Society for the Humanities (SHUM)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2018-2019.

SHUM 4625

How does climate denialism persist in the face of mounting evidence that global warming is real? Conversely, how do environmentalists come to believe specific actions are necessary to save the world? How ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ANTHR 4025ANTHR 7025SHUM 6625

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16372 SHUM 4625   SEM 101

SHUM 4626

What does it mean to have a relationship with a work of literature? This course explores three relationships between text and human: one of authorship and authority, one of critique and criticism, and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 4621ENGL 4926SHUM 6626

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16376 SHUM 4626   SEM 101

SHUM 4627

This seminar surveys contemporary political theories of disobedience and resistance. We will examine liberal, republican, and radical perspectives on the logic of political protest, its functions, ... view course details

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  • 16380 SHUM 4627   SEM 101

SHUM 4628

Authority and authorship: the similarity of the words alone suggests a close connection. But what happens to the authority of a text when its author is unknown? The proposed seminar combines methods derived ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 4628HIST 6628SHUM 6628

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16389 SHUM 4628   SEM 101

SHUM 4629

This course focuses on the "exterior" as a political problem in critical theory, architectural theory, and cultural anthropology. The texts we will examine and elaborate on a political distinction between ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ANTHR 4029ANTHR 7029SHUM 6629

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16391 SHUM 4629   SEM 101

SHUM 4630

"Recognition, Abjection, Ideology" introduces seminal theorizations of modern state power with reference to ethnographic texts that focus both on the formation of national subjectivity and social exclusion. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 16393 SHUM 4630   SEM 101

SHUM 6308

Expanded Practice Seminars bring students and faculty in the humanities and the design disciplines together around a common and pressing urban issue such as the cultural and material practices induced ... view course details

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  • Topic: Mapping Global Spatio-politics Through China

  • 17847 SHUM 6308   SEM 101

SHUM 6625

How does climate denialism persist in the face of mounting evidence that global warming is real? Conversely, how do environmentalists come to believe specific actions are necessary to save the world? How ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ANTHR 4025ANTHR 7025SHUM 4625

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16374 SHUM 6625   SEM 101

SHUM 6626

What does it mean to have a relationship with a work of literature? This course explores three relationships between text and human: one of authorship and authority, one of critique and criticism, and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 4621ENGL 4926SHUM 4626

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16378 SHUM 6626   SEM 101

SHUM 6627

This seminar surveys contemporary political theories of disobedience and resistance. We will examine liberal, republican, and radical perspectives on the logic of political protest, its functions, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 16384 SHUM 6627   SEM 101

SHUM 6628

Authority and authorship: the similarity of the words alone suggests a close connection. But what happens to the authority of a text when its author is unknown? The proposed seminar combines methods derived ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 4628HIST 6628SHUM 4628

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16390 SHUM 6628   SEM 101

SHUM 6629

This course focuses on the "exterior" as a political problem in critical theory, architectural theory, and cultural anthropology. The texts we will examine and elaborate on a political distinction between ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ANTHR 4029ANTHR 7029SHUM 4629

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16397 SHUM 6629   SEM 101

SHUM 6630

"Recognition, Abjection, Ideology" introduces seminal theorizations of modern state power with reference to ethnographic texts that focus both on the formation of national subjectivity and social exclusion. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 16395 SHUM 6630   SEM 101