Class Roster - Spring 2021 - Subject - Society for the Humanities

SHUM 1930

A Global History of Love

By posing seemingly simple questions such as what is love and who has the right to love, this introductory-level lecture course surveys how love has been experienced and expressed from the pre-modern period ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ASIAN 1193, FGSS 1940, HIST 1930, LGBT 1940
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

20484 SHUM 1930 LEC 001
Meeting Pattern
- TR 8:05am - 9:20am Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Ghosh, D
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: Online

Class Number & Section Details

20531 SHUM 1930 DIS 201
Meeting Pattern
- F 10:10am - 11:00am Willard Straight Hall 414
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Ghosh, D
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Additional Information

Instruction Mode: In Person
Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

Class Number & Section Details

20532 SHUM 1930 DIS 202
Meeting Pattern
- F 11:20am - 12:10pm Morrison Hall B82
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Ghosh, D
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person
Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

Class Number & Section Details

20533 SHUM 1930 DIS 203
Meeting Pattern
- F 12:25pm - 1:15pm Olin Hall 165
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Ghosh, D
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Additional Information

Instruction Mode: In Person
Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

Class Number & Section Details

20534 SHUM 1930 DIS 204
Meeting Pattern
- F 1:30pm - 2:20pm Olin Hall 165
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Ghosh, D
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Additional Information

Instruction Mode: In Person
Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

Class Number & Section Details

21090 SHUM 1930 DIS 205
Meeting Pattern
- F 2:40pm - 3:30pm Olin Hall 165
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Ghosh, D
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Additional Information

Instruction Mode: In Person
Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

Class Number & Section Details

21091 SHUM 1930 DIS 206
Meeting Pattern
- TBA Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Ghosh, D
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: Online

SHUM 2247

Controversy and Debate in Islam

Whether it is politics, society, the law, sexuality, popular culture or minorities' rights, the media are saturated with news on Islam. This course introduces topical issues in Islam as a religious, historical, ... view course details

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Syllabi:

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 2247, NES 2649, RELST 2247
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

20258 SHUM 2247 LEC 001
Meeting Pattern
- TR 9:40am - 10:55am Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Formichi, C
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: Online

SHUM 2350

Literature and Medicine

How does literary language depict the experience of physical suffering? Can a poem or a novel palliate pain, illness, even the possibility of death? From darkly comic narratives of black plague to the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: BSOC 2350, ENGL 2350, FGSS 2350, LGBT 2350
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

19470 SHUM 2350 LEC 001
Meeting Pattern
- MWF 10:10am - 11:00am Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Cohn, E
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: Online

SHUM 2650

Introduction to African American Literature

This course will introduce students to the African American literary tradition. Through aesthetic and contextual approaches, we will consider how African American life and culture has defined and constituted ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 2650, ASRC 2650, ENGL 2650
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

20219 SHUM 2650 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- MW 2:45pm - 4:00pm Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Spires, D
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: Online

SHUM 2675

Cultures of the Cold War

This class aims to approach the literature and culture of the Cold War as the birth of the present "Age of Information," as well as the origin of modern notions of privacy that are now being superseded. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 2675, ENGL 2675
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

19482 SHUM 2675 LEC 001
Meeting Pattern
- MWF 1:30pm - 2:20pm Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Braddock, J
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: Online

SHUM 2701

Music and Digital Gameplay

This course considers both music and digital games in light of their playability. It aims to provide students with critical frameworks for addressing the diverse roles played by music in digital games ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: MUSIC 2701
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)

Class Number & Section Details

18236 SHUM 2701 LEC 001
Meeting Pattern
- MWF 11:20am - 12:10pm Lincoln Hall B20
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Moseley, R
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Additional Information

Instruction Mode: Hybrid-Online and In Person
Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: MUSIC 2701
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)

Class Number & Section Details

20628 SHUM 2701 LEC 002
Meeting Pattern
- MWF 11:20am - 12:10pm Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Moseley, R
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: Online

