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The courses listed below are provided by Student Information Services (SIS). This listing provides a snapshot of immediately available courses within this department and may not be complete. Course registration information can be found at https://sis.jhu.edu/classes.
Courses with numbers 100–299 are designed for freshmen and sophomores but are open to all undergraduate students. Advanced courses, with numbers 300–599, are generally designed for students who have completed introductory courses in the appropriate area.
Column one has the course number and section. Other columns show the course title, days offered, instructor's name, room number, if the course is cross-referenced with another program, and a option to view additional course information in a pop-up window.
Course # (Section)
Title
Day/Times
Instructor
Room
PosTag(s)
Info
AS.100.163 (85)
Online: Modern European History Through Film, 1789 to 1991
Stewart, Simone Gamali
HIST-EUROPE
Online: Modern European History Through Film, 1789 to 1991 AS.100.163 (85)
This course examines the history of Western Europe from the French Revolution through to the end of the Cold War. It examines such themes as revolutions and democratization, the origins of egalitarianism, the spread of secularism, the post-war reshaping and modernization of Western culture and political policies (European and otherwise), Europe's role in the fall of the Ottoman Empire, and decolonization. Films depicting key periods and events will be used to complement readings.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 21/30
PosTag(s): HIST-EUROPE
AS.100.261 (21)
U.S. LGBTQ History
MWTh 9:00AM - 12:15PM
Plaster, Joseph, Speller, Morris Elsmere Longley
U.S. LGBTQ History AS.100.261 (21)
This course examines the social, cultural, and political history of lesbians, gay men, transgender people, and other sexual and gender minorities, primarily in the twentieth century. In addition to classroom lectures and exercises, students will learn to record and analyze oral history interviews and conduct research at archives across Baltimore.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Canceled
Seats Available: 18/18
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.100.271 (21)
Holy War in the Holy Land
TTh 8:00AM - 12:30PM
Omerovic, Asmin
INST-GLOBAL
Holy War in the Holy Land AS.100.271 (21)
When, in the immediate aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, then-President George W. Bush referred to the U.S. war on terror as a “crusade,"" the Islamic world erupted in protest. The American media and public were stunned at how something, seemingly so distant, could trigger such a strong emotional response. Part of the problem is historiographical. Until recently, few Western historians writing about the Crusades included Arabic and Jewish sources in their analysis of the conflict. This had an almost immediate effect on the quality of information that was presented to students in American classrooms, where much of the narrative about the Crusades was Euro-centric. The basic idea behind this course is to expose students, through primary source readings, to both Christian, Muslim and Jewish perspectives on the Crusades. The course will focus on the military campaigns and their impact on the political map of the medieval Near East."
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Canceled
Seats Available: 30/30
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL
AS.100.272 (85)
Online: Prostitution in a Global Perspective, 1750 to Present
Online: Prostitution in a Global Perspective, 1750 to Present AS.100.272 (85)
This course examines topics such as the 'medical model' of prostitution regulation, the rise of international anti-prostitution, and the responses of modern nationalists to sex work in a global context.
*This course will view films complementary to the subject but it is not considered a Film Studies course. Therefore, montages and mise-en-scene will not be discussed.
Column one has the course number and section. Other columns show the course title, days offered, instructor's name, room number, if the course is cross-referenced with another program, and a option to view additional course information in a pop-up window.
Course # (Section)
Title
Day/Times
Instructor
Room
PosTag(s)
Info
AS.100.104 (01)
Modern Europe and the Wider World
MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Hindmarch-Watson, Katie
Levering Arellano
HIST-EUROPE
Modern Europe and the Wider World AS.100.104 (01)
The Modern European World familiarizes students with key moments, ideas, communities, individuals, and movements which have formed European History since the Revolutionary era.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 12/20
PosTag(s): HIST-EUROPE
AS.060.328 (01)
Malcolm and Martin: An Introduction to the Lives and Thought of Two Icons of the Black Freedom Struggle
TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Jackson, Lawrence P
Maryland 217
ENGL-GLOBAL
Malcolm and Martin: An Introduction to the Lives and Thought of Two Icons of the Black Freedom Struggle AS.060.328 (01)
Using their recorded speeches, written lectures and published writings and drawing from their biographies, this course will explore the important life work of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. We intend to upend traditional conversations about political radicalism and ethnic politics by analyzing these spokesmen associated most indelibly with black nationalism and racial integration, respectively.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 1/18
PosTag(s): ENGL-GLOBAL
AS.061.396 (01)
Modern Paris on Film
Th 3:00PM - 5:20PM, W 7:30PM - 10:00PM Screenings
Mason, Laura
Gilman 17
FILM-CRITST
Modern Paris on Film AS.061.396 (01)
This course uses French film to examine the history of twentieth-century Paris. We will consider how filmmakers interpreted the social, political, and technological transformations that shaped Paris in the modern era, treating movies as expressions of change and means by which filmmakers comment on it.
Taught in English.
