The courses listed below are provided by the JHU Public Course Search. This listing provides a snapshot of immediately available courses and may not be complete. A selection of current class syllabi for the semester can be found on the course syllabi page.
Courses with numbers 100–299 are designed for first years and sophomores but are open to all undergraduate students. Advanced courses, with numbers 300–499, are generally designed for students who have completed introductory courses in the appropriate area while 500-level courses are reserved for the Senior Thesis (AS.100.507/AS.100.508) and Independent Studies (AS.100.535/AS.100.536). Courses that are 500-level are listed as Independent Academic Work (IAW) courses.
Course # (Section)
Title
Day/Times
Instructor
Location
Term
Course Details
AS.001.174 (01)
FYS: Women and Family in Chinese Film
M 3:00PM - 5:30PM
Jiang, Jin
Mergenthaler 266
Fall 2024
From the early 20th century, Chinese society underwent a turbulent process of modern transformation. Industrialization, urbanization, and democratization challenged previous gender and family norms. Meanwhile, at exactly this time, the Chinese film industry flourished, especially in the modern metropolis of Shanghai. Women and family provided a useful microcosm through which to explore national questions related to revolution, war, and modernity. They also entertained a public eager for new leisure pursuits. Popular feature films not only recorded but also interpreted and helped shape family and gender roles. Using filmic representations as the main material this First-Year Seminar will survey the "family question" (and "the woman question") in 20th century China
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FYS: Women and Family in Chinese Film AS.001.174 (01)
From the early 20th century, Chinese society underwent a turbulent process of modern transformation. Industrialization, urbanization, and democratization challenged previous gender and family norms. Meanwhile, at exactly this time, the Chinese film industry flourished, especially in the modern metropolis of Shanghai. Women and family provided a useful microcosm through which to explore national questions related to revolution, war, and modernity. They also entertained a public eager for new leisure pursuits. Popular feature films not only recorded but also interpreted and helped shape family and gender roles. Using filmic representations as the main material this First-Year Seminar will survey the "family question" (and "the woman question") in 20th century China
Days/Times: M 3:00PM - 5:30PM
Instructor: Jiang, Jin
Room: Mergenthaler 266
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/12
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.140.105 (04)
History of Medicine
MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Fissell, Mary E
Gilman 132
Fall 2024
Course provides an introduction to health and healing in the ancient world, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance. Topics include religion and medicine; medicine in the Islamicate world; women and healing; patients and practitioners.
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History of Medicine AS.140.105 (04)
Course provides an introduction to health and healing in the ancient world, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance. Topics include religion and medicine; medicine in the Islamicate world; women and healing; patients and practitioners.
Days/Times: MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Instructor: Fissell, Mary E
Room: Gilman 132
Status: Open
Seats Available: 4/17
PosTag(s): MSCH-HUM
AS.363.333 (01)
Poetics and Politics of Sex: The Queer/Trans Underground ?
Th 2:30PM - 5:00PM
Amin, Kadji
Krieger 307
Fall 2024
What does it mean that until relatively recently, the center of queer/trans culture was the underground – a metaphorical space of illegality – and what are the political possibilities of such illegality? This seminar will consider how Black/trans fugitivity and interracial sex, trans identity theft and forgery, black market hormones and silicone injections, sex work, and mood-altering drugs defined same-sex desiring and gender-variant cultures during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Far from being a lawless place, we will analyze how life in the underground, including stints in prison, concretely shaped gender and sexual possibilities, subcultural codes of conduct, and practices of community-making.
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Poetics and Politics of Sex: The Queer/Trans Underground ? AS.363.333 (01)
What does it mean that until relatively recently, the center of queer/trans culture was the underground – a metaphorical space of illegality – and what are the political possibilities of such illegality? This seminar will consider how Black/trans fugitivity and interracial sex, trans identity theft and forgery, black market hormones and silicone injections, sex work, and mood-altering drugs defined same-sex desiring and gender-variant cultures during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Far from being a lawless place, we will analyze how life in the underground, including stints in prison, concretely shaped gender and sexual possibilities, subcultural codes of conduct, and practices of community-making.
Days/Times: Th 2:30PM - 5:00PM
Instructor: Amin, Kadji
Room: Krieger 307
Status: Open
Seats Available: 7/12
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.001.247 (01)
FYS: African Cities: Past and Present
TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Gondola, Didier Didier
Mergenthaler 266
Fall 2024
What are the implications of Africa’s urban revolution? In the last century, Africa’s cities have boomed at a dizzying pace, witnessing the most rapid urbanization in human history. This trend is unstoppable; yet it comes with opportunities and challenges. This first-year seminar invites students to explore Africa’s cities, their evolution from precolonial times to the digital age, their quest for modernity, and the unique repertoires of urban life they have registered thanks to the creativity of their overwhelming young denizens
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FYS: African Cities: Past and Present AS.001.247 (01)
What are the implications of Africa’s urban revolution? In the last century, Africa’s cities have boomed at a dizzying pace, witnessing the most rapid urbanization in human history. This trend is unstoppable; yet it comes with opportunities and challenges. This first-year seminar invites students to explore Africa’s cities, their evolution from precolonial times to the digital age, their quest for modernity, and the unique repertoires of urban life they have registered thanks to the creativity of their overwhelming young denizens
Days/Times: TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Gondola, Didier Didier
Room: Mergenthaler 266
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/12
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.010.401 (01)
A Republic in Crisis: Florence 1490-1530
TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Campbell, Stephen John
Gilman 177
Fall 2024
The era identified as the “High Renaissance” in Florence was one of the most dystopian in the history of the city, a period of terror and explosive political crisis beginning with the expulsion of the Medici, followed by the theocratic Savonarolan regime in 1494, the repressive Medici restoration of 1513 and concluding with the fall of the “Last Republic” in 1530. Much of the most distinctive cultural production associated with this period - the sermons of Savonarola, the writings of Machiavelli, and major works of art by Michelangelo and others, is concerned with the relocation of Florentine identity following an experience of rupture with history and tradition, leading to a fundamental revaluation of the past and of the significance of history and memory. We will examine cultural transformation under a succession of Republican and autocratic regimes, with a particular attention to the process of “image-making” on the part of the state, of factions within it, of writers and ideologues, and - not least - of artists.
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A Republic in Crisis: Florence 1490-1530 AS.010.401 (01)
The era identified as the “High Renaissance” in Florence was one of the most dystopian in the history of the city, a period of terror and explosive political crisis beginning with the expulsion of the Medici, followed by the theocratic Savonarolan regime in 1494, the repressive Medici restoration of 1513 and concluding with the fall of the “Last Republic” in 1530. Much of the most distinctive cultural production associated with this period - the sermons of Savonarola, the writings of Machiavelli, and major works of art by Michelangelo and others, is concerned with the relocation of Florentine identity following an experience of rupture with history and tradition, leading to a fundamental revaluation of the past and of the significance of history and memory. We will examine cultural transformation under a succession of Republican and autocratic regimes, with a particular attention to the process of “image-making” on the part of the state, of factions within it, of writers and ideologues, and - not least - of artists.
Days/Times: TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Instructor: Campbell, Stephen John
Room: Gilman 177
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/12
PosTag(s): HART-RENEM
AS.100.104 (01)
Modern Europe in a global context, 1789-Present
MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Hindmarch-Watson, Katherine Anne
Ames 218
Fall 2024
Modern Europe familiarizes students with key moments, ideas, communities, individuals, and movements which have defined European experiences in global encounters since the Revolutionary era. We will particularly focus on European imperial expansion, the formation of the modern nation-state, the history of political ideas and their global ramifications, and popular culture and social change.
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Modern Europe in a global context, 1789-Present AS.100.104 (01)
Modern Europe familiarizes students with key moments, ideas, communities, individuals, and movements which have defined European experiences in global encounters since the Revolutionary era. We will particularly focus on European imperial expansion, the formation of the modern nation-state, the history of political ideas and their global ramifications, and popular culture and social change.
Days/Times: MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Instructor: Hindmarch-Watson, Katherine Anne
Room: Ames 218
Status: Open
Seats Available: 6/20
PosTag(s): HIST-EUROPE, INST-GLOBAL
AS.100.104 (02)
Modern Europe in a global context, 1789-Present
MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Hindmarch-Watson, Katherine Anne
Ames 218
Fall 2024
Modern Europe familiarizes students with key moments, ideas, communities, individuals, and movements which have defined European experiences in global encounters since the Revolutionary era. We will particularly focus on European imperial expansion, the formation of the modern nation-state, the history of political ideas and their global ramifications, and popular culture and social change.
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Modern Europe in a global context, 1789-Present AS.100.104 (02)
Modern Europe familiarizes students with key moments, ideas, communities, individuals, and movements which have defined European experiences in global encounters since the Revolutionary era. We will particularly focus on European imperial expansion, the formation of the modern nation-state, the history of political ideas and their global ramifications, and popular culture and social change.
Days/Times: MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Instructor: Hindmarch-Watson, Katherine Anne
Room: Ames 218
Status: Open
Seats Available: 7/20
PosTag(s): HIST-EUROPE, INST-GLOBAL
AS.100.103 (21)
Early Modern Europe & the Wider World
TTh 1:00PM - 4:30PM
Loiselle, Ken
Gilman 17
Summer 2024
This introductory course surveys the history of Europe from the Renaissance to the Napoleonic period. Topics to be covered include European encounters in the Americas, the Protestant and Catholic Reformations and the subsequent religious violence of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the rise of centralizing states and popular resistance to expanding government, the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment as well as the origins, process and legacies of the French Revolution.
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Early Modern Europe & the Wider World AS.100.103 (21)
This introductory course surveys the history of Europe from the Renaissance to the Napoleonic period. Topics to be covered include European encounters in the Americas, the Protestant and Catholic Reformations and the subsequent religious violence of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the rise of centralizing states and popular resistance to expanding government, the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment as well as the origins, process and legacies of the French Revolution.
Days/Times: TTh 1:00PM - 4:30PM
Instructor: Loiselle, Ken
Room: Gilman 17
Status: Open
Seats Available: 14/20
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL
AS.100.141 (21)
Error and Chaos in Military History
MW 1:00PM - 4:45PM
Bentov, Achinoam
Gilman 308
Summer 2024
What does the aphorism that “war is hell” mean in practical terms? The course will serve as a deconstructive introduction to military history, overviewing soldiers’ and generals’ experiences of historically significant military disasters. Students will also be guided through the creation of a research paper on a conflict of their own choosing.
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Error and Chaos in Military History AS.100.141 (21)
What does the aphorism that “war is hell” mean in practical terms? The course will serve as a deconstructive introduction to military history, overviewing soldiers’ and generals’ experiences of historically significant military disasters. Students will also be guided through the creation of a research paper on a conflict of their own choosing.
