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Related Programs and Resources

Here you will find a variety of links related to the field of Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature. If you have any suggestions for additions to this list, please feel free to submit them to Nicole Tollefson .

CLA Film & Video Catalogue -- a comprehensive database of film, video, television, and DVD holdings in College of Liberal Arts departments at the University of Minnesota available to CLA instructors for classroom use.

CTHEORY -- An "international journal of theory, technology and culture. Articles, interviews, and key book reviews in contemporary discourse are published weekly as well as theorizations of major "event-scenes" in the mediascape." A very interesting site with a tremendous amount of information

Cultural Critique -- Edited by CSCL faculty Keya Ganguly, John Mowitt and Jochen Schulte-Sasse, this journal provides a forum for international and interdisciplinary explorations of intellectual controversies, trends, and issues in culture, theory and politics. Emphasizing critique rather than criticism, the journal draws on the diverse and conflictual approaches of Marxism, feminism, psychoanalysis, semiotics, political economy, and hermeneutics to produce readings in society and its transformation.

Fractured Totalities -- A comprehensive critical theory site featuring links to the original "critical theorists" such as Horkheimer, Adorno, Marcuse, Benjamin and their cohorts, to second generation thinkers like Habermas and Wellmer and to more recent proponents of critical theory.

Human Rights Web -- A resource for international information on human rights, including a history of human rights, profiles of prisoners of conscience, legal and political documents, and info regarding how you can promote the cause.

Illuminations -- The Critical Theory Website with its roots deeply embedded in the thought and practices of the Frankfurt School.

Modern Humanities Research Association -- From Cambridge University, this site most notably provides the Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature (ABELL), in addition to info on publications and the Association in general.

Native Web -- Contains essays and other information concerning indigenous peoples and cultures.

Past Masters -- Electronic publications of editions of classic texts, in both original language and in English translation.

Project Gutenberg -- Makes information, classic books and other materials available to the general public in forms a vast majority of the computers, programs and people can easily read, use, quote, and search.

Semiotics -- A comprehensive site on the subject, from the University of Colorado, Denver. Includes essays, conferences, profiles, and book announcements.

Subject Librarians and Department Liaisons -- The staff of the University of Minnesota Libraries includes bibliographers and other subject specialists who provide important research and reference services for the University community. The liaison for Cultural Studies and Film Studies is Kate Brooks. She can be reached via telephone at 624-1810 or email at brook392@umn.edu. Her office is 170B Wilson Library.

Voice of the Shuttle -- A Web Page for Humanities Research, this site contains an extensive collection of links and articles, grouped into subject-specific headings.

The Word -- A collection of links related to literature and society.