$50 lab fee.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 10/18
PosTag(s): FILM-CRITST
AS.100.102 (02)
The Medieval World
MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Spiegel, Gabrielle M
Olin 305
HIST-EUROPE
The Medieval World AS.100.102 (02)
This course will explore selected topics in the political, economic, social, and intellectual history of Western Europe in the period between the fall of the Roman Empire and the thirteenth century. Special emphasis will be given to understanding the ways in which medieval society functioned as a pioneer civilization, compelled to reorganize itself after the almost total collapse of the ancient world, and to the interplay between material and cultural forces in the processes of social organization.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 10/25
PosTag(s): HIST-EUROPE
AS.100.104 (02)
Modern Europe and the Wider World
MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Hindmarch-Watson, Katie
Levering Arellano
HIST-EUROPE
Modern Europe and the Wider World AS.100.104 (02)
The Modern European World familiarizes students with key moments, ideas, communities, individuals, and movements which have formed European History since the Revolutionary era.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 18/20
PosTag(s): HIST-EUROPE
AS.100.102 (01)
The Medieval World
MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Spiegel, Gabrielle M
Olin 305
HIST-EUROPE
The Medieval World AS.100.102 (01)
This course will explore selected topics in the political, economic, social, and intellectual history of Western Europe in the period between the fall of the Roman Empire and the thirteenth century. Special emphasis will be given to understanding the ways in which medieval society functioned as a pioneer civilization, compelled to reorganize itself after the almost total collapse of the ancient world, and to the interplay between material and cultural forces in the processes of social organization.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/25
PosTag(s): HIST-EUROPE
AS.100.102 (03)
The Medieval World
MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Spiegel, Gabrielle M
Olin 305
HIST-EUROPE
The Medieval World AS.100.102 (03)
This course will explore selected topics in the political, economic, social, and intellectual history of Western Europe in the period between the fall of the Roman Empire and the thirteenth century. Special emphasis will be given to understanding the ways in which medieval society functioned as a pioneer civilization, compelled to reorganize itself after the almost total collapse of the ancient world, and to the interplay between material and cultural forces in the processes of social organization.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 22/25
PosTag(s): HIST-EUROPE
AS.100.102 (04)
The Medieval World
MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Spiegel, Gabrielle M
Olin 305
HIST-EUROPE
The Medieval World AS.100.102 (04)
This course will explore selected topics in the political, economic, social, and intellectual history of Western Europe in the period between the fall of the Roman Empire and the thirteenth century. Special emphasis will be given to understanding the ways in which medieval society functioned as a pioneer civilization, compelled to reorganize itself after the almost total collapse of the ancient world, and to the interplay between material and cultural forces in the processes of social organization.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 20/25
PosTag(s): HIST-EUROPE
AS.100.104 (03)
Modern Europe and the Wider World
MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Hindmarch-Watson, Katie
Levering Arellano
HIST-EUROPE
Modern Europe and the Wider World AS.100.104 (03)
The Modern European World familiarizes students with key moments, ideas, communities, individuals, and movements which have formed European History since the Revolutionary era.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/20
PosTag(s): HIST-EUROPE
AS.100.104 (04)
Modern Europe and the Wider World
MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Hindmarch-Watson, Katie
Levering Arellano
HIST-EUROPE
Modern Europe and the Wider World AS.100.104 (04)
The Modern European World familiarizes students with key moments, ideas, communities, individuals, and movements which have formed European History since the Revolutionary era.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 2/20
PosTag(s): HIST-EUROPE
AS.100.113 (01)
Making America: Race, Radicalism, and Reform
MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Walters, Ronald
Olin 305
HIST-US
Making America: Race, Radicalism, and Reform AS.100.113 (01)
This course examines race and social movements in America from the Revolution to 1921.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/20
PosTag(s): HIST-US
AS.100.113 (02)
Making America: Race, Radicalism, and Reform
MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Walters, Ronald
Olin 305
HIST-US
Making America: Race, Radicalism, and Reform AS.100.113 (02)
This course examines race and social movements in America from the Revolution to 1921.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 10/20
PosTag(s): HIST-US
AS.100.291 (01)
Medicine in an Age of Empires, 1500-1800
TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Dorner, Zachary
Gilman 377
HIST-EUROPE, HIST-US
Medicine in an Age of Empires, 1500-1800 AS.100.291 (01)
How did medicine emerge as a distinctive body of knowledge and a profession in the early modern period? The answers lie in the histories of disease, empire, and global commerce.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 1/19
PosTag(s): HIST-EUROPE, HIST-US
AS.100.293 (02)
Undergraduate Seminar in History
W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Thornberry, Elizabeth
Gilman 75
Undergraduate Seminar in History AS.100.293 (02)
The first semester of the two-semester sequence required for majors, this course introduces students to the theory and practice of history. Following a survey of approaches to the study of the past and an introduction to research methods, students undertake original research and write an extended essay. Intended for history majors and prospective majors.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 11/19
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.100.293 (01)
Undergraduate Seminar in History
T 1:30PM - 4:00PM
El-leithy, Tamer
Gilman 377
Undergraduate Seminar in History AS.100.293 (01)