Days/Times: MW 1:00PM - 4:45PM
Instructor: Bentov, Achinoam
Room: Gilman 308
Status: Open
Seats Available: 13/18
PosTag(s): HIST-EUROPE, HIST-ASIA, HIST-US
AS.001.232 (01)
FYS: German Thought, German Theater: Tragedy, Comedy, Cabaret
MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Jelavich, Peter
Gilman 134
Fall 2024
Over the past 250 years, Germany has produced some of the most influential currents of philosophy as well as drama—at the same time that it has been the site of the greatest horrors of the modern era. In this course, we will read (and view) tragedies, comedies, and cabaret scripts that address developments in German thought and society from the Enlightenment to the present.
We will ask: How effective are performances at transmitting ideas and values? How do they balance emotional involvement with intellectual understanding? What is the function of words, gestures, music, and staging, and how do they interact? And what are the relative strengths of the various genres: tragedy, comedy, cabaret?
The sources will range from classics of 18th-century drama (Lessing’s Nathan the Wise and Goethe’s Faust) to highlights of 20th-century theater (the plays of Brecht, cabaret songs and skits). We will read most of the works as texts, but we will also view videos and films, and perhaps (depending on the offerings of local stages) attend performances.
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FYS: German Thought, German Theater: Tragedy, Comedy, Cabaret AS.001.232 (01)
Over the past 250 years, Germany has produced some of the most influential currents of philosophy as well as drama—at the same time that it has been the site of the greatest horrors of the modern era. In this course, we will read (and view) tragedies, comedies, and cabaret scripts that address developments in German thought and society from the Enlightenment to the present.
We will ask: How effective are performances at transmitting ideas and values? How do they balance emotional involvement with intellectual understanding? What is the function of words, gestures, music, and staging, and how do they interact? And what are the relative strengths of the various genres: tragedy, comedy, cabaret?
The sources will range from classics of 18th-century drama (Lessing’s Nathan the Wise and Goethe’s Faust) to highlights of 20th-century theater (the plays of Brecht, cabaret songs and skits). We will read most of the works as texts, but we will also view videos and films, and perhaps (depending on the offerings of local stages) attend performances.
Days/Times: MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: Jelavich, Peter
Room: Gilman 134
Status: Open
Seats Available: 1/12
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.001.240 (01)
FYS: Death in the Renaissance
F 12:30PM - 3:00PM
Rowe, Erin
San Martin Center 200A
Fall 2024
During the Renaissance, Christians frequently depicted the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, the personifications of disease, famine, war, and conquest. Nearly half of all children died before the age of five and ten percent of women died of childbirth or of pregnancy related complications. Wars consumed the continent during the bloody sixteenth century, thanks to advances in military technology and religious violence. With no knowledge of the cause of disease and absent antibiotics, disease was as terrifying as mass murder. In this class, we explore death, dying, health, and hope in early modern Europe. How did death and the fear of death shape society? How did it affect politics and economics, gender and family? At the center of death – and life - was religion; in this chaotic world, disease was a punishment and God the only cure; as a result, we will explore how religion was the other side of the coin of death and disease. We will learn how to read primary sources of Renaissance people grappling with their mortality and examine Renaissance art. In the process, we will investigate one of the biggest questions human beings confront: What is the meaning of life in the face of death?
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FYS: Death in the Renaissance AS.001.240 (01)
During the Renaissance, Christians frequently depicted the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, the personifications of disease, famine, war, and conquest. Nearly half of all children died before the age of five and ten percent of women died of childbirth or of pregnancy related complications. Wars consumed the continent during the bloody sixteenth century, thanks to advances in military technology and religious violence. With no knowledge of the cause of disease and absent antibiotics, disease was as terrifying as mass murder. In this class, we explore death, dying, health, and hope in early modern Europe. How did death and the fear of death shape society? How did it affect politics and economics, gender and family? At the center of death – and life - was religion; in this chaotic world, disease was a punishment and God the only cure; as a result, we will explore how religion was the other side of the coin of death and disease. We will learn how to read primary sources of Renaissance people grappling with their mortality and examine Renaissance art. In the process, we will investigate one of the biggest questions human beings confront: What is the meaning of life in the face of death?
Days/Times: F 12:30PM - 3:00PM
Instructor: Rowe, Erin
Room: San Martin Center 200A
Status: Open
Seats Available: 1/12
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.100.115 (01)
Modern Latin America
MW 9:00AM - 9:50AM, F 9:00AM - 9:50AM
Lurtz, Casey Marina
Ames 218
Fall 2024
A class combining Latin American history since independence and digital humanities. Students will build guided research projects while thinking about questions of republicanism, freedom and unfreedom, migration, and development.
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Modern Latin America AS.100.115 (01)
A class combining Latin American history since independence and digital humanities. Students will build guided research projects while thinking about questions of republicanism, freedom and unfreedom, migration, and development.
Days/Times: MW 9:00AM - 9:50AM, F 9:00AM - 9:50AM
Instructor: Lurtz, Casey Marina
Room: Ames 218
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/20
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL, HIST-LATAM
AS.100.115 (02)
Modern Latin America
MW 9:00AM - 9:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Lurtz, Casey Marina
Ames 218
Fall 2024
A class combining Latin American history since independence and digital humanities. Students will build guided research projects while thinking about questions of republicanism, freedom and unfreedom, migration, and development.
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Modern Latin America AS.100.115 (02)
A class combining Latin American history since independence and digital humanities. Students will build guided research projects while thinking about questions of republicanism, freedom and unfreedom, migration, and development.
Days/Times: MW 9:00AM - 9:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Instructor: Lurtz, Casey Marina
Room: Ames 218
Status: Open
Seats Available: 10/20
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL, HIST-LATAM
AS.100.119 (01)
Introduction to U.S. Immigration History and Law
TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Lim, Julian
Croft Hall G02
Fall 2024
Many Americans celebrate the United States as a “nation of immigrants,” but defining which immigrants to include and exclude in the nation has always been a contentious process. This course will put some of today’s immigration debates in historical perspective, examining how past Americans debated questions about the “fitness” of immigrants for freedom and citizenship, and how those debates in turn shaped immigrant experiences, the law, and American identity. Topics that we will cover include colonialism and slavery; immigrant labor; families; gender, race, ethnicity, class, and sexuality; immigration law; borders and deportation; refugees and asylum seekers; and citizenship and belonging.
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Introduction to U.S. Immigration History and Law AS.100.119 (01)
Many Americans celebrate the United States as a “nation of immigrants,” but defining which immigrants to include and exclude in the nation has always been a contentious process. This course will put some of today’s immigration debates in historical perspective, examining how past Americans debated questions about the “fitness” of immigrants for freedom and citizenship, and how those debates in turn shaped immigrant experiences, the law, and American identity. Topics that we will cover include colonialism and slavery; immigrant labor; families; gender, race, ethnicity, class, and sexuality; immigration law; borders and deportation; refugees and asylum seekers; and citizenship and belonging.
Why are cities associated with sex and vice? Are cities a natural refuge for LGBT people? This course explores the role of American cities in the history of sexuality, including Baltimore.
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Sex and the American City AS.100.252 (01)
Why are cities associated with sex and vice? Are cities a natural refuge for LGBT people? This course explores the role of American cities in the history of sexuality, including Baltimore.
Days/Times: MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: Gill Peterson, Jules
Room: Bloomberg 276
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/12
PosTag(s): HIST-US, CES-CC, CES-GI
AS.100.293 (01)
Historical Methods, Archives and Interpretations
MW 4:30PM - 5:45PM
Maciejko, Pawel Tadeusz
Maryland 114
Fall 2024
This course will survey the main methods of and approaches to history since the Ancient times till the present. We shall begin by asking “What is history?” and explicate the basic concepts such as “fact”, “event”, “source”, narrative”, “evidence”, etc. We shall inquire if history can teach lessons for the future, or, for that matter, any lessons at all. We shall explore the interactions of history and collective memory and discuss various social, political, and psychological uses and abuses of historical writing.
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Historical Methods, Archives and Interpretations AS.100.293 (01)
This course will survey the main methods of and approaches to history since the Ancient times till the present. We shall begin by asking “What is history?” and explicate the basic concepts such as “fact”, “event”, “source”, narrative”, “evidence”, etc. We shall inquire if history can teach lessons for the future, or, for that matter, any lessons at all. We shall explore the interactions of history and collective memory and discuss various social, political, and psychological uses and abuses of historical writing.
Days/Times: MW 4:30PM - 5:45PM
Instructor: Maciejko, Pawel Tadeusz
Room: Maryland 114
Status: Open
Seats Available: 3/20
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.100.315 (01)
Farming America: Food and Power in U.S. History
W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Palazzolo, Ellie Gwendolyn
Shaffer 302
Fall 2024
Praise and praxis of the small farmer and local foodways long predate "modern" advancements in farming technologies and industrial agriculture. And strands of agrarianism have persisted in the face of agro-industrial growth. Questions of sustainable agriculture, food security, food sovereignty, and heritage crops and cuisines have posed poignant social, political, and economic concerns in the past and present. This class focuses on topics and tensions around culture, agriculture, and the environment in U.S. history through intersectional and interdisciplinary frameworks.
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Farming America: Food and Power in U.S. History AS.100.315 (01)
Praise and praxis of the small farmer and local foodways long predate "modern" advancements in farming technologies and industrial agriculture. And strands of agrarianism have persisted in the face of agro-industrial growth. Questions of sustainable agriculture, food security, food sovereignty, and heritage crops and cuisines have posed poignant social, political, and economic concerns in the past and present. This class focuses on topics and tensions around culture, agriculture, and the environment in U.S. history through intersectional and interdisciplinary frameworks.
The Islamic Age of Empires: The Ottomans, the Mughals, and the Safavids
MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Noor, Rao Mohsin Ali
Croft Hall G02
Fall 2024
In this course, we will survey the political, social, intellectual, and cultural history of the three Islamic early modern gunpowder empires that ranged from “the Balkans to Bengal”: The Ottomans (1300-1922), the Safavids (1501-1736), and the Mughals (1526-1858).
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The Islamic Age of Empires: The Ottomans, the Mughals, and the Safavids AS.100.327 (01)
In this course, we will survey the political, social, intellectual, and cultural history of the three Islamic early modern gunpowder empires that ranged from “the Balkans to Bengal”: The Ottomans (1300-1922), the Safavids (1501-1736), and the Mughals (1526-1858).
Days/Times: MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: Noor, Rao Mohsin Ali
Room: Croft Hall G02
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/20
PosTag(s): HIST-MIDEST, INST-GLOBAL, HIST-ASIA
AS.100.347 (01)
Early Modern China
TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Rowe, William T
Hodson 316
Fall 2024
The history of China from the 16th to the late 19th centuries.
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Early Modern China AS.100.347 (01)
The history of China from the 16th to the late 19th centuries.
Days/Times: TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Rowe, William T
Room: Hodson 316
Status: Open
Seats Available: 23/40
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL, HIST-ASIA
AS.100.426 (01)
Popular Culture in Early Modern Europe
MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Marshall, John W
Maryland 114
Fall 2024
Witchcraft, magic, carnivals, riots, folk tales, gender roles; fertility cults and violence especially in Britain, Germany, France, and Italy.