SHUM 2750

Introduction to Humanities

This seminar offers an introduction to the humanities by exploring the historical, cultural, social and political themes. Students will explore themes in critical dialogue with a range of texts and media ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: STS 2750
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Section Topic

Topic: Science in Human Culture
Class Number & Section Details

18196 SHUM 2750 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- TR 11:25am - 12:40pm Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Abrams, E
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Additional Information

Instruction Mode: Online
Enrollment preference will be given to students in the Humanities Scholars Program. See the Humanities Scholars Program website for Science and Human Culture course description. https://as.cornell.edu/required-courses

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 2750, PMA 2750
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Section Topic

Topic: Black Melodrama
Class Number & Section Details

18628 SHUM 2750 SEM 102
Meeting Pattern
- TR 2:45pm - 4:00pm Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Wright, K
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Additional Information

Instruction Mode: Online
Enrollment preference will be given to students in the Humanities Scholars Program. See the Humanities Scholars Program website for Black Melodrama course description. https://as.cornell.edu/required-courses

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SHUM 2792

Monuments, Museums, and Memory: An Introduction to Public History

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

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Syllabi:

Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture. Discussion optional. Combined with: AMST 2792, HIST 2792
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

16881 SHUM 2792 LEC 001
Meeting Pattern
- TR 11:25am - 12:40pm Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Vider, S
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: Online

Class Number & Section Details

16882 SHUM 2792 DIS 201
Meeting Pattern
- R 2:40pm - 3:30pm Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Staff
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: Online

Class Number & Section Details

16883 SHUM 2792 DIS 202
Meeting Pattern
- R 3:45pm - 4:35pm Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Staff
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: Online

SHUM 2812

Hieroglyphs to HTML: History of Writing

An introduction to the history and theory of writing systems from cuneiform to the alphabet, historical and new writing media, and the complex relationship of writing technologies to human language and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 2812, CLASS 2812, LING 2212, NES 2812, STS 2812, VISST 2812
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

20398 SHUM 2812 LEC 001
Meeting Pattern
- MWF 10:10am - 11:00am Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Kirk, A
  Sansom, S
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: Online

SHUM 3230

Humans and Animals

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

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 3230, ANTHR 6230, ARKEO 3230, ARKEO 6230, BSOC 3230
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

19479 SHUM 3230 LEC 001
Meeting Pattern
- MWF 11:20am - 12:10pm Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Russell, N
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: Online

SHUM 3315

Music and Money

From the 1720 South Sea Bubble to the 2008 global financial crisis, from Handel's operas to Spotify's algorithms, music has chronicled the booms and busts of markets. This course investigates how music ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 3315, MUSIC 3315
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)

Class Number & Section Details

19468 SHUM 3315 LEC 001
Meeting Pattern
- MW 9:40am - 10:55am Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Wan, M
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: Online

SHUM 3620

Dissent and Protest in U.S. History

What is dissent, and what is its relationship to American Democratic principles? This course will examine the various forms of dissent and counter dissent in U.S. history from the Colonial phase to the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3621, ASRC 3626
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

18936 SHUM 3620 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- TR 9:40am - 10:55am Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Deily-Swearingen, S
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: Online

SHUM 3651

Women in New Media Art

The work of women artists has been central to the development of new media art. These rich and varied practices include installation, virtual reality environments, net art, digital video, networked performance, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 3651, FGSS 3655, VISST 3651
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))

Class Number & Section Details

18761 SHUM 3651 LEC 001
Meeting Pattern
- MW 11:25am - 12:40pm Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Fernandez, M
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: Online

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SHUM 3655

Minorities of the Middle East

This course examines the historic diversity of the modern Middle East, exploring histories of inter-communal contact and conflict. We begin by investigating the legacy of the Ottoman Empire and the impact ... view course details

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Syllabi:

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 3743, JWST 3655, NES 3655, NES 6655
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

20259 SHUM 3655 LEC 001
Meeting Pattern
- TR 9:40am - 10:55am Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Starr, D
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: Online

