Museums and Society is offering two courses as part of the B'More freshman experience. Registration begins December 7.
AS 389.172.01 (H)
Histories on Display: Exploring Baltimore through Its Museums
Instructor: Nicholas Spicher
Schedule: B'More Program Dates: Saturday, January 16 through Friday, January 22.
Credits: 1
Description: Baltimore is a city full of museums, both traditional and innovative. What do these institutions have to say about the city they call home? How do their choices of exhibits, artifacts, and descriptions combine to create a unique version of history? In this course, we will visit several Baltimore museums in order to learn the ways in which museums can tell stories of a city's industries, cultures, and people. AS 389.173.01
B'More: Introduction to the Alan Mason Chesney Medical Archives
Instructor: Phoebe Evans Letocha
Schedule: B'More Program Dates: Saturday, January 16 through Friday, January 22.
Credits: 1
Description: This course will introduce students to the history of the Johns Hopkins Hospital and the schools of medicine, nursing and public health through the collections of the Alan Mason Chesney Medical Archives. Morning will be devoted to study and discussion of primary source documents, photographs, film and material culture. The class will take tours of historic sites on the East Baltimore campus in the afternoons.
389.202 (H, S) Introduction to the Museum: Issues and Ideas
This course considers the practical, political, and ethical challenges facing museums today, including the impact of technology and globalization, economic pressures, and debates over the ownership and interpretation of culture. Cross-listed with History of Art.
Rodini 3 credits
389.340 (H) Critical Issues in Art Conservation
The course examines recent controversies in the conservation of major global art works and sites, raising questions concerning the basic theoretical assumptions, practical methods, and ethical implications of art conservation. Cross-listed with Anthropology, History of Art.
Balachandran 3 credits
389.355 (H, W) Reading Culture in the Nineteenth-Century Library
Students reconstruct the culture of reading in nineteenth-century America through an investigation of the Peabody Library (founded 1856) as a space and collection. Meets at Peabody. M & S practicum course. Cross-listed with English and earns Writing Intensive credit.
Dean 3 credit 389.363 (H) Curating Culture at the Evergreen Museum
In this hands-on course, students research the Evergreen collection in order to develop an innovative, public exhibition or presentation. The history of the house, its grounds, its books and artifacts are all subject to investigation. M&S practicum course.
Abbott 3 credits
389.366 (H) Interpreting Warhol: An Introduction to Museum Education
A hybrid between art history and an introduction to museum practices, this course culminates in developing education programs for the BMA's upcoming exhibition dedicated to Andy Warhol. M&S practicum course. Cross-listed with History of Art.
Bautista 3 credits
389.502 Independent Study in Museums and Society
Rodini, staff Up to 3 credits
389.512 Internship in Museums and Society
Rodini, staff 1 credit
Cross-Listed Courses 010.634 The Politics of Visual Culture
Brown 3 credits
040.368 The Authority of Ruins: Antiquirianism in Italy, 1690-1890
This seminar will focus on the transformation of antiquarianism in Italy after the discovery of Herculaneum and Pompeii. Students will work primarily with rare books from the collections at JHU. This upper-level seminar is open to graduate students and advanced undergraduates in appropriate programs.
Valladares 3 credits
140.359 Museums and Globalization
Examines how museums are linked to wider national and cultural communities, and how they mobilize resources to address political, economic, and social concerns and questions of heritage.
Kargon 3 credits
140.372 (H, S) Science on Display
History of collecting, exhibiting and interpreting science and technology, from Renaissance cabinets of curiosity to modern world's fairs, zoos, aquariums, films and science centers. Students will present their own exhibits as dioramas, web sites, documentaries or other formats.
Leslie 3 credits
Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) is offering its Exhibition Development Seminar on Wednesday evenings, 4:00-9:45. This is a chance to participate in an intense curatorial project with artists and the Contemporary museum in Baltimore. Students must enroll for both fall and spring semesteras. If you are interested in this course, please contact Museums and Society Associate Director, erodini@jhu.edu.
Art In London is a 3-week summer study abroad course in London, UK. Students will explore the London art world, visiting all of the major art museums, seeing the highlights of each collection; visiting the major art dealers and auction houses to gain a view of the commercial side of the art world; and often meeting with the world's leading art specialists to discuss their jobs and gain a behind-the-scenes view of this important artistic center. The art ranges from Renaissance to 21st-century, and the course is a 200-level History of Art offering (anticipated to be cross-listed with Museums and Society). It is an ideal introduction to students interested in pursuing a career anywhere in the art world. For more information, contact instructor Hilary Hunt, hhunt3@jhu.edu.