The first semester of the two-semester sequence required for majors, this course introduces students to the theory and practice of history. Following a survey of approaches to the study of the past and an introduction to research methods, students undertake original research and write an extended essay. Intended for history majors and prospective majors.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/19
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.100.113 (04)
Making America: Race, Radicalism, and Reform
MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 12:00PM - 12:50PM
Walters, Ronald
Olin 305
HIST-US
Making America: Race, Radicalism, and Reform AS.100.113 (04)
This course examines race and social movements in America from the Revolution to 1921.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 16/20
PosTag(s): HIST-US
AS.100.130 (01)
Freshman Seminar: US-USSR Cold War
Th 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Brooks, Jeffrey P
Gilman 186
HIST-EUROPE
Freshman Seminar: US-USSR Cold War AS.100.130 (01)
Focus on Stalin, Khrushchev/ Truman-Eisenhower period but includes Brezhnev-Nixon. 2 sides of cold war, write 6 journals of 300 words, 2 papers of 1200 words, 2 quizzes, no midterm or final.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/19
PosTag(s): HIST-EUROPE
AS.100.135 (01)
Freshman Seminar: In the Land of Others: Minorities in the Pre-Modern Mediterranean
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Glazer-Eytan, Yonatan
Remsen Hall 1
HIST-EUROPE, HIST-MIDEST, HIST-AFRICA
Freshman Seminar: In the Land of Others: Minorities in the Pre-Modern Mediterranean AS.100.135 (01)
This course examines the history of ethno-religious minorities in the Mediterranean during the Later Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/18
PosTag(s): HIST-EUROPE, HIST-MIDEST, HIST-AFRICA
AS.100.140 (01)
Freshman Seminar: Displacement: A History of U.S. Cities from Urban Renewal to Gentrification
Th 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Speller, Morris Elsmere Longley
Gilman 305
HIST-US
Freshman Seminar: Displacement: A History of U.S. Cities from Urban Renewal to Gentrification AS.100.140 (01)
“Displacement” explores historical conflicts over urban planning, clearance, and redevelopment. Students will conduct archival research and contribute to an online exhibit that develops the histories of displaced Baltimore neighborhoods.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 1/12
PosTag(s): HIST-US
AS.100.131 (01)
Freshman Seminar: Gender and Sexuality in Reformation and Counter Reformation Europe
TTh 4:30PM - 5:45PM
Keene, Jessica Lynn
Gilman 413
HIST-EUROPE
Freshman Seminar: Gender and Sexuality in Reformation and Counter Reformation Europe AS.100.131 (01)
This course will discuss the centrality of gender, sexuality, and gendered rhetoric to the genesis and development of the Protestant Reformation and Catholic Counter-Reformation in Europe.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Canceled
Seats Available: 18/18
PosTag(s): HIST-EUROPE
AS.100.123 (01)
Introduction to African History: Diversity, Mobility, Innovation
MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Larson, Pier M
Gilman 17
HIST-AFRICA
Introduction to African History: Diversity, Mobility, Innovation AS.100.123 (01)
An introduction to African history with emphasis on diversity, mobility, and innovation. Considers both early and modern times.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 20/40
PosTag(s): HIST-AFRICA
AS.100.113 (03)
Making America: Race, Radicalism, and Reform
MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 12:00PM - 12:50PM
Walters, Ronald
Olin 305
HIST-US
Making America: Race, Radicalism, and Reform AS.100.113 (03)
This course examines race and social movements in America from the Revolution to 1921.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 17/20
PosTag(s): HIST-US
AS.100.155 (01)
Freshman Seminar: The Power and Politics of Clothing in American History
TTh 4:30PM - 5:45PM
Templier, Sarah
Gilman 413
HIST-US
Freshman Seminar: The Power and Politics of Clothing in American History AS.100.155 (01)
In this course, students will explore the power and meanings imputed to clothing and appearances, and how clothing and appearances were politicized over last three centuries of American history.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Canceled
Seats Available: 18/18
PosTag(s): HIST-US
AS.140.393 (01)
Technology and the Making of the Modern World
W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Mercelis, Joris Hans Angele, Molella, Arthur
Gilman 377
Technology and the Making of the Modern World AS.140.393 (01)
This course critically examines the role of technology in some of the main developments that have shaped the modern world, ranging from industrialization and globalization processes to the rise of new political ideologies and gender patterns. This course is co-taught by an instructor from the Smithsonian Institution and will include a public history research project.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 14/19
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.211.394 (02)
Brazilian Culture & Civilization
F 12:00PM - 12:50PM, MW 1:30PM - 2:45PM
De Azeredo Cerqueira, Flavia Christina, Staff
Hodson 305
INST-NWHIST, INST-GLOBAL, GRLL-ENGL
Brazilian Culture & Civilization AS.211.394 (02)
The course is taught in English. No knowledge of Portuguese is required.
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, 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, but ONE extra credit will be given to students who wish to do the course work in Portuguese. Those wishing to do the course work in English for 3 credits should register for section 01. Those wishing to earn 4 credits by doing the course work in
Portuguese should register for section 02. The sections will be taught simultaneously.
Section 01: 3 credits
Section 02: 4 credits (instructor’s permission required)
Credits: 4.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Status: Approval Required
Seats Available: 2/2
PosTag(s): INST-NWHIST, INST-GLOBAL, GRLL-ENGL
AS.211.394 (01)
Brazilian Culture & Civilization
MW 1:30PM - 2:45PM
De Azeredo Cerqueira, Flavia Christina
Hodson 305
INST-NWHIST, INST-GLOBAL, GRLL-ENGL
Brazilian Culture & Civilization AS.211.394 (01)
The course is taught in English. No knowledge of Portuguese is required.
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, 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, but ONE extra credit will be given to students who wish to do the course work in Portuguese. Those wishing to do the course work in English for 3 credits should register for section 01. Those wishing to earn 4 credits by doing the course work in
Portuguese should register for section 02. The sections will be taught simultaneously.
