UW Center for Performance Studies

May 25, 2021

HUM 597 – Special Topics in the Humanities


Course Name: Feminism and Visual Theories
Instructor:
Guest Lecturer: Kathryn Topper, Sarah Levin-Richardson

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Term: Spring 2016

Feminism and Visual Theories
(1 credit, C/NC)
Instructor: Kathryn Topper (Classics) and Sarah Levin-Richardson (Classics)
Time Schedule [link forthcoming]
Meeting Dates:
All sessions meet in CMU 218D.
Monday, May 2, 3:30-5 pm
Monday, May 9, 3:30-5 pm
Monday, May 16, 3:30-5 pm
Monday, May 23, 3:30-5 pm
This microseminar introduces students to some of the fundamental scholarship on feminism and viewership and its application to the art of ancient Greece and Rome. This material is designed to dovetail with Feminism and Classics VII: Visions, an international conference hosted May 19-22 by the Simpson Center for the Humanities and the Department of Classics, and its companion book-arts exhibit, Just One Look.
The first class session introduces the most influential scholarship on feminism and viewership, the next two sessions deal with the application of this scholarship in the study of ancient Greek and ancient Roman art respectively, and the last class is a reflection on the conference and exhibit. Topics to be explored include the gaze, ekphrasis, art and text, gender and sexuality, and reception, among others.
Questions? Contact Kathryn Topper (ktopper@uw.edu) or Sarah Levin-Richardson (sarahlr@uw.edu).