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Message from the Dean

The paths of human possibility for students, asthey create and recreate their lives, make thisan exciting time for the Graduate School ofArts and Science at New York University. As advocates

for advanced inquiry and creativity, we greatly prize

the curious and exceptionally competent student.

We value this moment to introduce students

and others to the intellectual vision of the Graduate

School and the programs and faculty that embody

that vision. The bulletin’s offerings demonstrate that

graduate schools are the intellectual nerve center of

the modern university. Graduate schools make

groundbreaking discoveries, investigate ideas old and

new, and prepare the next generation of scholars,

researchers, thinkers, and teachers. As a matter of

fact, New York University was a pioneer in graduate education. In 1866, New York University

became the second university in the United States to offer an earned doctorate. In 1886, it for-

mally opened a graduate division. Today, the Graduate School of Arts and Science (GSAS)

houses 47 programs that offer doctoral and master’s degrees and enrolls 4,100 students annu-

ally. The pioneering continues.

As we chart the course of our Graduate School for a new century, we must fuse the strengths

of today with a vision of tomorrow’s possibilities. To achieve this fusion, GSAS calls on the abun-

dant creative energies of New York City. Even more important, the Graduate School draws on the

extraordinary New York University faculty to work with students to become intellectual leaders—

no matter what career they might eventually choose. Graduate education depends first and fore-

most on an institution’s faculty and students, on the brains that power the school.

Buoyed by its city, rooted in its faculty, the Graduate School of Arts and Science shares

this bulletin with those who seek a range of graduate degrees, a balance of disciplinary and

interdisciplinary work, and the core values of intellectual communities: rigorous inquiry, life-

long discovery of ideas, and a commitment to the ethics of scholarship.

Sincerely,

Catharine R. Stimpson Dean, Graduate School of Arts and Science

www.nyu.edu/gsas

Schools and Colleges of New York University

New York University is an affirmativeaction/equal opportunity institution.

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Web site: www.nyu.edu/gsas

Catharine R. Stimpson, B.A.; B.A.,M.A. [Cantab.], Ph.D.; hon.: D.H.L.,Hum.D., Litt.D., LL.D.Dean

T. James Matthews, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.Vice Dean

Roberta S. Popik, B.A., M.S., Ph.D.Associate Dean for Graduate EnrollmentServices

J. David Slocum, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.Associate Dean for Academic and StudentLife

David P. Giovanella, B.A., M.A. Director of Graduate Enrollment Services

Graduate Enrollment Services and Office of Academic and Student Life

Mailing Address:Graduate School of Arts and ScienceNew York UniversityP.O. Box 907New York, NY 10276-0907

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Graduate Enrollment Services (including financial aid)212-998-8050E-mail: [email protected]

Office of Academic and Student Life212-998-8060E-mail: [email protected]

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OTHER NEW YORK UNIVERSITYSCHOOLS

College of Arts and ScienceNew York University22 Washington Square NorthNew York, NY 10011-9191Admissions: 212-998-4500

School of LawNew York UniversityVanderbilt Hall40 Washington Square SouthNew York, NY 10012-1099Admissions: 212-998-6060

School of Medicine and Post-GraduateMedical SchoolNew York University 401 East 30th StreetNew York, NY 10016-6481Admissions: 212-263-5290

College of DentistryDavid B. Kriser Dental CenterNew York UniversityK. B. Weissman Clinical ScienceBuilding421 First AvenueNew York, NY 10010-4086Admissions: 212-998-9818

The Steinhardt School of EducationNew York UniversityPless Hall82 Washington Square EastNew York, NY 10003-6680Admissions: 212-998-5030

Leonard N. Stern School of BusinessNew York UniversityHenry Kaufman Management Center44 West Fourth StreetNew York, NY 10012-1126Admissions: 212-998-0600

School of Continuing and Professional StudiesNew York University145 Fourth AvenueNew York, NY 10003-4906Admissions: 212-998-7200

Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public ServiceNew York University4 Washington Square NorthNew York, NY 10003-6671Admissions: 212-998-7414

Shirley M. Ehrenkranz School of Social WorkNew York University1 Washington Square NorthNew York, NY 10003-6654Admissions: 212-998-5910

Tisch School of the ArtsNew York University721 Broadway, Room 701New York, NY 10003-6807Admissions: 212-998-1918

Gallatin School of Individualized StudyNew York University715 Broadway, 6th FloorNew York, NY 10003-6806Admissions: 212-998-7370

Mount Sinai School of Medicine (affiliated)1 Gustave L. Levy PlaceNew York, NY 10029-6574Admissions: 212-241-6546

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Graduate School of Arts and Science

ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE 118TH AND 119TH SESSIONS

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WEB SITE: www.nyu.edu/gsas

New York University Bulletin (USPS-383620), Vol. CIII, No. 10, May 5, 2003. Published weekly from the firstMonday in March for 12 consecutive issues by New York University, 100 Washington Square East, New York, NY 10003-6688. Periodicals postage paid at New York, NY, and at additional entry offices. Postmaster: Send address changes toNew York University Bulletin, 547 La Guardia Place, New York, NY 10012-1464.

Notice: The policies, requirements, course offerings, schedules, activities, tuition, fees, and calendar of the school and itsdepartments and programs set forth in this bulletin are subject to change without notice at any time at the sole discretionof the administration. Such changes may be of any nature, including, but not limited to, the elimination of the school orcollege, programs, classes, or activities; the relocation of or modification of the content of any of the foregoing; and thecancellation of scheduled classes or other academic activities.

Payment of tuition or attendance at any classes shall constitute a student’s acceptance of the administration’s rights asset forth in the above paragraph.

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Contents

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Graduate School of Arts and Science: Administration, Departments, Programs 5History of the Graduate School 6New York University and New York 7Academic Calendar 10Departments and Programs

Africana Studies 13American Studies 15Anthropology 18Atmosphere Ocean Science, Center for 31Basic Medical Sciences 33Biology 41Biology/Research Track in Oral Biology 52Biomaterials Science 54Biomedical Sciences 57Chemistry 59Cinema Studies 64Classics 77Comparative Literature 82Computer Science 87Culture and Media 95Economics 98English 107

Creative Writing 110Environmental Health Sciences 117European Studies, Center for 125Fine Arts, Institute of 129French 136French Studies, Institute of 144German 151Hebrew and Judaic Studies, Skirball Department of 156Hellenic Studies, Alexander S. Onassis Program in 163History 165Humanities and Social Thought, John W. Draper Interdisciplinary Master’s Program in 182Italian Studies 186

Journalism and Mass Communication 191Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Center for 198Law and Society, Institute for 202Linguistics 216Mathematics 221Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies 229Museum Studies 235Music 240Near Eastern Studies, Hagop Kevorkian Center Program in 248Neural Science, Center for 254Performance Studies 259Philosophy 265Physics 269Poetics and Theory 275Politics 277Psychology 287Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis 300Religious Studies 303Russian and Slavic Studies 306Sociology 309Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Literatures 315

Admission, Registration, and Degree Requirements 323Financing Graduate Education 329Services and Programs 334Community Service 344University Directory 345Degree and Certificate Programs as Registered by the State of New York 348Washington Square Campus Map 350Travel Directions to the Washington Square Campus 352Faculty Index 353General Index 358Schools and Colleges of New York University inside back cover

Administration, Departments, Programs

G R A D U A T E S C H O O L O F A R T S A N D S C I E N C E

Administration Catharine R. Stimpson, B.A.; B.A.,M.A. [Cantab.], Ph.D.; hon.: D.H.L.,Hum.D., Litt.D., LL.D.Dean

T. James Matthews, B.A., M.A.,Ph.D.Vice Dean

Roberta S. Popik, B.A., M.S., Ph.D.Associate Dean for Graduate EnrollmentServices

J. David Slocum, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.Associate Dean for Academic and StudentLife

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Graduate Departments

Anthropology, Professor Fred R. Myers,Chair

Biology, Professor Gloria M. Coruzzi,Director of Graduate Studies (Ph.D.)

Biomaterials Science, Professor Van P.Thompson, Chair

Chemistry, Professor Nicholas E.Geacintov, Chair

Cinema Studies, Associate ProfessorChris Straayer, Chair

Classics, Professor Michael Peachin,Chair

Comparative Literature, AssociateProfessor Nancy Ruttenburg, Chair

Computer Science, Professor MargaretH. Wright, Chair

Economics, Professor Mark Gertler,Chair

English, Professor John D. Guillory,Chair

Institute of Fine Arts, ProfessorMariët Westermann, Director

French, Professor Judith Miller, Chair

German, Professor Avital Ronell, Chair

Hebrew and Judaic Studies, ProfessorLawrence H. Schiffman, Chair

History, Professor Thomas Bender, Chair

Italian Studies, Professor John Freccero,Chair

Journalism and MassCommunication, Associate ProfessorJay Rosen, Chair

Linguistics, Professor Anna Szabolcsi,Chair

Mathematics, Professor Joel H. Spencer,Chair

Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies,Professor Michael Gilsenan, Chair

Music, Professor Gage Averill, Chair

Neural Science, Professor Dan H.Sanes, Director

Performance Studies, AssociateProfessor Barbara Browning, Chair

Philosophy, Professor Paul Boghossian,Chair

Physics, Professor Allen Mincer, Chair

Politics, Professor Bruce Bueno deMesquita, Chair

Psychology, Professor Marisa Carrasco,Chair

Russian and Slavic Studies, AssociateProfessor Eliot Borenstein, Chair

Sociology, Professor Lawrence L. Wu,Chair

Spanish and Portuguese Languagesand Literatures, Associate ProfessorJames D. Fernández, Chair

