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African Studies Courses
NEW150Y1
Introduction to African Studies 52L
A multi-disciplinary study of Africa, emphasizing inquiry and critical analysis. Pre-colonial, colonial and contemporary African
history, anthropology, politics, African humanism and society, religion, art, music, race, resistance, gender and Pan-Africanism.
NEW252H1
African Systems of Though 26L
(formerly JAP256H1)
The exploration of a range of African cosmologies, epistemologies, and theologies, as well as specific case studies on justice,
the moral order, and gender relations. The influence of these richly diverse traditions is traced as well in the writings of African
thinkers in the Diaspora.
Exclusion: JAP256H1/JAP356H1
NEW280Y1
Introductory Swahili 26L, 78T
Introduction to grammar and basic vocabulary of Swahili. Emphasis on comprehension and oral practice. Reading of selected
texts. Relation of the language to its East African cultural context. (Offered in alternate years)
NEW296Y1
Black Freedom 52L, 26T
People of African descent - from Olaudah Equiano to Angela Davis - have made profound contributions to the intellectual
history and political practice of freedom in the Atlantic world. Black writers and historical actors have been at the vanguard of
re-conceiving, implementing, and realizing the Enlightenment project of freedom.
Exclusion: HIS296Y1
NEW322Y1
The Contemporary African Novel 52S
Novels written in the last forty years by English, French and Portuguese-speaking Africans. Ideological views concerning
colonialism and neo-colonialism. Tradition, religious and secular; the use of African symbolism. A small number of historical
and sociological texts are recommended as essential background reading. Works not written in English are read in translation.
(Offered in alternate years)
NEW352Y1
African Cinemas 78L
(formerly JNI388Y1)
History and practice of African Cinemas studied from an interdisciplinary perspective through examination of films and
production contexts, within the context of contemporary African history. (Offered in alternate years)
Prerequisite: INI115Y1/NEW150Y1
Exclusions: JNI388Y1/INI483H1
NEW380Y1
Intermediate Swahili 26L, 78T
Grammar and syntax. Conversation and written composition. Reading of texts: literary, journalistic. Relation of the language to
its East African context. (Offered in alternate years)
Prerequisite: NEW280Y1
NEW450H1
Advanced Topics in African Studies 26S
A required course for all Specialists and Majors in the African Studies Program, enrolment is restricted to students enrolled in
the program in their final year of study. The seminar is taught by the core faculty in the African Studies Program and is
designed to build upon the accumulated knowledge of students and the interdisciplinary nature of the program. Topics vary
from year to year.
Caribbean Studies Courses
NEW223Y1
Caribbean Literature and Society 52S
A study of Caribbean writers of fiction, poetry and drama, drawn from the major linguistic and racial/cultural groups in the
region. Works are analyzed as literary texts and within the contexts of social and political life in which the writing is situated.
NEW224Y1
Caribbean Thought I 52L, 26T
A multi-disciplinary exploration of writing pertaining to culture and consciousness particularly Afro- and Indo-Caribbean thought:
theoretical perspectives on the implications and consequences of slavery and indenture, the struggle for freedom from the
legacy of the plantation and colonial dependence, responses to domination and exploitation, race, gender, religion and music.
Recommended preparation: HIS106Y1
NEW324Y1
Caribbean Thought II 52L
Critical enquiry at an advanced level into the construction of society, race, language, religion, culture and gender; theories of
economy, resistance, self-affirmation, continuing colonization and place of the Caribbean within the global context; internal and
external theoretical perspectives on "the Caribbean personality."
Prerequisite: NEW224Y1
NEW325H1
Caribbean Women Thinkers 26L
An examination of the historical and political significance of writings (literary, political, scholarly) by Caribbean women who
engage problems within Caribbean culture and provide insights into the endeavours of the peoples of the region.
