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Current Classes
- Introduction to Literary and Cultural Studies (Fall 2008)
- Writing Seminar (Fall 2008)
Recent Classes
- Narrative and Narratology (Spring 2008)
- Literature and Technology: Are you a computer? (Spring 2008)
- Introduction to Literary and Cultural Studies (Fall 2007)
- Science Fiction: Science In/As Art (Fall 2007)
- Arts of Expression: The Networked Self (Spring 2007)
- Literature and Technology: Are you a computer? (Spring 2007)
- Introduction to Literary and Cultural Studies (Winter 2006)
- Honors: Introduction to Cultural Studies (Winter 2006)
- Writing Seminar (Fall 2006)
- Introduction to Cultural Studies: The Simpsons (Fall 2006)
- Literature and Technology: How We Became Posthuman: Information, Cybernetics and the Literary Imagination (Spring 2006)
- Global Literatures: Planetary Extremities and Extremisms (Spring 2005)
Clubs
Projects
2006 MLA Special Topics Session
Lawrence Lessig @ RIT
- Professor Lessig spoke at RIT on Friday, March 24, 2006. This lecture is now available as streaming video on two different sites. Options for download are also available. See below for details.
The Video is available for streaming or as a download at Google Video:
The Video is also available on YouAreTV as a Quicktime MP4 file: --ProfRay 21:10, 10 Apr 2006 (EDT)
- Those interested in Lessig and his work can find more information here. Read about Lessig's visit in Erhardt Graeff's article for RIT's Reporter Magazine: [1]
N. Katherine Hayles @ RIT
Dr. N. Katherine Hayles, Hillis Professor of English and Media Design at UCLA and RIT alumna, spoke on Literature as Computational Practice in Golisano Auditorium on Thursday, May 4th, 2006. The lecture was videotaped and will soon be accessible online and for download. Professor Hayles received her BS in Chemistry from RIT before going on to receive advanced degrees in Chemistry (CalTech) and Literature (Michigan State, Rochester). She has written extensively on the relationships between scientific thought, cultural theory and imaginative literature. Her latest book, entitled My Mother was a Computer: Digital Subjects and Literary Texts, was published by the University of Chicago Press in 2005. She is also author of the award winning How We Became Posthuman: Virtual Bodies in Cybernetics, Literature and Informatics, also published by University of Chicago. More information on Professor Hayles work can be found on her website: http://www.english.ucla.edu/faculty/hayles/
Other RIT Wikis
These wikis are running on separate systems, not part of the CampusWideWiki.
- The Novel, Amit Ray, Winter 2004-05.
- Senior Seminar, Amit Ray, Winter 2004-05.
- Wikitheoriapraxis, Erhardt Graeff, Amit Ray, 2005-present
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