Section 01: 3 credits
Section 02: 4 credits (instructor’s permission required)
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/33
PosTag(s): INST-NWHIST, INST-GLOBAL, GRLL-ENGL
AS.211.217 (01)
Freshman Seminar: From Rabbis to Revolutionaries: Modern Jewish Identities
TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Lang, Beatrice
Gilman 443
GRLL-ENGL, INST-GLOBAL
Freshman Seminar: From Rabbis to Revolutionaries: Modern Jewish Identities AS.211.217 (01)
Many Jews in the modern period abandoned the traditional religious way of life, but continued to identify strongly as Jews, and even those who remained committed to tradition had to adapt. Through the prism of the Yiddish language, the vernacular of Eastern European Jewry, this course will explore different ways in which Jews reacted to historical developments and embraced political and cultural movements of their time, from the founding of modern Yiddish theater in Romania, to the creation of a Jewish autonomous region in the far east of the Soviet Union, to the development of avant-garde poetry in New York. In addition to studying a wide range of texts—including fiction, poetry, memoir, song, and film—students will learn how to read the Yiddish alphabet, and will explore food culture by preparing a meal of Eastern European Jewish dishes. No prior knowledge of Yiddish is necessary for this course
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 10/12
PosTag(s): GRLL-ENGL, INST-GLOBAL
AS.211.265 (01)
Panorama of German Thought
TTh 4:30PM - 5:45PM
Dornbach, Marton
Gilman 313
GRLL-ENGL, GRLL-GERM, INST-PT
Panorama of German Thought AS.211.265 (01)
This course explores the rich terrain of German literature and philosophical thought, from the Enlightenment to today. At each meeting, we will investigate canonical texts of the German intellectual tradition, with an eye to establishing their well-deserved place in wider, global discourses. In this way, we will learn to think critically with these important literary and philosophical texts from German-speaking lands as a means of viewing and appreciating the full panorama of German thought. Authors discussed may include Kant, Goethe, Schiller, Hegel, Kleist, Heine, Fontane, Nietzsche, Freud, Kafka, Heidegger, Mann and Bernhard. Readings and discussion will be in English. German is appreciated but not required. Students have the option of an additional hour of German discussion (to be scheduled at a mutually agreed time) and doing all the assignments in German for German-language credit (3+1) towards the major or minor. Students interested in that option should register for section 2.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/10
PosTag(s): GRLL-ENGL, GRLL-GERM, INST-PT
AS.214.479 (01)
Dante Visits the Afterlife: The Divine Comedy
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Stephens, Walter E
Hodson 216
ENGL-PR1800
Dante Visits the Afterlife: The Divine Comedy AS.214.479 (01)
Dante’s Divina commedia is the greatest long poem of the Middle Ages; some say the greatest poem of all time. We will study the Commedia critically to find: (1) What it reveals about the worldview of late-medieval Europe; (2) how it works as poetry; (3) its relation to the intellectual cultures of pagan antiquity and Latin (Catholic) Christianity; (4) its presentation of political and social issues; (5) its influence on intellectual history, in Italy and elsewhere; (6) the challenges it presents to modern readers and translators; (7) what it reveals about Dante’s understanding of cosmology, world history and culture. We will read and discuss the Commedia in English, but students will be expected to familiarize themselves with key Italian terms and concepts. Students taking section 02 (for 4 credits) will spend an additional hour working in Italian at a time to be mutually decided upon by students and professor.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 1/13
PosTag(s): ENGL-PR1800
AS.214.479 (02)
Dante Visits the Afterlife: The Divine Comedy
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Stephens, Walter E
Hodson 216
ENGL-PR1800
Dante Visits the Afterlife: The Divine Comedy AS.214.479 (02)
Dante’s Divina commedia is the greatest long poem of the Middle Ages; some say the greatest poem of all time. We will study the Commedia critically to find: (1) What it reveals about the worldview of late-medieval Europe; (2) how it works as poetry; (3) its relation to the intellectual cultures of pagan antiquity and Latin (Catholic) Christianity; (4) its presentation of political and social issues; (5) its influence on intellectual history, in Italy and elsewhere; (6) the challenges it presents to modern readers and translators; (7) what it reveals about Dante’s understanding of cosmology, world history and culture. We will read and discuss the Commedia in English, but students will be expected to familiarize themselves with key Italian terms and concepts. Students taking section 02 (for 4 credits) will spend an additional hour working in Italian at a time to be mutually decided upon by students and professor.
Credits: 4.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/6
PosTag(s): ENGL-PR1800
AS.191.333 (01)
Dictatorship, Dissidence and Democracy: Central Europe in the 20th Century
MW 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Applebaum, Anne E
Krieger 309
INST-CP, INST-GLOBAL
Dictatorship, Dissidence and Democracy: Central Europe in the 20th Century AS.191.333 (01)
Central Europe in the second half of the twentieth century was ground zero in the Cold War, as well as in the battle of ideas that accompanied it. In this course, we will first examine the theory of communism and the practice of Stalinism in the region; then seek to understand the tactics of dissent and the ideas behind it; and finally focus on the collapse of communist in 1989 and the struggle to “democratize” the region in the decade that followed. Over the course of the semester we will examine the relationship between political ideology and everyday life, seeking to understand what big concepts like ‘democracy’ and ‘dictatorship’ really meant for ordinary people from Warsaw and Tallinn to Budapest and East Berlin. We will also discuss Soviet, American and, in the latter part of the course, Russian foreign policy, with special emphasis on outsiders’ use of propaganda and violence to affect political change in the region.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/19
PosTag(s): INST-CP, INST-GLOBAL
AS.211.265 (02)
Panorama of German Thought
TTh 4:30PM - 5:45PM
Dornbach, Marton
Gilman 313
GRLL-ENGL, GRLL-GERM, INST-PT
Panorama of German Thought AS.211.265 (02)
This course explores the rich terrain of German literature and philosophical thought, from the Enlightenment to today. At each meeting, we will investigate canonical texts of the German intellectual tradition, with an eye to establishing their well-deserved place in wider, global discourses. In this way, we will learn to think critically with these important literary and philosophical texts from German-speaking lands as a means of viewing and appreciating the full panorama of German thought. Authors discussed may include Kant, Goethe, Schiller, Hegel, Kleist, Heine, Fontane, Nietzsche, Freud, Kafka, Heidegger, Mann and Bernhard. Readings and discussion will be in English. German is appreciated but not required. Students have the option of an additional hour of German discussion (to be scheduled at a mutually agreed time) and doing all the assignments in German for German-language credit (3+1) towards the major or minor. Students interested in that option should register for section 2.
