Lori Emerson writes on and teaches artists and writers’ experiments with inscription technologies from the late 19th century to the present moment; she also writes about the history of computing, early telecommunications networks, media archaeology, and media labs.
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Media Studies, Media History, Media Archaeology, Computer History, Telecommunications Networks, Digital Humanities, Digital Textuality, Twentieth- and Twenty-First Century Experimental Writing, Digital Archives, Digital Preservation
AHUM 2000 - Topics in Arts and Humanities
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Fall 2021
Explores a topic in the arts and humanities that exceeds the boundaries of a single department or program. This introductory course encourages experimentation and introduces students to interdisciplinary approaches that characterize innovative research.
ATLS 2036 - Introduction to Media Studies in the Humanities
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Fall 2018 / Fall 2019 / Fall 2021
Serves as an introduction to media studies specifically from a humanities perspective. Studies both histories and theories of media from the 20th and 21st centuries. Touches on methodologies for undertaking media studies (including distant ready and media archaeology). Objects of study may include such topics as film, radio, social media platforms and games, as well as digital art and literature. Same as ENGL 2036.
ENGL 2036 - Introduction to Media Studies in the Humanities
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Fall 2018 / Fall 2019 / Fall 2021 / Spring 2024
Serves as an introduction to media studies specifically from a humanities perspective. Studies both histories and theories of media from the 20th and 21st centuries. Touches on methodologies for undertaking media studies (including distant ready and media archaeology). Objects of study may include such topics as film, radio, social media platforms and games, as well as digital art and literature. Same as ATLS 2036.
ENGL 2112 - Introduction to Literary Theory
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Fall 2023
Introduces students to a wide range of critical theories that English majors need to know. Covers major movements in modern literary/critical theory, from Matthew Arnold through new criticism to contemporary postmodern frameworks. Required for all English majors.
ENGL 4830 - Honors Thesis
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Spring 2018
Students accepted to English Departmental Honors are enrolled in this course.
ENGL 5549 - Studies in Special Topics 2
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Spring 2018
Studies special topics that focus on a theme, genre, or theoretical issue not limited to a specific period or national tradition. Topics vary each semester. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours.
IAWP 6100 - Theory and Practice of Doing
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Spring 2019 / Spring 2020 / Spring 2023
Introduces students to the theory of doing and making. Guiding questions include: what does it mean to place "doing" at the center of one's research agenda? What does it mean to do hands-on work in an art/design studio, a digital humanities lab, a media lab, a media archaeology lab, a makerspace or a hackerspace? Same as ENGL 5529.
IAWP 6800 - Intermedia Seminar
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Spring 2018 / Fall 2020
Focuses on intermedia arts, writing and performance as they relate to digital media, communication and information.
