Humanities for Contemporary Institutions: Experiential Approach to Teaching Great Texts In adopts a practical approach to situate and re-embody the literary insights and philosophical concepts in real life contemporary institutions. Evolutionary Biology, Economics, Coding, Museums, Archives, History, Philosophy, Theatre.
Art and Experience: Making Sense of Avebury
“What a throwback! Cannot give you enough kudos for encouraging me to use dance as a tool for academic inquiry—this one assignment really set the tone for the rest of my undergrad experience.” – Courtney Escoyne
Evolutionary Biology and Humanities Epigenesis
Economics and Humanities
Code and Interaction Design
History of coded behaviors, why these behaviors emerged and how they translate today in the digital realm. The main question was whether the individual embodiment that enforced social behaviors before the 20th century is still valid today in a world of mostly disembodied interaction. “Can Interaction Design Civilize the Experience Economy.
Museums: Curating Culture at Victoria and Albert
Archives and History: People in Piazza: Archives
Behind the Museum: Uffizi Persian Hunt
Museums: Shakespeare and His Sophy at the the British Museum
History and Memoire: For Whom Do We Write?
Theatre and Philosophy: Visual and the Sonorous
Scholarship and Theatre: La Pietra, Florence, May 6-7, 2024
Dance and Philosophy: Eros, Poiesis, Mimesis
Humanities and Peacemaking: Seeds of Peace in London: SOP at NYUL
Courses
Core
- Codes: Law, Grace, Dignity, Price
- Dignity and Indignity
- Art and Experience: Cultural Foundations I
- Grace: Text, Image, Practice: Cultural Foundations II
- Civilizing Process Social Foundations II
- Philosopher Dancer
- Aesthetics and Politics of the Modern: Social Foundations III
- Social Foundations I
- Faith and Finance: From Renaissance Fortuna to Futures Market
Mahnaz Yousefzadeh 