Fwd: NEW MASTERS PROGRAM IN CULTURAL STUDIES AT STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY

Aaron Gerow aaron.gerow at yale.edu
Tue Sep 29 21:14:26 EDT 2009


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> Dear Colleagues,
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> Please distribute as appropriate:
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> ANNOUNCING A NEW MASTERS PROGRAM IN CULTURAL STUDIES AT STONY BROOK
> UNIVERSITY
>
> The M.A. in Cultural Studies is a two-year interdisciplinary and
> interdepartmental program based in the Department of Comparative  
> Literary
> and Cultural Studies (CLCS).  It studies culture as inseparable from  
> its
> historical, social, political, economic and technological dimensions.
>
> What Is Cultural Studies at Stony Brook?
>
> The Cultural Studies Program at Stony Brook is designed for students  
> whose
> interests cut across traditional modes of study in the Humanities  
> and Social
> Sciences.  Areas of emphasis include popular and mass culture, visual
> culture, media and technology, cultural production, cross-cultural and
> transnational/global formations, as well as the study of elite,  
> dominant,
> and national cultures.  Course requirements are designed to build  
> competence
> in interdisciplinary Cultural Studies theory and practice, maximize
> collegial interaction among students, and allow students to develop
> disciplinary fluency in a particular subfield.
>
> The Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies Department$B!G(Bs  
> strengths lie
> primarily in critical and cultural theory, cinema and media studies,  
> visual
> culture studies, comparatist and cross-cultural studies, as  
> reflected in the
> Department$B!G(Bs popular undergraduate major in Cinema and  
> Cultural Studies.
> Competence in languages other than English has also long been  
> considered
> essential to the department$B!G(Bs mission.  A network of  
> affiliated faculty
> represents a wide range of areas in disciplines including Africana  
> studies,
> art history and studio art, digital arts, Asian and Asian American  
> studies,
> English, European and Hispanic languages, history, music,  
> philosophy, and
> women$B!G(Bs studies.
>
> The Master's Program in Cultural Studies is designed both for  
> students in
> Cultural Studies or related fields who seek only an M.A. degree and  
> for
> those who might wish to continue toward a Ph.D.
>
> For more information, visit our website: *
> http://www.stonybrook.edu/complit/new/master1.html*<http://www.stonybrook.edu/complit/new/master1.html 
> >or
> contact Prof. Raiford Guins, Director of Cultural Studies at
> *raiford.guins at stonybrook.edu* <raiford.guins at stonybrook.edu> or Prof.
> Jacqueline Reich, Interim Graduate Director of M.A. programs at
> Jacqueline.reich at stonybrook.edu
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------
> Krin Gabbard, Professor and Interim Chair
> Department of Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies
> Humanities 2048
> 5355 SUNY
> Stony Brook, NY 11794-5355
> (631) 632-7460
> (631) 632-5707 (fax)
>
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