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Popular Culture in Early Modern Europe AS.100.426 (01)
Witchcraft, magic, carnivals, riots, folk tales, gender roles; fertility cults and violence especially in Britain, Germany, France, and Italy.
Days/Times: MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: Marshall, John W
Room: Maryland 114
Status: Open
Seats Available: 1/25
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL, HIST-EUROPE
AS.100.453 (01)
Global Legal History
T 3:00PM - 5:30PM
Loeffler, James
Bloomberg 172
Fall 2024
Introduction to the practice of global legal history, with focus on the growth of modern international law from the seventeenth century to the present, its relationship to nationalism and empire, war, atrocity-crimes and human rights, international institutions, and the relationship between law and history.
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Global Legal History AS.100.453 (01)
Introduction to the practice of global legal history, with focus on the growth of modern international law from the seventeenth century to the present, its relationship to nationalism and empire, war, atrocity-crimes and human rights, international institutions, and the relationship between law and history.
The legacies of colonialism in Latin America have been bitterly contested in recent film and other digital media. From highlighting the afterlives of enslavement to asserting Indigenous rights, creators and audiences have turned to screens to address the open wounds of the region’s colonial past. By analyzing hits like También la lluvia and the Mexican cult favorite, 499, this course uses film analysis, cultural memory, and primary sources to understand how these media make arguments about Latin America's colonial past and its significance in the present. The course similarly engages with the field of historical game studies through the analysis of videogames and boardgames that create simulations of early modern societies in the Americas.
In this course, students will develop the ability to identify how digital media production and reception shape the memory of colonialism in the American hemisphere. In so doing, they will also acquire a deeper knowledge of Latin American colonial histories and their influence on contemporary culture. Necessarily, the course heavily emphasizes Indigenous perspectives and so simultaneously serves as an introduction to Indigenous Studies in Latin America.
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Colonialism and Digital Media in Latin America AS.100.351 (01)
The legacies of colonialism in Latin America have been bitterly contested in recent film and other digital media. From highlighting the afterlives of enslavement to asserting Indigenous rights, creators and audiences have turned to screens to address the open wounds of the region’s colonial past. By analyzing hits like También la lluvia and the Mexican cult favorite, 499, this course uses film analysis, cultural memory, and primary sources to understand how these media make arguments about Latin America's colonial past and its significance in the present. The course similarly engages with the field of historical game studies through the analysis of videogames and boardgames that create simulations of early modern societies in the Americas.
In this course, students will develop the ability to identify how digital media production and reception shape the memory of colonialism in the American hemisphere. In so doing, they will also acquire a deeper knowledge of Latin American colonial histories and their influence on contemporary culture. Necessarily, the course heavily emphasizes Indigenous perspectives and so simultaneously serves as an introduction to Indigenous Studies in Latin America.
Days/Times: Th 4:30PM - 7:00PM
Instructor: Luis, Diego Javier
Room: Gilman 186
Status: Open
Seats Available: 3/12
PosTag(s): HIST-LATAM
AS.100.360 (01)
The Modern British World: Imperial Encounters, Regimes, and Resistance, 1700-Brexit
TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Hindmarch-Watson, Katherine Anne
Gilman 219
Fall 2024
The Modern British World introduces some of the major events, themes, and controversies that led to Britain’s global dominance and ultimate decline as an imperial power.
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The Modern British World: Imperial Encounters, Regimes, and Resistance, 1700-Brexit AS.100.360 (01)
The Modern British World introduces some of the major events, themes, and controversies that led to Britain’s global dominance and ultimate decline as an imperial power.
Days/Times: TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Hindmarch-Watson, Katherine Anne
Room: Gilman 219
Status: Open
Seats Available: 4/20
PosTag(s): HIST-EUROPE, INST-GLOBAL
AS.100.233 (01)
History of Modern Germany
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Harms, Victoria Elisabeth
Hodson 203
Fall 2024
There is more to Germany than beer, BMWs, and Bayern Munich. We explore politics, culture, economics and society to understand Germany and its role within Europe and the world from the 18th century, the German Empire, WWII, the division into two states during the Cold War to the rise of the AfD, and EU politics today. We’ll partner with students at the University of Regensburg to discuss current challenges!
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History of Modern Germany AS.100.233 (01)
There is more to Germany than beer, BMWs, and Bayern Munich. We explore politics, culture, economics and society to understand Germany and its role within Europe and the world from the 18th century, the German Empire, WWII, the division into two states during the Cold War to the rise of the AfD, and EU politics today. We’ll partner with students at the University of Regensburg to discuss current challenges!
Making War in a New World: Warfare in Early America, 1492-1804
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Grindon, Blake
Krieger 306
Fall 2024
Columbus’s arrival in the Caribbean set off a chain of violence that swept through the early modern Americas. In this course we will investigate how warfare shaped North America and the Caribbean in the period between Columbus’s fateful 1492 voyage and the establishment of an independent Haitian state. The interlinked patterns of colonialism and trans-Atlantic slavery forced together people from three continents and made Native Americans, Africans, and Europeans in the Americas rethink what it meant to fight a war, and how to do it. We will consider how different cultures understood, deployed, and attempted to control violence, and then focus on specific wars, engaging with both contemporary scholarship and primary sources. Along the way, we will consider how the Americas, despite a long history before Columbus, became a “new world” through the warfare that followed after him. Throughout this semester we will read and discuss a variety of different forms of historical writing and consider the wide applicability of the history we are studying in the world around us today. Students will have the opportunity to explore different forms of historically informed writing in their own work.
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Making War in a New World: Warfare in Early America, 1492-1804 AS.100.247 (01)
Columbus’s arrival in the Caribbean set off a chain of violence that swept through the early modern Americas. In this course we will investigate how warfare shaped North America and the Caribbean in the period between Columbus’s fateful 1492 voyage and the establishment of an independent Haitian state. The interlinked patterns of colonialism and trans-Atlantic slavery forced together people from three continents and made Native Americans, Africans, and Europeans in the Americas rethink what it meant to fight a war, and how to do it. We will consider how different cultures understood, deployed, and attempted to control violence, and then focus on specific wars, engaging with both contemporary scholarship and primary sources. Along the way, we will consider how the Americas, despite a long history before Columbus, became a “new world” through the warfare that followed after him. Throughout this semester we will read and discuss a variety of different forms of historical writing and consider the wide applicability of the history we are studying in the world around us today. Students will have the opportunity to explore different forms of historically informed writing in their own work.
Days/Times: TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: Grindon, Blake
Room: Krieger 306
Status: Open
Seats Available: 15/20
PosTag(s): HIST-US, HIST-LATAM, INST-GLOBAL
AS.100.422 (01)
Society & Social Change in 18th Century China
W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Rowe, William T
Gilman 77
Fall 2024
What did Chinese local society look like under the Qing Empire, and how did it change over the early modern era?
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Society & Social Change in 18th Century China AS.100.422 (01)
What did Chinese local society look like under the Qing Empire, and how did it change over the early modern era?
Days/Times: W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Rowe, William T
Room: Gilman 77
Status: Open
Seats Available: 3/12
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL, HIST-ASIA
AS.140.105 (01)
History of Medicine
MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Fissell, Mary E
Gilman 132
Fall 2024
Course provides an introduction to health and healing in the ancient world, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance. Topics include religion and medicine; medicine in the Islamicate world; women and healing; patients and practitioners.
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History of Medicine AS.140.105 (01)
Course provides an introduction to health and healing in the ancient world, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance. Topics include religion and medicine; medicine in the Islamicate world; women and healing; patients and practitioners.
Days/Times: MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Instructor: Fissell, Mary E
Room: Gilman 132
Status: Open
Seats Available: 3/17
PosTag(s): MSCH-HUM
AS.140.105 (02)
History of Medicine
MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Fissell, Mary E
Gilman 132
Fall 2024
Course provides an introduction to health and healing in the ancient world, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance. Topics include religion and medicine; medicine in the Islamicate world; women and healing; patients and practitioners.
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History of Medicine AS.140.105 (02)
Course provides an introduction to health and healing in the ancient world, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance. Topics include religion and medicine; medicine in the Islamicate world; women and healing; patients and practitioners.
Days/Times: MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Instructor: Fissell, Mary E
Room: Gilman 132
Status: Open
Seats Available: 3/17
PosTag(s): MSCH-HUM
AS.362.112 (01)
Introduction to Africana Studies
TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Stocks, Shawntay
Gilman 217
Fall 2024
This course introduces students to the field of Africana Studies. It focuses on the historical experience, intellectual ideas, theories, and cultural production of African-descended people. We will consider how people of the black diaspora remember and encounter Africa. We will explore, too, how such people have lived, spoken, written, and produced art about colonialism and enslavement, gender and mobility, violence and pleasure. This course will be thematically organized and invite you to center your own stories about black people within your understanding of the modern world and its making.
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Introduction to Africana Studies AS.362.112 (01)
This course introduces students to the field of Africana Studies. It focuses on the historical experience, intellectual ideas, theories, and cultural production of African-descended people. We will consider how people of the black diaspora remember and encounter Africa. We will explore, too, how such people have lived, spoken, written, and produced art about colonialism and enslavement, gender and mobility, violence and pleasure. This course will be thematically organized and invite you to center your own stories about black people within your understanding of the modern world and its making.
Days/Times: TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Instructor: Stocks, Shawntay
Room: Gilman 217
Status: Open
Seats Available: 12/15
PosTag(s): CES-ELECT, CES-RI
AS.211.171 (01)
Brazilian Culture & Civilization: Colonial Times to the Present
MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
De Azeredo Cerqueira, Flavia Christina
Latrobe 107
Fall 2024
Did you know that Brazil is very similar to the United States? This course is intended as an introduction to the culture and civilization of Brazil. It is designed to provide students with basic information about Brazilian history, politics, economy, art, literature, popular culture, theater, cinema, and music. The course will focus on how Indigenous, Asian, African, and European cultural influences have interacted to create the new and unique civilization that is Brazil today. The course is taught in English.
No Prereq. THERE IS NO FINAL EXAM.
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Brazilian Culture & Civilization: Colonial Times to the Present AS.211.171 (01)
Did you know that Brazil is very similar to the United States? This course is intended as an introduction to the culture and civilization of Brazil. It is designed to provide students with basic information about Brazilian history, politics, economy, art, literature, popular culture, theater, cinema, and music. The course will focus on how Indigenous, Asian, African, and European cultural influences have interacted to create the new and unique civilization that is Brazil today. The course is taught in English.
No Prereq. THERE IS NO FINAL EXAM.
Days/Times: MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: De Azeredo Cerqueira, Flavia Christina
Room: Latrobe 107
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/31
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL
AS.211.265 (01)
Panorama of German Thought
TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Egginton, William
Hodson 315
Fall 2024
This course will survey German ideas—in philosophy, social and political theory, and drama—since the Enlightenment. Authors include Kant, Schiller, Lessing, Goethe, Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, Weber, Horkheimer, and Adorno.