Interdisciplinary Programs

Africana Studies, Professor J. MichaelDash, Director

American Studies, Professor PhillipBrian Harper, Director

Atmosphere Ocean Science, AssociateProfessor Richard Kleeman, Director

Basic Medical Sciences, SeniorAssociate Dean Joel D. Oppenheim,Director

Biology, Oral, Professor Andrew I.Spielman, Director

Biomedical Sciences, ProfessorDiomedes Logothetis, Director

Culture and Media, Professor FayeGinsburg, Director

Environmental Health Sciences,Professor Max Costa, Director

European Studies, Professor Martin A.Schain, Director

French Studies, Professor EdwardBerenson, Director

Hellenic Studies, Professor Phillip T.Mitsis, Director

Humanities and Social Thought,Robin Nagle, Director

Latin American and CaribbeanStudies, Professor George Yúdice,Director

Law and Society, Professor Lewis A.Kornhauser, Director

Museum Studies, Bruce J. Altshuler,Director

Near Eastern Studies, ProfessorZachary Lockman, Director

Poetics and Theory, Professor AnselmHaverkamp, Director

Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis,Adjunct Clinical Professor Lewis Aron,Director

Religious Studies, Associate ProfessorAngela Zito, Director

The Graduate School of Arts andScience was founded in 1886 by HenryMitchell MacCracken, a professor ofphilosophy and logic and vice chancellorat New York University. MacCrackenbelieved that universities shouldrespond to the needs of modernity bygiving unprecedented priority toadvanced research and professionaltraining. Guided by MacCracken’svision, New York University becamethe second university in America toaward a Ph.D. on the basis of academicperformance and examination.

In addition to the emphasis onexcellence in research, MacCrackenrecognized the urban environment as

both source and inspiration for aca-demic life. He believed that theUniversity’s best interests lay in itsinteractions with the city. By the early1900s, the Graduate School had intro-duced courses concerned with majorglobal issues, and the curriculumreflected movement toward progressivevalues.

MacCracken’s new vision of gradu-ate training attracted ever-growingnumbers of young women and men todoctoral programs. The first femalegraduate students entered theUniversity in 1888. Today, womenconstitute over half of the 4,100 mas-ter’s and Ph.D. graduate students

enrolled in 47 departments and pro-grams, as well as in a growing numberof institutes and interdisciplinaryresearch areas.

Mirroring the cultural diversity ofNew York City, the Graduate Schoolof Arts and Science is an urban,diverse, and internationally focusedmajor research center, with studentsfrom more than 100 countries. TheGraduate School still honors the idealexpressed by Albert Gallatin, theUniversity’s first president, who artic-ulated the institution’s primary goal:“A private university in the publicservice.”

History of the Graduate School

6 • H I S T O R Y O F T H E G R A D U A T E S C H O O L

Washington Square by Fernand Harvey Lungren (c.1890). Private Collection. Photograph courtesy of Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc.

New York University and New York

Libraries of New York University

The striking, 12-story Elmer HolmesBobst Library, designed by PhilipJohnson and Richard Foster, is theflagship of an eight-library, 4.5 mil-lion-volume system that provides stu-dents and faculty members with accessto the world’s scholarship and serves asa center for the University communi-ty’s intellectual life. The Bobst Libraryhouses more than 3.3 million volumes,20 thousand journals, and over 3.5million microforms and providesaccess to thousands of electronicresources on-site and to the NYUcommunity around the world via theInternet. The library is visited bymore than 6,500 users per day and cir-culates almost one million booksannually.

Bobst Library offers three specializedreference centers, 28 miles of open-stackshelving, and approximately 2,000 seatsfor student study. The stacks are openuntil midnight, and a 24-hour studyarea is located on the A and B levels.The Avery Fisher Center for Music andMedia, one of the world’s largest aca-demic media centers, has over 100audio and video viewing carrels and fivemedia-enhanced classrooms; studentsand researchers use more than 65,000audio and video recordings per year.The Studio for Digital Projects andResearch offers a constantly evolving,leading-edge resource for faculty andstudent projects and promotes and sup-ports access to digital resources forteaching, learning, research, and artsevents. Bobst Library is also home tosignificant special collections such asthe Fales Collection of English andAmerican Literature, one of the bestcollections of English and American fic-tion in the United States. Fales contains

the unique Downtown Collection,archives documenting the downtownNew York literary and arts scene fromthe 1970s to the present, focusing onthe developments of postmodern writ-ing and dance, performance art, outsiderart, and the downtown music scene.Bobst Library also houses the TamimentLibrary, one of the finest collections inthe world for scholarly research in laborhistory, socialism, anarchism, commu-nism, and American radicalism.Tamiment includes the Robert F.Wagner Labor Archives, which holdsthe Jewish Labor Committee Archivesand the historical records of more than130 New York City labor organizations.

Beyond Bobst, the library of therenowned Courant Institute ofMathematical Sciences focuses onresearch-level material in mathematics,computer science, and related fields,and the Stephen Chan Library of FineArts at the Institute of Fine Arts hous-es the rich collections that support theresearch and curricular needs of theinstitute’s graduate programs in arthistory and archaeology. The JackBrause Real Estate Library at the RealEstate Institute is the most compre-hensive facility of its kind, designed tomeet the information needs of theentire real estate community.

Complementing the collections ofthe Division of Libraries are theFrederick L. Ehrman Medical Libraryof NYU’s School of Medicine and theCollege of Dentistry’s John and BerthaE. Waldmann Memorial Library. TheLaw Library serves the programs of theSchool of Law and is strong in a vari-ety of areas, including legal history,biography, jurisprudence, and copy-right, taxation, criminal, labor, busi-

ness, and international law as well assuch legal specialties as urban affairs,poverty law, and consumerism.

The NYU Libraries continue toenhance their services for NYU stu-dents and faculty and to strengthenresearch collections. The extraordinarygrowth of the University’s academicprograms in recent years, along withthe rapid expansion of electronic infor-mation resources, has provided animpetus for new development inNYU’s libraries.

GREY ART GALLERY

The Grey Art Gallery, the University’sfine arts museum, presents three tofour innovative exhibitions each yearthat encompass all aspects of the visualarts: painting and sculpture, prints anddrawings, photography, architectureand decorative arts, video, film, andperformance. The gallery also sponsorslectures, seminars, symposia, and filmseries in conjunction with its exhibi-tions. Admission to the gallery is freefor NYU staff, faculty, and students.

The New York University ArtCollection, founded in 1958, consistsof more than 6,000 works in a widerange of media. The collection is com-prised primarily of late-19th-centuryand 20th-century works; its particularstrengths are American painting fromthe 1940s to the present and 20th-century European prints. A uniquesegment of the NYU Art Collection isthe Ben and Abby Weed GreyCollection of Contemporary Asian andMiddle Eastern Art, which totals some1,000 works in various media repre-senting countries from Turkey toJapan.

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New York University is an integralpart of the metropolitan community ofNew York City—the business, cultur-al, artistic, and financial center of thenation and the home of the UnitedNations. The city’s extraordinaryresources enrich both the academicprograms and the experience of livingat New York University.

The Faculty of Arts and Science,which serves both the undergraduateCollege of Arts and Science and theGraduate School of Arts and Science,includes recipients of the Nobel Prize,the John Guggenheim Fellowship, theJohn D. and Catherine T. MacArthurAward, and the Howard HughesInvestigatorship, among others. Many

prominent faculty members are editorsof scholarly journals and scientific andliterary reviews. Faculty frequentlyconsult for a wide range of organiza-tions, including the United Nations,the World Bank, the NationalInstitutes of Health, and the WorldHealth Organization, as well as inter-national agencies and governments.

The Larger Campus

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A Private University

Since its founding, New YorkUniversity has been a private universi-ty. It operates under a board of trusteesand derives its income from tuition,endowment, grants from private foun-dations and government, and giftsfrom friends, alumni, corporations,and other private philanthropicsources.

The University is committed to apolicy of equal treatment and opportu-nity in every aspect of its relationswith its faculty, students, and staffmembers, without regard to age, citi-zenship status, color, disability, maritalor parental status, national origin,

race, religion, sex, sexual orientation,or veteran status.

Inquiries regarding the applicationof the federal laws and regulationsconcerning affirmative action andantidiscrimination policies and proce-dures at New York University may bereferred to Dr. Sharon Weinberg, ViceProvost for Faculty Affairs, New YorkUniversity, Elmer Holmes BobstLibrary, 70 Washington Square South,New York, NY 10012-1091; 212-998-2370. Inquiries may also bereferred to the director of the Office ofFederal Contract Compliance, U.S.Department of Labor.

New York University is a memberof the Association of AmericanUniversities and is accredited by theMiddle States Association of Collegesand Schools (Commission on HigherEducation of the Middle StatesAssociation of Colleges and Schools,3624 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA19104; 215-662-5606). Individualundergraduate, graduate, and profes-sional programs and schools areaccredited by the appropriate special-ized accrediting agencies.

For a comprehensive description of thefaculty, including research interests,academic achievements, publications,and distinguished awards, visit theWeb site at www.nyu.edu/fas/Faculty/index.html.

Students come to the GraduateSchool of Arts and Science from morethan 200 undergraduate institutions,100 foreign countries, and all 50 ofthe United States. Each year the stu-dent body totals approximately 4,100students who are enrolled in master’sor Ph.D. programs.

Professors, staff, and administratorsin the University, the Graduate Schoolof Arts and Science, and the depart-ments guide students through their

graduate school experience and helptheir years here to be as fruitful andrewarding as possible. Within eachdepartment, the student’s adviser, thedirector of graduate studies, the chair,and the department’s administrativestaff work collaboratively with eachstudent so that she or he can meetdepartmental requirements effectivelyand efficiently.

