[Air-L] MA in Cultural Analysis and Social Theory, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario

[Andrew Herman]

MA in CulturalAnalysis and Social Theory, Wilfrid Laurier University,Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Applicationdeadline: January 15, 2013
 
The MA in CASTfocuses on analyzing culture and theorizing the social frominterdisciplinaryand multidisciplinary perspectives.Its core faculty represent a diversity of  departments and programs, including Anthropology,Communication Studies, Cultural Studies, Global Studies, Sociology, Languagesand Literatures, Journalism and Contemporary Studies, and Women and Gender Studies.
CAST arises  from a commitment to provide an ongoingcritical perspective onsocial, institutional,and ideological practices that shape and limit contemporarylives.  CAST examines the complexity of the forcesand processes involved in the shaping of culture and subjectivity. It allows usto examine how power andpolitics arenecessarily embedded in cultural systems, how categories such as class, race, gender,sexuality, (dis)ability, and language are socially constructed, and howmeaningful and ethical agency is possible. CAST aims to encourage critical thinking about the complexities ofsocial life and to provide a home for nourishing the kind of thinking,teaching, and learning that fosters more discerning, ethical, and democraticcitizens.
 The program hasthree designated *elds, with elective courses available in each.
• Globalization,Identity and Social Movements
• Body Politics:Gender, Sexuality, and Embodiment
• CulturalRepresentation and Social Theory
Wilfrid Laurier University provides competitive funding packages forgraduate 
study. Fundingfor the MA in CAST typically comes in the form of scholarships and TeachingAssistantships. Every effort is made to ensure that TA-ships coincide with thebackground and/or research of our MA students in Cultural Studies, GlobalStudies, Women and Gender Studies, Communication Studies, and elsewhere.
 For furtherinformation on applying to the program as well as details on course offeringsand faculty areas of research, go to: http://www.wlu.ca/homepage.php?grp_id=2054
Visit our Youtubechannel for  interviews with faculty andformer students:http://www.youtube.com/user/CASTatLaurier



Andrew Herman, Ph. D.
Associate Professor
Department of Communication Studies
Director, Graduate Program in Cultural Analysis and Social Theory
Wilfrid Laurier University
Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3C5
CANADA
519 884-1970 x3693