Arts, Sciences, and Engineering Film and Media Studies
Course Section Listing Course Course Title Term Credits Status
COURSE_SECTION-3-116601 FMST 237-1 Reimagining the Human: Global Black Speculative Fiction Fall 2021 4.0 Open
Schedule:
Day Begin End Location Start Date End Date
TR 1400 1515 Hylan Building Room 203
Enrollment: Enrolled     
5 		Capacity     
0
Co-Located: AAAS 214-1, DMST 228-1, ENGL 228-2 (P), FMST 237-1
Instructors: Matthew Omelsky
Description: How do cyborgs, superheroes, and ghosts change our understanding of what it means to be human? How do interstellar travel, dystopian climate change, and revisionist ancient histories reframe the way we think of African diasporic histories of trauma, survival, desired freedom, and collective belonging? Studying science fiction, fantasy, and horror from across Africa, the Caribbean, Europe, and North America, this course will focus on how 20th and 21st century artists have reimagined black life after slavery and empire. We’ll study a range of artistic forms, including fiction, film, visual art, and music, by artists like Octavia Butler, Wanuri Kahiu, Nalo Hopkinson, Jordan Peele, and Wangechi Mutu. We’ll look at how artists of color contort the world we know, and how they use the speculative mode to pose deeply philosophical and historical questions.
Offered: Fall Spring Summer
Course Section Listing Course Course Title Term Credits Status
COURSE_SECTION-3-96066 FMST 237-1 Reimagining the Human: Global Black Speculative Fiction Fall 2020 4.0 Open
Schedule:
Day Begin End Location Start Date End Date
TR 1230 1345 Online Room 3 (ASE)
Enrollment: Enrolled     
10 		Capacity     
0
Co-Located: AAAS 214-1, ENGL 228-1 (P), FMST 237-1
Instructors: Matthew Omelsky
Description: How do cyborgs, superheroes, and ghosts change our understanding of what it means to be human? How do interstellar travel, dystopian climate change, and revisionist ancient histories reframe the way we think of African diasporic histories of trauma, survival, desired freedom, and collective belonging? Studying science fiction, fantasy, and horror from across Africa, the Caribbean, and North America, this course will focus on how 20th and 21st century artists have reimagined black life after slavery and empire. We’ll study a range of artistic forms, including fiction, film, visual art, graphic novels, and music, by artists like Octavia Butler, Wanuri Kahiu, Wangechi Mutu, Nalo Hopkinson, Ryan Coogler, and Nnedi Okorafor. We’ll look at how artists of color contort the world we know, and how they use the speculative mode to pose deeply philosophical and historical questions. 
Offered: Fall Spring Summer