Whether attending seminars, doingresearch, or writing their theses, stu-dents work closely with their facultyadvisers who encourage and guidetheir progress. Many students are alsoappointed as teaching assistants orinstructors. New York University has aserious commitment to teaching, and a

core curriculum in the College of Artsand Science, the Morse Academic Plan,expands the teaching opportunities forour students.

Students who earn a degree fromthe Graduate School of Arts andScience are in an exceptionally strongposition for employment in academia,the private sector, nonprofit organiza-tions, or government. Recent gradu-ates have university appointments atHarvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia,Duke, and Cornell Universities; theUniversities of California (Los Angeles)and Chicago; and the MassachusettsInstitute of Technology, among others.

ACADEMIC YEAR 2003-2004

Fall TermSeptember 2003

1 MondayUniversity holiday: Labor Day

2 TuesdayFirst day of classes

12 Friday Final dissertations due in the Office ofAcademic and Student Life for Septem-ber 2003 degrees

October 2003

3 FridayGraduation application deadline viaTorchTone, 212-995-4747, for January2004 degrees

6 MondayApplications for Graduate School ofArts and Science Foreign LanguageProficiency Examination due in theOffice of Academic and Student Life

November 2003

7 FridayGraduate School of Arts and ScienceForeign Language Proficiency Exami-nation

27 Thursday-29 SaturdayThanksgiving recess

December 2003

5 FridayPreliminary dissertations due in theOffice of Academic and Student Lifefor January 2004 degrees

9 Tuesday (runs on a Thursday schedule)Last day of classes; legislative day*

10 WednesdayReading day

11 ThursdayReading day

12 FridayFall semester examination periodbegins

19 FridayFall semester examination period ends

20 SaturdayWinter recess begins

*All Thursday classes will meet on Tues-day, December 9. Therefore, Tuesday classesdo not meet on this day.

Spring TermJanuary 2004

2 FridayUniversity offices reopen

5 MondayApplication deadline for fall 2004admission with financial aid (see theGSAS Application for Admission andFinancial Aid for details)

16 FridayFinal dissertations due in the Office ofAcademic and Student Life for January2004 degrees

19 MondayUniversity holiday: Martin LutherKing Day


30 FridayGraduation application deadline viaTorchTone, 212-995-4747, for May2004 degrees

February 2004


16 MondayUniversity holiday: Presidents’ Day

March 2004


15 MondaySpring recess begins

19 FridayPreliminary dissertations due in theOffice of Academic and Student Lifefor May 2004 degrees

20 SaturdaySpring recess ends

May 2004

3 MondayLast day of classes

4 TuesdayReading day

5 WednesdaySpring semester examination periodbegins

7 FridayFinal dissertations due in the Office ofAcademic and Student Life for May2004 degrees

11 TuesdayGraduate School of Arts and ScienceConvocation

12 WednesdaySpring semester examination periodends

13 ThursdayNew York University Commencement

Summer SessionMay 2004

17 MondaySummer session I begins

31 MondayUniversity holiday: Memorial Day

June 2004

11 FridayGraduation application deadline viaTorchTone, 212-995-4747, for Septem-ber 2004 degrees

25 FridaySummer session I ends

28 MondaySummer session II begins

July 2004

5 MondayUniversity holiday: Independence Day


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August 2004

6 FridayPreliminary dissertations due in theOffice of Academic and Student Lifefor September 2004 degrees

6 Friday Summer session II ends


ACADEMIC YEAR 2004-2005

Fall TermSeptember 2004

6 Monday University holiday: Labor Day


17 FridayFinal dissertations due in the Office ofAcademic and Student Life for Septem-ber 2004 degrees

October 2004

1 FridayGraduation application deadline viaTorchTone, 212-995-4747, for January2005 degrees


November 2004


25 Thursday-27 SaturdayThanksgiving recess

December 2004

3 FridayPreliminary dissertations due in theOffice of Academic and Student Lifefor January 2005 degrees

14 Tuesday (runs on a Thursday schedule)Last day of classes; legislative day*

15 WednesdayReading day

16 ThursdayFall semester examination periodbegins

23 ThursdayFall semester examination period ends

24 FridayWinter recess begins

*All Thursday classes will meet on Tues-day, December 14. Therefore, Tuesdayclasses do not meet on this day.

Spring TermJanuary 2005

3 MondayUniversity offices reopen

4 TuesdayApplication deadline for fall 2005admission with financial aid (see theGSAS Application for Admission andFinancial Aid for details)

14 FridayFinal dissertations due in the Office ofAcademic and Student Life for January2005 degrees

17 MondayUniversity holiday: Martin LutherKing Day


February 2005

4 FridayGraduation application deadline viaTorchTone, 212-995-4747, for May2005 degrees


21 MondayUniversity holiday: Presidents’ Day

March 2005


14 MondaySpring recess begins

18 FridayPreliminary dissertations due in theOffice of Academic and Student Lifefor May 2005 degrees

19 SaturdaySpring recess ends

May 2005

Date to be announcedGraduate School of Arts and ScienceConvocation

2 MondayLast day of classes

3 TuesdayReading day

4 WednesdaySpring semester examination periodbegins

6 FridayFinal dissertations due in the Office ofAcademic and Student Life for May2005 degrees

11 WednesdaySpring semester examination periodends

12 ThursdayNew York University Commencement

Summer SessionMay 2005

16 MondaySummer session I begins

30 MondayUniversity holiday: Memorial Day

June 2005

10 FridayGraduation application deadline viaTorchTone, 212-995-4747, for Sep-tember 2005 degrees

24 FridaySummer session I ends

27 MondaySummer session II begins

July 2005

4 MondayUniversity holiday: Independence Day


August 2005

5 FridayPreliminary dissertations due in theOffice of Academic and Student Lifefor September 2005 degrees

5 FridaySummer session II ends


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Africana StudiesP R O G R A M I N

Faculty J. Michael Dash, Professor, French(Africana Studies); Director, Program inAfricana Studies. Ph.D. 1973, B.A.1969 (modern languages), West Indies(Mona, Jamaica).Francophone Caribbean literature;comparative Caribbean literature;translation from French to English.

Manthia Diawara, Professor,Comparative Literature (Africana Studies);Director, Institute of African AmericanAffairs. Ph.D. 1985 (comparative litera-ture), Indiana; M.A. 1978 (literature),B.A. 1976 (literature), American.Black American film; literary and cul-tural studies; black film in Africa andEurope.

AFFILIATED FACULTY

Renée Blake, Assistant Professor,Linguistics. Ph.D. 1997 (linguistics),M.A. 1993 (linguistics), B.S., 1987(biology), Stanford. Urban sociolinguistics; African Ameri-can vernacular English; language andculture in the Caribbean.

William Easterly, Professor, Economics.Ph.D. 1985 (economics), MassachusettsInstitute of Technology; B.A. 1979 (eco-nomics), Bowling Green. Economic development; economicgrowth; African development; ethnicconflict; American race relations; for-eign aid; international macroeconomics.

Michael Gomez, Professor, History,Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies.Ph.D. 1985 (African history), M.A.1982 (African history), B.A. 1981(U.S. history), Chicago.African diaspora; Islam in West Africa;African American social movements;Islam in the Americas; Islamic Iberia;slavery, colonialism, liberation.

Ed Guerrero, Associate Professor, CinemaStudies. Ph.D. 1989 (ethnic studies),California (Berkeley); M.F.A. 1972(filmmaking), San Francisco Art Institute;B.A. 1972 (English), San Francisco State. Black film criticism, history, and the-ory; cinematic aesthetics of “differ-ence”; critical economies of emergentcinemas; fantastic otherness in sci-fiand horror.

Clyde Taylor, Professor, Gallatin Schoolof Individualized Study. Ph.D. 1968,Wayne State; M.A. 1959, B.A. 1953,Howard.Politics of representation; vernacularmodernisms; cinema and society;African American and African litera-ture; cultural symbolism; African dias-pora film and literature; cultural criti-cism; modernism and aesthetics.

Leonard Wantchekon, AssociateProfessor, Politics. Ph.D. 1995,Northwestern; M.A. 1992, BritishColumbia and Laval.Political economy, development;applied game theory; comparative pol-itics; political methodology.

Deborah Willis, Professor, Photographyand Imaging, Tisch School of the Arts.Ph.D. 2002, George Mason; M.A. 1986,CUNY; M.F.A. 1980, Pratt Institute;B.F.A 1975, Philadelphia College of Art. Art history; museum studies; photog-raphy; African American photographyand visual culture.

OTHER AFFILIATED FACULTY

Gerard L. Aching, Spanish andPortuguese Languages and Literatures;Awam Amkpa, Tisch School of the Arts;Thomas O. Beidelman, Anthropology;Derrick Bell, School of Law; KamauBrathwaite, Comparative Literature;Paulette Caldwell, School of Law;Arlene Dávila, Anthropology (AmericanStudies); David Dent, Journalism andMass Communication; Angela Dillard,Gallatin School of Individualized Study;Troy Duster, Sociology; Ada Ferrer,History; Phillip Brian Harper, English(American Studies); Martha Hodes,History; Richard Hull, History;Adelbert H. Jenkins, Psychology;Walter Johnson, History; BarbaraKrauthamer, History; PauleMarshall, English; ElizabethMcHenry, English; Pamela Newkirk,Journalism and Mass Communication;Yaw Nyarko, Economics; JeffreySammons, History; Mary Schmidt-Campbell, Tisch School of the Arts;John Singler, Linguistics; RobertStam, Cinema Studies; ConstanceSutton, Anthropology; George Yúdice,Spanish and Portuguese Languages andLiteratures (American Studies).

