Honors Bulletin
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Peek-A-Boo! Registration is here (pretty much)
This is the week! Thursday is registration day. Starts at 7 AM. But you knew that (we hope). And you know your PIN (999999, just in case). If you need to brush up on registration, peep this vid. If you want to check your Honors requirements, peep this one.
ALSO, if you haven't noticed already, there have been some updates to the Honors Course Guide including all of the Intellectual Heritage Professors!
We are going to have walk-in appointments all day tomorrow and Wednesday in preparation for the big day. And we're coming to you in 1300! A few of the Honors advisors will be set up in 1300 on Wednesday afternoon 1-4:30 PM to answer last minute questions.
Finally - don't forget the event tonight in 1300 with HPMs and PIZZA starting at 6PM.
You've got no excuse to not be prepared.
Bulletin Contents
- Ruthless
- Honors Course of the Day
- Professional Development & Academic Opportunities
Ruthless S3 E3: A Welcome Change, Things That Don't, and the Honors Psyche
UNEASY PIECES: CENSORSHIP & CONTROVERSY IN MODERN ART (Art History 2990.01)
Days/Times: Tuesdays, 5:30pm to 8pm
Professor: Gerald Silk
CRN: 36258
About: The course focuses on works, subjects, and artists related to censorship and controversy. We investigate what makes artists/pieces problematic, examining concepts such as iconoclasm, obscenity, “publicness,” cultural appropriation, and pornography, and address issues of religion, race, sexuality, identity, nationalism, politics, animal rights, ethics, consent, and chronicling and intervention. While we concentrate on the visual arts, we also consider film, literature, music, theater, and other forms of expression. The class combines lecture, discussion, readings, presentations, and papers. We screen films, invite outside speakers, and culminate in a trip to the Philadelphia Museum of Art to discuss provocative art first-hand. The class generates passionate and robust discussion as we work together probing the balance between offensive expression and freedom of speech. This past year several student projects resulted in presentations at the TURFCreWS undergraduate symposium.
About the Professor: Dr. Gerald Silk teaches modern and contemporary art at Tyler School of Art, Temple U. He has published and curated internationally and has received a Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award. He is passionate about this subject and was recently interviewed by "PhillyVoice" about the controversy surrounding Robert Indiana’s "LOVE" sculpture in Philadelphia and will present a conference paper in the summer about the controversy surrounding Claes Oldenburg’s "Clothespin" sculpture in Philadelphia.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES
Grad School Week 10/30 - 11/7
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