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Panorama of German Thought AS.211.265 (01)
This course will survey German ideas—in philosophy, social and political theory, and drama—since the Enlightenment. Authors include Kant, Schiller, Lessing, Goethe, Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, Weber, Horkheimer, and Adorno.
Course provides an introduction to health and healing in the ancient world, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance. Topics include religion and medicine; medicine in the Islamicate world; women and healing; patients and practitioners.
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History of Medicine AS.140.105 (03)
Course provides an introduction to health and healing in the ancient world, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance. Topics include religion and medicine; medicine in the Islamicate world; women and healing; patients and practitioners.
Days/Times: MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 9:00AM - 9:50AM
Instructor: Fissell, Mary E
Room: Gilman 132
Status: Open
Seats Available: 14/17
PosTag(s): MSCH-HUM
AS.010.291 (01)
The Art of Ancient Greek Medicine
TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Stager, Jennifer
Gilman 177
Spring 2025
This course analyzes the role of artists and the visual arts in shaping ancient Greek medicine and the afterlife of these ideas. Grounded in the visual arts, we will explore class, gender, race, ethnicity, disability, and sexuality as they intersect with developments in ancient medicine and later interpretations of this history. Includes excursions to local museums.
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The Art of Ancient Greek Medicine AS.010.291 (01)
This course analyzes the role of artists and the visual arts in shaping ancient Greek medicine and the afterlife of these ideas. Grounded in the visual arts, we will explore class, gender, race, ethnicity, disability, and sexuality as they intersect with developments in ancient medicine and later interpretations of this history. Includes excursions to local museums.
Days/Times: TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Stager, Jennifer
Room: Gilman 177
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/18
PosTag(s): HART-ANC, ARCH-ARCH, MSCH-HUM
AS.389.347 (01)
Landscaping Baltimore: Interpreting the City through its Parks, Campuses, and Neighborhoods
MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Finkelstein, Lori
Gilman 277
Fall 2024
This course will explore the landscape history of Baltimore City, including JHU’s Homewood campus, Evergreen Museum, and surrounding areas. Special attention will be paid to the role of the Frederick Law Olmsted, and the Olmsted design firm, who played an important role in the development of several Baltimore parks and neighborhoods. This class will culminate in either small student exhibition or creation of a public-facing tour.
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Landscaping Baltimore: Interpreting the City through its Parks, Campuses, and Neighborhoods AS.389.347 (01)
This course will explore the landscape history of Baltimore City, including JHU’s Homewood campus, Evergreen Museum, and surrounding areas. Special attention will be paid to the role of the Frederick Law Olmsted, and the Olmsted design firm, who played an important role in the development of several Baltimore parks and neighborhoods. This class will culminate in either small student exhibition or creation of a public-facing tour.
Days/Times: MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: Finkelstein, Lori
Room: Gilman 277
Status: Open
Seats Available: 1/12
PosTag(s): ENVS-MAJOR, ENVS-MINOR, ARCH-RELATE
AS.389.313 (01)
Data and the Digital in Museums
TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
McGinn, Emily
BLC 4040
Fall 2024
Digital media play an increasingly significant role in museums from how museums share and narrate their collections online to the use of AI to catalog things and create metadata about them. This class explores critically how digital tools work to tell stories and invites students to unpack the resulting museum narratives. Students will learn by doing, creating a digital exhibit of five museum objects using Omeka and later transforming their exhibits by creating data of their own design to tell a new story about their objects. This new narrative will apply critical perspectives considered in the course such as, but not limited to, repatriation, critical cataloging, and geo-politics.
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Data and the Digital in Museums AS.389.313 (01)
Digital media play an increasingly significant role in museums from how museums share and narrate their collections online to the use of AI to catalog things and create metadata about them. This class explores critically how digital tools work to tell stories and invites students to unpack the resulting museum narratives. Students will learn by doing, creating a digital exhibit of five museum objects using Omeka and later transforming their exhibits by creating data of their own design to tell a new story about their objects. This new narrative will apply critical perspectives considered in the course such as, but not limited to, repatriation, critical cataloging, and geo-politics.
Days/Times: TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Instructor: McGinn, Emily
Room: BLC 4040
Status: Open
Seats Available: 7/15
PosTag(s): PMUS-PRAC, MSCH-HUM, ARCH-RELATE
AS.100.103 (01)
Early Modern Europe & the Wider World
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Loiselle, Ken
Krieger 302
Spring 2025
This survey course examines the history of Europe from the early sixteenth to the late eighteenth centuries. Topics to be examined include the Reformations and religious wars, curiosity, contact and conquest of non-European lands, the rise of modern bureaucratic states, the emergence of popular sovereignty as a political criterion, the new science, as well as expanding literacy and consumption.
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Early Modern Europe & the Wider World AS.100.103 (01)
This survey course examines the history of Europe from the early sixteenth to the late eighteenth centuries. Topics to be examined include the Reformations and religious wars, curiosity, contact and conquest of non-European lands, the rise of modern bureaucratic states, the emergence of popular sovereignty as a political criterion, the new science, as well as expanding literacy and consumption.
Days/Times: TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: Loiselle, Ken
Room: Krieger 302
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/20
PosTag(s): HIST-EUROPE, INST-GLOBAL
AS.362.119 (01)
Abolition and the University
TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Cumming, Daniel
Wyman Park N105
Fall 2024
This course explores “critical university studies” through the lens of abolitionist thought, from W.E.B. DuBois to Ruth Wilson Gilmore. It historicizes universities’ growth within U.S. cities during the twentieth century.
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Abolition and the University AS.362.119 (01)
This course explores “critical university studies” through the lens of abolitionist thought, from W.E.B. DuBois to Ruth Wilson Gilmore. It historicizes universities’ growth within U.S. cities during the twentieth century.
Days/Times: TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Instructor: Cumming, Daniel
Room: Wyman Park N105
Status: Open
Seats Available: 17/20
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.100.129 (02)
Introduction to Modern Jewish History
MW 9:00AM - 9:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Loeffler, James
Gilman 55
Spring 2025
Jewish history 1750-present in Europe, the Near East, the US, Israel; the challenges of modernity and new forms of Jewish life and conflict from Enlightenment and emancipation, Hasidism, Reform and Orthodox Judaism to capitalism and socialism; empire, nationalism and Zionism; the Holocaust. Extensive attention to US Jewry and State of Israel.
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Introduction to Modern Jewish History AS.100.129 (02)
Jewish history 1750-present in Europe, the Near East, the US, Israel; the challenges of modernity and new forms of Jewish life and conflict from Enlightenment and emancipation, Hasidism, Reform and Orthodox Judaism to capitalism and socialism; empire, nationalism and Zionism; the Holocaust. Extensive attention to US Jewry and State of Israel.
Days/Times: MW 9:00AM - 9:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
This course surveys museums, from their origins to their most contemporary forms, in the context of broader historical, intellectual, and cultural trends including the social movements of the 20th century. Anthropology, art, history, and science museums are considered. Crosslisted with Archaeology, History, History of Art, International Studies and Medicine, Science & Humanities.
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Introduction to the Museum: Past and Present AS.389.201 (01)
This course surveys museums, from their origins to their most contemporary forms, in the context of broader historical, intellectual, and cultural trends including the social movements of the 20th century. Anthropology, art, history, and science museums are considered. Crosslisted with Archaeology, History, History of Art, International Studies and Medicine, Science & Humanities.
Introduction to the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality
T 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Shepard, Todd
Bloomberg 168
Fall 2024
This course will serve as an intensive introduction to contemporary approaches to theories of gender and sexuality, and their relationship to cultural production and politics. Students will develop a historically situated knowledge of the development of feminist and queer scholarship in the 20th and 21st centuries, and consider the multiply intersecting forces which shape understandings of sexual and gender identity. We will consider both foundational questions (What is gender? Who is the subject of feminism? What defines queerness?) and questions of aesthetic and political strategy, and spend substantial time engaging with feminist and queer scholarship in comparative contexts. Students will be introduced to debates in Black feminism, intersectionality theory, third world feminism, socialist feminism, queer of colour critique, and trans* theory. We will read both canonical texts and recent works of scholarship, and the final weeks of the course will be devoted to thinking with our theoretical and historical readings against a selection of feminist and queer literature and cinema. No prior familiarity with the study of gender and sexuality is necessary.
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Introduction to the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality AS.363.201 (01)
This course will serve as an intensive introduction to contemporary approaches to theories of gender and sexuality, and their relationship to cultural production and politics. Students will develop a historically situated knowledge of the development of feminist and queer scholarship in the 20th and 21st centuries, and consider the multiply intersecting forces which shape understandings of sexual and gender identity. We will consider both foundational questions (What is gender? Who is the subject of feminism? What defines queerness?) and questions of aesthetic and political strategy, and spend substantial time engaging with feminist and queer scholarship in comparative contexts. Students will be introduced to debates in Black feminism, intersectionality theory, third world feminism, socialist feminism, queer of colour critique, and trans* theory. We will read both canonical texts and recent works of scholarship, and the final weeks of the course will be devoted to thinking with our theoretical and historical readings against a selection of feminist and queer literature and cinema. No prior familiarity with the study of gender and sexuality is necessary.
Days/Times: T 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Shepard, Todd
Room: Bloomberg 168
Status: Open
Seats Available: 22/35
PosTag(s): MSCH-HUM
AS.010.369 (01)
The American Art Museum: Origins, Mission, and Civic Purpose
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Weiss, Daniel H
Gilman 177
Spring 2025
This course will explore the American art museum as a distinctive cultural and political idea. Tracing its origins to the ancient world, the American art museum was descended more immediately from institutions created during the European Enlightenment, but differing with regard to overall mission and civic purpose. This course will explore the various roles played by museums in American society, focusing on programmatic content, organizational design, funding and operating practices, and the particular issues that have arisen in recent years in the areas of cultural property restitution, collection development, special exhibitions, governance and funding, and the larger question of civic purpose.
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The American Art Museum: Origins, Mission, and Civic Purpose AS.010.369 (01)
This course will explore the American art museum as a distinctive cultural and political idea. Tracing its origins to the ancient world, the American art museum was descended more immediately from institutions created during the European Enlightenment, but differing with regard to overall mission and civic purpose. This course will explore the various roles played by museums in American society, focusing on programmatic content, organizational design, funding and operating practices, and the particular issues that have arisen in recent years in the areas of cultural property restitution, collection development, special exhibitions, governance and funding, and the larger question of civic purpose.
Days/Times: TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: Weiss, Daniel H
Room: Gilman 177
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/15
PosTag(s): HART-MODERN, ARCH-RELATE
AS.100.170 (01)
Chinese Cultural Revolution
MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Meyer-Fong, Tobie
Gilman 55
Spring 2025
The Cultural Revolution was Mao Zedong’s last attempt to transform Chinese society spiritually and structurally. The events of this period were marked by social upheaval, personal vendettas, violence, massive youth movements, and extreme ideological pressure. What were the causes of the Cultural Revolution? How was it experienced and how is it remembered? To what extent are its reverberations felt in contemporary Chinese society, politics, and literature? How have subsequent events affected our understanding of the Cultural Revolution decade? This course will explore the Cultural Revolution from a variety of perspectives, focusing on the relationship between events in China from 1966-1976, and their subsequent interpretation as history and in historical memory in China and beyond.
