| Course Title: Advanced Topics in Politics: 'HIV/AIDS: Protest, Policy, Politics' |
| Start Date: 09/03/2025 End Date: 12/16/2025 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2025 |
| Description: The global HIV/AIDS crisis, ongoing since 1981, has been both devastating and transformative. It galvanized new social movements, catalyzed queer theory, and reshaped legal and medical institutions. Groups like ACT UP played a crucial role in advocating for policy change, access to treatment, and public awareness through direct action and activist art. This course examines the political thought, cultural politics, and activism sparked by HIV/AIDS through film, histories, legal studies, theory, and the arts, tracing how protest shapes policy and politics. We will also explore contemporary HIV/AIDS policy and politics, considering ongoing challenges and evolving responses. |
| Distribution(s): III - Social Sciences , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Kevin Henderson | khenderson@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 09/03/2025 - 12/16/2025 | Seminar | Wednesday | 07:15PM - 10:05PM | SKNR - Skinner Hall | 216 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: 8 credits in the department. | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| POLIT-THRY | POLIT-THRY: Politics - Theory subfield | This course has been approved to count towards the Theory subfield of the Politics major (100-200-level courses only) and minor (all courses). |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 16 | Available: 2 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993 Author: Schulman, Sarah Copyright: 2022 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 1250849120 Publisher: Picador |
Required | 24.00 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is NOT the complete book list for this class. |