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DIRECTOR OF THE PROGRAM:Professor J. Michael Dash

he Program inAfricana Studiesoffers a multicon-tinental and inter-

disciplinary approach to the studyof black culture, literature, andpolitics. The Master of Arts pro-gram prepares students for fur-ther research leading to the Ph.D.degree in history, literature,American studies, anthropology,

political science, sociology, andcinema studies, and for careers ineducation, cultural institutions,and public affairs. Students maychoose one of two tracks: Pan-African history and thought orblack urban studies.T

Program and Requirements

Admission: Students are expected tohave a broad background in blackstudies, African studies, or Caribbeanstudies. A proficiency in at least oneforeign language (African or European)is desired of students opting for thePan-African track.

MASTER OF ARTS

Students are required to satisfactorilycomplete 32 points of graduate course

work. In their first semester, theymust take the core introductoryProseminar in Black History andCulture (4 points). Students then musttake 20 points in their particular areaof study or track (those who elect towrite a thesis count the 8 points oftheir thesis toward these 20 points).The remaining two courses or 8 pointsare taken outside the track.

To qualify for the M.A. degree, stu-

dents must either write a thesis or takea comprehensive (oral or written)examination at the conclusion of theirfinal semester of work. Internships ininstitutions in New York City (such asmuseums, etc.) may be taken for4 points. Students are assigned advis-ers who will assist in arranging coursesfor their area of study and in thesupervision of their thesis or compre-hensive exam.

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Courses Proseminar in Black History andCulture G11.2000 Core requirement.4 points.Introduces incoming M.A. students inthe Program in Africana Studies to sig-nificant areas and topics of research aswell as the primary methods of inquirythat have defined the study of blackculture and history since the mid-19thcentury. Topics include Pan-Africanism,the Harlem Renaissance, black migra-tion, black feminism, and black cultur-al studies.

Ethnography and the Global CityG11.2102 4 points.Introduces students to the theory andpractice of ethnographic research incontemporary urban settings. Particularemphasis is directed toward examiningtheoretical and methodological issuesassociated with the study of complex“global” cities. How, for example, dowe frame and investigate questions ofcultural identity, social inequality, andpolitical agency in cities that are nodalpoints in the transnational circulationof capital, commodities, labor, and cul-tural forms?

Exodus: The Politics of BlackLiberation G11.2610 4 points.Seminar on the struggle for culturaland political autonomy in the UnitedStates among African Americans, pri-marily in the urban North, who reject-ed the church-based nonviolent CivilRights Movement. Focuses on the“Negro” or African side of whatW. E. B. DuBois called Afro-American“double-consciousness.”

To the Mountaintop: TheMovement for Civil RightsG11.2612 4 points.Seminar on the struggle to end racialsegregation and discrimination in theformer slave societies of the UnitedStates. Focuses on the “American” sideof what W. E. B. DuBois called theAfro-American “double-consciousness.”

Topics in Postcoloniality G11.26454 points.Explores and interrogates the notion ofthe “postcolonial” in relation to certainkey aspects of contemporary Africanand/or Caribbean societies, cultures, andhistories. Individual areas of investiga-tion include theories of Africa andAfricans, Caribbean literary theory, mod-ern postcolonial theory and its applica-bility and relevance to recent develop-ments in the African continent and itsdiaspora, new identity formations,African and Caribbean cultural studies,nationalism and the nation-state, cre-olization, and theories of resistance.

African Literature and CultureG11.2803 4 points.Deals with ethnicity, identity, and thenation-state in African literature.Analyzes the connections between sto-rytelling and inclusion in history andshows that African attempts to narrateidentity, religious belonging, andnationalism are pursuits of historicalrecognition. Crucially, it explores thesedefinitions and their power to bringAfricans into relation with historicity.

Locations of Africa G11.29644 points.Focuses on specific regions and peopleson the African continent, providing in-depth historical, anthropological, socio-logical, and aesthetic considerations oftheir cultures and forms of social organ-ization—as well as how they have beenconstructed, classified, and otherwisemisread by Western ethnographers andanthropologists.

A representative sample—not anexhaustive list—of affiliated courses inother departments follows.

ANTHROPOLOGY

World Cultures: Afro-AmericaG14.1320 4 points.

Urban Anthropology G14.23454 points.

CINEMA STUDIES

Third World Cinema H72.11074 points.

Brazilian Cinema I H72.21174 points.

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE

Topics in Caribbean Literature I:Caliban and Prospero in theDevelopment of CaribbeanLiterature G29.2650 4 points.

Construction of the Self in AfricanLiterature G29.3611 4 points.

Topics in Black LiteratureG29.3625 4 points.

FRENCH STUDIES

France and Francophone AfricaG46.2412 4 points.

HISTORY

African American HistoryG57.1782 4 points.

History of West Africa G57.20284 points.

African Culture and Experience inNorth America G57.2029 4 points.

African Slavery and the AtlanticSlave Trade G57.2555 4 points.

Race, Civil War, andReconstruction G57.2607 4 points.

Urban Blacks in 20th-CenturyAmerica G57.2714 4 points.

DIRECTOR OF THE PROGRAM:Professor Phillip Brian Harper

DIRECTOR OF GRADUATE STUDIES:Associate Professor Arlene Dávila

he Program inAmerican Studiesoffers courses ofstudy leading to

the degrees of Master of Arts andDoctor of Philosophy. It isdesigned to prepare students foradvanced work and teaching inAmerican studies. Interdepart-mental by definition, the stu-dent’s course of study is arranged

with the director of the programand the director of graduatestudies and includes seminarsoffered in the program andselected courses offered in the fol-lowing departments, programs,and institutes: Africana Studies,Anthropology, Cinema Studies,Comparative Literature, English,Fine Arts, History, Humanitiesand Social Thought (the DraperProgram), Journalism and MassCommunication, Music, Perfor-mance Studies, Philosophy, Poli-tics, and Sociology.

The program’s committee ismade up of faculty from many ofthese departments. The programinterprets “American” in a broadsense to include assessments ofthe historical role of the UnitedStates in the Americas and, moregenerally, in world affairs. Inas-much as the program has aregional focus, special attentionis given to studies in urbanismand to New York in particular, aglobal city that comprises manyworld cultures.

American StudiesP R O G R A M I N

Faculty Arlene Dávila, Associate Professor,Anthropology (American Studies). Ph.D.1996 (cultural anthropology), CUNY;M.A. 1990 (anthropology and museumstudies), New York; B.A. 1987 (anthro-pology), Tufts.Race and ethnicity; popular culture;nationalism; media studies; globaliza-tion; the politics of museum and visualrepresentation; urban studies; theCaribbean; Latinos in the United States.

Lisa Duggan, Associate Professor,History (American Studies). Ph.D. 1992(modern American history), Pennsylvania;M.A. 1979 (women’s history), SarahLawrence College; B.A. 1976 (social andpolitical theory and women’s studies),Virginia.Lesbian and gay studies; queer theory;history of women and gender.

Adam Green, Assistant Professor,History (American Studies). Ph.D. 1998(history), Yale; B.A. 1985 (history),Chicago.Modern U.S. history; African Americanhistory; urban history; comparativeracial politics; cultural economy.

Phillip Brian Harper, Professor,English (American Studies); Director,Program in American Studies. Ph.D.1988 (English), M.A. 1986 (English),M.F.A. 1985 (creative writing), Cornell;B.A. 1981 (creative writing/literature),Michigan.Twentieth-century British and Ameri-can literature; African American litera-ture and culture; contemporary U.S.cultural studies; lesbian/gay studies.

Walter Johnson, Associate Professor,History (American Studies). Ph.D. 1995(American history), M.A. 1992(American history), Princeton;Postgraduate Diploma (history),Cambridge; B.A. 1988 (history), AmherstCollege.Nineteenth-century America; capital-ism; race; slavery.

Toby Miller, Professor, Cinema Studies(American Studies), Latin American andCaribbean Studies. Ph.D. 1991 (humani-ties), Murdoch; B.A. 1980 (history andpolitical science), Australian National.Screen studies; radio; new media; class;gender; race; sport; cultural theory; cit-izenship; social theory; cultural studies;political theory; cultural policy.

Andrew Ross, Professor, ComparativeLiterature. Ph.D. 1984 (English andAmerican literature), Kent (Canterbury);M.A. 1978 (literature), Aberdeen.Labor and work; urban and suburbanstudies; intellectual history; social andpolitical theory; science; ecology andtechnology; cultural studies.

George Yúdice, Professor, Spanish andPortuguese Languages and Literatures(American Studies); Director, Center forLatin American and Caribbean Studies.Ph.D. 1977 (Romance languages),Princeton; M.A. 1971 (Spanish andPortuguese), Illinois; B.A. 1970 (Spanishand chemistry), Hunter College (CUNY). Transnational politics and culture;globalization; civil society.

AFFILIATED FACULTY

Thomas Bender, History; ManthiaDiawara, Comparative Literature(Africana Studies); Troy Duster,Sociology; Ada Ferrer, History; FayeGinsburg, Anthropology; JeffGoodwin, Sociology; Linda Gordon,History; Christine Harrington,Politics; Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, Performance Studies; BarbaraKrauthamer, History; Emily Martin,Anthropology; Randy Martin, Art and

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Program and Requirements

Admission: Admission to graduatestudies in the Program in AmericanStudies is based on academic recordsand letters of recommendation. TheGraduate Record Examination (GRE)is required of all students.

The basis of the program is multi-disciplinary; therefore it tends toadmit exceptional students who areattuned to working across disciplines.

MASTER OF ARTS

Course of Study: The terminal M.A.program does not lead directly toPh.D. enrollment, though M.A. stu-dents may apply for Ph.D. study alongwith the general Ph.D. applicant poolin any given year. A total of 32 pointsof course credit—at least 24 taken inresidence at NYU—is required for theM.A. degree. M.A. students mustcomplete the introductory Americanstudies seminar, a research seminar,and three other courses taught by coreprogram faculty, and they mustdemonstrate reading proficiency in aforeign language.