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Chinese Cultural Revolution AS.100.170 (01)
The Cultural Revolution was Mao Zedong’s last attempt to transform Chinese society spiritually and structurally. The events of this period were marked by social upheaval, personal vendettas, violence, massive youth movements, and extreme ideological pressure. What were the causes of the Cultural Revolution? How was it experienced and how is it remembered? To what extent are its reverberations felt in contemporary Chinese society, politics, and literature? How have subsequent events affected our understanding of the Cultural Revolution decade? This course will explore the Cultural Revolution from a variety of perspectives, focusing on the relationship between events in China from 1966-1976, and their subsequent interpretation as history and in historical memory in China and beyond.
Days/Times: MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Instructor: Meyer-Fong, Tobie
Room: Gilman 55
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/20
PosTag(s): HIST-ASIA, INST-GLOBAL
AS.040.420 (04)
Classics Research Lab: Race in Antiquity Project (RAP)
T 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Pandey, Nandini
Greenhouse 000
Spring 2025
How did ancient civilizations around the Mediterranean basin (Greece, Rome, Egypt, Persia, Carthage) understand and represent their own and others’ identities and ethnic differences? How did notions and practices around race, citizenship, and immigration evolve from antiquity to the present? How have culture and politics informed artistic, literary, and museum representations of ethnic ‘others’ over time, along with the historical development of ethnography, biological science, and pseudo-sciences of race? What role did “Classics” (the study of Greco-Roman cultures) play in modern colonialism, racecraft, and inequality? And what role can it play in unmaking their legacies, through the ongoing Black Classicism movement, the practice of Critical Race Theory, and the development of more global and interconnective approaches to premodern cultures? RAP provides an opportunity for Hopkins undergraduates and graduate students from a wide variety of disciplinary backgrounds to engage in project-based research toward building an open-access, grant-winning educational resource (OER) on “Race in Antiquity.” Participants learn, share, and practice advanced research methods; examine and discuss the history and modern implications of the teaching and study of their fields; test-drive and collaboratively edit OER pilot materials; and create new content based on their own research, for eventual digital publication.
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Classics Research Lab: Race in Antiquity Project (RAP) AS.040.420 (04)
How did ancient civilizations around the Mediterranean basin (Greece, Rome, Egypt, Persia, Carthage) understand and represent their own and others’ identities and ethnic differences? How did notions and practices around race, citizenship, and immigration evolve from antiquity to the present? How have culture and politics informed artistic, literary, and museum representations of ethnic ‘others’ over time, along with the historical development of ethnography, biological science, and pseudo-sciences of race? What role did “Classics” (the study of Greco-Roman cultures) play in modern colonialism, racecraft, and inequality? And what role can it play in unmaking their legacies, through the ongoing Black Classicism movement, the practice of Critical Race Theory, and the development of more global and interconnective approaches to premodern cultures? RAP provides an opportunity for Hopkins undergraduates and graduate students from a wide variety of disciplinary backgrounds to engage in project-based research toward building an open-access, grant-winning educational resource (OER) on “Race in Antiquity.” Participants learn, share, and practice advanced research methods; examine and discuss the history and modern implications of the teaching and study of their fields; test-drive and collaboratively edit OER pilot materials; and create new content based on their own research, for eventual digital publication.
Days/Times: T 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Pandey, Nandini
Room: Greenhouse 000
Status: Open
Seats Available: 7/15
PosTag(s): MSCH-HUM, ARCH-RELATE
AS.010.359 (01)
The Symbolic Mosque: A Political History of Islamic Architecture
MW 4:30PM - 5:45PM
Kim, Christine
Gilman 177
Spring 2025
From the 2008 Swiss referendum banning minarets and the opposition of the 2010 proposed construction of a mosque near the site of the September 11 attacks in New York City to the more recent reconversion of the Hagia Sophia in 2020, the mosque in modern times has incited significant controversy and sentiments of hostility among various political and religious groups. The mosque as a political battleground, however, has a much longer history, and the coopting of religious buildings and architectural elements as visual symbols deserves a more comprehensive historical analysis. With a focus on the Ottoman context, this seminar will explore the political dimensions of mosque architecture since the fifteenth century and will examine its transformations both visually and symbolically across spatiotemporal contexts. The historical investigation into the symbolic significance of the mosque and Islamic architecture in the first half of this course will lead to a broader discussion in the second half about the role of architectures of nationalism in politics and diplomacy starting from the nineteenth century until today. By focusing on the mosque itself as a symbol, this course aims to spark dialogue and reflection on the role of religious monuments in contemporary political encounters across different geographic contexts. This course encourages a multi- and inter-disciplinary approach to Islamic art and architecture by incorporating readings and topics from a variety of fields, such as cultural theory, political history, anthropology, and heritage studies. Case studies covered by this course include the Persianate and Byzantine influences in early Ottoman mosques, the establishment and continuation of the classical Ottoman architectural style of the sixteenth century, neo-Mamluk mosques in Egypt and the creation of architectural identities in Ottoman Arab lands, architectural afterlives of Ottoman heritage in modern Greece, and the use of neo-Ottoman architecture by
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The Symbolic Mosque: A Political History of Islamic Architecture AS.010.359 (01)
From the 2008 Swiss referendum banning minarets and the opposition of the 2010 proposed construction of a mosque near the site of the September 11 attacks in New York City to the more recent reconversion of the Hagia Sophia in 2020, the mosque in modern times has incited significant controversy and sentiments of hostility among various political and religious groups. The mosque as a political battleground, however, has a much longer history, and the coopting of religious buildings and architectural elements as visual symbols deserves a more comprehensive historical analysis. With a focus on the Ottoman context, this seminar will explore the political dimensions of mosque architecture since the fifteenth century and will examine its transformations both visually and symbolically across spatiotemporal contexts. The historical investigation into the symbolic significance of the mosque and Islamic architecture in the first half of this course will lead to a broader discussion in the second half about the role of architectures of nationalism in politics and diplomacy starting from the nineteenth century until today. By focusing on the mosque itself as a symbol, this course aims to spark dialogue and reflection on the role of religious monuments in contemporary political encounters across different geographic contexts. This course encourages a multi- and inter-disciplinary approach to Islamic art and architecture by incorporating readings and topics from a variety of fields, such as cultural theory, political history, anthropology, and heritage studies. Case studies covered by this course include the Persianate and Byzantine influences in early Ottoman mosques, the establishment and continuation of the classical Ottoman architectural style of the sixteenth century, neo-Mamluk mosques in Egypt and the creation of architectural identities in Ottoman Arab lands, architectural afterlives of Ottoman heritage in modern Greece, and the use of neo-Ottoman architecture by
Days/Times: MW 4:30PM - 5:45PM
Instructor: Kim, Christine
Room: Gilman 177
Status: Open
Seats Available: 14/18
PosTag(s): HART-MODERN, HART-RENEM, ARCH-RELATE
AS.100.129 (01)
Introduction to Modern Jewish History
MW 9:00AM - 9:50AM, F 9:00AM - 9:50AM
Loeffler, James
Gilman 55
Spring 2025
Jewish history 1750-present in Europe, the Near East, the US, Israel; the challenges of modernity and new forms of Jewish life and conflict from Enlightenment and emancipation, Hasidism, Reform and Orthodox Judaism to capitalism and socialism; empire, nationalism and Zionism; the Holocaust. Extensive attention to US Jewry and State of Israel.
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Introduction to Modern Jewish History AS.100.129 (01)
Jewish history 1750-present in Europe, the Near East, the US, Israel; the challenges of modernity and new forms of Jewish life and conflict from Enlightenment and emancipation, Hasidism, Reform and Orthodox Judaism to capitalism and socialism; empire, nationalism and Zionism; the Holocaust. Extensive attention to US Jewry and State of Israel.
Mobility & Migration of the Artist in Early Modern Europe
Th 5:00PM - 7:30PM
Yeager-Crasselt, Lara
Gilman 177
Spring 2025
How did artists define their identity in the era before fixed “nationalities” and setgeographies? This course investigates the art and personalities of the many Netherlandishpainters, sculptors, printmakers, and craftsmen who moved and migrated across early modern Europe, finding work and fortune in cities from Rome to London, and Madrid to Stockholm. Their mobility, as the Florentine merchant Lodovico Guicciardini remarked in1567, was “something no less wonderful than honorable.” But the reasons behind the unprecedented migrations of Dutch and Flemish artists from the Low Countries from c.1550 to 1700 were complex and varied. Many artists were driven by the political andreligious turmoil of the Eighty Years’ War with Spain, while others sought economic and professional opportunities abroad. While some artists undertook short-term migrations, others left their native soil permanently. How did artists adjust to new cultures, languages,and religious traditions? What strategies did they use to succeed in their new homes? And how did their mobility ultimately affect their artistic practice? Taking a wide and critical view, the course provides a framework for examining the full range of motivations, how artists navigated new artistic, cultural, social, and religious contexts, and how artistic identity itself emerges from a relationship to place beyond one’s own.
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Mobility & Migration of the Artist in Early Modern Europe AS.010.402 (01)
How did artists define their identity in the era before fixed “nationalities” and setgeographies? This course investigates the art and personalities of the many Netherlandishpainters, sculptors, printmakers, and craftsmen who moved and migrated across early modern Europe, finding work and fortune in cities from Rome to London, and Madrid to Stockholm. Their mobility, as the Florentine merchant Lodovico Guicciardini remarked in1567, was “something no less wonderful than honorable.” But the reasons behind the unprecedented migrations of Dutch and Flemish artists from the Low Countries from c.1550 to 1700 were complex and varied. Many artists were driven by the political andreligious turmoil of the Eighty Years’ War with Spain, while others sought economic and professional opportunities abroad. While some artists undertook short-term migrations, others left their native soil permanently. How did artists adjust to new cultures, languages,and religious traditions? What strategies did they use to succeed in their new homes? And how did their mobility ultimately affect their artistic practice? Taking a wide and critical view, the course provides a framework for examining the full range of motivations, how artists navigated new artistic, cultural, social, and religious contexts, and how artistic identity itself emerges from a relationship to place beyond one’s own.
Days/Times: Th 5:00PM - 7:30PM
Instructor: Yeager-Crasselt, Lara
Room: Gilman 177
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/8
PosTag(s): HART-RENEM
AS.100.203 (02)
The American Revolution in History and Memory
MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Grindon, Blake
Hodson 316
Spring 2025
As we approach the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution questions about the legacy and meaning of the revolutionary era circulate among both professional historians and the American public: How revolutionary was the American Revolution, and for whom? What did the diverse population of North America in the 1770s—including free and enslaved people of African descent, Native Americans, as well white women and men in the thirteen colonies—make of the political rupture between Britain and America? What type of nation did the founders envision and how does that continue to shape the United States today? How has the American Revolution been remembered and memorialized at different times in American history? In this course we will read current scholarship on the American Revolution and also visit museum and cultural sites to explore both the events of the American Revolution and their ongoing memorialization while exploring answers to these questions.
