Topics in Comparative Literature: Representation and Memory in St. Louis Museums

This interdisciplinary course focuses on scholarly discourses of representation, memory, and history and the way museums and other cultural institutions in St. Louis articulate and preserve these aspects: As we address questions such as who narrates and writes history, we will also learn how museums (such as the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum) choose and build their collections through art and historical exhibitions. For example, we will explore how St. Louis museums curated exhibitions about historical dynamics as racial segregation and redlining or the immigration of Holocaust survivors to St. Louis. In several hands-on sessions with the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, we will learn about the various kinds of work that make running a museum, such as curating an exhibition, developing PR, and educating the geeral public. Thus, students will develop practical skills (such as creative project design and management as well as visual design and communication.) Students will work on a creative, self-guided project throughout the semester (when possible, in connection with local museums.) First-year students are welcome in this course.
Course Attributes: EN H; BU IS; AS HUM; AS LCD; AS SD I; FA HUM; AR HUM

Topics in Comparative Literature: Representation and Memory in St. Louis Museums

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE 375

Section 01