Medieval Studies (MEDVL)Arts and Sciences
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Classes
MEDVL 1101
Course Description
No description available. view course details
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS:Writing About Dreams in the Mdl Ages
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall G22
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Caldwell, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Mind and Soul in the Middle Ages
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall G22
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Di Palo, F
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Heroes &Heroines-Mdvl Wrld
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Uris Hall 398
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Naeve, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS:The Medea Myth From Anc Greece thru Mdl Ages
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall G24
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Randle, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Art of Friendship in the Latin Middle Ages
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Uris Hall 204
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Thomas, Z
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Medieval British Archaeology
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Uris Hall 302
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Wolff, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Medieval Migrations
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall 204
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Zweers, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: In Rome's Shadow? Society&Cul in "Dark Age" I
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall 302
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Barber, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: In Rome's Shadow? Society&Cul in "Dark Age" I
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall G22
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Barber, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
MEDVL 1660
Course Description
Globalization may seem like a recent hot topic, but it was already very much in vogue 1000 years ago when Norse explorers burst out of Scandinavia to journey as far as North America, Azerbaijan, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture. Discussion optional. Combined with: HIST 1660, NES 1660
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Savage Hall 100
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Falk, O
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F White Hall 104
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F McGraw Hall 365
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
MEDVL 2170
Course Description
This course explores major texts and themes of the Hispanic tradition from the 11th to the 17th centuries. We will examine general questions on literary analysis and the relationship between literature ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LATA 2170, SPAN 2170
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Malott Hall 230
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Garrote Pascual, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
MEDVL 2655
Course Description
At the beginning of the 7th century, a new religion, Islam, appeared in Arabia and by the end of the century, Muslims had defeated the Byzantines and Persians and created an empire that stretched from ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 2530, NES 2655, RELST 2655
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Goldwin Smith Hall 142
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Powers, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
MEDVL 3110
Course Description
In this course, we will read and discuss some of the earliest surviving English poetry and prose. Attention will be paid to (1) learning to read the language in which this literature is written, (2) evaluating ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 3110, ENGL 6110, MEDVL 6110
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 236
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Zacher, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
MEDVL 3190
Course Description
Chaucer became known as the "father of English poetry" before he was entirely cold in his grave. Why is what he wrote more than six hundred years ago still riveting for us today? It's not just because ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 3190
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Klarman Hall KG42
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Galloway, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
MEDVL 3255
Course Description
An introduction to the art, history, and literature of the Byzantine Empire, its neighbors, and successors, ca. 500-1500. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 3255, ARTH 6255, CLASS 3655, NES 3255
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Goldwin Smith Hall G22
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Anderson, B
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
MEDVL 3315
Course Description
Old Norse is a collective term for the earliest North Germanic literary languages: Old Icelandic, Old Norwegian, Old Danish, and Old Swedish. The richly documented Old Icelandic is the center of attention, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LING 3315
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF McGraw Hall 145
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Stefansdottir, B
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
MEDVL 3530
Course Description
This course examines the cultural and historical interaction of Muslims and Jews from the emergence of Islam in the seventh century through the classical age of Islam down to the turn of the thirteenth ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: JWST 3530, NES 3530, RELST 3530
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W White Hall 104
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Brann, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
MEDVL 3677
Course Description
As the founder of Islam Muhammad is one of the most influential figures in world history. An important source for his life is the Sira of Ibn Ishaq (d. ca. 761), a biography that opens with Muhammad's ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 3677, HIST 6677, MEDVL 6677, NES 3677, NES 6677, RELST 3677
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Sibley Hall 211
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Powers, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
MEDVL 3750
Course Description
Introduction and training in dendrochronology (tree-ring dating) and its applications in archaeology, art history, climate and environment through lab work and participation in ongoing research projects ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one laboratory. Combined with: ARKEO 3090, ARKEO 6755, ARTH 3250, CLASS 3750, CLASS 6755
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Goldwin Smith Hall GM09
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Manning, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA Goldwin Smith Hall B48
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Griggs, C
Lorentzen, B
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
MEDVL 4754
Course Description
This seminar provides a higher-level general introduction to, and survey of, contemporary theories, methods, and approaches in the archaeology of the Mediterranean world. Rather than focusing on a specific ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 4254, ANTHR 7254, ARKEO 4254, ARKEO 7254, ARTH 4754, ARTH 6754, CLASS 4754, CLASS 7754, MEDVL 6754, NES 4654, NES 7654
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Sibley Hall 318
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Barrett, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
MEDVL 6020
Course Description
Reading and translation of Latin philosophical texts. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LATIN 7262, PHIL 6020, RELST 6020
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-2 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Goldwin Smith Hall 320
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
MacDonald, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
MEDVL 6102
Course Description
This course is an introduction to and survey of Latin scripts from Roman antiquity through the early Renaissance, with an emphasis on the identification, localization, and reading of scripts. Class meetings ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LATIN 7222
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Kroch, Carl A Library 2B49
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Hicks, A
- M Hans Bethe House 240
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Hicks, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
MEDVL 6110
Course Description
In this course, we will read and discuss some of the earliest surviving English poetry and prose. Attention will be paid to (1) learning to read the language in which this literature is written, (2) evaluating ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 3110, ENGL 6110, MEDVL 3110
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 236
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Zacher, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
MEDVL 6145
Course Description
If "the past is a foreign country," is it a country full of oppressed women? We can, with some smugness, agree that it may have been dreadful to be a woman or sexual minority in the Middle Ages, but it's ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 6145
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Goldwin Smith Hall 234
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Raskolnikov, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
MEDVL 6210
Course Description
Graduate seminar covering a topic in medieval philosophy. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 4665, PHIL 4210, PHIL 6210, RELST 4665, RELST 6210
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Augustine's Philosophy of Mind
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Goldwin Smith Hall 122
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Brittain, C
MacDonald, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
MEDVL 6330
Course Description
This course examines the cultural and historical interaction of Muslims and Jews from the emergence of Islam in the seventh century through the classical age of Islam down to the turn of the thirteenth ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: JWST 6330, NES 6330, RELST 6330
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
MEDVL 6677
Course Description
As the founder of Islam Muhammad is one of the most influential figures in world history. An important source for his life is the Sira of Ibn Ishaq (d. ca. 761), a biography that opens with Muhammad's ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 3677, HIST 6677, MEDVL 3677, NES 3677, NES 6677, RELST 3677
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Sibley Hall 211
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Powers, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
MEDVL 6754
Course Description
This seminar provides a higher-level general introduction to, and survey of, contemporary theories, methods, and approaches in the archaeology of the Mediterranean world. Rather than focusing on a specific ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 4254, ANTHR 7254, ARKEO 4254, ARKEO 7254, ARTH 4754, ARTH 6754, CLASS 4754, CLASS 7754, MEDVL 4754, NES 4654, NES 7654
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Sibley Hall 318
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Barrett, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
MEDVL 7220
Course Description
In this course we will explore the historical processes by which Chinese documents have been compiled, curated, and re-curated. We will examine the theoretical and methodological implications of those ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 7722, HIST 7220
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Kroch, Carl A Library B59
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Hinrichs, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person