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The American Revolution in History and Memory AS.100.203 (02)
As we approach the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution questions about the legacy and meaning of the revolutionary era circulate among both professional historians and the American public: How revolutionary was the American Revolution, and for whom? What did the diverse population of North America in the 1770s—including free and enslaved people of African descent, Native Americans, as well white women and men in the thirteen colonies—make of the political rupture between Britain and America? What type of nation did the founders envision and how does that continue to shape the United States today? How has the American Revolution been remembered and memorialized at different times in American history? In this course we will read current scholarship on the American Revolution and also visit museum and cultural sites to explore both the events of the American Revolution and their ongoing memorialization while exploring answers to these questions.
Days/Times: MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Instructor: Grindon, Blake
Room: Hodson 316
Status: Open
Seats Available: 2/20
PosTag(s): HIST-US, INST-GLOBAL
AS.100.270 (01)
Europe since 1945
TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Harms, Victoria Elisabeth
Bloomberg 274
Spring 2025
This class focuses on Europe from the end of World War II until today. We will discuss topics such as the bipolar world order, the creation of the European welfare state, Europe’s volatile relations with the US and the Soviet Union/ Russia, decolonization, 1989 and neoliberalism, racism, and the emergence of the European Union. Expect to spend 25% of class time in group work, where we discuss the assigned academic literature, movies, documentaries, textual and visual primary sources.
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Europe since 1945 AS.100.270 (01)
This class focuses on Europe from the end of World War II until today. We will discuss topics such as the bipolar world order, the creation of the European welfare state, Europe’s volatile relations with the US and the Soviet Union/ Russia, decolonization, 1989 and neoliberalism, racism, and the emergence of the European Union. Expect to spend 25% of class time in group work, where we discuss the assigned academic literature, movies, documentaries, textual and visual primary sources.
This course introduces students to major debates and controversies within the feminist movement in the United Kingdom and the United States from 1850 to the present. From colonial and eugenic women’s movements to anti-trans and carceral feminism, the contents and assessments of this course ask you to consider a pressing question in contemporary feminism: how do we reckon with the reality that many feminists have excluded and continue to exclude people from the liberatory futures they imagine? Together we will analyze the value and limits of historical context and evaluate the relationship between past and present controversies within the feminist movement. Employing critical feminist concepts such as intersectionality and positionality, we will consider what it means for people (including ourselves) to be “products of their time.” By doing historical research in newspaper databases, we will evaluate how feminist claims about “sisterhood” have changed over time.
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"Bad Feminism": Exclusion and Essentialism AS.100.220 (01)
This course introduces students to major debates and controversies within the feminist movement in the United Kingdom and the United States from 1850 to the present. From colonial and eugenic women’s movements to anti-trans and carceral feminism, the contents and assessments of this course ask you to consider a pressing question in contemporary feminism: how do we reckon with the reality that many feminists have excluded and continue to exclude people from the liberatory futures they imagine? Together we will analyze the value and limits of historical context and evaluate the relationship between past and present controversies within the feminist movement. Employing critical feminist concepts such as intersectionality and positionality, we will consider what it means for people (including ourselves) to be “products of their time.” By doing historical research in newspaper databases, we will evaluate how feminist claims about “sisterhood” have changed over time.
This class reassesses the history of the Cold War through sports. We will investigate how the Cold War has shaped sports, the Olympic movement, the role of athletes at home and abroad. We will discuss how sports intersected with domestic and foreign policy, and how sports constructed, reinforced, and challenged notions of race, gender, and class. We will also interview JHU alumni and former athletes who made a career out of sports.
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Sports History of the Cold War AS.100.386 (01)
This class reassesses the history of the Cold War through sports. We will investigate how the Cold War has shaped sports, the Olympic movement, the role of athletes at home and abroad. We will discuss how sports intersected with domestic and foreign policy, and how sports constructed, reinforced, and challenged notions of race, gender, and class. We will also interview JHU alumni and former athletes who made a career out of sports.
As we approach the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution questions about the legacy and meaning of the revolutionary era circulate among both professional historians and the American public: How revolutionary was the American Revolution, and for whom? What did the diverse population of North America in the 1770s—including free and enslaved people of African descent, Native Americans, as well white women and men in the thirteen colonies—make of the political rupture between Britain and America? What type of nation did the founders envision and how does that continue to shape the United States today? How has the American Revolution been remembered and memorialized at different times in American history? In this course we will read current scholarship on the American Revolution and also visit museum and cultural sites to explore both the events of the American Revolution and their ongoing memorialization while exploring answers to these questions.
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The American Revolution in History and Memory AS.100.203 (01)
As we approach the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution questions about the legacy and meaning of the revolutionary era circulate among both professional historians and the American public: How revolutionary was the American Revolution, and for whom? What did the diverse population of North America in the 1770s—including free and enslaved people of African descent, Native Americans, as well white women and men in the thirteen colonies—make of the political rupture between Britain and America? What type of nation did the founders envision and how does that continue to shape the United States today? How has the American Revolution been remembered and memorialized at different times in American history? In this course we will read current scholarship on the American Revolution and also visit museum and cultural sites to explore both the events of the American Revolution and their ongoing memorialization while exploring answers to these questions.
Days/Times: MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Instructor: Grindon, Blake
Room: Hodson 316
Status: Open
Seats Available: 7/20
PosTag(s): HIST-US, INST-GLOBAL
AS.100.244 (01)
U.S. Conservatism
TTh 4:30PM - 5:45PM
Brann, Allon Yagoda
Hodson 313
Spring 2025
In this course we will explore the history of conservative ideas and their impact on American society from the late-19th century to the present. We will evaluate the successes and failures of conservative thinkers, activists, and movements in shaping policy and culture amidst major transformations in American life. In doing so, we will also investigate relationships and conflicts among a range of formations on the political right, including traditionalists, libertarians, the New Right, neoconservatives, paleoconservatives, neoliberals, and post-liberals. Some basic familiarity with modern U.S. history is recommended, but not required, to take this course.
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U.S. Conservatism AS.100.244 (01)
In this course we will explore the history of conservative ideas and their impact on American society from the late-19th century to the present. We will evaluate the successes and failures of conservative thinkers, activists, and movements in shaping policy and culture amidst major transformations in American life. In doing so, we will also investigate relationships and conflicts among a range of formations on the political right, including traditionalists, libertarians, the New Right, neoconservatives, paleoconservatives, neoliberals, and post-liberals. Some basic familiarity with modern U.S. history is recommended, but not required, to take this course.
Days/Times: TTh 4:30PM - 5:45PM
Instructor: Brann, Allon Yagoda
Room: Hodson 313
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 1/20
PosTag(s): HIST-US, CES-LSO
AS.100.170 (02)
Chinese Cultural Revolution
MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Meyer-Fong, Tobie
Gilman 55
Spring 2025
The Cultural Revolution was Mao Zedong’s last attempt to transform Chinese society spiritually and structurally. The events of this period were marked by social upheaval, personal vendettas, violence, massive youth movements, and extreme ideological pressure. What were the causes of the Cultural Revolution? How was it experienced and how is it remembered? To what extent are its reverberations felt in contemporary Chinese society, politics, and literature? How have subsequent events affected our understanding of the Cultural Revolution decade? This course will explore the Cultural Revolution from a variety of perspectives, focusing on the relationship between events in China from 1966-1976, and their subsequent interpretation as history and in historical memory in China and beyond.
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Chinese Cultural Revolution AS.100.170 (02)
The Cultural Revolution was Mao Zedong’s last attempt to transform Chinese society spiritually and structurally. The events of this period were marked by social upheaval, personal vendettas, violence, massive youth movements, and extreme ideological pressure. What were the causes of the Cultural Revolution? How was it experienced and how is it remembered? To what extent are its reverberations felt in contemporary Chinese society, politics, and literature? How have subsequent events affected our understanding of the Cultural Revolution decade? This course will explore the Cultural Revolution from a variety of perspectives, focusing on the relationship between events in China from 1966-1976, and their subsequent interpretation as history and in historical memory in China and beyond.
Days/Times: MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Instructor: Meyer-Fong, Tobie
Room: Gilman 55
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/20
PosTag(s): HIST-ASIA, INST-GLOBAL
AS.100.283 (02)
Making Queer Histories: Identity, Representation, Politics, and Contexts, 1800-present
MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 12:00PM - 12:50PM
Hindmarch-Watson, Katherine Anne
Gilman 55
Spring 2025
This course investigates sexual cultures through the lens of modern Queer History in the United States and Western Europe, with forays into global and transnational histories.
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Making Queer Histories: Identity, Representation, Politics, and Contexts, 1800-present AS.100.283 (02)
This course investigates sexual cultures through the lens of modern Queer History in the United States and Western Europe, with forays into global and transnational histories.
Days/Times: MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 12:00PM - 12:50PM
Instructor: Hindmarch-Watson, Katherine Anne
Room: Gilman 55
Status: Open
Seats Available: 19/20
PosTag(s): HIST-US, HIST-EUROPE, INST-GLOBAL
AS.100.384 (02)
Experiential Research Lab: Religious tolerance and confessional conflict in early modern East-Central Europe
W 6:00PM - 8:00PM
Maciejko, Pawel Tadeusz
Gilman 313
Spring 2025
This course will explore the history of religious tolerance, conflict, and dissent in Poland, Bohemia, and Moravia. The Bohemian Reformation (1436) created an unprecedented environment for the flourishing of various religious groups in the Czech lands. The Polish General Charter of Jewish Liberties (1264) granted religious and legal autonomy to Jews, while the Warsaw Confederation (1573) guaranteed freedom of worship to all free persons within Poland-Lithuania. We will study the legislation that provided liberties and protection from persecution to members of different religious communities.
We will also examine the relationships between these communities, investigating how their close proximity influenced shared or contested geographical spaces, such as places of worship and cemeteries, competition for resources, and efforts to establish religiously homogeneous “towns” or districts. Our study will include buildings, artworks, and artifacts created by these communities, tracing mutual influences and patterns of representation.
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Experiential Research Lab: Religious tolerance and confessional conflict in early modern East-Central Europe AS.100.384 (02)
This course will explore the history of religious tolerance, conflict, and dissent in Poland, Bohemia, and Moravia. The Bohemian Reformation (1436) created an unprecedented environment for the flourishing of various religious groups in the Czech lands. The Polish General Charter of Jewish Liberties (1264) granted religious and legal autonomy to Jews, while the Warsaw Confederation (1573) guaranteed freedom of worship to all free persons within Poland-Lithuania. We will study the legislation that provided liberties and protection from persecution to members of different religious communities.
We will also examine the relationships between these communities, investigating how their close proximity influenced shared or contested geographical spaces, such as places of worship and cemeteries, competition for resources, and efforts to establish religiously homogeneous “towns” or districts. Our study will include buildings, artworks, and artifacts created by these communities, tracing mutual influences and patterns of representation.