SHUM 3721

Playing God: Medieval and Early Renaissance Drama

After Rome's collapse, drama was gradually re-created from many sources: school-room debates, popular festivals, and, especially, religious liturgy. By the 17th century it was one of the most polished ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 3720, ENGL 6721, MEDVL 3720, MEDVL 6721, PMA 3720
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

19488 SHUM 3721 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- TR 2:45pm - 4:00pm Physical Sciences Building 120
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Galloway, A
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Additional Information

Instruction Mode: In Person
Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 3720, ENGL 6721, MEDVL 3720, MEDVL 6721, PMA 3720
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

19612 SHUM 3721 SEM 102
Meeting Pattern
- TR 2:45pm - 4:00pm Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Galloway, A
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: Online

SHUM 3742

Africans and African Americans in Literature

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

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3732, ASRC 3742, ENGL 3742
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

19484 SHUM 3742 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- TR 2:45pm - 4:00pm Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Ngugi, M
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: Online

SHUM 3747

Staging Faith: Contemporary Theatre and Lived Religions

Religious beliefs, practices, and conflicts shape our world and influence global politics. Yet mediatized depictions of religion can be reductive and polarizing. Moreover, these depictions may be different ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3747, ENGL 3947, FGSS 3747, PMA 3747, RELST 3747
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)

Class Number & Section Details

20463 SHUM 3747 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- M 9:05am - 11:00am Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Gainor, J
  West, C
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: Online

SHUM 3750

Humanities Scholars Research Methods

This course explores the practice, theory, and methodology of humanities research, critical analysis, and communication through writing and oral presentation. We will study the work and impact of humanists ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 3950, ASIAN 3375, NES 3750
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

18188 SHUM 3750 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- TR 1:00pm - 2:15pm Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Ghosh, D
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Additional Information

Instruction Mode: Online
Enrollment preference will be given to students in the Humanities Scholars Program.

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SHUM 3778

Free Speech, Censorship, and the Age of Global Media

This course will help us understand how our ideas about free speech are shifting in an age of global information by surveying the history of censorship from the late 16th-century to the present day. In ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 3778
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

19191 SHUM 3778 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- TR 9:40am - 10:55am Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Kalas, R
  Saccamano, N
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: Online

SHUM 3977

Body Politics in African Literature, Cinema, and New Media

This course examines how African writers, filmmakers, and internet media content creators engage with and revise public images of bodies—specifically pleasure, gender, queerness, genital surgeries, sex ... view course details

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Syllabi:

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 3977, COML 3977, ENGL 3977, FGSS 3977, FREN 3975
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

19497 SHUM 3977 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- T 11:25am - 12:40pm Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Diabate, N
- R 11:25am - 12:40pm Balch Hall - Tatkon Ctr 3330
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Diabate, N
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Additional Information

Instruction Mode: Hybrid-Online and In Person
This course has two required meeting days.
Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

SHUM 3980

Latinx Popular Culture Matters

This course examines several areas of Latinx popular culture that influence U.S. politics and society, artistic productions, and aesthetic sensibilities, as well as popular and civic cultures. Mapping ... view course details

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Syllabi:

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3981, ENGL 3980, LSP 3980
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

19483 SHUM 3980 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- TR 1:00pm - 2:15pm Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Diaz, E
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: Online

SHUM 4406

Media Theory and Japan

In this seminar we will be exploring media theory in relation to Japan: how media has been thought about, written about, and created within Japan, and how media theorists from across the world have used ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 4406, ASIAN 6606, PMA 4406, PMA 6406
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)

Class Number & Section Details

19413 SHUM 4406 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- MW 9:40am - 10:55am Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Campana, A
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: Online

SHUM 4655

Constructing Antiquity: The World the Slaves Made

Scholars of slavery have typically considered five historical contexts to be "slave societies". Two of those are the principal societies of what is called "classical antiquity": democratic Athens (c. 500-300 ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 6855, SHUM 6655
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

17875 SHUM 4655 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- R 11:20am - 1:15pm Clark Hall 701
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Giannella, N
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Additional Information

Instruction Mode: In Person
Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 6855, SHUM 6655
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