Credits: 4.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/5
PosTag(s): GRLL-ENGL, GRLL-GERM, INST-PT
AS.100.170 (03)
Chinese Cultural Revolution
MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Meyer-Fong, Tobie
Gilman 132
HIST-ASIA
Chinese Cultural Revolution AS.100.170 (03)
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. 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 interpretation in China and the West during the Cultural Revolution decade and since. (Previously offered as AS.100.219 and AS.100.236. )
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 1/15
PosTag(s): HIST-ASIA
AS.100.238 (01)
Expansion and the Early U.S. Republic
MW 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Furstenberg, Francois
Gilman 219
HIST-US
Expansion and the Early U.S. Republic AS.100.238 (01)
This course will introduce students to some major issues and problems in the history of the Early U.S. Republic, c. 1750 to 1815, by focusing on the theme of “expansion.”
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 14/25
PosTag(s): HIST-US
AS.100.170 (04)
Chinese Cultural Revolution
MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 12:00PM - 12:50PM
Meyer-Fong, Tobie
Gilman 132
HIST-ASIA
Chinese Cultural Revolution AS.100.170 (04)
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. 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 interpretation in China and the West during the Cultural Revolution decade and since. (Previously offered as AS.100.219 and AS.100.236. )
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 12/15
PosTag(s): HIST-ASIA
AS.100.230 (01)
Bones, Blood, and Ecstasy: Religious Culture in Western Christendom, 1100-1700
TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Rowe, Erin
Hodson 311
HIST-EUROPE
Bones, Blood, and Ecstasy: Religious Culture in Western Christendom, 1100-1700 AS.100.230 (01)
Explores religious culture in medieval and early modern Europe, with an emphasis on spiritual beliefs and practices, relics, miracles, pilgrimage, and saint-making. Emphasis on reading and discussing written sources and visual culture.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 12/30
PosTag(s): HIST-EUROPE
AS.100.273 (01)
A Comparative History of Jewish and Christian Mysticism
MW 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Maciejko, Pawel Tadeusz
Gilman 277
HIST-EUROPE, HIST-MIDEST, INST-GLOBAL
A Comparative History of Jewish and Christian Mysticism AS.100.273 (01)
This course will trace the historical development of Jewish and Christian mysticism between the 11th and the 19th centuries.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 8/15
PosTag(s): HIST-EUROPE, HIST-MIDEST, INST-GLOBAL
AS.100.170 (02)
Chinese Cultural Revolution
MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 12:00PM - 12:50PM
Meyer-Fong, Tobie
Gilman 132
HIST-ASIA
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. 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 interpretation in China and the West during the Cultural Revolution decade and since. (Previously offered as AS.100.219 and AS.100.236. )
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/20
PosTag(s): HIST-ASIA
AS.100.223 (01)
Coffee and Calico: Global Commerce in the Age of Revolution
TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Waxman, Rachel
Shriver Hall 001
HIST-EUROPE, INST-GLOBAL
Coffee and Calico: Global Commerce in the Age of Revolution AS.100.223 (01)
Using commodities, spaces, and material culture, this course explores the rise of globalization and its impact on France over the course of the eighteenth century.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Canceled
Seats Available: 12/12
PosTag(s): HIST-EUROPE, INST-GLOBAL
AS.100.170 (01)
Chinese Cultural Revolution
MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Meyer-Fong, Tobie
Gilman 132
HIST-ASIA
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. 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 interpretation in China and the West during the Cultural Revolution decade and since. (Previously offered as AS.100.219 and AS.100.236. )
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/20
PosTag(s): HIST-ASIA
AS.100.233 (01)
History of Modern Germany
TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Harms, Victoria Elizabeth
Gilman 55
HIST-EUROPE, INST-GLOBAL
History of Modern Germany AS.100.233 (01)
There is more to Germany than beer, BMWs, and Bayern Munich. We will explore politics, culture, economics and society to understand Germany and its position within Europe and the world.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 1/40
PosTag(s): HIST-EUROPE, INST-GLOBAL
AS.100.258 (01)
Theorizing Marriage in the United States: Historical and Present Considerations
M 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Feldman, Lauren B
Gilman 313
HIST-US
Theorizing Marriage in the United States: Historical and Present Considerations AS.100.258 (01)
This course provides a historical and theoretical overview regarding thinking about marriage. Students will think critically about how matrimony has changed over time, and marriage in contemporary culture.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 4/14
PosTag(s): HIST-US
AS.100.482 (01)
Historiography Modern China
W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Rowe, William T
Gilman 77
INST-GLOBAL, INST-NWHIST, HIST-ASIA
Historiography Modern China AS.100.482 (01)
A survey of assumptions and approaches in the study of modern Chinese history, as written by Chinese, Japanese, and Western historians.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 8/12
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL, INST-NWHIST, HIST-ASIA
AS.100.373 (01)
Crime, Punishment, Felony and Freedom: Law and Society in Pre-Modern England
MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Lester, Anne
Gilman 219
HIST-EUROPE, INST-GLOBAL
Crime, Punishment, Felony and Freedom: Law and Society in Pre-Modern England AS.100.373 (01)
Using legal texts as a window into English society, we will address the changing nature of royal power, trial by jury, treason, felony, and the freedoms enshrined in the Magna Carta.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/19
PosTag(s): HIST-EUROPE, INST-GLOBAL
AS.140.105 (05)
History of Medicine
MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Fissell, Mary E
Gilman 50
MSCH-HUM
History of Medicine AS.140.105 (05)
Course provides an overview of the medical traditions of six ancient cultures; the development of Greek and Islamic traditions in Europe; and the reform and displacement of the Classical traditions during the Scientific Revolution.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Canceled
