Studying at the End of the World

This course will consider the enduring power of study, as it has been conceptualized in Renaissance European thought as studia humanitatis , and more recently in calls for the end of the university as we know it. Through a range of texts, essays, and visual media, we will consider what studying otherwise might mean here at the end of the world. Authors include: William Shakespeare, George Jackson, Octavia Butler, Ia Paperson, Kamau Brathwaite, etc. Enrollment limited to 17.