NEW326Y1
Indenture, Survival, Change 52L
Indian survival in the Caribbean despite hardships of indentured labour; social and cultural change; role of Hinduism and Islam;
resistance to Colonial domination; contribution of Indo-Caribbean intellectuals to literature, politics, and education. (Offered in
alternate years)
NEW422Y1
Performing and Transforming the Caribbean 52S
Addresses ways in which performance can be a force for cultural resistance and social change. Examines Caribbean
performances such as jonkonnu, theatre, dance hall and carnival, looking at how these forms engage questions of neo-
colonialism, transculturation, gender, race and nation, community and identity and diasporic memory.
Prerequisite: NEW324Y1 or permission of instructor
NEW 423H1
Special Topics in Caribbean Studies 26S
An upper-level seminar. Topics vary from year to year, depending on the
instructor.
Prerequisite: NEW324Y1
NEW424Y1
Special Topics in Caribbean Studies 52S
An upper-level seminar. Topics vary from year to year, depending on the instructor. (Offered in alternate years)
Prerequisite: NEW324Y1
Equity Studies Courses
NEW240Y1
Introduction to Equity Studies 52L
An interdisciplinary study of issues of social diversity exploring debates about the origins of inequity and the various means of
addressing it. Course readings draw from a broad range of relevant literature in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Natural
and Medical Sciences.
NEW341H1/342H1
Special Topics in Equity Studies 26S
An upper level seminar dealing with topics related to Equity Studies.
Prerequisite: NEW240Y1 or permission of instructor
NEW343H1
The Romani Diaspora in Canada 26L
Romani history and culture through theories on the origins and diaspora of the Roma (often misnamed "gypsies"). Historic and
current equity issues facing the Roma people (particularly newcomers) in Canada from c1890 to the present.
Recommended preparation: NEW240Y1 or a course in East European History
NEW344Y1
Selected Topics in Equity Studies 52L
An upper level course. Topics vary from year to year.
Prerequisite: NEW240Y1 or permission of instructor
NEW349H1
Selected Topics in Disability Studies 26S
An upper level course. Topics vary from year to year.
Prerequisite: NEW240Y1/NEW366H1/SOC373H1/SOC374H1
NEW444H1
Advanced Topics in Equity Studies 26S
An advanced level seminar course. Topics vary from year to year.
Prerequisite: NEW240Y1 or permission of instructor
NEW449H1
Advanced Topics in Disability Studies 26S
An advanced level seminar course. Topics vary from year to year.
Prerequisite: NEW240Y1/NEW366H1/SOC373H1/SOC374H1
Paradigms and Archetypes Courses
NEW209Y1
Stories 52L, 26T
Examines cross-disciplinary issues raised by the telling and retelling of stories: sequence and consequence; narrative as
argument and proof by scenario; construction and deconstruction of identities; instabilities amongst "history," "fact," "fiction,"
"myth," "law" and "science". Works by Darwin, Davis, Gould, Kincaid, Kuhn, Ondaatje, Plato, etc.
NEW301Y1
Analogy and Its Rituals 52L 26T
Issues of rhetorical proof, analysis and interpretation in open (alogical) systems; mediation and the media; the scandal of
chaos; motives for metaphor, custom and culture, anatomies of reason, idea and ideology. (Offered in alternate years)
Recommended preparation: NEW209Y1
NEW302Y1
C.G. Jung: Stories, Dilemmas, Rituals 52L
Impact of Jung's analytical psychology, critical methodology and interpretative practice on issues in religion, anthropology, art
and literature, popular culture, gender studies and postmodernist critique. Theoretical studies include traditional Jungian and
contemporary post-Jungian texts together with anti-Jungian, feminist, and non-Jungian sources.
Prerequisite: At least one course in the humanities
NEW303H1
The Hypothesis of the Unconscious 26L
Current discussions of the hypothesis, especially Jung's collective unconscious; critical examination through retrospective
analysis of the evolution and development of the concept in works from philosophy, psychology, poetry, ethnology, science and
popular culture that anticipated, influenced or were influenced by the work of Freud and Jung, post-Freudians and post-
Jungians.