Seats Available: 15/15
PosTag(s): MSCH-HUM
AS.100.361 (01)
Age of Tolstoy
T 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Brooks, Jeffrey P
Gilman 219
INST-GLOBAL, INST-NWHIST, HIST-EUROPE
Age of Tolstoy AS.100.361 (01)
Tolstoy and his era, 1820s to 1910s. Topics include state and politics, empire, the Russian identity, and forms of cultural expression. Students consider "War and Peace" and other masterworks.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 7/19
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL, INST-NWHIST, HIST-EUROPE
AS.100.440 (01)
Biography, Black history and the Recreation of Early 20th Century Baltimore Neighborhoods: The Case of Billie Holiday
W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Jackson, Lawrence P
Gilman 413
HIST-US
Biography, Black history and the Recreation of Early 20th Century Baltimore Neighborhoods: The Case of Billie Holiday AS.100.440 (01)
This is an archival, original research course using the tools of microhistory and biography to etch a 1920s social history of the city centered on two corridors, East Baltimore’s Dallas Street and West Baltimore’s Pennsylvania Avenue. Our evidence consists primarily of block-level maps, the census, newspaper articles, property records and city directories. Permission of instructor strongly recommended.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Status: Approval Required
Seats Available: 10/12
PosTag(s): HIST-US
AS.130.328 (01)
Ancient Egypt /Africa
MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Bryan, Betsy Morrell
Gilman 130G
ARCH-ARCH
Ancient Egypt /Africa AS.130.328 (01)
Recent excavation and research have shed light on several ancient cultures of the Nile and its tributaries.
We will look at the available archaeological and textual (all Egyptian) evidence for these societies and their interactions with Egypt between 3500 and 300 B.C. We will also discuss research aims and methods employed now and in the past in Egypt and the Sudan.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 9/19
PosTag(s): ARCH-ARCH
AS.140.105 (03)
History of Medicine
MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Fissell, Mary E
Gilman 50
MSCH-HUM
History of Medicine AS.140.105 (03)
Course provides an overview of the medical traditions of six ancient cultures; the development of Greek and Islamic traditions in Europe; and the reform and displacement of the Classical traditions during the Scientific Revolution.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 7/20
PosTag(s): MSCH-HUM
AS.100.351 (01)
Casanova and the Enlightenment
Th 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Maciejko, Pawel Tadeusz
Bloomberg 178
HIST-EUROPE, HIST-MIDEST
Casanova and the Enlightenment AS.100.351 (01)
This course will discuss the Age of the Enlightenment in light of the writings of the famous adventurer, Giacomo Casanova.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Status: Canceled
Seats Available: 15/15
PosTag(s): HIST-EUROPE, HIST-MIDEST
AS.100.391 (01)
Impeachments and Beyond: Law, Justice, and Politics in Latin America
TTh 4:30PM - 5:45PM
Caso Bello, Alvaro
Ames 234
HIST-LATAM, HIST-EUROPE, INST-CP, POLI-AP
Impeachments and Beyond: Law, Justice, and Politics in Latin America AS.100.391 (01)
This class invites students to examine changing legal cultures in a discussion- and primary-source-based environment, and through the lens of Latin America's political history.
A two-semester coordinating seminar for history majors writing senior honors theses. Admission is granted by instructor only after the student has selected a faculty thesis advisor. AS.100.494 is to be taken concurrently with AS.100.507 Senior Thesis.
Credits: 1.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Status: Approval Required
Seats Available: 14/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.100.331 (01)
Reading through Things: Early Modern Chinese Medicine, Technology, and Art
TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Ji, Xiaoqian
Gilman 413
HIST-ASIA, INST-GLOBAL
Reading through Things: Early Modern Chinese Medicine, Technology, and Art AS.100.331 (01)
This course introduces the history of late imperial China from the perspective of medicine, technology, and the arts.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 2/18
PosTag(s): HIST-ASIA, INST-GLOBAL
AS.140.105 (06)
History of Medicine
MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Fissell, Mary E
Gilman 50
MSCH-HUM
History of Medicine AS.140.105 (06)
Course provides an overview of the medical traditions of six ancient cultures; the development of Greek and Islamic traditions in Europe; and the reform and displacement of the Classical traditions during the Scientific Revolution.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Canceled
Seats Available: 15/15
PosTag(s): MSCH-HUM
AS.100.408 (01)
Theorizing the Age of Enormity: Social Theory and the History of the 20th Century
T 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Moss, Kenneth
Mudd 26
INST-GLOBAL, INST-PT
Theorizing the Age of Enormity: Social Theory and the History of the 20th Century AS.100.408 (01)
We will read and analyze key works of social and critical theory produced in relation to 20th and 21st century problems of state and society, nationalism, empire, totalitarianism, genocide, capitalism, political order, gender, race, sexuality, secularism, religion, environmental catastrophe. Possible readings include Weber, Du Bois, Adorno, Arendt, Foucault, Balibar, Beck
among others.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 8/15
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL, INST-PT
AS.100.328 (01)
Caged America: Policing, Confinement, and Criminality in the "Land of the Free"
TTh 4:30PM - 5:45PM
Shahan, Morgan J
Gilman 400
HIST-US
Caged America: Policing, Confinement, and Criminality in the "Land of the Free" AS.100.328 (01)
This course focuses on the evolution of law enforcement practices, the history of federal and state prison systems, and the ways in which Americans have understood and reacted to crime.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 2/18
PosTag(s): HIST-US
AS.100.376 (01)
The Haitian Revolution in Global Perspective
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Gaffield, Meredith Michelle
Gilman 186
HIST-EUROPE, HIST-AFRICA, HIST-LATAM, INST-GLOBAL
The Haitian Revolution in Global Perspective AS.100.376 (01)
An advanced undergraduate seminar tracing the history of the Haitian Revolution from its origins in the early modern Atlantic world to its global impact and continuing legacies in the present.