389.201 (H, S) Introduction to the Museum: Past and Present
This course surveys museums, from their origins to their most contemporary forms, in the context of broader historical, intellectual, and cultural trends. Anthropology, art, history, and science museums are considered. Offered every fall beginning in 2009. Cross-listed with Anthropology, History, History of Art.
Rodini 3 credits 389.202 (H, S) Introduction to the Museum: Issues and Ideas
This course considers the practical, political, and ethical challenges facing museums today, including the impact of technology and globalization, economic pressures, and debates over the ownership and interpretation of culture. Offered every spring beginning in 2010. Cross-listed with History of Art.
Rodini 3 credits 389.203 (H, W) Museum Matters
Through weekly field trips, group discussion, and analytical writing assignments, this course examines how museums organize, interpret, and present their holdings. Museum controversies, challenges, conflicts are examined. Offered alternate springs; freshmen and sophomores given priority. M&S practicum course, writing intensive.
Staff 3 credits 389.340 (H) Critical Issues in Art Conservation
The course examines recent controversies in the conservation of major global art works and sites, raising questions concerning the basic theoretical assumptions, practical methods, and ethical implications of art conservation. Cross-listed with Anthropology, History of Art.
Balachandran 3 credits 389.341 (H) Examining Archaeological Objects
Students examine objects from the Archaeological Collection to understand and recognize ancient materials and manufacturing techniques, identify conservation concerns, and pursue technical research questions related to specific artifacts. Cross-listed with History of Art, Near Eastern Studies, Classics. M&S practicum course.
Balachandran 3 credits
389.342 (H) Objects in Focus: Materials, Techniques, History
What can art and archaeological objects reveal about materials, their craftsmanship and preservation? We investigate artists' treatises, visit studios and museum conservation laboratories and closely examine artworks. Cross-listed with Classics, History of Art, Near Eastern Studies. M&S practicum course.
Balachandran 3 credits 389.354 (H) Paper Museums: Exhibiting Prints at the BMA
Students work with Baltimore Museum of Art print collection and staff to develop, organize, and design an exhibition. All aspects of museum work are explored, including research, interpretation, presentation, programming, marketing. Cross-listed with History of Art. M&S practicum course.
Rodini 3 credits 389.361 (H) Introduction to Material Culture
Students explore early American life related to the region and the Carroll family of Homewood. Primary research and object study culminates in student-curated thematic exhibition. Optional intersession practicum experience is also possible. Cross-listed with History. M&S practicum course.
Arthur 3 credits
389.362 (H) Behind the Scenes at the Walters Art Museum
Work with Walters staff to learn about the workings of a professional art museum while developing an exhibition or other museum project. M&S practicum course. Cross-listed with History of Art.
Rodini 3 credits
389.363 (H) Curating Culture at the Evergreen Museum
In this hands-on course, students research the Evergreen collection in order to develop an innovative, public exhibition or presentation. The history of the house, its grounds, its books and artifacts are all subject to investigation. M&S practicum course.
Abbott 3 credits 389.364 (H) History of the Artifact
By developing a small installation at the Baltimore Museum of Industry, students explore how museums use artifacts to present the past to diverse audiences. M&S practicum course. Cross-listed with History.
Finkelstein (Baltimore Museum of Industry) 3 credits
389.365 (H) Close Looking at the BMA
This course takes an interdisciplinary approach to the careful consideration of one or several works or art in the BMA's collection. Creative final projects enhance the educational mission of the museum. Meets at the BMA. Cross-listed with History of Art.
Rodini 3 credits (M&S practicum course)
389.370 (H) Camera Arts: Photographing Evergreen Museum and Library
Curator and photography instructor lead students in a photographic exploration of the Evergreen collection. Fine arts approach to digital photography and printing. Final project exhibition at Evergreen. M&S practicum course. Cross-listed with Homewood Art Workshops.
Berger 3 credits 389.440 (H, S) Who Owns Culture?
This seminar explores the complicated, often explosive concept of cultural property, including questions surrounding the ownership, preservation, and interpretation of artifacts, monuments, heritage sites, and living traditions. Cross-listed with Anthropology, History of Art.
Rodini 3 credits 389.501/502 Independent Study in Museums and Society
Independent study allows students to develop and carry out their own research project in a related field. Projects must be approved and overseen by a supervising faculty member and approved by the Program’s Associate Director. Students should also consult the University’s Independent Work Policy.
Rodini, staff up to 3 credits 389.511/512 Internship in Museums and Society
Students may seek credit for academic work connected to an unpaid museum internship. Projects may be in the area of research, exhibition development, conservation science, or other related fields. All projects must be approved and overseen by a supervising faculty member and approved by the Program’s Associate Director, and must be in keeping with the University’s Independent Work Policy.