Recommended preparation: NEW302Y1
NEW 304Y1
Dilemmas 52L 26T
Issues raised by the problem/solution paradigm and the construction of truth
as binary; strategies of paradox, aporia, paradigm
anomaly, enigma, puzzlement; mystery and mystification; crisis, crux and
apocalypse. Authors studied include Ryle, Mill,
Carroll, Tolstoy. (Offered in alternate years)
Recommended preparation : NEW209Y1
NEW306H1
Rabindranath Tagore: Paradigms of Culture
See South Asian Studies Courses below
NEW308H1
Satyajit Ray: Paradigms of Vision
See South Asian Studies Courses below
NEW 402Y1
Advanced Special Topics in Paradigms and Archetypes 52S
Topics vary from year to year, depending on the needs of the program and
the interests of students and instructors.
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
NEW 403H/404H
Advanced Special Topics in Paradigms and Archetypes 26S
Topics vary from year to year depending on the needs of the program and
the interests of students and instructors.
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Independent Studies Courses
New College Independent Study courses are designed both to complement
regular offerings in New College programs and to
provide an opportunity for New College students in any program to enrich
their studies. The normal expectation of a project
course is that the student, aided and advised by the supervisor, will
read relevant literature, and plan, execute, analyze and
report on an original and independent investigation of an appropriate
topic. Written applications (detailed proposal, reading list
and a letter of support from a faculty member who is prepared to supervise)
should be made through the Program Office for
approval by the College's Committee for Academic Affairs by May 1 for the Summer Session or by the last Friday in August for
the Winter Session. Students will be notified of the acceptance or
rejection of an application.
Enquiries: New College, Room 132 (978-5404)
NEW299Y1
Research Opportunity Program
Credit course for supervised participation in faculty research project. See page 43 for details.
NEW390Y1/490Y1
New College Independent Studies TBA
Prerequisite: Permission of College
NEW391H1/491H1
New College Independent Studies TBA
Prerequisite: Permission of College
South Asian Studies Courses
NEW114Y1
Introduction to South Asian Studies 78L
An interdisciplinary introduction to South Asian Studies emphasizing inquiry and critical analysis, drawing attention to the
specificities of individual nations as well as the factors (historical, political, economic and cultural) that define it as a region.
Some attention will be paid to the South Asian diaspora.
NEW211Y1
Introduction to Bengali 104L
Intensive introduction to phonology, grammar, syntax of the modern Bengali language; emphasis on basic writing and reading.
Exclusion: SAS 201Y1; enrolment subject to placement evaluation
NEW212Y1
Introduction to Hindi 104L
Intensive introduction to phonology, grammar, syntax of the modern Hindi language; emphasis on basic writing and reading.
Exclusion: SAS 202Y1; enrolment subject to placement evaluation
NEW214Y1
Socially Engaged Buddhism 52L
A comprehensive survey of socially engaged Buddhism. Particular focus on contemporary movements in Vietnam, Tibet,
China & Taiwan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and India. The role of women in Buddhism.
NEW306H1
Rabindranath Tagore: Paradigms of Culture 26L
Examines Tagore's concepts of humanity, art, personality, freedom, nationalism, ashram, science, education. Evaluates
Tagore's literary contribution, his work in rural reconstruction, and Tagore-Gandhi tensions over education and the non-
cooperation movement. Reading knowledge of Bengali not presumed; however students with knowledge of language
encouraged to read materials in Bengali.
NEW308H1
Satyajit Ray: Paradigms of Vision 26L
Examines the artistic vision of Satyajit Ray as chronicler of Bengali culture and one of the greatest filmmakers of our time: his
life and work; his films as expressions of his humane vision; cultural orientation and values; fictional compositions, visual and
musical artistry; affinities and continuity with Rabindranath Tagore. Reading knowledge of Bengali not presumed; however
students with knowledge of language encouraged to read materials in Bengali.
NEW311Y1
Readings in Bengali Literature 104L
Readings from selected authors of modern Bengali prose and poetry; introduction to samples of pre-modern Bengali texts.:
Exclusion: SAS 301Y1; enrolment subject to placement evaluation.
Prerequisite: NEW211Y1/SAS 201Y1/ permission of instructor
NEW312Y1
Readings in Hindi Literature 104L
Readings from selected authors of modern Hindi prose and poetry; introduction to samples of pre-modern Hindi texts.