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

Matriculation: Students may beadmitted to the Ph.D. program eitherfollowing M.A. study at NYU or else-where or directly after receipt of thebachelor’s degree. In either case, thefirst semesters of enrollment in thePh.D. program must confirm students’readiness for doctoral work. Thus, stu-dents holding the M.A. upon admis-sion must officially apply to matricu-late for the doctorate after completing12 points of course work in Americanstudies at NYU; those entering withonly a bachelor’s degree must do soupon completing 32 points of coursework. Approval of matriculation isbased on students’ progress to date andon recommendations from facultyfamiliar with their work.

Degree Requirements: To qualify forthe doctorate, a student must satisfac-torily complete graduate studies total-ing at least 72 points, with a mini-mum of 32 points at the doctoral levelin residence at New York University;

pass qualifying examinations; andpresent an acceptable dissertation.Students who have completed relevantgraduate courses elsewhere mayrequest that such courses be creditedto degree requirements within the sec-ond semester of study. Credits may beearned through courses, independentstudy, and group study.

Course of Study: All students musttake the introductory Seminar inAmerican Studies (G13.3301), GroupResearch Seminar (G13.2319), andIndividual Research Seminar(G13.2306). Beyond this, studentswork with the director of the program,the director of graduate studies, andcommittee advisers to establish theircourse of study; at least 24 points(generally six courses) in addition tothose entailed by the required semi-nars must be earned in courses offeredby the program’s core faculty. The pro-gram offers a range of six fields: (1) culture, work, and consumption;(2) identity, citizenship, and social for-mation; (3) media, communications,and expressive culture; (4) social andpolitical theory; (5) science, technolo-gy, and society; and (6) urban andcommunity studies.

Doctoral students choose to concen-trate their course work in two of thesefields and are examined in each. Underspecial circumstances, fields can beconstructed for students with extraor-dinary interests. If they wish, studentsmay concentrate their work in specificdisciplines, although the chief purposeof the field structure is to encouragetransdisciplinary study.

Language Requirements: Everymatriculant must satisfy the doctorallanguage proficiency requirement.This may be done in one of threeways: (1) demonstrate proficiency at anintermediate level in a second foreignlanguage as described in the DegreeRequirements section of this bulletin;(2) demonstrate advanced proficiencyin the same language offered at themaster’s level in the Graduate Schoolforeign language proficiency examina-tion; or (3) in special cases, complete a

yearlong course (with a grade of B orbetter) in statistics, computer method-ology, or a technical skill related to thestudent’s research, in addition todemonstrating proficiency in a firstforeign language at the master’s level.

Qualifying Examination: Matriculatedstudents who have completed or arecompleting the appropriate coursesand have already demonstrated knowl-edge of the two foreign languagesmust pass the qualifying examinations.Each candidate for the Ph.D. must sat-isfy the requirements set by the facultycommittee in two fields. For eachfield, the candidate prepares a substan-tial research essay dealing with a widerange of literature in the field, consid-ering questions and topics central to acourse of reading set in consultationwith field examiners. An oral sessionmay be conducted after the work iscomplete.

Dissertation: When the student hascompleted at least one year in resi-dence and all course and languagerequirements, passed the qualifyingexaminations, proposed an acceptablesubject for the dissertation, and beenrecommended by the program, he orshe is formally admitted to candidacyfor the doctorate, and an advisorycommittee is appointed. While mostcommittees are comprised of membersfrom the Program Committee, stu-dents are permitted to work with anyappropriate member of the NYU fac-ulty. Approval of the dissertation bythe committee and a defense of thedissertation examination complete therequirements for the degree.

FELLOWSHIPS, PRIZES, ANDAWARDS

A comprehensive list of University,Graduate School, and departmentalfellowships, prizes, and awards appearsin the Financing Graduate Educationsection of the GSAS Application forAdmission and Financial Aid.

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Public Policy, Tisch School of the Arts;Elizabeth McHenry, English; JoséEsteban Muñoz, Performance Studies;Cyrus Patell, English; Ross Posnock,

English; Rayna Rapp, Anthropology;Robert Stam, Cinema Studies; JohnKuo Wei Tchen, History(Asian/Pacific/American Studies); Daniel

Walkowitz, History; Ellen Willis,Journalism and Mass Communication;Marilyn Young, History.

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Courses Gender, Race, and ImperialismG13.2303

Individual Research SeminarG13.2306

U.S. and the Long TwentiethCentury G13.2307

Inter-American Studies G13.2308

Technology and Nature G13.2310

Social Theories of CitizenshipG13.2311

American Capitalism G13.2304

Anatomizing American LiteratureG13.2312

Marxist Thought and CriticalPractice G13.2313

Queer Historiographies G13.2314

Literary into Cultural StudiesG13.2315

Race in the Americas G13.2316

Cultural Policy G13.2318

Group Research Seminar G13.2319

Urban and Suburban StudiesG13.2320

The Cultural Contradictions ofGlobalization G13.2321

U.S. Ethnography: History, Topics,and Theory G13.2322

Migrations, Populations, and IdeasG13.2324

Seminar in American StudiesG13.3301Introductory analysis of topics centralto the six fields offered by the pro-gram.

Reading in American StudiesG13.3309 Restricted ordinarily tomatriculated doctoral candidates. Independent study.

Research in American StudiesG13.3310 Restricted ordinarily tomatriculated doctoral candidates. Independent study.

TYPICAL CROSS-LISTEDCOURSES

African Literature and CultureG11.2803 Diawara.

The Anthropology of the UnitedStates G14.1330 Ginsburg.

Modern Afro-American NovelistsG41.1750 McHenry.

Colloquium in American LiteratureG41.2834 Patell.

Topics in American Literature:1865-1900/The James FamilyG41.3820 Posnock.

Politics of Legal Order G53.2355Harrington.

Reporting Social Worlds G54.1186Willis.

Industrialization and the WorkingClass G57.1022 Walkowitz.

Welfare, Citizenship, and GenderG57.2006 Gordon.

Modern City Culture G57.2754Bender.

The Cold War G57.2779 Young.

19th-Century Caribbean G57.2800Ferrer.

Social Movements G93.2153Goodwin.

Sociology of Knowledge G93.2422Duster.

Sexuality on Stage H42.2236Muñoz.

Topics in Performing Culture:World’s Fairs H42.2320 Kirshenblatt-Gimblett.

Cultural Theory and theDocumentary H72.2001 Miller.

Multiculturalism and FilmH72.3005 Stam.

CHAIR OF THE DEPARTMENT:Professor Fred R. Myers

DIRECTOR OF GRADUATE STUDIES:Associate Professor Thomas A. Abercrombie

nthropologists areconcerned withevery aspect ofhuman life, past

and present. This view makesanthropology a complex disci-pline, its theories and methodstranscending the usual bound-aries of natural science, social sci-ence, and the humanities.

Cultural anthropologists in thedepartment share a belief thatstudy and research must befirmly grounded in rigoroustraining in general social andcultural theory, both in contem-porary writings and in the clas-sics of anthropology andsociology. The faculty alsobelieves that basic ethnographyremains the cornerstone onwhich all cultural anthropologyrests and are concerned with therepresentation of anthropologicalknowledge in writing and film.There is a commitment to anunderstanding of complex soci-eties that is informed by a com-parative perspective andknowledge of small-scale soci-eties. Recent field research byfaculty and students has beenconducted in Africa, Australia,Oceania, East Asia, India, theMiddle East, Europe, SouthAmerica, the Caribbean, Mexico,

and the United States. Facultyinterests converge around genderrelations; personhood; religionand belief systems; expressiveculture and performance; theanthropology of history; colonial-ism; nationalism; the culturalcontext of social and politicalinstitutions in complex societies;transnational processes; scienceand health; and urban life. Muchfaculty research focuses on themediation of identities throughpopular and public culturalforms—such as art, television,indigenous media, urban space,regional cultures, and ideologiesof language use—in a variety ofchanging social contexts.

Linguistic anthropologyfocuses on how language is usedto create and maintain the socialrelations and symbolic systemsthat constitute everyday life. Stu-dents are encouraged to carry outethnographic studies of languageuse in communities and institu-tions both within and outsideNew York City.

Archaeologists in the depart-ment are committed to the beliefthat the material remains ofancient societies provide signifi-cant insights into the dynamicsof sociocultural evolution. Thedepartment has developed anarchaeology program that focuseson key transformations in cul-tural evolution; the origins of artand symbolism; archaeology andgender; the emergence of food

production; class inequality andurbanism; and the developmentand collapse of chieftaincies andearly states. A diversity of theo-retical perspectives, includingcultural ecology, political econ-omy, and symbolic archaeology,are represented and encouraged.The geographic scope of facultyresearch includes the Near East,Egypt, South Asia, Europe, andNorth America.

The biological anthropologistsin the department are involved inresearch on primate socioecology,comparative primate morphology,molecular anthropology, paleoan-thropology, primate paleontology,and skeletal morphology. In addi-tion to these specialist areas, fac-ulty research is unified by aconceptual and intellectual foun-dation in genetics, evolutionarytheory, ecology, and behavior.These are core themes in a com-mon enterprise that can bereferred to as evolutionary primatol-ogy—the study of human beingsand other primates within anevolutionary context. Facultyresearch is based on a solid foun-dation of traditional approachesand concepts in physical anthro-pology, an appreciation of themultidisciplinarity of the subdis-cipline, and technical and theo-retical proficiency in newlyemerging specialty areas. Theresearch and training program inour department is distinguishedby its unique commitment to

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integrating laboratory-based andfield-based research. We havestate-of-the-art laboratories inpopulation genetics and molecu-lar systematics and in paleoan-thropology, with superb facilitiesfor both research and teaching inthese areas. The faculty’s researchtakes them and their students toprimatological and paleoanthro-pological field sites in Nicaragua,

Costa Rica, Venezuela, Bolivia,Greece, Gabon, Cameroon, Zam-bia, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Malaysia,Indonesia, and China.

