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Series V. Teaching, 1988-2018, inclusive

Extent

2.10 Linear Feet in 5 manuscript boxes.

Extent

487.4 Megabytes in 127 computer files.

Scope and Contents

Burkhart has been a professor at New York University and similar arts-related institutions teaching courses often themed around issues of art, sex, activism, and feminism. This series contains support material for specific classes as well as files on the application and administration of her various appointments, dating from the late 1980s to the mid-2010s. Class titles including Drawing I and II; Sex and Contemporary Visual Art; Art and Activism; and Introduction to Critical Theory. Documentation related to these classes includes course descriptions, syllabi, reading lists, notes, student correspondence, and images and lists of artworks used as visual aids during lectures. A significant amount of paper and electronic files in this series relate to Burkhart's course Medusa's Laugh: Contemporary Feminist Concepts and Visual Culture dating from 2003 to 2010, and includes readings, syllabi, lecture notes, and reading questions.

Files related to the administration of her teaching positions contain lists of courses taught in previous years, and correspondence referring to applications to various institutions including New York University, Columbia University, and School of Visual Arts. Application files include course descriptions, references, resumes, and images of her work. This series also includes a small collection of identification cards from various institutions where she taught, and teaching philosophy statements.

"The Discourse of Others: A Personal, Theoretical, and Historical Critique" -- Workshop Brochure, Fall 1988

Box: 26, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Approach to the Fragmentary: A Conceptual Approach to College" -- Brochure, 1988

Box: 26, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Discourse of Others" -- Workshop, 1989

Box: 26, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, Reference Lists, and Teaching Philosophy Statements, 1990-1998, 2000-2017, inclusive

Box: 26, Folder: 9-10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: Electronic Records, E-records: FA_MSS_467_ER_57 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

Correspondence, Reference Lists, and Teaching Philosophy Statements: 1990-1998, 2000-2017 (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Class Readings, circa 1990, circa 1996, undated, inclusive

Box: 26, Folder: 11-13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 31, Folder: 1-2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Drawing I and II, Spring 1992

Box: 31, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Teaching Notes, 1993-1994, undated, inclusive

Box: 31, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters for Visual Arts Presentations, 1993-1996, inclusive

Box: 31, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Teaching Job References, 1994-1995, inclusive

Box: 31, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence--from Students, 1994-1999, inclusive

Box: 31, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Identification Cards, 1994-2015, inclusive

Box: 31, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

School of Visual Arts -- Application Letter, Lecture Notes, Syllabus, 1996, 2012, inclusive

Box: Electronic Records, E-records: FA_MSS_467_ER_66 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

School of Visual Arts -- Application Letter, Lecture Notes, Syllabus: 1996, 2012 (Material Type: Electronic Record)

San Francisco Art Institute -- Notes and Correspondence, 1997-1998, inclusive

Box: 31, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Drawing I and II -- Syllabi, 1998, undated, inclusive

Box: 34, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: Electronic Records, E-records: FA_MSS_467_ER_59 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

Drawing I and II -- Syllabi: 1998, undated (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Identity Politics and Aesthetic Expression -- Reading List, Course Proposal, and Notes, 1999-2000, undated, inclusive

Box: 31, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sex and Contemporary Visual Art -- Syllabi, 2000-2011, inclusive

Box: 31, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 32, Folder: 1-5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: Electronic Records, E-records: FA_MSS_467_ER_69 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

Sex and Contemporary Visual Art -- Syllabi: 2000-2011 (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Contemporary Art, 1976-2001 -- Syllabus and Reading Course Pack, Spring 2001

Box: 31, Folder: 11-12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Helene Cixous Lecture -- Notes and Related, 2001, 2006, 2010, inclusive

Box: Electronic Records, E-records: FA_MSS_467_ER_61 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

Helene Cixous Lecture -- Notes and Related: 2001, 2006, 2010 (Material Type: Electronic Record)

New York University -- List of Classes, Payroll Files, Correspondence, 2002, 2010-2014, inclusive

Box: Electronic Records, E-records: FA_MSS_467_ER_65 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

New York University -- List of Classes, Payroll Files, Correspondence: 2002, 2010-2014 (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Medusa's Laugh: Contemporary Feminist Concepts and Visual Culture -- Readings, Syllabi, Lecture Notes, Reading Questions, 2003-2010, undated, inclusive

Box: 32, Folder: 6-8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 33, Folder: 1-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: Electronic Records, E-records: FA_MSS_467_ER_64 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

Medusa's Laugh: Contemporary Feminist Concepts and Visual Culture -- Readings, Syllabi, Lecture Notes, Reading Questions: 2003-2010, undated (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Lecture Notes, circa 2003-2018, inclusive

Box: 33, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Art and Activism -- Syllabus and Notes, Fall 2004

Box: 33, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Art and Activism -- Readings, 2004

Box: 33, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Art and Activism -- Course Description, 2006

Box: Electronic Records, E-records: FA_MSS_467_ER_54 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

Art and Activism -- Course Description: 2006- (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Images -- Class-related and Student Works, 2007-2013, inclusive

Box: Electronic Records, E-records: FA_MSS_467_ER_62 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

Images -- Class-related and Student Works: 2007-2013 (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Sex and Contemporary Culture -- Syllabi and Exam Questions, 2010-2014, inclusive

Box: Electronic Records, E-records: FA_MSS_467_ER_68 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

Sex and Contemporary Culture -- Syllabi and Exam Questions: 2010-2014 (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Dream Courses Descriptions, 2011, 2014, inclusive

Box: Electronic Records, E-records: FA_MSS_467_ER_60 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

Dream Courses Descriptions: 2011, 2014 (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Columbia University -- Application Letter, Supporting Documents, 2011-2012, inclusive

Box: Electronic Records, E-records: FA_MSS_467_ER_56 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

Columbia University -- Application Letter, Supporting Documents: 2011-2012 (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Sex and Contemporary Art -- Syllabus, Description, and Readings, 2011-2013, inclusive

Box: 33, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: Electronic Records, E-records: FA_MSS_467_ER_67 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

Sex and Contemporary Art -- Syllabus, Description, and Readings: 2011-2013 (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Sex and Contemporary Art -- Syllabi and Readings, 2012-2015, inclusive

Box: 34, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Lecture -- "My Work", 2012

Box: Electronic Records, E-records: FA_MSS_467_ER_63 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

Lecture -- "My Work": 2012- (Material Type: Electronic Record)

CUNY Talk -- Notes, 2013

Box: Electronic Records, E-records: FA_MSS_467_ER_58 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

CUNY Talk -- Notes: 2013- (Material Type: Electronic Record)

List of New York University Classes Taught (2005-2012) and Related, 2013

Box: 34, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Bard College -- Application Letter, Dream Course Descriptions, 2014

Box: Electronic Records, E-records: FA_MSS_467_ER_55 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

Bard College -- Application Letter, Dream Course Descriptions: 2014- (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Introduction to Critical Theory -- Readings, undated, inclusive

Box: 34, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Painting III and IV -- Syllabus, undated, inclusive

Box: 34, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Teaching Philosophy Statement, undated, inclusive

Box: 34, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Undergraduate Seminar -- Syllabus, undated, inclusive

Box: 34, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Advanced Painting -- Syllabus and Reading List, undated, inclusive

Box: 34, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Notes, undated, inclusive

Box: 34, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Visual Culture -- List and Topics, undated, inclusive

Box: 34, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sex Quiz, undated, inclusive

Box: 34, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Teaching Slides, undated, inclusive

Box: 34, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Interdisciplinary Art in Amsterdam -- Class Proposal, undated, inclusive

Box: 34, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
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