THE WORLD ECONOMY TODAY
Economics 169 (4 units)

Survey the current international economy. Examine regionalism and restructuring in North America and Western Europe, as well as the reform and fluctuation in Eastern Europe and other raw material producing areas. Analyze growth and integration in East Asia, and international negotiations over production rights and trade. Explore the factors that determine international competition and bargaining, the efficiency of outcomes, and how the benefits of the intense cross-border activity are distributed among different participants.
Instructor: Mr. Michael Kuczynski, Fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge and Director of Studies in Economics

THE SECRET INTELLIGENCE WORLD: from the Kaiser’s Spies to the War on Terror — A History of the British and US Intelligence
Political Science 159 (4 units)

Recent research has helped to document the role of secret intelligence in twentieth century political history and international relations. From Germany’s spies before World War I to the post 9/11 anti-terrorism operatives, examine the growth of modern British and American intelligence communities. Focus on the intelligence they have provided; its use by governments; and its influence on policy and events. Discover how the British and American intelligence services forged a unique alliance during World War II that continues to flourish.
Instructor: Dr. Stephen Peter Martland, Lecturer in the Faculty of History, University of Cambridge and Lecturer in History, Pembroke College, Cambridge

PURITY AND DANGER IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE
History 112D (4 units) (Fulfills UCI Breadth Requirement VII-B)

This course will highlight the religious, social, cultural and medical changes of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and their implications for concepts of sin and salvation, purity and pollution, health and disease. These ideas will be related to attempts at regulation and reform undertaken by both Church and State. Social groups which were perceived to be particularly dangerous will be discussed, alongside strategies for purification. Early modern cities, including Venice, Paris, Amsterdam, London, Barcelona and Nuremberg will provide a geographical focus, which will cross confessional as well as political boundaries. Contemporary artistic and literary sources will be used to explore understandings of physical environments and wider societies and how these changed in the context of early modern Europe.
Instructor: Jane Stevens, Teaching Fellow at University of St. Andrews

THE VICTORIAN IMAGINATION: 19th Century Interpretations of the Past and their Impact on British Art, Science and Literature in a Century of Unparalleled Change
Cross-listed: Choose English 103 or History 118B (4 units)

Cross-listed: Choose English 103 or History 118B (4 units)
This course will survey several broad areas that loomed large in the Victorian imagination. Pre-history, the Classical and Biblical inheritance, English pasts (from the cult of the Anglo-Saxons to popular medievalism), and finally, the future - which pasts should be used, and which abandoned? We will examine how Victorian writers, artists, scientists, and historians tried to create, preserve, or discredit different versions of the past. Can we learn something about our own attitudes to and uses of the past from the Victorian experience? Readings will be chosen from among a selection of extracts covering poetry, historical and utopian fiction, social criticism, and scientific, historical, and occasional prose.
Instructor: Anna Vaninskaya, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Cambridge University Victorian Studies Group

LAND AND IDENTITY IN SOUTH AFRICAN LITERATURE
English 105 (4 units)

This course provides an introduction to South African literature in English by focusing on its representations of land and identity, and by exploring the ways these concepts have given rise to questions about belonging, selfhood, ownership and being itself. The course will consider these questions in the light of South Africa’s vexed and bloody history. Peopled by different indigenous groups, the country was colonized first by the Dutch and later by the English. Fabulously rich in gold and diamonds, yet still cursed with high levels of poverty, South Africa is famous for having developed a system of racialized social engineering known as Apartheid, and then for dismantling that system in 1994, allowing Nelson Mandela, imprisoned for 27 years for terrorism, to become its president. The country has produced some of the great writers of the modern period, and offers a fascinating case study in the relationships between history and literature, ethics and aesthetics, fact and fiction.
Instructor: Dr. Christopher Warnes, Lecturer in Commonwealth and International Literature in English, University of Cambridge

SHAKESPEARE & THE ENGLISH RENAISSANCE STAGE
English 103 (4 units)

Explore the dramatic words of Shakespeare, one of the world’s extraordinary playwrights. Focus on three plays that show his mature range as a poetic dramatist: As You Like It, Hamlet, and The Tempest. Gain a foundational understanding through discussions of Elizabethan and Jacobean England and the Shakespearean stage. Enhance your appreciation of his artistic skill by visiting the nearest equivalent of a Jacobean theatre, The Globe in London, and The Swan at Stratford.
Instructor: Professor Howard Erskine-Hill, Emeritus Fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge

FLORENCE AND THE ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE
Art History 121 (4 units)

Examine the art of Florence and Venice, examine the diversity and ingenuity of masters like Brunelleschi, Leonardo and Titian. Discover the fascinating development of artistic realism and idealism against the backdrop of an artwork’s function, location, and patronage in order to place this astonishing period of creativity in its historic context.
Instructor: Dr. David Oldfield, Lecturer in History of Art, Pembroke College Cambridge University

