Scribner Seminar Program: Seminar Titles 2007-08

The Scribner Seminars listed here reflect the academic interests and intellectual passions of the faculty instructors. The faculty come from virtually every department and discipline, and offer a rich array of seminars, which span geographically from Japan to Ireland, from Africa to Italy, and from Saratoga Springs to Skidmore's own North Woods, and tackle topics from the Broadway musical to Medieval technology to waging war and the environment. Let your passion take hold as you browse the potential offerings of Scribner Seminars offered at Skidmore College this fall semester. To view past seminars, visit the FYE Archives.

Below is an alphabetical listing of the Scribner Seminars offered this fall. Descriptions of the seminars are linked to the titles, and the number to the left is the section number of the course; during registration, these numbers distinguish each seminar within the SSP 100 class listing.

(001) Africa Changing Cinema
Time: T/TH 12:40-2:00 & T 7:00 - 9:00
Instructor: Hedi Jaouad
(025) Jewish-Christian Relations
Time: M/W 2:30-4:20
Instructor: Matthew Hockenos
(002) After Lives
Time: W/F 8:40-10:00 & T 5:30-6:30
Instructor: Regina Janes
(026) Kabbalah & Contemp Culture
Time: T/TH 3:40-5:00 & TH 7:00-8:00
Instructor: Marla Segol
(003) Ancient Genes/Land of Plty
Time: M/W 2:30-4:20
Instructor: Paul Arciero
(027) The Killing State
Time: M/W 2:30-4:20
Instructor: Beau Breslin
(004) Blacks in Film
Time: T/TH 3:40-5:30
Instructor: Kristie Ford
(028) Latin Amer. Image/Reality
Time: T/TH 2:10-3:30 & M 1:25-2:20
Instructor: Aldo Vacs
(005) Blacks in Film
Time: T/TH 3:40-5:30
Instructor: Joshua C. Woodfork
(029) Law, Religion & Society
Time: T/TH 9:40-11:00 & M 9:05-10:00
Instructor: Christine Kopec
(006) The Broadway Musical
Time: T/TH 8:10-9:30 & M 8:00-8:55
Instructor: Charles M. Joseph
(030) Life in the North Woods
Time: W/F 12:20-2:10
Instructor: Joshua Ness
(007) Designing a Mind
Time: MW 2:30-4:20
Instructor: Flip Phillips
(031) Made in God's Image
Time: T/TH 2:10-3:30
Instructor: Penny Jolly
(008) Digital Security
Time: W/F 12:20-1:40 & M 12:20-1:15
Instructor: Gove Effinger
(032) Medieval Technology
Time: W/F 12:20-2:10
Instructor: Erica Bastress-Dukehart
(009) Environmental Problems
Time: T/TH 12:40-2:00 & TH 5:30-6:30
Instructor: Monica Das
(033) Money and Value
T ime: W/F 12:20-1:40 & W 5:30-6:30
Instructor: Susan Belden
(010) Eyes Wide Open
Time: W/F 10:10-11:30 & M 11:15-12:10
Instructor: Janet Sorensen
(034) Movers and Shakers
Time: T/TH 9:40-11:00 & M 12:20-1:15
Instructor: Margo Mensing
(011) Food and Society
Time: T/TH 2:10-3:30 & W 5:30-7:00
Instructor: Una Bray
(035) Movers and Shakers
Time: T/TH 9:40-11:00 & M 12:20-1:15
Instructor: Debra Fernandez
(012) Hollywood Science
Time: W/F 12:20-2:10
Instructor: Kyle Nichols
(036) Myth Conceptions
T/TH 11:10-12:30
Instructor: Dan Curley
(013) Human Dilemmas
Time: M/W 2:30-3:50 & M 1:25-2:20
Instructor: Kate Berheide
(037) Non-Euclidean Revolution
Time: W/F 10:10-11:30 & M 11:15-12:10
Instructor: Mark Huibregtse
(014) Human Dilemmas
Time: W/F 12:20-1:40 & M 1:25-2:20
Instructor: Janet Casey
(038) Nothing Doing
Time: W/F 8:40-10:00 & M 9:05-10:00
Instructor: Grace Burton
(015) Human Dilemmas
Time: T/TH 11:10-12:30 & M 1:25-2:20
Instructor: Beth Gershuny
(039) The Nuclear Legacy
T ime: W/F 8:40-10:00 & M 9:05-10:00
Instructor: William Standish
(016) Human Dilemmas
Time: W/F 10:10-11:30 & M 1:25-2:20
Instructor: Sarah Goodwin
(040) Remaking the Hudson
Time:MWF 9:05-10:00 & TH 5:30-6:30
Instructor: Rik Scarce
(017) Human Dilemmas
Time: T/TH 11:10-12:30 & M 1:25-2:20
Instructor: Susan Layden
(041) Science Sound Bites
Time: Tu/Th 9:10-11:00
Instructor: Shannon Stitzel
(018) Human Dilemmas
Time: T/TH 9:40-11:00 & M 1:25-2:20
Instructor: Peter McCarthy
(042) Self & Desire
Time: T/TH 12:40-2:00
Instructor: Reg Lilly
(019) Human Dilemmas
Time: T/TH 12:40-2:00 & M 1:25-2:20
Instructor: Terry Diggory
(043) Shakespeare was Jewish?
Time: M/W 2:30-4:20
Instructor: Lary Opitz
(020) Human Dilemmas
Time: T/TH 2:10-3:30 & M 1:25-2:20
Instructors: Patricia Rubio & Muriel Poston
(044) Thinking for Yourself
Time: T/TH 9:40-11:00
Instructor: Robert Boyers
(021) Human Dilemmas
Time: T/TH 3:40-5:00 & M 1:25-2:20
Instructor: Sheldon Solomon
(045) Waging War, Making Peace
Time: T/TH 11:10-12:30 & T 5:30-6:30
Instructor: Roy Ginsberg
(022) Ireland: Myth, Reality
Time: M/W 2:30-3:50 & TH 7:00-8:00
Instructor: James Kennelly
(046) Who Governs Saratoga Spgs?
Time: W/F 12:20-1:40
Instructor: Bob Turner
(023) Italy, Fascism, Jews
Time: T/TH 9:40-11:00 & W 5:30-6:30
Instructor: Shirley Smith
(047) Writing America
Time: T/TH 9:10-11:00
Instructor: Linda Hall
(024) Japanese Animation
Time: T/TH 3:40-5:00 & W 4:00-6:00
Instructor: Masako Inamoto
London Program
The Music Between Us
Instructor: Gordon Thompson
  London Program
Liquid History: The River Thames
Instructor: Tom Lewis