20971 SHUM 4655 SEM 102
Meeting Pattern
- R 11:20am - 1:15pm Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Giannella, N
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.
Additional Information

Instruction Mode: Online

SHUM 4656

Religion, Emotion, and Imagination

We tend to think of emotions as private, unlearned, and biological. Though in much of antiquity, the emotions were primarily seen as public, performative, and cognitive. The cultivation and control of ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 6856, RELST 4656, RELST 6656, SHUM 6656
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

17870 SHUM 4656 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- R 12:25pm - 2:20pm Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Frank, G
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.
Additional Information

Instruction Mode: Online

SHUM 4657

Making Equality

This seminar inquires into the interrelations among three meanings of equality that initially appeared in the ancient world: equality of voice or participation, isegoria; equality before the law, isonomia; ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 6857, GOVT 4846, GOVT 6846, PHIL 4909, PHIL 6909, SHUM 6657
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

18989 SHUM 4657 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- M 2:40pm - 4:35pm Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Frank, J
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.
Additional Information

Instruction Mode: Online

Instructor Consent Required (Add)

SHUM 4658

Fabricating Race: Art, Clothing, Resistance

Often referred to as a "second skin", aesthetic representations of clothing open the possibility of reimagining the visual economy of race—the belief that race can be located in the body's visible features ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4658, AMST 6658, ASRC 4658, ASRC 6658, FGSS 4658, SHUM 6658, VISST 4658, VISST 6658
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)

Class Number & Section Details

17860 SHUM 4658 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- R 2:40pm - 4:35pm Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Lamm, K
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.
Additional Information

Instruction Mode: Online

SHUM 4659

The Fabrication of Biblical Israel

This course examines the raw materials and discursive processes by which Biblical scribes fabricated a history of ancient Israel that featured static and defensible geographic and genealogical boundaries. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: JWST 4659, JWST 6659, NES 4659, NES 6659, RELST 4659, RELST 6659, SHUM 6659
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

17848 SHUM 4659 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- M 11:20am - 1:15pm Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Monroe, L
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.
Additional Information

Instruction Mode: Online

SHUM 4660

Medieval Technologies of the Self

Recent years have seen a boom in ways to use technology in order to learn about and improve the self. This course examines contemporary cultural orientations toward technology by exploring how medieval ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 4626, ENGL 4909, SHUM 6660, STS 4699, STS 6699
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

17838 SHUM 4660 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- T 11:20am - 1:15pm Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Lears, A
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.
Additional Information

Instruction Mode: Online

SHUM 4701

Nightlife

This course explores nightlife as a temporality that fosters countercultural performances of the self and that serves as a site for the emergence of alternative kinship networks. Focusing on queer communities ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4705, FGSS 4701, LGBT 4701, LSP 4701, LSP 6701, PMA 4701, PMA 6701
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)

Class Number & Section Details

20464 SHUM 4701 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- TR 1:00pm - 2:15pm Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Jaime, K
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.
Additional Information

Instruction Mode: Online

SHUM 4800

Rural Humanities Seminar

This seminar will introduce students to the public humanities as both a disciplinary inquiry and a set of practices grounded in public and community engagement. It is intended to train cohorts of graduate ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: SHUM 6800
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Section Topic

Topic: Rural Black Lives
Class Number & Section Details

17551 SHUM 4800 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- M 11:20am - 1:15pm Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Aching, G
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.
Additional Information

Instruction Mode: Online
Interested students should apply for this course online: http://rural.as.cornell.edu/spring-seminar

Instructor Consent Required (Add)

SHUM 4916

Modern Chinese Art

China, a cultural giant of East Asia, made a passive entrance into modernity. With the advent of Western and American colonialism and imperialism, coupled with recent successes in westernization by the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4816, ARTH 6816, ASIAN 4473, ASIAN 6673
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))

Class Number & Section Details

20257 SHUM 4916 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- M 2:40pm - 4:35pm Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Pan, A
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.
Additional Information

