of Roman emperors have some lessons for today’s society, says lecturer Kristen Fulton Knopick.<\/p><\/div>\n
Looking for a hero? Try Aeneas, the Trojan who left his home and traveled to Italy, where he became an ancestor of the Romans. Along the way he encountered war, gods and ghosts, adventures documented in Virgil\u2019s poetic epic, \u201cThe Aeneid.\u201d<\/p>\n
Want evil? Roman emperors Caligula and Nero focused only on their own wants and desires. If getting those meant killing other Romans, well, you have to break a few eggs for an omelet, right?<\/p>\n
Want saints? Writer St. Augustine looked at the myths of Rome but did so through his Christian faith.<\/p>\n
Learning about such figures, both fictional and real, and their lasting lessons are part of \u201cLegendary Rome: Epic Founders, Wicked Emperors, Saintly Martyrs.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are many things that Rome can teach us today; learning from the mistakes of our forebears is an important undertaking,\u201d says Kristen Fulton Knopick, a lecturer in modern and classical languages and literature.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe can learn tolerance and civic responsibility, which includes being cognizant and respectful of all classes and cultures within our society, since Rome suffered the consequences of ignoring and\/or oppressing\u00a0certain segments of its society.\u201d<\/p>\n
While Aeneas is fictional, St. Augustine, Caligula and Nero are well-documented reality. But facts about them have been bent through the centuries, Knopick says, and that includes the atrocities of the two emperors.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe biases in the records distort the stories and make the two leaders seem larger than life, thereby inserting them in the realm of legend,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou’ll have to take the class \u2026 for the gory details.\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/h3>\n\u201cDesign of Thermal Components”<\/strong><\/h3>\nDr. Prakash Dhamshala<\/strong><\/h3>\n
In his summer class, Dr. Shawn Trivette examines the many ways that sex is embedded in our lives.<\/p><\/div>\n
Discussing sex\u2019s place in society doesn\u2019t lend itself to a single, simple explanation.<\/p>\n
There are sexual identities, same-sex marriage, sexual violence, sex in advertising and the political aspects of sex, to name just a few.<\/p>\n
Dr. Shawn Trivette acknowledges that trying to cover everything sex in a five-week course is pretty much impossible, but just discussing some of its facets can show the many ways it fits into our lives.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a little bit of a potpourri course, and it\u2019s meant to be an overview to give some understanding of sexuality and the social forces around it,\u201d says Trivette, assistant professor of sociology in the Department of Social, Cultural, and Justice Studies.<\/p>\n
Among the angles he plans to address are:<\/p>\n
- \n
- Sexual identity. What does the term mean? How do we define it and deal with it in relation to ourselves?<\/li>\n
- Abortion politics. \u201cHow we understand reproductive access and care in the context of broader political issues.\u201d<\/li>\n
- Same-sex marriage and its development. \u201cThere may be gay individuals who were opposed to same-sex marriage.\u201d<\/li>\n
- Sexual violence. \u201cUnderstanding some of the gendered aspects of sexual violence,\u201d and how it just keeps going in generation after generation.<\/li>\n
- Sex as a commodity. Sure, there\u2019s pornography; that\u2019s obvious. But there\u2019s also sex \u201cin advertising for cars, food. Things that have nothing to do with sex.\u201d<\/li>\n
- Sex education and how it\u2019s understood and taught \u2014 or not taught \u2014 in elementary, middle and high school.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\u201cWhat I want to do is think less about which is the \u2018right\u2019 perspective, but how does power play out in this and how people mobilize resources to accomplish a particular end,\u201d Trivette says. \u201cThere\u2019s no: Here\u2019s the \u2018right\u2019 answer.\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/h3>\n
\u201cLegendary Rome: Epic Founders, Wicked Emperors, Saintly Martyrs\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Kristen Fulton Knopick<\/strong><\/h3>\n
The lives of Roman emperors have some lessons for today’s society, says lecturer Kristen Fulton Knopick.<\/p><\/div>\n
Looking for a hero? Try Aeneas, the Trojan who left his home and traveled to Italy, where he became an ancestor of the Romans. Along the way he encountered war, gods and ghosts, adventures documented in Virgil\u2019s poetic epic, \u201cThe Aeneid.\u201d<\/p>\n
Want evil? Roman emperors Caligula and Nero focused only on their own wants and desires. If getting those meant killing other Romans, well, you have to break a few eggs for an omelet, right?<\/p>\n
Want saints? Writer St. Augustine looked at the myths of Rome but did so through his Christian faith.<\/p>\n
Learning about such figures, both fictional and real, and their lasting lessons are part of \u201cLegendary Rome: Epic Founders, Wicked Emperors, Saintly Martyrs.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are many things that Rome can teach us today; learning from the mistakes of our forebears is an important undertaking,\u201d says Kristen Fulton Knopick, a lecturer in modern and classical languages and literature.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe can learn tolerance and civic responsibility, which includes being cognizant and respectful of all classes and cultures within our society, since Rome suffered the consequences of ignoring and\/or oppressing\u00a0certain segments of its society.\u201d<\/p>\n
While Aeneas is fictional, St. Augustine, Caligula and Nero are well-documented reality. But facts about them have been bent through the centuries, Knopick says, and that includes the atrocities of the two emperors.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe biases in the records distort the stories and make the two leaders seem larger than life, thereby inserting them in the realm of legend,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou’ll have to take the class \u2026 for the gory details.\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/h3>\n
\u201cDesign of Thermal Components”<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Dr. Prakash Dhamshala<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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