The department is committedto comparative research that seekstheories allowing for the enor-mous diversity in human life.The program offers a holisticapproach to the study of humansand exposes students to the tradi-

tional subdisciplines while ensur-ing that they also receive inten-sive training in particularproblems within one subfield.Students are encouraged toexplore the related fields of bio-logical sciences, earth sciences,ancient and contemporary lan-guages, film, history, and thehumanities to enrich their under-standing of particular problems.

Faculty Thomas A. Abercrombie, AssociateProfessor. Ph.D. 1986 (socioculturalanthropology), Chicago; B.G.S. 1973(philosophy and Asian art history),Michigan.Cultural history/historical anthropol-ogy; colonized societies; postcolonialsituations; ritual and cultural perform-ance; gender and sexuality; the Andesand Spain.

Susan Anton, Associate Professor. Ph.D.1994, M.A. 1991, B.A. 1987,California (Berkeley).Biological anthropology; human evolu-tionary morphology; skeletal and devel-opmental anatomy; human paleontology;evolution and dispersal of genus Homo;Asia, Africa, and the Pacific.

Thomas O. Beidelman, Professor.M.A. 1963 (social anthropology), D.Phil.1961, Oxford; M.A. 1956 (anthropolo-gy), B.A. 1953 (social psychology),Illinois.Social anthropology; religion; colonialhistory; Africa and New York City.

Karen I. Blu, Associate Professor. Ph.D.1972 (social anthropology), M.A. 1965(social anthropology), Chicago; B.A.1963, Bryn Mawr College.Social anthropology; symbolic analysis;elites and class consciousness; NorthAmerican Indians.

Pamela J. Crabtree, Associate Professor.Ph.D. 1982 (anthropology), M.A. 1975(anthropology), Pennsylvania; B.A. 1972(art history and economics), BarnardCollege.Zooarchaeology; faunal analysis; Natu-fian subsistence and settlement; laterprehistoric and medieval Europe;North America.

Arlene Dávila, Associate Professor,Anthropology (American Studies). Ph.D.1996 (cultural anthropology), CUNY;M.A. (sociocultural anthropology), NewYork; B.A. (anthropology and politicalscience), Tufts.Race and ethnicity; nationalism andcultural politics; consumption; urbanstudies; Latinos in the United States.

Anthony Di Fiore, Assistant Professor.Ph.D. 1997 (anthropology), California(Davis); B.S. 1990 (biology), Cornell.Biological anthropology; primatebehavior and ecology; populationgenetics; South America.

Todd R. Disotell, Associate Professor.Ph.D. 1992 (anthropology), M.A. 1987(anthropology), Harvard; B.A. 1985(anthropology), Cornell.Primate evolution; molecular evolu-tion; analytical techniques of phyloge-netic systematics; history of biologicalanthropology.

Michael Gilsenan, David B. KriserProfessor of the Humanities; Professor,Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies,Anthropology; Chair, Department of MiddleEastern and Islamic Studies. D.Phil. 1967(social anthropology), Dip.Anth. 1964,B.A. 1963 (Arabic), Oxford.Anthropology and sociology of Islam;history and anthropology; narrativetheory; anthropology of power andviolence.

Faye Ginsburg, David B. KriserProfessor of Anthropology; Director,Program in Culture and Media; Director,Center for Media, Culture, and History.Ph.D. 1986 (anthropology), CUNY;B.A. 1976 (archaeology and art history),Barnard College.Culture and media; gender and repro-duction; indigenous media; disability;cultural activism; United States.

Terry Harrison, Professor; AssociateChair, Department of Anthropology. Ph.D.1982 (physical anthropology), B.Sc. 1978(anthropology), University College London.Biological anthropology; earlyhominids; hominoid evolution; fossilprimates; East Africa, Asia, andEurope.

Katerina Harvati, Assistant Professor.Ph.D. 2001, CUNY; M.A. 1998,Hunter College (CUNY); B.A. 1994,Columbia.Biological anthropology; human evolu-tion; cranial morphology; morphomet-rics; Europe.

Jeff D. Himpele, Assistant Professor.Ph.D. 1996, Princeton; B.A. 1989,Chicago.Cultural anthropology; ethnographicfilm and anthropology of media; socialmovements and popular politics;indigenous middle classes and capital-ism; film in Latin America, Bolivia,and the Andes.

Clifford J. Jolly, Professor. Ph.D. 1965,(anthropology), London; B.A. 1961(anthropology), University College London.Biological anthropology; primatology;population biology; Africa.

Aisha Khan, Associate Professor. Ph.D.1995, CUNY; M.A. 1982, B.A. 1977,San Francisco State.Race and ethnicity; social stratification;theory and method in diaspora studies;religion; the Caribbean and LatinAmerica.

Don Kulick, Professor. Ph.D. 1990,Stockholm; B.A. 1983, Lund (Sweden).Linguistic anthropology, queer theory;language/gender/sexuality; languageshift; language socialization; Brazil,Scandinavia, Papua New Guinea.


Emily Martin, Professor, Anthropology(Institute for the History of the Productionof Knowledge). Ph.D. 1971, Cornell;B.A. 1966 (anthropology), Michigan.Anthropology of science and medicine;gender; money and other measures ofvalue; ethnography of work; China andthe United States.

Margaret McLagan, Assistant Professor.Ph.D. 1996 (anthropology), M.A. 1989(anthropology), New York; B.A. 1983(English), Yale.Media, contemporary cultural theory,transnational processes, and diasporas;Tibet and the United States.

Fred R. Myers, Professor; Chair,Department of Anthropology. Ph.D. 1976(anthropology), M.A. 1972 (anthropolo-gy), Bryn Mawr College; B.A. 1970(religion), Amherst College.Hunters and gatherers; art and mate-rial culture; Fourth World peoples;Australia and Oceania.

Rayna Rapp, Professor. Ph.D. 1973(anthropology), M.S. 1969 (anthropolo-gy), B.S. 1968 (anthropology), Michigan.Gender; reproduction; health and cul-ture; science and technology; UnitedStates and Europe.

Susan Carol Rogers, Associate Professor.Ph.D. 1979 (anthropology), M.A. 1973(anthropology), Northwestern; M.S. 1983(agricultural economics), Illinois (Urbana-Champaign); B.A. 1972 (anthropology),Brown.Sociocultural anthropology; Frenchsociety and culture; rural development;tourism; Europeanist ethnography andhistory.

Bambi B. Schieffelin, Professor. Ph.D.1979 (anthropology), M.A. 1977 (develop-mental psychology), B.S. 1967 (anthropolo-gy and comparative literature), Columbia.

Linguistic anthropology; language ide-ology; Papua New Guinea and theCaribbean.

Lok C. D. Siu, Assistant Professor,Anthropology (Asian/Pacific/AmericanStudies). Ph.D. 2000 (anthropology), M.A.1995 (anthropology), Stanford; B.A. 1992(anthropology), California (Berkeley).Transnationalism; nationalism; identityand community formation; Chinesediaspora; Latin America.

Randall K. White, Professor. Ph.D.1980 (anthropology), Toronto; B.A.1976, Alberta.Paleolithic Europe; prehistoric art;archaeological approaches to recon-structing technologies of ancienthunter-gatherers.

Rita P. Wright, Associate Professor.Ph.D. 1984 (anthropology and archaeolo-gy), M.A. 1978 (anthropology andarchaeology), Harvard; B.A. 1975(anthropology), Wellesley College.Urbanism; state formation; genderissues; ceramic analysis; the ancientNear East and South Asia.

Angela R. Zito, Associate Professor,Anthropology (Religious Studies). Ph.D.1989 (Far Eastern languages and civi-lizations), Chicago; B.A. 1974 (EastAsian studies and journalism),Pennsylvania State.Cultural history/historical anthropol-ogy; critical theories of religion; genderand embodiment; performance andsubjectivity; China.

RESEARCH ASSOCIATES

Douglas V. Campana, Ph.D. 1980,M.A. 1973, B.A. 1972, Columbia.Near Eastern prehistory; bone technol-ogy; faunal analysis; computer applica-tions in archaeology.

Anne-Marie Cantwell, Ph.D. 1977,M.A. 1970, New York; B.A. 1965,Columbia.Archaeology; Northeastern UnitedStates.

Geoff Emberling, Ph.D. 1995, M.A.1991, Michigan (Ann Arbor); B.A.1987, Harvard.Archaeology; Mesopotamia; earlystates; ethnicity.

Anne Pike-Tay, Ph.D. 1989, M.A.1984, New York; B.A. 1978, MountSaint Vincent.European paleolithic; zooarchaeology;hunter-gatherer ethnology; materialculture.

Joseph Schuldenrein, Ph.D. 1983,M.A. 1976, Chicago; B.A. 1971,SUNY (Stony Brook).Geoarchaeology; North America; Southand Southwest Asia.

Elizabeth Weatherford, M.A. 1971,New School; B.A. 1966 (history), Duke.History of Native American involvementin film, video, and audio production.

AFFILIATED FACULTY INOTHER DEPARTMENT

Deborah Anne Kapchan, PerformanceStudies.

VISITING FACULTY

Renato Rosaldo, Visiting Professor.Ph.D. 1971, B.A. 1963, Harvard.Social theory and ethnography; cultur-al citizenship; cultural studies; history;U.S. Latinos; Latin America; islandSoutheast Asia.

