6 Credits| Prof. Daniel Elam
This course introduces students to the intellectual project of cultural studies, focusing primarily on its origins at the Birmingham Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies, as well as its intelledtual roots and its legacies. Key thinkers to be explored in this class include Stuart Hall, Raymond Williams, Richard Hogart, Paul Gilroy, and others. The class will discuss questions about conjucturtal analysis, disciplinarity, and anglophone Marxism.
Assessment: 100% coursework.