ART & ARCHITECTURE IN
ENGLAND 1600-1800
Art History 120 (4 units)

From the avid collecting of King Charles I to the establishment of the Royal Academy, the practice of art appreciation flourished in England during the 17th and 18th centuries. With artists and patrons alike, what had once been the preserve of the select few became an increasingly popular interest. Follow this change in attitude towards painting and architecture through the achievements of Van Dyck, Wren, Hogarth and Reynolds.
Instructor: Dr. David Oldfield, Lecturer in History of Art, Pembroke College, University of Cambridge

SHAKESPEARE ON FILM
Cross-listed: Choose English 160
or Film & Media 113 (4 units)

Since 1899, cinema has produced an almost infinite variety of Shakespeare adaptations. Film-makers from all over the world have found ingenious ways to bring Shakespeare’s tragedies, comedies, Roman and history plays to the screen, from the original-text epics produced in Hollywood and Britain in the 1930s and 1940s (e.g. MGM’s Romeo and Juliet, Laurence Olivier’s Henry V), to the many American genre adaptations: Westerns, high-school comedies (10 Things I Hate About You and She’s the Man) and gangster thrillers that use the plays’ plots and characters as a template but replace Shakespeare’s language with contemporary dialogue. Through close analysis and discussion of Shakespeare’s texts in comparison with contemporary stage productions and a wide range of Shakespeare films (original-text and genre adaptations), the course aims to illuminate the playwright’s themes, language and stagecraft, the possibilities of stage-to-screen adaptation and the cultural and commercial factors that have influenced international trends in Shakespearean film production.
Instructor: Daniel Rosenthal, Associate Scholar (Pembroke College, Cambridge), Associate Tutor (British Film Institute) and author of Shakespeare on Screen

PHILOSOPHY, POLITICS, AND THE ENLIGHTENMENT
Philosophy 132 (4 units)

This course aims to provide an overview of some of the central themes and problems of the Enlightenment. It examines the way these problems developed during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and considers how some of the greatest philosophers of the period proposed to solve them. At the same time, it offers an opportunity to study key philosophical texts in depth. More precisely, this course will examine the relationship between philosophy and politics in the Enlightenment by focusing on four core authors: Hobbes, Hume, Rousseau and Kant. It will consist in an overview of each author and will study the connections between their metaphysics and their political philosophy. It will be organized around the following questions: What is man? In what sense are we free? How is civil society possible? Can humanity progress? What is the role of the state? Readings will include classic texts by key authors of the Enlightenment and some of their most famous commentators. Throughout the course, we will pay close attention to the concepts of nature, culture, truth, knowledge, justice and the state.
Instructor: Dr. Alix Cohen, Director of Studies in Philosophy, Hughes Hall and Wolfson College

THE ART OF WRITING:
Prose Fiction
Writing 31 (4 units) (Fulfills UCI Breadth Requirement I)

The literary-steeped surroundings of Cambridge provide the perfect backdrop for you to explore your creative writing powers. The focus will be practical as you learn to read as a writer, and analyze the writing process to gleaning tips on the craft. You’ll receive constructively critical feedback of your work in a rigorous and nurturing forum. Analyze the processes of writing to uncover various methods of confronting potential creative issues. You’ll have the rare chance to develop your own work within the context of British writing, while exploiting Cambridge’s vibrant arts scene. May be repeated once for credit with a different instructor.
Instructor: Emma Sweeney, Creative Writing Lecturer, Foundation for International Education, London

WELCOME TO BRITAIN:
Migration, Multiculturalism and Contemporary British Cinema
Film Studies 160 (4 units)
(Fulfills UCI Breadth Requirement VII-B)

Migration to the United Kingdom over the past decade has been at unprecedented levels. The new migrant experience is made more complex by the kind of existing multicultural society they are entering and by the international “war on terror”. This volatile mix has begun to be reflected in British Cinema and this course looks at films that confront the audience with the migrant experience and the increasing fragility of the UK brand of multiculturalism. The course offers an introduction to an important dimension of contemporary British Cinema and will engage with films such as Last Resort, My Son the Fanatic, Gas Attack, Dirty Pretty Things, Yasmin, In This World and Gypo. The course will consolidate specialist academic skills for those who have previously taken courses in Film Studies, while offering an introduction to these skills for those who have no previous Film Studies experience. The course will also be of interest to students of Cultural Studies and Politics – although the primary focus will be on the ways in which films work to communicate meaning and create affect.
Instructor: Mr. Patrick Phillips, Principal Lecturer in Film Studies and head of the Media Arts Department at Middlesex University, London

SPORTS MEDIA & JOURNALISM
Literary Journalism 103 (4 units)

