Bryn Mawr College

Bookmarks: Technologies of Writing and Reading, Ancient to Contemporary

In this seminar, students think about media change across very long spans of time and assess different writing and reading technologies for both their strengths and limitations. Read more»

Classical Myth and the Contemporary Imagination

In this seminar, students consider a number of Greek and Roman myths, both in their “source” form (in translations of Greek drama, or the Metamorphoses of Ovid) and in various subsequent retellings, in poetry, prose, or drama. Read more»

Performance and Self

Students use a variety of texts to examine the ways we perform ourselves in daily life at the intersections of gender, race, and class. The course also looks at the ways artists and writers construct performances that convey these social and political aspects of identity. Read more»

Travel Tales and Understanding

This seminar covers a varied group of readings, all involving travel, exposure to new cultures, and the kinds of learning that come with exposure to unfamiliar and often thought-provoking values. Read more»

Urban Identities: Difference, Conflict, and Communities

In this seminar, students investigate life in the contemporary U.S. city, particularly in light of how city dwellers negotiate their diverse identities in shared living spaces. Read more»