Exclusion: SAS 302Y1; enrolment subject to placement evaluation
Prerequisite: NEW212Y1/SAS 202Y1/permission of instructor
NEW 413H1/414H1
Advanced Special Topics in South Asian Studies 26S
An upper-level seminar. Topics vary from year to year, depending on the
instructor.
Women's Studies Courses
NEW160Y1
Introduction to Women's Studies 52L, 26T
(formerly NEW260Y1)
An integrated and historical approach to social relations of gender, race, class, sexuality and disability, particularly as they
relate to women's lives and struggles across different locales, including Canada.
Exclusion: NEW260Y1
NEW261Y1
Scientific Constructions of Sex and Gender 52L, 26T
Critically examines how the scientific construction of sex and gender in the
context of race, class and nation have both
reinforced and challenged racial hierarchies, colonialism and the formation of academic disciplines such as psychology,
anthropology and biology.
This is a Social Science course
NEW262Y1
Texts, Theories, Histories 56L, 26T
Examines modes of theories that shaped feminist thought and situates them historically and transnationally so as to emphasize
the social conditions and conflicts in which ideas and politics arise, change and circulate.
Prerequisite: NEW160Y1
NEW271Y1
Gender, Race and Class in Contemporary Popular Culture 26L
(formerly NEW371H1)
A critical examination of institutions, representations and practices associated with contemporary popular culture, mass-
produced, local and alternative.
Note:
Courses numbered NEW330H1 - 339H1 are
reserved for Special Topics in Women's Studies offered each year by visiting
scholars. Topics will change according to the interests of the instructor.
NEW330H1/334H1/
335H1
Special Topic in Women's Studies and Gender Studies 39S
An upper level seminar. Subjects of study vary from year to year.
Recommended preparation: NEW160Y1/NEW261Y1
NEW336H1
Selected Topics in Cultural Studies 26L
An upper level course. Topics vary from year to year.
Prerequisite: NEW160Y1/NEW261Y1
NEW362H1
Selected Topics in Gender and History 26S
An upper level seminar. Subjects of study vary from year to year.
Prerequisite: NEW160Y1/NEW261Y1
NEW363H1
Selected Topics in Gender and Theory 26S
An upper level seminar. Subjects of study vary from year to year.
Prerequisite: NEW160Y1/NEW261Y1
Co-requisite: NEW360Y1
NEW365H1
Gender Issues in the Law 26L
Examines the operation of the law as it affects women, the construction and representation of women within the legal system,
and the scope for feminist and intersectional analyses of law.
Exclusion: NEW362H1 (1982-83)
Recommended preparation: NEW160Y1/NEW261Y1
NEW366H1
Gender and Disability 26L
A critical interdisciplinary investigation of how gender impacts on central topics in disability studies: ableism as a political
ideology; the normalized body and cultural representations; sexuality, violence and nurturance relations; the cognitive and
social roles of medicine; transnational perspectives on disability, disability rights and issues of social justice.
Prerequisite: NEW160Y1/NEW261Y1/NEW271Y1/NEW367H1
Recommended preparation: NEW240Y1/NEW372H1/NEW374H1/PHL384H1/POL315H1/POL344Y1/ SOC373H1/SOC374H1/UNI
255H1/355H1
NEW367H1
Women and Health 26L, 13T
Feminist theories and frameworks examining the interconnections between women, health and biomedicine in North America
and transnationally.
Recommended preparation: NEW160Y1/NEW261Y1/PHL282H1/SOC325Y1
NEW368H1
Gender and Cultural Difference: Transnational Perspectives 26L
(formerly NEW368Y1)
Explores the ways in which gendered constructions of cultural identity and difference are implicated in local and transnational
political projects, including feminism. Challenges colonialist stereotypes of women as exotic or "victims of culture".
