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2005 Summer Sessions Bulletin 
    
2005 Summer Sessions Bulletin [ARCHIVED BULLETIN]

Courses of Special Interest


Summer Writing Workshops

The Summer Writing Workshops program was established to nurture and encourage writing talent by the presence, stimulus and creative authority of writers-in-residence. Through criticism and free exchange among students and writers, and by contact with guests from the world of publishing, new writers begin to find their voice.

This conference, a cooperative endeavor of the Creative Writing Program, the Department of English and Freshman Composition and University College for Continuing Education offers five workshops: FICTION WRITING, FINDING AND FORMING THE POEM, WRITING FOR CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS, THE PLAYWRIGHT’S VOICE, PERSONAL ESSAY AND MEMOIR. Workshops may be taken on a noncredit or credit basis, either graduate or undergraduate. Hofstra’s Summer Writing Workshops program includes a banquet, guest speakers and poetry readings. In addition, each participant receives individual attention from the writers-in-residence. For further information, call (516) 463-7600, e-mail uccelibarts@hofstra.edu or visit www.hofstra.edu/ucce/SummerWriting. High school students can register at a discounted rate. Prospective students must supply a faculty recommendation before registration. Contact Marion Flomenhaft at (516) 463-5737 or dcemzf@hofstra.edu for more information.

Intensive Language Courses

Each of these intensive language courses is given of a period of two and one-half weeks. Earn three credits for each of the courses listed below. Languages levels I and II may be taken sequentially over a five-week period for six credits. Refer to the course descriptions for additional information including meeting dates and times as well as prerequisites required for enrollment.

Summer Session I
GERM 1 Elementary German I
GERM 2 Elementary German II
RUS 1 Elementary Russian I
RUS 2 Elementary Russian II

Archaeological Field Methods

ANTH 33, Archaeological Field Methods (6 s.h.)
Slavery And Freedom In Early New York

The 2005 Hofstra field school is researching the archaeology of slavery and freedom at the King Manor Site in Jamaica, Queens. Looking for signs of both domination and resistance, we are investigating how these different systems are evident in the artifacts created by household labor. The King Manor site is ideal for this investigation. Its original occupants, the Colgan-Smith family, were slave owners in the 18th century. The site was then obtained by Rufus King, a prominent early American politician, known especially for his stance against slavery in the early 19th century. King practiced this belief by using free laborers at his home. Comparing these two households sheds light on the everyday experiences of slavery and freedom that marked the working lives of early Americans living in New York.

King Manor is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is part of New York City’s historic house trust. It has been operating as a historic house museum since 1900. The 2005 excavations will be a part of the public interpretation of the King Manor Museum. Students taking the field school will be trained to give site tours, work with the museum’s sixth-grade history camp, and reflexively explore their own role in the site’s commemoration.

Students will take part in an intensive, hands-on introduction to archaeological field research that provides a foundation in the techniques of archaeological site survey, field excavation and recording, and artifact analysis. The course runs 40 hours a week and involves strenuous daily outdoor activities. Participants must provide their own transportation to the site. For additional information, please contact Professor Chris Matthews, (516) 463-4093, socczm@hofstra.edu.