Days/Times: W 6:00PM - 8:00PM
Instructor: Maciejko, Pawel Tadeusz
Room: Gilman 313
Status: Approval Required
Seats Available: 1/10
PosTag(s): HIST-EUROPE
AS.100.283 (01)
Making Queer Histories: Identity, Representation, Politics, and Contexts, 1800-present
MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Hindmarch-Watson, Katherine Anne
Gilman 55
Spring 2025
This course investigates sexual cultures through the lens of modern Queer History in the United States and Western Europe, with forays into global and transnational histories.
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Making Queer Histories: Identity, Representation, Politics, and Contexts, 1800-present AS.100.283 (01)
This course investigates sexual cultures through the lens of modern Queer History in the United States and Western Europe, with forays into global and transnational histories.
Days/Times: MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Instructor: Hindmarch-Watson, Katherine Anne
Room: Gilman 55
Status: Open
Seats Available: 1/20
PosTag(s): HIST-US, HIST-EUROPE, INST-GLOBAL
AS.100.348 (01)
20th-Century China
TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Rowe, William T
Gilman 55
Spring 2025
Survey of the history of China from ca. 1895 to ca. 1976.
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20th-Century China AS.100.348 (01)
Survey of the history of China from ca. 1895 to ca. 1976.
Days/Times: TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Rowe, William T
Room: Gilman 55
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 1/30
PosTag(s): HIST-ASIA, INST-GLOBAL
AS.100.406 (01)
Public History and Engaged Research
T 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Plaster, Joseph
Mergenthaler 431
Spring 2025
How do we interpret history for and with broad public audiences? This class introduces students to public history and community-engaged research, emphasizing collaborative knowledge production between academic and non-academic publics. Case studies include virtual reality experiments, walking tours, exhibitions, public art and performance, activist oral history, and community mapping. Students receive training in oral history and podcasting, benefit from guest speakers, and explore methods such as participatory action research, indigenous research methodologies, and shared authority.
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Public History and Engaged Research AS.100.406 (01)
How do we interpret history for and with broad public audiences? This class introduces students to public history and community-engaged research, emphasizing collaborative knowledge production between academic and non-academic publics. Case studies include virtual reality experiments, walking tours, exhibitions, public art and performance, activist oral history, and community mapping. Students receive training in oral history and podcasting, benefit from guest speakers, and explore methods such as participatory action research, indigenous research methodologies, and shared authority.
Days/Times: T 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Plaster, Joseph
Room: Mergenthaler 431
Status: Reserved Open
Seats Available: 6/15
PosTag(s): HIST-US
AS.100.497 (01)
From Baltimore to Belgrade: 1968 in Global and Local Perspective
W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Harms, Victoria Elisabeth
Krieger 308
Fall 2024
The sixties were a polarizing decade of unrest, revolutions, and fundamental change across Europe and the US. We will discuss 1968 through the lens of Baltimore and national case studies, and contextualize it within the Cold War and decolonization. We’ll speak with eyewitnesses, work with archivists, high school students, and community partners in the city!
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From Baltimore to Belgrade: 1968 in Global and Local Perspective AS.100.497 (01)
The sixties were a polarizing decade of unrest, revolutions, and fundamental change across Europe and the US. We will discuss 1968 through the lens of Baltimore and national case studies, and contextualize it within the Cold War and decolonization. We’ll speak with eyewitnesses, work with archivists, high school students, and community partners in the city!
This course builds students’ research, writing, and analytical skills by guiding them through an independent research project in a collaborative classroom environment.
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Research Seminar: Global Migrations AS.100.425 (91DC)
This course builds students’ research, writing, and analytical skills by guiding them through an independent research project in a collaborative classroom environment.
Days/Times: W 2:30PM - 5:00PM
Instructor: Lim, Julian
Room: 555 Penn B238
Status: Approval Required
Seats Available: 9/17
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.100.332 (01)
Early Asian Latin America
W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Luis, Diego Javier
Spring 2025
From 1565 to 1815, the Manila galleons sailed between Spanish colonies in the Philippines and Mexico. Thousands of free and enslaved Asians from all over coastal Asia disembarked these ships at Acapulco and, within decades, could be found throughout Mexico, Central America, and Peru. A second and larger migratory wave of Chinese and South Asian contract laborers arrived in the Caribbean and South America during the nineteenth century. This course examines these two waves and their entanglements to chart the trajectories of the earliest Asian diasporas in the Americas. In the evaluation of these topics, we will pay close attention to racialization, cross-cultural exchange, lived experience, and unfree labor.
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Early Asian Latin America AS.100.332 (01)
From 1565 to 1815, the Manila galleons sailed between Spanish colonies in the Philippines and Mexico. Thousands of free and enslaved Asians from all over coastal Asia disembarked these ships at Acapulco and, within decades, could be found throughout Mexico, Central America, and Peru. A second and larger migratory wave of Chinese and South Asian contract laborers arrived in the Caribbean and South America during the nineteenth century. This course examines these two waves and their entanglements to chart the trajectories of the earliest Asian diasporas in the Americas. In the evaluation of these topics, we will pay close attention to racialization, cross-cultural exchange, lived experience, and unfree labor.
Students work in close collaboration with a faculty member to produce an individual research project. The course is designed for history majors in conjunctions with AS.100.293, and it is recommended, although not required, that the AS.100.293 be taken first.
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Practicing Historical Research AS.100.388 (01)
Students work in close collaboration with a faculty member to produce an individual research project. The course is designed for history majors in conjunctions with AS.100.293, and it is recommended, although not required, that the AS.100.293 be taken first.
Days/Times: MW 4:30PM - 5:45PM
Instructor: Maciejko, Pawel Tadeusz
Room: Gilman 377
Status: Open
Seats Available: 12/20
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.310.327 (01)
Women in China from Antiquity to MeToo
TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Jiang, Jin
Mergenthaler 266
Spring 2025
This interdisciplinary survey course considers questions related to women and gender in Chinese society. Taking a long historical view, the course examines ideologies, social institutions, and literary representations of women and gender in traditional society and their modern transformation. Specific topics to be explored include the concept of Yin and Yang, Confucian gender ideology and the family, sex and sexuality, marriage and concubinage, footbinding, and calls for women's liberation in the context of twentieth-century Chinese revolutions. The course will end with an examination of the relationship between social media and gender politics as seen through the Chinese MeToo movement. Students will have the opportunity to work with a variety of primary sources including historical, literary, and visual materials.
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Women in China from Antiquity to MeToo AS.310.327 (01)
This interdisciplinary survey course considers questions related to women and gender in Chinese society. Taking a long historical view, the course examines ideologies, social institutions, and literary representations of women and gender in traditional society and their modern transformation. Specific topics to be explored include the concept of Yin and Yang, Confucian gender ideology and the family, sex and sexuality, marriage and concubinage, footbinding, and calls for women's liberation in the context of twentieth-century Chinese revolutions. The course will end with an examination of the relationship between social media and gender politics as seen through the Chinese MeToo movement. Students will have the opportunity to work with a variety of primary sources including historical, literary, and visual materials.
Days/Times: TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Instructor: Jiang, Jin
Room: Mergenthaler 266
Status: Open
Seats Available: 1/15
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL, INST-CP
AS.100.482 (01)
Historiography of Modern China
W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Rowe, William T
Gilman 381
Spring 2025
How has the history of modern China been told by Chinese, Western, and Japanese historians and social thinkers, and how did this affect popular attitudes and government policies toward China?
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Historiography of Modern China AS.100.482 (01)
How has the history of modern China been told by Chinese, Western, and Japanese historians and social thinkers, and how did this affect popular attitudes and government policies toward China?
Days/Times: W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Rowe, William T
Room: Gilman 381
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 1/12
PosTag(s): HIST-ASIA, INST-GLOBAL
AS.213.325 (01)
Revolution, Power and Poetic Justice: Kleist's "Michael Kohlhaas" in Context
WF 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Tobias, Rochelle
Spring 2025
Political thinkers from Ernst Bloch and Carl Schmitt to Reinhard Koselleck and Theodor W. Adorno have long been drawn to Heinrich von Kleist’s novella “Michael Kohlhaas” because of the questions it raises about what a just political order would be when, in the context of this story, only the threat of violence enables the powerless to be heard. The novella takes place in the latter half of the sixteenth century as the feudal era is coming to an end, and Kohlhaas’s struggle to rectify the damage done to his property reveals the vulnerability of the then emerging merchant class to the still unchecked power of the nobility. Yet Kohlhaas’s response to the situation proves to be as arbitrary as the injustice he faces, and the only solution the novella can find for this impasse is a fairy tale that embodies—in all senses of the phrase—poetic justice. This course will examine the novella in its historical context (Reformation, doctrine of natural law, Prussian land reform) and with an eye toward modern thought on state violence, terror, liberalism, and the power of art. All texts and discussion in English.
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Revolution, Power and Poetic Justice: Kleist's "Michael Kohlhaas" in Context AS.213.325 (01)
Political thinkers from Ernst Bloch and Carl Schmitt to Reinhard Koselleck and Theodor W. Adorno have long been drawn to Heinrich von Kleist’s novella “Michael Kohlhaas” because of the questions it raises about what a just political order would be when, in the context of this story, only the threat of violence enables the powerless to be heard. The novella takes place in the latter half of the sixteenth century as the feudal era is coming to an end, and Kohlhaas’s struggle to rectify the damage done to his property reveals the vulnerability of the then emerging merchant class to the still unchecked power of the nobility. Yet Kohlhaas’s response to the situation proves to be as arbitrary as the injustice he faces, and the only solution the novella can find for this impasse is a fairy tale that embodies—in all senses of the phrase—poetic justice. This course will examine the novella in its historical context (Reformation, doctrine of natural law, Prussian land reform) and with an eye toward modern thought on state violence, terror, liberalism, and the power of art. All texts and discussion in English.
Days/Times: WF 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: Tobias, Rochelle
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 12/15
PosTag(s): MLL-GERM, INST-GLOBAL
AS.100.413 (01)
London 1580-1830: The History of Britain's capital city
TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Marshall, John W
Gilman 308
Spring 2025
Seminar-style class analyzing the social, cultural, gender, religious, economic, and political history of London from Shakespeare's time through revolutions, plague, fire, and commercial, colonial, and industrial expansion.
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London 1580-1830: The History of Britain's capital city AS.100.413 (01)
Seminar-style class analyzing the social, cultural, gender, religious, economic, and political history of London from Shakespeare's time through revolutions, plague, fire, and commercial, colonial, and industrial expansion.
Days/Times: TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Instructor: Marshall, John W
Room: Gilman 308
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/24
PosTag(s): HIST-EUROPE, INST-GLOBAL, CES-CC
AS.130.136 (01)
History of Hasidism
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Katz, David
Smokler Center Library
Spring 2025
Although it appears to be a relic of pre-modern Judaism, Hasidism is a phenomenon of the modern era of Jewish history. This course surveys the political and social history of the Hasidic movement over the course of the last three centuries. Students will also explore basic features of Hasidic culture and thought in their historical development. Cross-listed with Jewish Studies.