Prerequisite: NEW160Y1/NEW261Y1/permission of the instructor
NEW369Y1
Studies in Post-Colonialism 52L
(formerly NEW369H1)
Gendered representations of race, ethnicity, class, sexuality and disability in a variety of colonial, neo-colonial, and "post"-
colonial contexts. Topics may include the emergence of racialist, feminist, liberatory and neoconservative discourses as
inscribed in literary texts, historical documents, cultural artifacts and mass media.
Prerequisite: NEW160Y1/NEW261Y1/permission of the instructor
NEW372H1
Women and Psychology/Psychoanalysis 26L
An interdisciplinary analysis of the relationship of women to a variety of psychological and psychoanalytical theories and
practices. Topics may include women and the psychological establishment; women's mental health issues; feminist
approaches to psychoanalysis.
Prerequisite: NEW160Y1/NEW261Y1/permission of the instructor
NEW373H1
Gender and Violence 26L
Gendered violence in both historical and contemporary contexts including topics such as textual and visual representations of
violence against women; victimhood and agency; legal and theoretical analyses; resistance and community mobilization.
Prerequisite: NEW160Y1/NEW261Y1/permission of the instructor
NEW374H1
Feminist Studies in Sexuality 26L
Sexual agency as understood and enacted by women in diverse cultural and historical contexts. An exploration of the ways in
which women have theorized and experienced sexual expectations, practices and identities.
Prerequisite: NEW160Y1
JNV 300H1
Gender, History and Literature 26L
The study of a selected group of creative writers from at least two national
literatures whose texts raise issues regarding
gender as either an historically or culturally variable construct. Texts
will be chosen on the basis of a shared historical era, a
literary genre, experience, institutional categorization, or project.
Prerequisite: One course in Literary Studies or one course in Women's
Studies and Gender Studies
NEW425Y1
Women and Issues of International Development 52S
Critically analyzes theories of colonialism/imperialism, neocolonialism, "development" and concepts/policies and methodologies
of Women in Development (WID) program of governments, international agencies, the World Bank and the IMF.
Prerequisite: One of ANT204Y1/HIS101Y1/NEW160Y1/ POL201Y1 and one 300-level course in Women's Studies or one of
POL301Y1/305Y1
This is a Social Science course
NEW434H1/435H1
Advanced Topics in Women's Studies and Gender Studies 26S
An upper level seminar. Topics vary from year to year depending on instructor.
Recommended preparation: NEW160Y1, one full course at the 300+ level in Women's Studies
NEW451H1
Independent Study in Women's Issues TBA
Under supervision, students pursue topics in Women's Studies not currently part of the curriculum.
Prerequisite: Permission of the Program Coordinator, Women's Studies
NEW460Y1
Advanced Research Seminar in Women's Studies and Gender Studies TBA
Supervised individual research project undertaken in Third or Fourth year. Students attend a seminar to discuss research
methods and findings.
Prerequisite: Permission of the Program Coordinator, Women's Studies
Recommended preparation: NEW362H1, NEW363H1
NEW461Y1
Advanced Topics in Women's Studies and Gender Studies 52S
An upper level seminar. Topics vary from year to year depending on the instructor.
Prerequisite: NEW160Y1 and a half course at the 300+ level in Women's Studies
NEW462H1
Advanced Topics in Gender and History 26S
Senior students may pursue more advanced study in feminist theory. Topics vary from year to year depending on instructor.
Prerequisite: NEW160Y1, one full course at the 300+ level in Women's Studies
NEW463H1
Advanced Topics in Gender Theory 26S
Senior students may pursue more advanced study in feminist theory. Topics vary from year to year depending on instructor.
Prerequisite: NEW160Y1, one full course at the 300+ level in Women's Studies
NEW465H1
Special Topics in Gender and the Law 26S
Senior students may pursue advanced study in gender and law. Topics vary from year to year.
Prerequisite: NEW160Y1, NEW365H1, or permission of the instructor
NEW470Y1
Women's Studies Practicum 52S
The application of theoretical study to practical community experience. Advanced Women's Studies students have the
opportunity to apply knowledge acquired in the Women's Studies curriculum through a practicum placement within a
community organization.
Prerequisite: NEW160Y1 and at least one Women's Studies NEW 300/400-level course
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