The power of the sport media has crossed national boundaries, representing national identities and values but also creating global markets, and fostering connected forms of consumption in clothes and equipment. The coursework will review the history of the sport media in the UK, and the phases of internationalisation and globalisation in the modern period. After this review it will identify predominant forms of research and writing in sport journalism, concentrating on the print media and practical examples of match reportage, analysis and commentary, feature writing and investigative challenges. Skills of sub-editing will be covered in practical sessions. The course will conclude with a consideration of the place of journalism within contemporary cultural and creative industries, and an evaluation of the effects of web-based information flows and public relations management upon the practices of the sport journalist.
Instructor: Professor Alan Tomlinson, Professor Leisure Studies at the University of Brighton

THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING
Film & Media Studies 112 (4 units)

This course examines the theory and practice of documentary filmmaking, focusing on the work of Humphrey Jennings. The Pembroke polymath (1907- 50) created some of the most vivid and enduring portraits of Britain at war and at peace, and his innovations permanently transformed the genre in ways that shape contemporary documentary practice, as well as influencing the work of filmmakers like Mike Leigh, Ken Loach and Lynn Ramsay. A surrealist, poet, actor, and co-founder of the Mass Observation movement, Jennings’ short life bears testimony to a political and imaginative exploration of the collective symbols of English identity that is in the tradition of Blake. Many of his personal papers are housed in the college library.
Instructor: Charlie Ritchie, Lecturer in Film, Pembroke College and Course Director University of Cambridge, Board of Continuing Education; Head of Film and Media Studies at the Cambridge Centre for Sixth Form Studies

BASIC PAINTING
Studio Art 30 (4 units)

Experiment in a variety of painting techniques including color, surface, and space. You’ll be inspired by in class slide presentations and you’ll be stimulated and encouraged to develop your artistic expression from constructive critiques of your work.
Instructor: Thomas Newbolt, is a practicing Artist who has taught at the Anglia Ruskin University and The Prince’s Drawing School, London. He has had numerous solo and group exhibitions in London, New York, Chicago and Los Angeles.

INTERMEDIATE PAINTING
Studio Art 103 (4 units)

Continue the investigation of your innate artistic skills initiated in basic painting, with an emphasis on experimentation, personal investigation, development of conceptual working premises, as well as the acquisition of necessary skills. Group discussion and critique are emphasized. Prerequisites: Studio Art 1A-B-C and 30 or consent of instructor.
Instructor: Thomas Newbolt, is a practicing Artist who has taught at the Anglia Ruskin University and The Prince’s Drawing School, London. He has had numerous solo and group exhibitions in London, New York, Chicago and Los Angeles.

PSYCHOLOGY & THE LAW
Choose Criminology, Law and Society C105 or Psychology & Social Behavior P164S (4 units)

Explore the key issues within criminology and criminal justice. Focus on four core themes; Mapping the Criminal Body, Mental Health and Crime, Psychology and the Criminal Justice Process, and the Social Psychology of Punishment. Examine questions about the nature of crime and how it can be measured through group activities such as an eyewitness testimony experiment, a mock trial concerning a mentally disordered offender, and the watching and discussion of relevant films. Prerequisite: Criminology, Law and Society C7 or C101.
Instructor: Dr Loraine Gelsthorpe, Fellow, Pembroke College University Senior Lecturer and Director of the M.Phil Programme in Criminology, University of Cambridge

LITERATURE AND POLITICS IN BRITAIN 1890-1940
Cross-listed: Choose Political Science 159 or English 103 (4 units)

This course will engage with the ways in which British writers both shaped and reflected the politics of their country in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Necessarily interdisciplinary, this course will provide fascinating insights into the ways in which the modern nation was imagined. We will investigate the difficulties in using literary documents as historical sources and discuss the ways in which scholars have tackled this subject. The course as a whole will engage with wider questions which have been the focus of academic controversy in a number of disciplines such as the role of literary intellectuals in British culture, the making of literary reputations, the responsibilities of the writer and the influence of extra-parliamentary ideas on the formation of political debate.
Instructor: Tom Villis, Lecturer and supervisor for the faculty of history, University of Cambridge

DARWIN’S VOYAGE THROUGH THE 19TH CENTURY: The Context, Evolution and Impact of Darwin’s Extraordinary Intellectual Journey
History 135E (4 units)

Darwin lived through most of the 19th Century. During his life the industrial revolution reached its zenith, and the Victorian era was established. Darwin had many original ideas of which the most important were the theory of evolution (especially the idea of the tree of life) and the theory of natural selection. Though he was a traditional gentleman-naturalist, Darwin witnessed, and his theories and personal influence contributed much to, the establishment of science as a profession. This course will follow Darwin’s life, the development of his theories of evolution and natural selection, and the development of the profession of science in the context of the industrial revolution and the Victorian era.
Instructor: Richard Jennings, University of Cambridge, Affiliated lecturer, Supervisor and Examiner in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science