Rodini, staff 1 credit African Visions: Art Objects, Context, and Interpretations A hands-on class that address the relationship between art and its contexts by focusing on the histories and inventions of African art objects. Film, print media, and museums will all be considered. M&S practicum course. Cross-listed with History of Art. Milbourne (BMA) 3 credits 070.103 (H, S, W) Africa and the Museum
Freshman seminar course on African material life, as created, used, collected, displayed, and discussed. Aims to introduce both Africa and its representation in the West.
Guyer 3 credits
010.119 (H) The World of Pompeii
This course will focus on the history and archaeology of Pompeii. Close attention will also be paid to the reception of Pompeian materials in European and American culture.
Valladares 3 credits
100.353 (H, S) Remembering Vietnam: Documenting, Capturing, and Preserving a Divisive War
This is a course to teach students about a divisive war, its documentation, and its memorialization through gathering images, interviews, and other data. A lab unit is required.
Walters 4 credits
100.372 The Victorians
This course focuses on the politics of everyday life, consumption, intimate relations, and concepts of the self in Victorian Britain (1837-1901). Particular attention is devoted to Victorian visual culture, including exhibitions, built environment, decorative arts, and leisure culture. Other themes include popular nationalism, class cultures, feminism and body politics, Empire and racial thought.
Walkowitz 3 credits 100.376 (H, S) Baltimore as Historical Site
This class uses the historical site of Baltimore to demonstrate the spatial context of major events in U.S. and urban history.
Ryan 3 credits 100.470 (H, S) Monuments and Memory in Asian History
This seminar explores the ritual, political, and religious significance of architectural sites in Asia. We also examine their more recent role as signifiers of cultural and national identities—and in tourism.
Meyer-Fong 3 credits 010.390 (H) Art Museum Policy and Practice
This hands-on seminar looks behind the scenes at displays and exhibitions, museum operations and programs, as signs of current thinking about what art, past and present, may be.
E. Dauterman Maguire 3 credits 010.334 (H) Problems in the Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected topics which may include art of the ancient scribe and visual communication (Maya, Aztec, Mixtec, Inka), imperial art and architecture (Aztec Moche, Inka), sacred media and indigenous aesthetics (Mesoamerica, Andes), the role of American art in the European Kunstkammer, collection and exhibition of antiquities, the antiquities market and art crimes. (Note: this course is only cross-listed with M&S when the particular topic is appropriate, subject to Instructor and Associate Director approval.)
DeLeonardis 3 credits
010.382 (H) The Politics of Display in South Asia
Through examining collecting, patronage, colonial exhibitions, and museums, this course examines how South Asia has been constructed in practices of display. Themes: politics of representation, spectacle, ethnography, and economies of desire related to colonialism and the rise of modernity.
R. Brown 3 credits
010.392 (H) Creating a Museum Exhibition
Research, interpretation, and presentation; a hands-on introduction. Permission required. M&S practicum course.
E. Dauterman Maguire 3 credits 010.411 (H) Art Collecting and the Rise of the Museum
This class looks at the history of collecting and displaying art from the Renaissance studiolo through the nineteenth century.
Campbell 3 credits
The Politics of Displaying South Asia
R. Brown 3 credits
010.552 Museum Internship
An opportunity for first-hand experience in museum work on the Homewood campus or in local museums. Advance arrangement with faculty required. (M&S credit requires approval of Associate Director and adherence to the University’s Independent Work Policy.)
E. Dauterman Maguire 1 credit 140.215 (H, S) Monuments and Memory
This course explores the construction or discovery, and the enduring significance, of selected monuments in the West, including national memorials, national parks, and other architectural and engineering milestones. It investigates how they were made, interpreted, and represented in art, literature, popular culture, and tourism.
Leslie 3 credits Gilman Course in the Humanities
140.359 Museums and Globalization
Examines how museums are linked to wider national and cultural communities, and how they mobilize resources to address political, economic, and social concerns and questions of heritage.
Kargon 3 credits 140.363 (H, S) Museums and Controversy: From the Enola Gay to Body Worlds
Exhibitions on Freud, Darwin, the Bomb, environment, the human body, and similar “hot” topics have stirred unexpected controversy. This seminar explores the origins of such heated public and scientific disagreements.
Leslie, Kargon 3 credits 140.372 (H, S) Science on Display
History of collecting, exhibiting and interpreting science and technology, from Renaissance cabinets of curiosity to modern world's fairs, zoos, aquariums, films and science centers. Students will present their own exhibits as dioramas, web sites, documentaries or other formats.
Leslie 3 credits
Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) offers a number of relevant courses through its new Curatorial Studies Concentration, a number of which are open to Hopkins students. If you are interested in MICA courses, please contact the Associate Director.
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