UMBC Summer & Winter Blog
By Nahom Nega Did you know that the average human produces enough saliva in a lifetime to fill two swimming pools? Disgusting or Interesting? You decide. Did you also know that your DNA could stretch from the earth to the sun and back? Not once, not twice but 600 times. Thought those were cool? Winter Session 2019 […]
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By Nahom Nega “One of the pleasures of movies is creating a world . . . it gives you a license to do certain things.” – Coen Brothers For more than thirty years, Joel and Ethan Coen have crafted provocative and humorous films that take on the complicated and serious themes of postmodernism (and post-postmodernism). AMST 322: […]
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By Nahom Nega “We have the oldest written constitution still in force in the world, and it starts out with three words, ‘We, the people.’” – Ruth Bader Ginsburg More than 200 years after it was written, the U.S. Constitution remains the legal backbone of this country. First penned in 1787 (and later amended 27 times), the […]
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By Nahom Nega GWST 345: Unruly Bodies is a 3 credit course designed towards initiating a new perspective at looking at the human body. Drawing on feminist, queer, social, and critical race theory, this course examines the status of the body in both historical and contemporary debates about identity, representation, and politics. This course is committed to challenging the common […]
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By Nahom Nega “Magic’s about understanding – and then manipulating – how viewers digest the sensory information.” – Teller Long before David Copperfield, Harry Potter, and Gandolf, there was Magic and Witchcraft in the Ancient World. This January, ANCS 350 offers you the chance to explore the ancient Greek and Roman roots of modern supernatural/paranormal legends (demons, […]
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