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History of Hasidism AS.130.136 (01)
Although it appears to be a relic of pre-modern Judaism, Hasidism is a phenomenon of the modern era of Jewish history. This course surveys the political and social history of the Hasidic movement over the course of the last three centuries. Students will also explore basic features of Hasidic culture and thought in their historical development. Cross-listed with Jewish Studies.
Days/Times: TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: Katz, David
Room: Smokler Center Library
Status: Open
Seats Available: 8/19
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.100.433 (01)
Free Speech and Censorship in the United States
T 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Jelavich, Peter
Bloomberg 178
Spring 2025
This undergraduate research seminar examines laws, practices, and debates pertaining to censorship from the eighteenth century to the present. Issues include political speech, obscenity and pornography, and racist hate speech. In addition to discussing common readings, each student will choose a censorship case or issue to research, present to the class, and analyze in a final essay.
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Free Speech and Censorship in the United States AS.100.433 (01)
This undergraduate research seminar examines laws, practices, and debates pertaining to censorship from the eighteenth century to the present. Issues include political speech, obscenity and pornography, and racist hate speech. In addition to discussing common readings, each student will choose a censorship case or issue to research, present to the class, and analyze in a final essay.
Days/Times: T 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Jelavich, Peter
Room: Bloomberg 178
Status: Open
Seats Available: 1/10
PosTag(s): HIST-US, CES-LSO, AGRI-ELECT
AS.310.329 (01)
Women, Patriarchy, and Feminism in China, South Korea, and Japan
TTh 4:30PM - 5:45PM
Henning, Stefan
Mergenthaler 266
Spring 2025
We will try to get a quick overview of the recent history of patriarchy in China, South Korea, and Japan from the mid-twentieth century to our present and then compare the initiatives of feminists to transform the lives of women throughout these three societies. We will also debate whether or how it makes sense to adapt the Western notions of patriarchy and sexism as well as the Western political program of feminism to the non-Western context of East Asia by reading books by historians, anthropologists, and sociologists.
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Women, Patriarchy, and Feminism in China, South Korea, and Japan AS.310.329 (01)
We will try to get a quick overview of the recent history of patriarchy in China, South Korea, and Japan from the mid-twentieth century to our present and then compare the initiatives of feminists to transform the lives of women throughout these three societies. We will also debate whether or how it makes sense to adapt the Western notions of patriarchy and sexism as well as the Western political program of feminism to the non-Western context of East Asia by reading books by historians, anthropologists, and sociologists.
Days/Times: TTh 4:30PM - 5:45PM
Instructor: Henning, Stefan
Room: Mergenthaler 266
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/15
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL, INST-CP
AS.100.486 (01)
Jim Crow in America
TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Connolly, Nathan D
Gilman 186
Spring 2025
This course explores the history, politics, and culture of legalized racial segregation in the United State between the mid-nineteenth and twentieth centuries – a regime commonly known as “Jim Crow.”
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Jim Crow in America AS.100.486 (01)
This course explores the history, politics, and culture of legalized racial segregation in the United State between the mid-nineteenth and twentieth centuries – a regime commonly known as “Jim Crow.”
Days/Times: TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Instructor: Connolly, Nathan D
Room: Gilman 186
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/20
PosTag(s): HIST-US, CES-LSO, CES-RI
AS.310.331 (01)
Islam in Asia
TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Henning, Stefan
Mergenthaler 266
Spring 2025
You will learn about the efforts of ordinary, non-elite Muslims to shape the relation between their communities and the state as well as to (where applicable) the non-Muslim majority through collective organizing over the last forty years. We will read and discuss books by anthropologists, historians, and sociologists studying Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, China, Malaysia, and Indonesia.
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Islam in Asia AS.310.331 (01)
You will learn about the efforts of ordinary, non-elite Muslims to shape the relation between their communities and the state as well as to (where applicable) the non-Muslim majority through collective organizing over the last forty years. We will read and discuss books by anthropologists, historians, and sociologists studying Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, China, Malaysia, and Indonesia.
Days/Times: TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Instructor: Henning, Stefan
Room: Mergenthaler 266
Status: Open
Seats Available: 3/15
PosTag(s): CES-ELECT, INST-CP, ISLM-ISLMST
AS.360.305 (01)
Introduction to Computational Methods for the Humanities
TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Lippincott, Tom; Sirin Ryan, Hale
Krieger 304
Spring 2025
This course introduces basic computational techniques in the context of empirical humanistic scholarship. Topics covered include the command-line, basic Python programming, and experimental design. While illustrative examples are drawn from humanistic domains, the primary focus is on methods: those with specific domains in mind should be aware that such applied research is welcome and exciting, but will largely be their responsibility beyond the confines of the course. Students will come away with tangible understanding of how to cast simple humanistic questions as empirical hypotheses, ground and test these hypotheses computationally, and justify the choices made while doing so. No previous programming experience is required.
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Introduction to Computational Methods for the Humanities AS.360.305 (01)
This course introduces basic computational techniques in the context of empirical humanistic scholarship. Topics covered include the command-line, basic Python programming, and experimental design. While illustrative examples are drawn from humanistic domains, the primary focus is on methods: those with specific domains in mind should be aware that such applied research is welcome and exciting, but will largely be their responsibility beyond the confines of the course. Students will come away with tangible understanding of how to cast simple humanistic questions as empirical hypotheses, ground and test these hypotheses computationally, and justify the choices made while doing so. No previous programming experience is required.
Days/Times: TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Instructor: Lippincott, Tom; Sirin Ryan, Hale
Room: Krieger 304
Status: Open
Seats Available: 2/12
PosTag(s): MSCH-HUM
AS.389.314 (01)
Researching the Africana Archive: Black Cemetery Stories
T 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Dean, Gabrielle
Spring 2025
This course addresses the historic role of the African American cemetery as sacred and political space, with important links to other Black institutions. Operating in partnership with Mount Auburn Cemetery in Baltimore, owned and operated by the Sharp Street Memorial United Methodist Church, we will visit the cemetery and related locations in Baltimore throughout the semester. Our collective goal is to research and share stories that further the interests of these important and vulnerable sites.
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Researching the Africana Archive: Black Cemetery Stories AS.389.314 (01)
This course addresses the historic role of the African American cemetery as sacred and political space, with important links to other Black institutions. Operating in partnership with Mount Auburn Cemetery in Baltimore, owned and operated by the Sharp Street Memorial United Methodist Church, we will visit the cemetery and related locations in Baltimore throughout the semester. Our collective goal is to research and share stories that further the interests of these important and vulnerable sites.
Days/Times: T 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Dean, Gabrielle
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 3/8
PosTag(s): PMUS-PRAC, ARCH-RELATE, MSCH-HUM
AS.360.306 (01)
Computational Intelligence for the Humanities
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Backer, Samuel Ehrlich; Messner, Craig A
Maryland 114
Spring 2025
This course introduces substantial machine learning methods of particular relevance to humanistic scholarship. Areas covered include standard models for classification, regression, and topic modeling, before turning to the array of open-source pretrained deep neural models, and the common mechanisms for employing them. Students are expected to have a level of programming experience equivalent to that gained from AS.360.304, Gateway Computing, AS.250.205, or Harvard’s CS50 for Python. Students will come away with an understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of different machine learning models, the ability to discuss them in relation to human intelligence and to make informed decisions of when and how to employ them, and an array of related technical knowledge.
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Computational Intelligence for the Humanities AS.360.306 (01)
This course introduces substantial machine learning methods of particular relevance to humanistic scholarship. Areas covered include standard models for classification, regression, and topic modeling, before turning to the array of open-source pretrained deep neural models, and the common mechanisms for employing them. Students are expected to have a level of programming experience equivalent to that gained from AS.360.304, Gateway Computing, AS.250.205, or Harvard’s CS50 for Python. Students will come away with an understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of different machine learning models, the ability to discuss them in relation to human intelligence and to make informed decisions of when and how to employ them, and an array of related technical knowledge.
Days/Times: TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: Backer, Samuel Ehrlich; Messner, Craig A
Room: Maryland 114
Status: Open
Seats Available: 4/10
PosTag(s): COGS-COMPCG, MSCH-HUM
AS.389.305 (01)
Oral History: Recording Voices Today for the Archives of Tomorrow
Th 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Staff
Gilman 75
Spring 2025
Oral Histories are a means by which history is both generated and preserved. Talking to and recording people in their own voices is immensely valuable, but also brings challenges. This course equips students with the ideas, theoretical framework and methods of making and interpreting oral histories and provides hands-on experience researching, designing and creating an archival record of our time to professional standards. Our project focuses on Baltimore's Confederate monuments. We will interview key stakeholders in debates that led to their removal and in ongoing conversations about what to do with them now.
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Oral History: Recording Voices Today for the Archives of Tomorrow AS.389.305 (01)
Oral Histories are a means by which history is both generated and preserved. Talking to and recording people in their own voices is immensely valuable, but also brings challenges. This course equips students with the ideas, theoretical framework and methods of making and interpreting oral histories and provides hands-on experience researching, designing and creating an archival record of our time to professional standards. Our project focuses on Baltimore's Confederate monuments. We will interview key stakeholders in debates that led to their removal and in ongoing conversations about what to do with them now.
Days/Times: Th 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Staff
Room: Gilman 75
Status: Open
Seats Available: 8/15
PosTag(s): MSCH-HUM
AS.362.112 (01)
Introduction to Africana Studies
TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Makalani, Minkah
Gilman 381
Spring 2025
This course introduces students to the field of Africana Studies. It focuses on the historical experience, intellectual ideas, theories, and cultural production of African-descended people. We will consider how people of the black diaspora remember and encounter Africa.
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Introduction to Africana Studies AS.362.112 (01)
This course introduces students to the field of Africana Studies. It focuses on the historical experience, intellectual ideas, theories, and cultural production of African-descended people. We will consider how people of the black diaspora remember and encounter Africa.
Days/Times: TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Instructor: Makalani, Minkah
Room: Gilman 381
Status: Open
Seats Available: 1/15
PosTag(s): CES-ELECT, CES-RI
AS.363.254 (01)
Trans Studies
TTh 4:30PM - 5:45PM
Amin, Kadji
Bloomberg 276
Spring 2025
This interdisciplinary course will introduce students to key issues in Trans Studies. Topics may include: contemporary trans politics, trans medicalization, indigenous and non-Western forms of gender variance, US trans history across class and race, and trans global governance. We will focus on how institutions, such as policing and medicine, and world-historical forces, such as capitalism, colonialism, and Atlantic slavery, have shaped trans history and politics.
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Trans Studies AS.363.254 (01)
This interdisciplinary course will introduce students to key issues in Trans Studies. Topics may include: contemporary trans politics, trans medicalization, indigenous and non-Western forms of gender variance, US trans history across class and race, and trans global governance. We will focus on how institutions, such as policing and medicine, and world-historical forces, such as capitalism, colonialism, and Atlantic slavery, have shaped trans history and politics.