Staging Justice

3 Credits · Level: Graduate, Undergraduate

This interdisciplinary class investigates intersections of law and theater, drawing from plays, cultural performances and public life in the Americas. Taught by Mary Kathryn Nagle, a playwright and an attorney specializing in tribal sovereignty of Native nations and peoples, this lecture class will consider creative and social practices as mediating human rights issues. Students will engage mixed methods, from field trips and visits with guest artists and public advocates to analysis of art and social history as lenses onto staging justice. Intended for advanced students, this TPST class is cross-listed with Justice and Peace Studies, American Studies and will count toward the minor in Law, Justice and Society, as well as Pathways to Social Justice.