Romance Studies (ROMS)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2021-2022.

ROMS 1102

We tell stories for many reasons: to entertain; to seduce; to complain; to think. This course draws upon the literatures and cultures of the romance languages to explore the role of narrative ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: The Book of the Courtier

  • 19565 ROMS 1102   SEM 101

    • MWF White Hall B06
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Andreoni, G

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Race, Gender and Postcolonial Writing

  • 19566 ROMS 1102   SEM 102

    • MWF White Hall B04
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Finielz, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Race, Gender and Postcolonial Writing

  • 19567 ROMS 1102   SEM 103

    • MWF Uris Hall 331
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Finielz, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

ROMS 1108

What is a culture, and how do we know one when we see it?  This course draws upon the histories and texts of French, Spanish, Italian, and/or Portuguese speaking worlds to discuss issues of identity, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Latin American Jewish Worlds in Lit/Film

  • 19568 ROMS 1108   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

ROMS 1109

What kind of information do images - in photography, painting, and/or film - convey?  What kind of impact do they have on the minds and the bodies of their audiences?  This course foregrounds the role ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS:French Cinema in the Margins

  • 19569 ROMS 1109   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: French Film—1895 to the Present

  • 20291 ROMS 1109   SEM 102

    • MW McGraw Hall 365
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Huelster, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS:Third World & #Travel Porn

  • 20379 ROMS 1109   SEM 103

    • TR Uris Hall 260
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Pham, V

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

ROMS 1113

Some of the most important and intriguing thinkers, from the Middle Ages to postmodernity, have done their thinking in the romance languages.  This course explores a body of work that would be ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS:Female Friendship vs. Patriarchy

  • 19570 ROMS 1113   SEM 101

    • MWF McGraw Hall 366
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Tien, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

ROMS 1114

What allows us to make assumptions about people based on the way they speak or dress? How can we understand the deeper meaning of a fairy tale or an episode of The Simpsons? What does macaroni and cheese ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 19571 ROMS 1114   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

ROMS 1120

In this class, students will learn about animal welfare and conservation through international films. We will discuss wildlife, companion and farm animals in conjunction with human cultures and politics. ... view course details

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  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 19572 ROMS 1120   SEM 101

    • TR Morrill Hall 102
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Bachminska, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

ROMS 2901

This studio class will introduce students to a range of contemporary performance techniques in a Spanish context.  Through exercises, improvisation, textual analysis, and scene study, students will develop ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PMA 2901

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 17873 ROMS 2901   STU 501

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ROMS 3115

The course will offer an overview of video art, alternative documentary video, and digital installation and networked art. It will analyze four phases of video and new media: (1) the development of video ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  6832 ROMS 3115   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Please email Professor Murray (tcm1@cornell.edu) with the following information: Your name and Cornell email address, course code and number you wish to be enrolled (example: COML 3115), if you are a current COML Major, graduation month/year. When you are approved, you will receive a permission number for the pre-enrollment period. Thank you.

ROMS 4210

The most intense public encounter between Existentialism and Marxism occurred in immediate post-WWII Europe, its structure remaining alive internationally. Existentialist questions have been traced from ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 4251GERST 4210GOVT 4015

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17227 ROMS 4210   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ROMS 5070

Focuses on language teaching as facilitation of learning, thus on the learner's processing of language acquisition and the promotion of reflective teaching. Pedagogical approaches will be addressed from ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  4069 ROMS 5070   SEM 101

    • W Uris Hall 254
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Redmond, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    This is the mandatory course for graduate students wishing to TA in Romance Studies.

ROMS 6525

Communism merged multiple theories, events and experiences. It's complexity does not lie exclusively in the discrepancies that separate the communist idea from its historical embodiments; it lies in the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 17415 ROMS 6525   SEM 101

    • R Uris Hall 369
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Traverso, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Conducted in English.

ROMS 6855

Intertwinement of Gramsci's pre-prison and prison writings with his legacy in subsequent political theory & praxis, philosophy, linguistics, architecture, and cinema. Criticism of his work from the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 6850GERST 6850GOVT 6750

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 20706 ROMS 6855   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person