Society for the Humanities (SHUM)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2016-2017.

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SHUM 4601
Gender, Islamized Armenians, and the Collective Memory of the Armenian Genocide

How did the Armenian Genocide transform from an event that sparked massive international humanitarian intervention into one largely forgotten? What role have Islamized Armenians played in this debate, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: NES 4601

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17094 SHUM 4601   SEM 101

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SHUM 4602
Queer Origins

Exploring questions of narrative perspective in relation to embodied desire, this seminar will weave together four different areas of study: theories of perspective, focalization, narrative voice, and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 4902, FGSS 4602, LGBT 4602

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17114 SHUM 4602   SEM 101

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SHUM 4603
Surface/Flesh/Colour/Make-up: Skin in the Visual Arts, 1500-1850

This course explores the representation of the skin in the visual arts from the Renaissance up until the mid-19th century. Drawing upon analytical resources from multiple disciplines, it will consider ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: VISST 4663

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17122 SHUM 4603   SEM 101

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SHUM 4604
Original Skin: Reading Skin in Philosophy and Theology

This seminar focuses on the question of skin as legible sign or narrative, a reading that resonates within philosophy, theology, and the arts. Philosophers often disembody meaning, but feminist and queer ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: RELST 4614

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17304 SHUM 4604   SEM 101

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SHUM 6308
Expanded Practice Seminar

This seminar explores the symbolic and political tensions and contradictions inherent in the motif of the island, in relation to both its contrast and conflation with the theme of the urban. Cuba stands, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 6073

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Cuba as Project: Urban, Political, and Environment

  • 18117 SHUM 6308   SEM 101

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