Interdisciplinary Baseball Course to Debut Spring 2015
CGS is excited to announce that it will be offering a new, interdisciplinary elective this spring: The History, Literature, Film and Science of Baseball.
Baseball occupies a special place in American society and memory. As the distinguished historian Geoffrey C. Ward once pointed out, the two hundred year-old national pastime is “an odyssey that links sons and daughters to fathers and grandfathers. And it reflects a host of age-old American tensions: between workers and owners, scandal and reform, the individual and the collective.” The History, Science, and Literature of Baseball: An Interdisciplinary Course seeks to explore these vital links while offering a comprehensive overview of the sport from a multi-disciplinary perspective.
Taking advantage of our Boston location, students can expect a hands-on, experiential approach to the course material. With plans to tour Fenway Park and Nickerson Field (formerly Braves Field), the course will demonstrate what important roles these venues have played in the history and development of the game.
Cross-listed between CGS and CAS (CGS HU 500, CAS AM 502), The History, Literature, Film and Science of Baseball will be taught by Professors Andy Andres, Christopher Fahy, and Thomas Whalen.
