Readings include works of Thoreau, Melville, Henry Adams, Veblen, Schumpeter, H.G. Wells, and DeLillo. Frequent short papers and one longer paper, with feedback on writing and student reports to the class on their work. Open to undergraduates with permission of instructor. This class has been cancelled. Emphasis on exemplary styles of research and writing, bibliographic research methods, strategies for selecting research topics, and preparing a working bibliography.
Seminar culminates with presentation and critique of papers in the spring term.
Emphasis on exemplary styles of research and writing, bibliographic research methods, strategies for selecting research topics, and preparing a working bibliography. Seminar culminates with a presentation and critique of papers in the spring term. Emphasizes readings in the epistemological and historical analyses of recent feminist scholarship in relation to the relevant literature on language and science. Research papers focus on concrete historical examples, such as case studies in primate research, developmental biology, and high-energy physics. Instruction in expressing ideas clearly and in organizing a thesis-length work.