Medieval Studies (MEDVL)Arts and Sciences
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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2022-2023.
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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:Medieval Celtic Literature
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall 312
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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: Life and Dying in the Middle Ages
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Uris Hall 260
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Chauncy, J
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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 301
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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: Details in Dress-Reading Mdvl Clothing
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW McGraw Hall 145
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Gall, 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: Conjuring Horror in Medieval Literature
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Uris Hall 260
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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 Rockefeller Hall B16
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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: Castles, Towers, and Fortresses
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall 254
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Wolford, 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: Heroes &Heroines-Mdvl Wrld
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Uris Hall 312
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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: Heroes &Heroines-Mdvl Wrld
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Malott Hall 228-Bache Aud
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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/.
MEDVL 1104
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: Rewriting the Past
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Uris Hall 301
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Greenlee, J
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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:How To Lie With Maps—Cartography, Pol &History
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Uris Hall 303
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Greenlee, J
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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 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 Uris Hall G22
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Pinet, S
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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 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Powers, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
MEDVL 2722
Course Description
From the poet-kings of medieval Persia to the trading networks of the famed "Silk Road" to the wandering mystics of Herat to the constitutional revolution of Iran to the colonial and post-colonial occupations ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 2294, NES 2722, RELST 2722
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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
- TR White Hall 106
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Golestaneh, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
MEDVL 3080
Course Description
An introduction to Old Norse-Icelandic mythology and the Icelandic family saga-the "native" heroic literary genre of Icelandic tradition. Texts will vary but will normally include the Prose Edda, the Poetic ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 3080
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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 Rockefeller Hall 112
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Hill, T
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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
- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall 236
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Hill, T
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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 White Hall B06
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
MEDVL 3618
Course Description
An examination of Islamic history from 600-750, with special attention to historiography and interpretive issues. Topics to be discussed will include: Arabia and the Near East before Islam; the collection ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 3618, NES 3618, RELST 3618
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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
- TR Morrill Hall 110
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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 122
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Manning, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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MEDVL 3760
Course Description
Practice makes perfect, the old saying goes, but the nature of that connection remains opaque. This course, conducted in English and intended as a sequel to FREN 3540 - [On Paying Attention], gives students ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: FREN 3770, RELST 3770
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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 Uris Hall 301
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Howie, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
MEDVL 3850
Course Description
The arts of Southeast Asia are studied in their social context, since in traditional societies creative processes are often mapped on the sequence of events that compose human lives. We will be looking ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 3850, ARTH 6850, ASIAN 3350, MEDVL 6850, VISST 3696
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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
- M Goldwin Smith Hall G22
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
McGowan, K
- W Johnson Museum 2L41 lecture rm
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
McGowan, K
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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
- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall 236
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Hill, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
MEDVL 6850
Course Description
The arts of Southeast Asia are studied in their social context, since in traditional societies creative processes are often mapped on the sequence of events that compose human lives. We will be looking ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 3850, ARTH 6850, ASIAN 3350, MEDVL 3850, VISST 3696
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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
- M Goldwin Smith Hall G22
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
McGowan, K
- W Johnson Museum 2L41 lecture rm
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
McGowan, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
MEDVL 7777
Course Description
This course is designed to introduce graduate students to the study of the Middle Ages, with special attention to theory and methodology. Seminars will be led by Medieval Studies Program faculty who represent ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
2 Credits Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Uris Hall 438
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Falk, O
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person