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Material and Visual Studies of Modernitygraduate and advanced undergraduate seminarFall 2010 : Wednesdays, 1:00-3:30pmDennis Doordan, University of Notre Dame, Wolfsonian Visiting ScholarDavid Rifkind, Assistant Professor, FIU College of Architecture and the Arts
Material and Visual Studies of Modernity presents a series of case studies in visual and material culture as the basis for an examination of modernism in Europe and the United States. The course draws on the diverse knowledge base of FIU faculty and Wolfsonian staff, who will lead classes as guest discussants. The seminar will utilize materials from the Wolfsonian library and object collection, and students will be encouraged to use the Wolfsonian’s holdings as part of their semester-long research projects. One subtext of the course will be methodological, as the various guest discussants introduce students to their disciplines’ varying historiographic methods.
Wolfsonian Visiting Scholar Dennis Doordan will lead three class sessions which will include demonstrations of first-hand work with materials from the Wolfsonian library and materials collections. David Rifkind (Department of Architecture) will organize the course, and will lead two class sessions focusing on architecture, publications, and colonialism in twentieth-century Italy. Professor Jeffrey Schnapp (Stanford and Harvard) will lead one class session based on his Speed Limits exhibit at the Wolfsonian. FIU Architecture professors Marilys Nepomechie and John Stuart will lead discussions at exhibitions they’ve curated at the Frost Museum and Coral Gables Museum, respectively.
Guest discussants and topics include:Jon Mogul, Wolfsonian Material and visual studies primerMarilys Nepomechie, Architecture La Habana Moderna exhibitionJohn Stuart, Architecture New Deal in FloridaFrank Luca, Wolfsonian FDR’s Alphabet SoupAlex Lichtenstein, History The American Labor MovementGray Read, Architecture Theater and public spectacleRebecca Friedman, History Revolutionary RussiaMarianne Lamonaca, Wolfsonian Exporting Italy exhibitionOren Stier, Religious Studies and Judaic Studies Race and propagandaGail Hollander, Global and Sociocultural Studies Food and globalizationJeffrey Schnapp, Stanford/Harvard Speed Limits exhibition
Graduate and advanced undergraduate students from throughout the university are encouraged to participate in the seminar, which will meet weekly at the Wolfsonian or on the FIU campus. Professor Doordan’s visit to FIU is made possible by support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