FACULTY EMERITUS

Owen M. Lynch.

Programs and Requirements

Admission: Admission to graduatestudy is based on academic records,scholarly recommendations, and scoreson the Graduate Record Examination.The department offers the Master ofArts and Doctor of Philosophy degreeswith specialization in various subdisci-plines (see below). The departmentdoes not offer a stand-alone M.A. pro-gram. Instead, the M.A. is awarded asa step in fulfillment of requirementsfor the Ph.D. Applicants should applydirectly to the Ph.D. program. Theywill be formally admitted to the Ph.D.program, however, only after fulfill-ment of requirements outlined below.

MASTER OF ARTS

A total of 36 points of course work isrequired for the M.A. degree, 12 ofthese being in the core courses. Allstudents in each of the subdisciplinesare required to take certain depart-mental core courses. It is recognized,however, that even at the master’slevel, students usually have definedtheir subdisciplines of interest. Hence,each student follows within a subdisci-pline a structured program to assurecompetence in anthropology by thetime the M.A. degree is completed.The requirements for each of the sub-disciplines are described below.

Cultural and Linguistic Anthropology:All students must take (1) Depart-mental Seminar (G14.1000) or an alter-native course approved by the directorof graduate studies and their M.A. advi-sory committee, Social AnthropologyTheory and Practice (G14.1010), andLinguistic Anthropology (G14.1040) astheir core courses; (2) an EthnographicTraditions course, chosen in consulta-tion with their M.A. advisory commit-tee; and (3) History of Anthropology(G14.1636).


Archaeological Anthropology: Allstudents must take (1) DepartmentalSeminar (G14.1000) or an alternativecourse approved by the director of grad-uate studies and their M.A. advisorycommittee, AnthropologicalArchaeology (G14.1020), andBiological Anthropology (G14.1030) astheir core courses (in semesters whenG14.1030 is not offered, studentsshould consult the director of graduatestudies or their M.A. advisory commit-tee); (2) either History of Anthropology(G14.1636) or a course in the history ofarchaeology; (3) one archaeology coursefocusing on a specific geographicregion; (4) one course in archaeologicalmethods; and (5) a supervised field tripexperience approved by their M.A.advisory committee.

Biological Anthropology: All stu-dents must take (1) DepartmentalSeminar (G14.1000) or an alternativecourse approved by the director of grad-uate studies and their M.A. advisorycommittee; (2) all three of the NewYork Consortium for EvolutionaryPrimatology (NYCEP) core courses;and (3) Seminar: Physical AnthropologyI (G14.3217) or II (G14.3218) or anequivalent seminar approved by theirM.A. advisory committee.

On entering the M.A. program, eachstudent is assigned an advisory com-mittee consisting of three facultymembers who meet with the studentonce each semester to plan the stu-dent’s course work for the followingsemester. The department evaluates allM.A. graduate courses taken at otheruniversities, and credit may be trans-ferred within the limits set by theGraduate School of Arts and Science.

No later than the middle of theterm in which all M.A. course workhas been completed, usually the thirdsemester of full-time course work, thestudent selects an M.A. paper commit-tee, consisting of a supervisor and areader, from among the faculty. Thetopic of the paper is selected in consul-tation with the M.A. paper committee,and this committee must approve theM.A. paper before the master’s degreeis awarded. Note: Students in the mas-ter’s program may take no more than 8points in research or reading courses.

During the second year of graduatestudy, students petition to enter thePh.D. program, as described below.No student may register for more than12 points beyond the M.A. until themaster’s paper has been accepted, andshe or he has provisional entry to thedoctoral program.

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

There are two ways to apply for admis-sion into the Ph.D. program. Studentswho already have a master’s degree inanthropology apply for admissiondirectly through the Graduate School ofArts and Science. Students enrolled inthe M.A. program petition for entryinto the Ph.D. program at the begin-ning of the fourth semester in resi-dence. To petition, a student mustdevelop a program of study that hasbeen approved by his or her Ph.D. com-mittee, consisting of three facultymembers in the department who for-mally agree to supervise the student’sresearch. The head of the Ph.D. com-mittee is the student’s main dissertationadviser. A successful petition consists ofa written statement indicating a plan ofstudy and research, formulated in con-sultation with the proposed Ph.D. com-mittee and then approved by the entiredepartmental faculty. Final acceptanceis conditional upon successful comple-tion of the master’s course work andmaster’s paper. These course points arethen applied toward the Ph.D., whichrequires a total of 72 points. Studentswho have been formally admitted tothe Ph.D. program may take a maxi-mum of 24 points in research courses.

On completion of 64 points or moreof course work, a student must takethe written Ph.D. comprehensiveexaminations. These examinationscover work in three areas of specializa-tion. Ph.D. committees may also setother course requirements, dependingon the particular needs of the student.The language requirement must befulfilled as well as an oral defense ofthe dissertation proposal. Once theserequirements are completed, the stu-dent has achieved Ph.D. candidacy andmay pursue dissertation research. Atthis time, the student files for thedegree of M.Phil. After completion ofthe dissertation, the student defendsthe dissertation at a final oral examina-tion conducted by members of thePh.D. committee and two additionalscholars. Three members of the exam-ining committee must be from theanthropology faculty.

LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS

The department requires that all stu-dents in the Ph.D. program demon-strate proficiency in one foreign lan-guage. The language is usually chosenfrom Arabic, Chinese, French,German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese,Russian, or Spanish. Petitions to takeother languages should be made to thedirector of graduate studies.

Students at the master’s level arenot required to demonstrate compe-tence in a foreign language, but thedepartment recommends that suchcompetence be developed.

URBAN ANTHROPOLOGY

The special area of study in urbananthropology is open to students in thedepartmental curriculum but has nospecific requirements. It emphasizesapplication of anthropological method-ology to the problems of urban societyin the United States and abroad. NewYork City provides excellent trainingconditions for studies of urban life, aswell as access to urban institutions andagencies at the local, state, national,and international levels.

CERTIFICATE PROGRAM INCULTURE AND MEDIA(See the Certificate Program in Cultureand Media section in this bulletin forfurther information.)

The Departments of Anthropology andCinema Studies offer a joint course ofstudy, integrated with Ph.D. work ineither of those departments, leading tothe Advanced Certificate in Culture andMedia. Core faculty are Professor FayeGinsburg, director, and AssistantProfessors Margaret McLagan and JeffHimpele of the Department ofAnthropology, as well as Professor TobyMiller of the Department of CinemaStudies. The program is designed forgraduate students in either theDepartment of Anthropology or theDepartment of Cinema Studies; work forthe certificate is integrated with gradu-ate work for either of those departments.

The certificate program provides afocused course of graduate studies inte-grating production with theory andresearch. Training in this program willenable students to pursue the following:

1. Production of work in 16 mm filmand state-of-the-art digital video basedon their own research, resulting in ahalf-hour documentary.

2. Ethnographic research into the usesand meanings of media in a range ofcommunities and cultures. Studentsfrom the program have been doingPh.D. research on the development ofmedia in diverse settings, from theemergence of media in Papua NewGuinea, to circulation of religious mediain northern Nigeria, to the use of mediain linking the Tibetan diaspora.

3. Teaching the history, theory, andproduction of ethnographic documen-tary and related issues in cinema andmedia studies.


4. A career in media requiring anunderstanding of anthropology, such asspecialized programming and distribu-tion of ethnographic film and video,community-based documentary pro-duction, management of ethnographicfilm/video libraries and archives, orwork in new media.

The program’s philosophy takes abroad approach to the relationshipsbetween culture and media in a num-ber of domains including a criticalapproach to ethnographic film’s signifi-cance for the fields of anthropology andcinema/media studies; problems in rep-resentation of cultures through media;the development of media in indige-nous, diaspora, and non-Western com-munities; the emerging social and cul-tural formations shaped by new mediapractices; and the political economyshaping the production, distribution,and consumption of media worldwide.

Curriculum: The program requiresapproximately one additional semesterbeyond the M.A. degree and consists ofan original project and eight courses,two of which may be counted towardthe M.A. degree, two toward the Ph.D.Courses include seminars that criticallyaddress the history and theory ofethnographic film and issues in cultureand media, production courses in filmand/or video in the film school, culturetheory and the documentary, and elec-tives on topics such as Third Worldcinema and feminist film criticism.Students may not take courses in theculture and media program unless theyare pursuing an M.A. or a Ph.D. incinema studies or a Ph.D. in anthro-pology at NYU. Students with priortraining in media may be able to sub-stitute other courses from the extensivecurriculum offered in cinema studies,anthropology, or media production—including other forms such as photog-raphy and new media.

Internships: The program alsoarranges supervised internships forcourse credit, tailored to individualresearch and professional interests.Students work in a variety of program-ming and production positions forinstitutions such as the Margaret MeadFilm Festival, the Museum of theAmerican Indian, the Asia Society, andthe Jewish Museum.

The program works closely with theCenter for Media, Culture, andHistory (see page 23).

THE NYCEP PROGRAM

New York University participates in theNew York Consortium for Evolutionary

Primatology (NYCEP), a graduatetraining program in evolutionary prima-tology that includes City University ofNew York, Columbia University, theWildlife Conservation Society at theBronx Zoo, and the American Museumof Natural History. The consortium pro-vides an integrated training programthat allows students to take courses,seminars, and internships at any of theseinstitutions given by more than 40physical anthropologists, primatologists,and vertebrate paleontologists partici-pating in the program.

In addition to the departmentalrequirements, students in biologicalanthropology must take three NYCEPcore courses. These are the foundation-al courses Primate Behavior, Ecology,and Conservation; EvolutionaryMorphology; and Genetics andEvolutionary Theory. Students alsogain practical experience throughrequired internships, where they workindividually on research projects withNYCEP faculty. Most students areprovided the opportunity to travelabroad during the summer to conductresearch at active field sites.

