Medieval Studies (MEDVL)Arts and Sciences
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- Schedule of Classes - June 25, 2020 7:14PM EDT
- Course Catalog - June 25, 2020 7:15PM EDT
Classes
MEDVL 1101
Course Description
No description available. view course details
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS:Debating Death—Dying&Afterlife in Medvl Lit
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Balch Hall - Tatkon Ctr 3331
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
D'Ignazio, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & 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 Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Medieval Dreams and Visions
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Balch Hall - Tatkon Ctr 3331
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Lawrence, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & 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 Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS:Donning the Shining Armor-Knights in Mdvl Lit
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Uris Hall 398
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Sprenkle, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & 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 Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Food in the Medieval World
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Balch Hall - Tatkon Ctr 3331
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Wolff, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & 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 Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: England's Cultural Identity
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall 398
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Zweers, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & 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 Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Walking in Life and Lit
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Uris Hall 302
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Greenlee, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
MEDVL 2100
Course Description
Romances were, essentially, medieval science fiction and fantasy writing. They were how authors in the Middle Ages imagined things beyond rational understanding that, at the same time, greatly extended ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 2100
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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
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Raskolnikov, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & 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 Uris Hall 312
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Garcia Pinar, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
Prerequisites: SPAN 2095 or CASE Q++, or permission of instructor. Conducted in Spanish. This is a core course for the major.
MEDVL 2355
Course Description
Survey lecture course covering the creation, encoding, and reception of Medieval (roughly AD 500-1500) European, Byzantine, and Islamic architecture, ornament, manuscripts, liturgical and luxury objects. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ARTH 2355
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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 G22
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Anderson, B
Robinson, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Goldwin Smith Hall G24
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Anderson, B
Robinson, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Goldwin Smith Hall G24
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Anderson, B
Robinson, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & 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
- MW Uris Hall 498
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Golestaneh, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
MEDVL 3120
Course Description
Beowulf is about monsters, dragons and heroes and is the longest and most interesting Old English heroic poem. In this course we will read the poem in the original and discuss the critical and scholarly ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 3120, ENGL 6120, MEDVL 6120
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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 283
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Hill, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & 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
- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall 232
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Galloway, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
MEDVL 3200
Course Description
This course aims to familiarize students with the history of Scandinavia, ca. 800-1100 ad. Although well known as a dramatic chapter in medieval history, this period remains enigmatic and often misunderstood. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 3200
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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 Lincoln Hall 107
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Falk, O
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
Informal Session Times: Thursday: 1:25-2:15 or Thursday: 2:30-3:20.
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 Morrill Hall 102
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Stefansdottir, B
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & 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, 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 Goldwin Smith Hall 144
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Powers, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
MEDVL 4002
Course Description
Reading and translation of Latin philosophical texts. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LATIN 7262, MEDVL 6020, PHIL 4002, PHIL 6020, RELST 4100, RELST 6020
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
MEDVL 4100
Course Description
Wisdom literature is the literary expression of the received ideas that define the religious, cultural, and political ideals of a community. It is rich, interesting, and sometimes very strange. It is also ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 4100, ENGL 7100
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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
- T Rockefeller Hall 189
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Hill, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
MEDVL 4540
Course Description
Moses Maimonides who was born in Cordoba (1138), moved to Fez as a youth and died in Cairo (1204) is regarded by Jewish, Islamic, and Christian tradition alike as the most important Jewish religious ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: JWST 4540, MEDVL 6540, NES 4540, NES 6540, RELST 4540, SPAN 4540
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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 Uris Hall 375A
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Brann, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
MEDVL 4963
Course Description
Theories of modernization have inspired, informed, and plagued histories of middle and late imperial China. For the Song-Qing eras (roughly 10th-19th centuries), comparative studies have variously found ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 4461, ASIAN 6661, CAPS 4963, HIST 4963, HIST 6963, MEDVL 6963
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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 Kroch, Carl A Library B59
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Hinrichs, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
MEDVL 6020
Course Description
Reading and translation of Latin philosophical texts. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LATIN 7262, MEDVL 4002, PHIL 4002, PHIL 6020, RELST 4100, RELST 6020
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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
- T Goldwin Smith Hall 164
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Hicks, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
MEDVL 6120
Course Description
Beowulf is about monsters, dragons and heroes and is the longest and most interesting Old English heroic poem. In this course we will read the poem in the original and discuss the critical and scholarly ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 3120, ENGL 6120, MEDVL 3120
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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 283
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Hill, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
MEDVL 6540
Course Description
Moses Maimonides who was born in Cordoba (1138), moved to Fez as a youth and died in Cairo (1204) is regarded by Jewish, Islamic, and Christian tradition alike as the most important Jewish religious ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: JWST 4540, MEDVL 4540, NES 4540, NES 6540, RELST 4540, SPAN 4540
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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 Uris Hall 375A
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Brann, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
MEDVL 6963
Course Description
Theories of modernization have inspired, informed, and plagued histories of middle and late imperial China. For the Song-Qing eras (roughly 10th-19th centuries), comparative studies have variously found ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 4461, ASIAN 6661, CAPS 4963, HIST 4963, HIST 6963, MEDVL 4963
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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 Kroch, Carl A Library B59
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Hinrichs, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
MEDVL 8020
Course Description
No description available. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)