Conquest, Conversion, and Language Change in the Middle Ages AS.100.374 (01)
Examines case-studies of imperial conquests (Islamic, Mongol, reconquista, early colonialism) and attendant changes in religion (Christianization; Islamization) and in language (Arabization; transition from Latin to European vernaculars) across medieval Eurasia.
Modernity, Catastrophe, and Power in Jewish History: 1881 to the Present
W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Moss, Kenneth
Gilman 308
INST-GLOBAL, HIST-MIDEST, HIST-EUROPE, HIST-US
Modernity, Catastrophe, and Power in Jewish History: 1881 to the Present AS.100.371 (01)
Jewish history, politics, and culture across a century of enormous transformations and transformative enormities in Europe, the US, and the Middle East. Topics include: impacts on Jewish life of World War I, the Russian Revolution, and the post-imperial reordering of the Eastern Europe and the Middle East; Zionism and other modes of Jewish contestatory politics; the consolidation of American Jewry; Nazism and the Holocaust in Europe; formation and development of the State of Israel; the global reordering of Jewish life amid cross-currents of the Cold War, conflict in the Middle East, and success in the US. Substantial attention to recent and contemporary history including the dramatic changes in Israeli society and polity over the past forty years and the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The history of China from the last years of the Qing Empire to the post-Mao reforms.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 19/50
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL, INST-NWHIST, HIST-ASIA
AS.140.105 (01)
History of Medicine
MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Fissell, Mary E
Gilman 50
MSCH-HUM
History of Medicine AS.140.105 (01)
Course provides an overview of the medical traditions of six ancient cultures; the development of Greek and Islamic traditions in Europe; and the reform and displacement of the Classical traditions during the Scientific Revolution.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 7/20
PosTag(s): MSCH-HUM
AS.100.497 (01)
The Year 1968: Rebels, Revolutions & the Right-Wing Backlash
W 4:30PM - 7:00PM
Harms, Victoria Elizabeth
Gilman 377
HIST-EUROPE, INST-GLOBAL, HIST-US
The Year 1968: Rebels, Revolutions & the Right-Wing Backlash AS.100.497 (01)
The shorthand “1968” stands for rebels and revolutions, but also for incremental changes throughout the 1960s that fundamentally changed the post-war order and the Cold War in East and West.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/19
PosTag(s): HIST-EUROPE, INST-GLOBAL, HIST-US
AS.140.105 (02)
History of Medicine
MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Fissell, Mary E
Gilman 50
MSCH-HUM
History of Medicine AS.140.105 (02)
Course provides an overview of the medical traditions of six ancient cultures; the development of Greek and Islamic traditions in Europe; and the reform and displacement of the Classical traditions during the Scientific Revolution.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 4/20
PosTag(s): MSCH-HUM
AS.140.105 (04)
History of Medicine
MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Fissell, Mary E
Gilman 50
MSCH-HUM
History of Medicine AS.140.105 (04)
Course provides an overview of the medical traditions of six ancient cultures; the development of Greek and Islamic traditions in Europe; and the reform and displacement of the Classical traditions during the Scientific Revolution.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 3/20
PosTag(s): MSCH-HUM
AS.140.356 (01)
Man vs. Machine: Resistance to New Technology since the Industrial Revolution
M 3:00PM - 5:20PM
Mercelis, Joris Hans Angele
Krieger 302
GECS-SOCSCI
Man vs. Machine: Resistance to New Technology since the Industrial Revolution AS.140.356 (01)
This course analyzes different episodes of “luddism” in the history of science and technology, from the destruction of textile machinery in the early 1800s up to recent controversies about biotechnology and ICT.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 7/13
PosTag(s): GECS-SOCSCI
AS.100.413 (01)
London 1580-1830: The History of Britain's capital city
TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Marshall, John W
Krieger 300
INST-GLOBAL, HIST-EUROPE
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.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 1/25
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL, HIST-EUROPE
AS.100.423 (01)
Multiethnic Japan
Th 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Kim, Hayang
Gilman 313
HIST-ASIA, INST-GLOBAL, INST-NWHIST
Multiethnic Japan AS.100.423 (01)
An advanced undergraduate seminar on the intertwined histories of race, ethnicity, and empire in Japan and its former colonies from the early twentieth century to the present.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 4/15
PosTag(s): HIST-ASIA, INST-GLOBAL, INST-NWHIST
AS.100.444 (01)
Migrants and Refugees in Africa
W 3:00PM - 5:30PM
Larson, Pier M
Gilman 400
HIST-AFRICA, INST-GLOBAL, INST-CP
Migrants and Refugees in Africa AS.100.444 (01)
A history of forced and voluntary migration and displacement in Africa, its causes and consequences, with a focus on refugees and labor migrants since 1960.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 6/18
PosTag(s): HIST-AFRICA, INST-GLOBAL, INST-CP
AS.140.314 (01)
Experimental Bodies: Histories of Human Subjects Research in the 19th and 20th Centuries
TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Nuriddin, Ayah
Gilman 300
Experimental Bodies: Histories of Human Subjects Research in the 19th and 20th Centuries AS.140.314 (01)
This course traces the history of human subjects research as a medical and scientific practice. It will focus on the human subjects themselves, and how their experiences intersect with the histories of race, class, gender, sexuality, and disability.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.389.201 (01)
Introduction to the Museum: Past and Present
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Kingsley, Jennifer P
Shriver Hall 104
HIST-EUROPE, ARCH-ARCH
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. Cross-listed with History and History of Art.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 19/30
PosTag(s): HIST-EUROPE, ARCH-ARCH
AS.362.111 (01)
Introduction to African American Studies
MW 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Nurhussein, Nadia
Gilman 55
Introduction to African American Studies AS.362.111 (01)
This course introduces students to the interdisciplinary field of African American Studies, with attention to the literature, film, culture, history, and politics of black life in the United States. Our reading list will likely include texts by David Walker, Frederick Douglass, Frances E.W. Harper, W.E.B. Du Bois, James Baldwin, Amiri Baraka, Toni Morrison, and others.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/18
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.389.357 (01)
Heaven on Earth: Art, Power, and Wonder in the Vatican from Antiquity to the Enlightenment
T 3:00PM - 5:30PM
Havens, Earle Ashcroft, II.
