Course Instructor: Carlos Alonso Nugent (Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature)
Course Type: seminar course to be offered in Spring 2026
Course Description
In various guises, nature has inspired pilgrims, pioneers, and tourists. Nature has staged struggles between settlers and Native Americans, whites and racialized peoples, upper classes and working classes in America
This seminar will explore how nature has brought us together and tore us apart.
Funds will support a museum visit and guest speakers.
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Course Instructor: Matthew Delvaux (Assistant Professor of History)
Course Type: seminar course to be offered Spring 2026
Course Description
Trains students in the use of material sciences for historical research.
Students will survey evidence, including ice cores, tree rings, and DNA, with an emphasis on connectivity, migration, and environmental history.
Funds will support guest collaborators and materials.
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Course Instructors: Martin Chalfie (University Professor) and Rebecca Everly (Director of the Committee on Human Rights at the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine)
Course Type: seminar course to be offered in Spring 2026
Course Description
Considers the role of scientific research and technology in promoting and, in some cases, undermining human rights; the relevance of human rights law for scientific research; and the global problem of human rights abuse targeting scientists.
