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Classes
SHUM 1100
Course Description
This team-taught course introduces students to the History of Art as a global and interdisciplinary field. Led by a selection of professors from the department, in collaboration with staff and faculty ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ARTH 1100
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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Section Topic
Topic: Materiality
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 142
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Lin, N
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Section Topic
Topic: Materiality
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Goldwin Smith Hall G24
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Lin, N
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Section Topic
Topic: Materiality
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Goldwin Smith Hall 350
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Lin, N
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Section Topic
Topic: Materiality
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Goldwin Smith Hall 236
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Lin, N
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Section Topic
Topic: Materiality
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Goldwin Smith Hall 348
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Lin, N
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
SHUM 1615
Course Description
Ancient Rome was a village the size of Ithaca that grew into a world empire. In this course students will be introduced to some of its literature, art, and famous personalities in the classical period ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 1615
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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
- MWF Baker Laboratory 219
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Fontaine, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
SHUM 1900
Course Description
How might we engage with communities, whether here in Ithaca or across the globe, in our diverse histories, experiences, and perspectives? What structural forces shape inequalities and how do communities ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 1900
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Sibley Hall 208
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Villenas, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
SHUM 2006
Course Description
Punk Culture–comprised of music, fashion, literature, and visual arts–represents a complex critical stance of resistance and refusal that coalesced at a particular historical moment in the mid-1970s, and ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 2006, COML 2006, ENGL 2906, MUSIC 2006
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Lincoln Hall B20
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Peraino, J
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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 Lincoln Hall 124
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
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 Lincoln Hall 124
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
SHUM 2011
Course Description
As a country, we are what we remember. But who decides what facts and stories about the past are important enough to memorialize? What does that decision tell us about power and truth? This class will ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 2012, GOVT 2011
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Rockefeller Hall 231
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Margulies, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
SHUM 2101
Course Description
This interdisciplinary course (with an emphasis in anthropology) will introduce students to the multiple routes/roots, lived experiences, and imagined worlds of South Asians who have traveled to various ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AAS 2100, ANTHR 2410
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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 McGraw Hall 145
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Munasinghe, V
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
SHUM 2208
Course Description
What is Southeast Asia? How does this faraway, "exotic," region intersect with our realities? This course introduces key questions in the study of Southeast Asia (which includes Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ASIAN 2208
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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 Rockefeller Hall 122
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Formichi, C
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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 Rockefeller Hall 110
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
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 Rockefeller Hall 110
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
SHUM 2244
Course Description
The organ is an interdisciplinary wonder where mechanics, architecture, acoustics, religion, philosophy, literature, as well as the musical arts and sciences meet. This course uses the organ to explore ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: MUSIC 2244
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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
- MWF Lincoln Hall B21
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Richards, A
Yearsley, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
SHUM 2354
Course Description
This seminar examines some of the political and cultural visions of Africa and Africans held by African-American intellectuals and activists in the 19th and 20th centuries. Emphasis is placed ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: AMST 2354, ASRC 2354, HIST 2354
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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 Uris Hall G26
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Rickford, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
SHUM 2437
Course Description
How do humans organize production, distribution, exchange, and consumption? What social, political, environmental, and religious values underlie different forms of economic organization? And how do they ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ANTHR 2437
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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 Bill and Melinda Gates Hll 114
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2024
Instructors
Welker, M
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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 B65
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2024
Instructors
Welker, M
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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 B65
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2024
Instructors
Welker, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
SHUM 2650
Course Description
This course will introduce students to African American literary traditions in the space that would become North America. From early freedom narratives and poetry to Hip-Hop and film, we will trace a range ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 2650, ASRC 2650, ENGL 2650
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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 106
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Frazier, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
SHUM 2750
Course Description
These seminars offer an introduction to the humanities by exploring historical, cultural, social, and political themes. Students will explore themes in critical dialogue with a range of texts and media ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 2750, CLASS 2750
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Statues and Public Life
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW A D White House 110
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Platt, V
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Enrollment preference will be given to students accepted into the Humanities Scholars Program.
Department Consent Required (Add)
SHUM 2754
Course Description
This course examines Near East's rich and diverse literary heritage. We will read a selection of influential and wondrous texts from ancient to modern times, spanning geographically from the Iberian peninsula ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 2754, ENGL 2754, JWST 2754, NES 2754
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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 White Hall 110
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Starr, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
SHUM 2792
Course Description
In this course we will examine how we have come to narrate social, cultural, and political history in the United States, investigating the ways scholarly, curatorial, archival, and creative practices shape ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one independent study. Combined with: AMST 2792, HIST 2792
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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 G64-Kau Aud
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Tolan-Szkilnik, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
SHUM 3230
Course Description
Human-animal relationships are often seen in utilitarian, nutritional terms, particularly in archaeology. But animals and meat have significance far beyond their economic value. This course focuses on ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 3230, ANTHR 6230, ARKEO 3230, ARKEO 6230, BSOC 3230
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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 Uris Hall G26
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Russell, N
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
SHUM 3555
Course Description
What are comics? While it's easy to identify a cartoon, graphic novel, or comic book, it's hard to understand the wide world of comics. As a medium, comics are part of a global tradition of visual storytelling ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GERST 3555, PMA 3555, VISST 3555
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Library 311
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Born, E
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Primarily for: seniors and juniors.