BLC Macksey
GRLL-ENGL, GRLL-ITAL
Heaven on Earth: Art, Power, and Wonder in the Vatican from Antiquity to the Enlightenment AS.389.357 (01)
A material cultural exploration of the Vatican from the founding of St. Peter’s basilica in antiquity to the establishment of the Vatican Library and Museums in the Renaissance and Enlightenment.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 9/15
PosTag(s): GRLL-ENGL, GRLL-ITAL
AS.363.201 (01)
Introduction to the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality
T 1:30PM - 4:30PM
Shepard, Todd
Bloomberg 272
Introduction to the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality AS.363.201 (01)
This course offers an introduction into the fields of Women’s Studies, Gender Studies, and Sexuality Studies. It explores why we need these fields of inquiry, how they have emerged historically, what some of the major and most interesting contributions are and where we might go from here. The course is meant as a preparation for the other WGS core courses.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 31/40
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.310.322 (01)
Korean History Through Film and Literature
W 4:00PM - 6:20PM
Kim, Nuri
Greenhouse 113
INST-GLOBAL
Korean History Through Film and Literature AS.310.322 (01)
In this course, students will engage with select topics in Korean history from premodern and modern times and examine how the past has been represented through various forms of film and literature. This will be combined with readings of academic articles to allow students to gauge the distance between scholarship and cultural expressions of history. Through this, students will be introduced to the highly contested and often polarizing nature of Korean history and the competition surrounding historical memory. Prior coursework in East Asian Studies strongly recommended.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 1/12
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL
AS.310.106 (01)
Introduction to Korean History and Culture
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Kim, Nuri
Maryland 217
INST-GLOBAL, INST-NWHIST
Introduction to Korean History and Culture AS.310.106 (01)
This course offers a comprehensive overview of Korean history and culture from ancient times to the modern era. Through primary, secondary, and audio-visual sources, students will become familiar not only with the overall contours of the entirety of Korean history, but also with its cultural and religious legacy. The course combines lectures and class discussions.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 2/18
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL, INST-NWHIST
AS.310.402 (01)
Labor Politics in China
Th 1:30PM - 4:00PM
He, Gaochao
Krieger 306
INST-CP, INST-GLOBAL, INST-NWHIST
Labor Politics in China AS.310.402 (01)
This course explores the transformation of labor relations in China over the past century. It will cover the origins of the labor movement, the changes brought about by the 1949 Revolution, the industrial battles of the Cultural Revolution, the traumatic restructuring of state-owned enterprises over the past two decades, the rise of private enterprise and export-oriented industry, the conditions faced by migrant workers today, and recent developments in industrial relations and labor conflict. The course is designed for upper division undergraduates and graduate students. Cross-listed with Sociology and International Studies (CP).
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 15/18
PosTag(s): INST-CP, INST-GLOBAL, INST-NWHIST
AS.310.210 (01)
Documentary Photography in a Changing China
W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
He, Gaochao
Bloomberg 278
INST-CP
Documentary Photography in a Changing China AS.310.210 (01)
This course aims to inspire students to explore the impacts, meanings, and explanations of social transformation in contemporary China, via the lens of documentary photography. The photographic images of selective topics will include the products of photojournalism and documentary photography, and several documentary films, by both Chinese and non-Chinese photographers. While one picture is worth thousand words, one picture may also provoke countless interpretations. Students are strongly encouraged to read broadly about different aspects of social transformations in contemporary China, and to select and curate their own subjects of photo images. The spirit of comparative study of documentary photography of China and other parts of world will be strongly encouraged. Active class participation is imperative. A small exhibition on the campus will be organized by the Spring semester. The course is designed for upper division undergraduates. Cross-listed with Sociology and International Studies (CP).
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 9/19
PosTag(s): INST-CP
AS.215.309 (01)
An Interdisciplinary Introduction to the Study of Latin America
W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Castro-Klaren, Sara
Smokler Center 213
GRLL-ENGL, GRLL-SPAN, INST-GLOBAL, INST-CP
An Interdisciplinary Introduction to the Study of Latin America AS.215.309 (01)
The course is an interdisciplinary introduction to the study of Latin America. It brings together archeology, ethno-history, art history, literature and environmental studies.
