UVa Course Catalog (Unofficial, Lou's List)
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Humanities and Global Cultures
IHGC 3559The Global Short Story (1.00)
The short story as literary form presents distinctive interpretative possibilities. This similarly "short" course will capitalize upon the short story's conciseness, wit, moment of impact, and playfulness to investigate our increasingly global community of writers. Beginning with the University of Virginia's own Edgar Allen Poe's short stories (and his famous definition of the genre), our course will then emphasize the contemporary short story
Course was offered Spring 2013
IHGC 5559New Course: Humanities in Place (3.00)
Offered
Fall 2013		This seminar treats the ethics of food as a way into questions about humanity¿s changing role within ecological systems. It explores the practical controversies arising within of contemporary food practices ¿ including obligations to the hungry, responses to obesity, labor fairness, genetic technologies, and treatment of animals. It connects those controversies to broader inquiries about the meaning of food and the human presence in nature
Course was offered Spring 2013