JOINT PH.D. PROGRAM INANTHROPOLOGY ANDFRENCH STUDIES

The Department of Anthropology andthe Institute of French Studies offer ajoint Ph.D. degree for students inter-ested in the anthropology of France.The degree prepares a student forteaching and research as a Europeanistin departments of anthropology or as acivilization specialist in departmentsof French.

Students must be admitted to boththe Department of Anthropology andthe Institute of French Studies.Fluency in French is required.Students normally begin by complet-ing the M.A. in French studies andpetitioning for admission into thePh.D. program in anthropology in thefall of the second year in residence. Atotal of 72 points is required for thejoint degree, with at least 36 points inanthropology, including courses cross-listed between the department and theInstitute. Course requirements includea two-course sequence in 19th- and20th-century French history, two addi-tional core courses in French studies,the core courses in social anthropologyand linguistic anthropology, History ofAnthropology (G14.1636), one non-Western area anthropology course, andthree theory and methods courses inanthropology. Formal exchange agree-ments with the Ecole des Hautes

Etudes en Sciences Sociales and theEcole Normale Supérieure, Paris, per-mit students to take some of theircourse work in France during the thirdyear of study. See the Institute of FrenchStudies section of this bulletin for fur-ther details.

ANTHROPOLOGY WITH AFOCUS IN NEAR EASTERNSTUDIES

The Department of Anthropologyoffers Ph.D. candidates a special areaof study with a focus in Near Easternstudies. This emphasis enables anthro-pologists to acquire systematic train-ing in a Near Eastern language as wellas knowledge of the literature, history,and civilization of the Near East. It isintended for both sociocultural anthro-pologists and archaeologists.

Requirements include the M.A. corecourses in anthropology, one course inNear Eastern archaeology, two coursesin the anthropology of the Near East,and four courses in the Near Easternfield chosen outside the Department ofAnthropology (usually in the history,literature, and civilization of the NearEast). Language competence in bothwritten and spoken versions of one ofthe area languages is also required.

CENTER FOR LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEANSTUDIES

The Department of Anthropology isactively connected with the Center forLatin American and Caribbean Studies(CLACS) of the Graduate School ofArts and Science. CLACS bringstogether University faculty specializingin Latin American and Caribbeanresearch. Anthropology faculty mem-bers offer courses and guidance to stu-dents in this program, and anthropolo-gy students may construct special pro-grams of study and research that utilizethe resources offered by CLACS. TheCenter forms a consortium with theInstitute for Latin American Studies atColumbia University that sponsorsjoint courses and conferences that NewYork University students may attend.

KING JUAN CARLOS I CENTERFOR THE STUDY OF SPAINAND THE SPANISH-SPEAKINGWORLD

Department faculty maintain ties tothis preeminent center for interdisci-plinary Spanish studies. Students maytake advantage of the Center’s lectureseries, conferences and special events,and resources for study and research inSpain and Spanish America.


SPECIAL RESOURCES ANDFACILITIES IN BIOLOGICALANTHROPOLOGY

Excellent research laboratories dedicatedto primate population genetics andmolecular systematics, comparativeanatomy, paleoanthropology, and humanosteology, as well as computer facilities,are available in the department.

In addition, the faculty is engagedin ongoing research at field sites inAfrica, Europe, and South America.Professor Anthony Di Fiore conductsresearch on the behavior, ecology, andpopulation genetics of New Worldmonkeys at the Proyecto Field Site inEcuador. Professor Clifford Jolly iscodirector of a long-term field projectstudying the social behavior and genet-ics of a hybrid population of baboonsin the Awash National Park, Ethiopia.Professor Terry Harrison is director ofan international team of scientistsinvestigating the geology and paleon-tology of the fossil hominid locality ofLaetoli in Tanzania. Professor KaterinaHarvati conducts paleoanthropologicalresearch at Paleolithic sites in Greece.

A number of other departments andschools at New York University provideresources of collaboration and instruc-tion. These include the Departments ofBiology and Chemistry, the Program inNeuroscience, and the various academicdepartments of the School of Medicineand the College of Dentistry. In addi-tion, the department’s ties to variousinstitutions abroad and in the UnitedStates greatly enhance research opportu-nities available to students interested inprimatology, paleoanthropology, andskeletal biology. International links aremaintained with academic institutionsin Ethiopia, Tanzania, Kenya, China,Malaysia, Ecuador, and Europe.

The many libraries and museums inNew York that are available to studentsenrolled in the department include theincomparable collections at the AmericanMuseum of Natural History.

The department is affiliated withthe M.D.-Ph.D. program in biologicaland social sciences.

Through NYCEP, the departmentsponsors a special lecture and work-shop series in biological anthropologyto which leading international scholarsare invited to present their latestresearch.

SPECIAL RESOURCES ANDFACILITIES IN ARCHAEOLOGY

The department maintains excellentlaboratory facilities for teaching andresearch in protohistoric and prehis-

toric archaeology. An array of comput-er hardware and software, includingimage analysis and storage capabilities,is available for graduate research proj-ects. In addition, there is a state-of-the-art photographic laboratory, athin-section laboratory for seasonalitystudies, and excellent microscopicequipment, including access to scan-ning electron microscopes. A zooar-chaeological reference collection andceramics laboratory are available forteaching and research purposes.

Students benefit from the close tiesthat exist between the department andother programs and institutions. Theseinclude the Smithsonian Institution,the American Museum of NaturalHistory, the Museum of the AmericanIndian, the Museum of the City ofNew York, the New Jersey StateMuseum, the Center for AmericanArchaeology, and many museums, lab-oratories, and agencies in France,Britain, Israel, Pakistan, and the for-mer Soviet Union.

SPECIAL RESOURCES ANDFACILITIES IN CULTURE ANDMEDIA

Production classes and facilities in 16 mm film are provided at New YorkUniversity’s Department of Film andTelevision in the intensive summerworkshop Cinema: The Language ofSight and Sound, and in documentaryworkshops taught by award-winningfilmmakers George Stoney, Chris Choy,and Jim Brown. Students produce theirown documentaries in a small, inten-sive, yearlong digital video documen-tary production seminar for advancedculture and media students using digi-tal video cameras as well as Final CutPro editing systems. The Departmentof Anthropology has a film and videoscreening theatre, the David B. KriserFilm Room, as well as an excellent andexpanding collection of over 350ethnographic documentaries, includingmost of the classics, important recentworks, and a unique collection ofworks by indigenous media makers.The Department of Cinema Studies hasa collection of over 400 films in itsFilm Study Center, and the AveryFisher Center for Music and Media inBobst Library contains nearly 2,000tapes of films and documentaries aswell as videodisc facilities available tostudents. In addition, some of the bestfilm, video, and broadcast libraries areavailable in New York City, includingthe Donnell Film Library, the Museumof Modern Art Film Library, the

Museum of Broadcasting, and the filmand video collection of the Museum ofthe American Indian.

The culture and media programsponsors frequent activities that offerstudents invaluable opportunities tomeet and see the works of key figuresin the field such as Jean Rouch, Davidand Judith MacDougall, DennisO’Rourke, and others. Symposia andconferences on special topics, fromshowcases of indigenous film and film-makers to the uses of new media, areregularly held.

CENTER FOR MEDIA, CULTURE, AND HISTORY

The program works closely with theCenter for Media, Culture, andHistory, directed by Professor FayeGinsburg. The Center sponsors fel-lows, screenings, lectures, and confer-ences and integrates concerns of facul-ty and students from the Departmentsof Anthropology, Cinema Studies,History, and Performance Studies aswell as other programs. The Centeraddresses issues of representation,social change, and identity construc-tion embedded in the development offilm, television, video, and new mediaworldwide. For more informationabout the Center, visit their Web siteat www.nyu.edu/gsas/program/media.

A new program, established in2002 in conjunction with the Programin Religious Studies, is devoted to thestudy of religion and media.

DISTINGUISHED LECTURESAND COLLOQUIA

Throughout the year the departmentsponsors many events to which distin-guished scholars are invited. A collo-quium is presented by an invited gueston Thursday afternoons. The AnnualAnnette Weiner Memorial Lecture isheld each spring in honor of our for-mer colleague. Recent lecturers haveincluded Terence Turner, JaneSchneider, Marshall Sahlins, andShirley Lindenbaum. Periodically, thedepartment hosts other events.

DEPARTMENTAL FELLOW-SHIPS, PRIZES, AND AWARDS

A comprehensive list of University,Graduate School, and departmentalfellowships, prizes, and awards appearsin the Financing Graduate Educationsection of the GSAS Application forAdmission and Financial Aid.


Two-Part Courses: A hyphen indi-cates a full-year course with creditgranted only for completing bothterms. A comma indicates credit isgranted for completing each term.

CORE COURSES

These courses are required of all M.A.students. They are open to graduatestudents from other departments onlywith the permission of the instructor.

Departmental Seminar: IntegratingPerspectives in AnthropologyG14.1000 Subfield core course. Staff.4 points.A problem-focused course required ofall graduate students in anthropology.Emphasis is on exploring distinctivesubdisciplinary approaches to anthropo-logical issues. Theme and faculty vary.

Social Anthropology Theory andPractice G14.1010 Beidelman,Martin, Myers, Rapp, Rogers. 4 points.Introduces the principal theoreticalissues in contemporary social anthro-pology, relating recent theoreticaldevelopments and ethnographic prob-lems to their origins in classical socio-logical thought. Problems in theanthropology of knowledge are partic-ularly emphasized as those most chal-lenging to social anthropology and torelated disciplines.

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