SHUM 3635
Course Description
This course engages classical antiquity and its reception through the prism of queer studies. Cruising Homer, Sappho, Euripides, Plato, Ovid and more, we will explore how queer theoretical frameworks help ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 3635, FGSS 3636, LGBT 3635
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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 122
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Lambert, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Please contact Ryan Belle (rtb95) to be added to the wait list.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
SHUM 3742
Course Description
When an African and an African American meet, solidarity is presumed, but often friction is the result. In this course, we will consider how Africans and African Americans see each other through literature. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3732, ASRC 3742, ENGL 3742
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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 236
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Ngugi, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
SHUM 4200
Course Description
Community-engaged archaeology brings together knowledgeable communities located within and beyond academic institutions who collaborate to produce higher-quality accounts of the past. In this course, students ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one field studies. Combined with: ANTHR 4200, ANTHR 7200, ARKEO 4200, ARKEO 7200, SHUM 6200
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Uncovering the Underground Railroad
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W McGraw Hall B65
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Sanft, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Students will be expected to participate in occasional Saturday field days.
SHUM 4212
Course Description
Black women first began to shape the genre of autobiography during antebellum era slavery. They were prolific in developing the genre of autobiography throughout the twentieth century, to the point of ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4212, ASRC 4212, ENGL 4912, FGSS 4212
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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 Africana Ctr B01
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Richardson, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
SHUM 4540
Course Description
This seminar will look broadly at challenges to democratic institutions in the United States and Europe. To think about the present, we will delve into historical fascism as well as nationalism and populism. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GOVT 4543, GOVT 6543, SHUM 6540, SOC 4540, SOC 6540
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Uris Hall 260
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Berezin, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
SHUM 4584
Course Description
This course is an historical introduction to the study of borders, race, and migration in the modern Middle East and North Africa. We will explore the fundamental migration events that have shaped the ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: NES 4584, NES 6584, SHUM 6584
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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
- M A D White House 109
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Polat, H
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
SHUM 4693
Course Description
Disabilities, broadly defined, are not exclusively clinical phenomena that belong to the realm of healthcare professionals and rehabilitation specialists. Instead, disability is a lived human experience ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 4693, HIST 6693, SHUM 6693
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R A D White House 109
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Barclay, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
SHUM 4694
Course Description
This course examines contemporary works of fiction that depict episodes of political violence between WWII and today. During this period, there have been 344 conflicts that have killed 500 or more people, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 4696, ENGL 6694, SHUM 6694
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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
- T A D White House 110
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Falke, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
SHUM 4695
Course Description
This course contemplates challenges associated with researching and representing LGBTQ+ pasts. We approach this topic from several angles: 1) by asking what constitutes "queer" and "trans" in different ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4695, AMST 6695, FGSS 4695, LGBT 4695, PMA 4695, PMA 6695, SHUM 6695
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R A D White House 110
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Warner, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
SHUM 4697
Course Description
Thoreau, in 1841: "Nature is always silent and unpretending as at the break of day." He had just contrasted the robin's song with "the bustle and impatience of man." Why could silence contain birdsong ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 4697, COML 6697, SHUM 6697
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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
- T A D White House 109
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Mueller, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
SHUM 4750
Course Description
This course is designed to support seniors in the Humanities Scholars Program working on their capstone projects. Students in the course will be guided in their project research and writing. The course ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T A D White House 110
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Stephen, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Enrollment limited to: seniors in the Humanities Scholars Program.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R A D White House 110
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Lorca Fuentealba, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Enrollment limited to: seniors in the Humanities Scholars Program.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
SHUM 6200
Course Description
Community-engaged archaeology brings together knowledgeable communities located within and beyond academic institutions who collaborate to produce higher-quality accounts of the past. In this course, students ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one field studies. Combined with: ANTHR 4200, ANTHR 7200, ARKEO 4200, ARKEO 7200, SHUM 4200
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Uncovering the Underground Railroad
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W McGraw Hall B65
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Sanft, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Students will be expected to participate in occasional Saturday field days.
SHUM 6540
Course Description
This seminar will look broadly at challenges to democratic institutions in the United States and Europe. To think about the present, we will delve into historical fascism as well as nationalism and populism. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GOVT 4543, GOVT 6543, SHUM 4540, SOC 4540, SOC 6540
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Uris Hall 260
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Berezin, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
SHUM 6584
Course Description
This course is an historical introduction to the study of borders, race, and migration in the modern Middle East and North Africa. We will explore the fundamental migration events that have shaped the ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: NES 4584, NES 6584, SHUM 4584
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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
- M A D White House 109
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Polat, H
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
SHUM 6639
Course Description
Ever-increasing global interconnection drives some of the most pressing political and ethical questions of our time. This seminar centers on two intersecting areas of inquiry. The first deals with the ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 7139, MUSIC 6239
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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
- T Lincoln Hall 316
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Appert, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
SHUM 6693
Course Description
Disabilities, broadly defined, are not exclusively clinical phenomena that belong to the realm of healthcare professionals and rehabilitation specialists. Instead, disability is a lived human experience ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 4693, HIST 6693, SHUM 4693
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R A D White House 109
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Barclay, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
SHUM 6694
Course Description
This course examines contemporary works of fiction that depict episodes of political violence between WWII and today. During this period, there have been 344 conflicts that have killed 500 or more people, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 4696, ENGL 6694, SHUM 4694
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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
- T A D White House 110
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Falke, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
SHUM 6695
Course Description
This course contemplates challenges associated with researching and representing LGBTQ+ pasts. We approach this topic from several angles: 1) by asking what constitutes "queer" and "trans" in different ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4695, AMST 6695, FGSS 4695, LGBT 4695, PMA 4695, PMA 6695, SHUM 4695
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R A D White House 110
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Warner, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
SHUM 6697
Course Description
Thoreau, in 1841: "Nature is always silent and unpretending as at the break of day." He had just contrasted the robin's song with "the bustle and impatience of man." Why could silence contain birdsong ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 4697, COML 6697, SHUM 4697
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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
- T A D White House 109
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Mueller, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)