Instruction Mode: Online

SHUM 6655

Constructing Antiquity: The World the Slaves Made

Scholars of slavery have typically considered five historical contexts to be "slave societies". Two of those are the principal societies of what is called "classical antiquity": democratic Athens (c. 500-300 ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 6855, SHUM 4655
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

17876 SHUM 6655 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- R 11:20am - 1:15pm Clark Hall 701
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Giannella, N
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.
Additional Information

Instruction Mode: In Person
Undergraduates interested in taking this course should register for the SHUM 4655 section.
Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 6855, SHUM 4655
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

20972 SHUM 6655 SEM 102
Meeting Pattern
- R 11:20am - 1:15pm Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Giannella, N
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.
Additional Information

Instruction Mode: Online
Undergraduates interested in taking this course should register for the SHUM 4655 section.

SHUM 6656

Religion, Emotion, and Imagination

We tend to think of emotions as private, unlearned, and biological. Though in much of antiquity, the emotions were primarily seen as public, performative, and cognitive. The cultivation and control of ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi:

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 6856, RELST 4656, RELST 6656, SHUM 4656
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

17872 SHUM 6656 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- R 12:25pm - 2:20pm Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Frank, G
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.
Additional Information

Instruction Mode: Online

SHUM 6657

Making Equality

This seminar inquires into the interrelations among three meanings of equality that initially appeared in the ancient world: equality of voice or participation, isegoria; equality before the law, isonomia; ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 6857, GOVT 4846, GOVT 6846, PHIL 4909, PHIL 6909, SHUM 4657
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

19322 SHUM 6657 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- M 2:40pm - 4:35pm Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Frank, J
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.
Additional Information

Instruction Mode: Online

Instructor Consent Required (Add)

SHUM 6658

Fabricating Race: Art, Clothing, Resistance

Often referred to as a "second skin", aesthetic representations of clothing open the possibility of reimagining the visual economy of race—the belief that race can be located in the body's visible features ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4658, AMST 6658, ASRC 4658, ASRC 6658, FGSS 4658, SHUM 4658, VISST 4658, VISST 6658
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

17865 SHUM 6658 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- R 2:40pm - 4:35pm Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Lamm, K
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.
Additional Information

Instruction Mode: Online

SHUM 6659

The Fabrication of Biblical Israel

This course examines the raw materials and discursive processes by which Biblical scribes fabricated a history of ancient Israel that featured static and defensible geographic and genealogical boundaries. ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: JWST 4659, JWST 6659, NES 4659, NES 6659, RELST 4659, RELST 6659, SHUM 4659
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

17851 SHUM 6659 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- M 11:20am - 1:15pm Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Monroe, L
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.
Additional Information

Instruction Mode: Online

SHUM 6660

Medieval Technologies of the Self

Recent years have seen a boom in ways to use technology in order to learn about and improve the self. This course examines contemporary cultural orientations toward technology by exploring how medieval ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 4626, ENGL 4909, SHUM 4660, STS 4699, STS 6699
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

17842 SHUM 6660 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- T 11:20am - 1:15pm Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Lears, A
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.
Additional Information

Instruction Mode: Online

SHUM 6800

Rural Humanities Seminar

This seminar will introduce students to the public humanities as both a disciplinary inquiry and a set of practices grounded in public and community engagement. It is intended to train cohorts of graduate ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: SHUM 4800
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Section Topic

Topic: Rural Black Lives
Class Number & Section Details

17552 SHUM 6800 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- M 11:20am - 1:15pm Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Aching, G
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.
Additional Information

Instruction Mode: Online
Interested students should apply for this course online: http://rural.as.cornell.edu/spring-seminar

Instructor Consent Required (Add)

SHUM 6819

Urban Representation

Urban Representation Labs are intended to bring students and faculty into direct contact with complex urban representations spanning a wide media spectrum and evoking a broad set of humanist discourses. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 6809, ARCH 4408, ARCH 6408, ASRC 6819, FGSS 6819
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Section Topic

Topic: Black & Indigenous Metropolitan Ecologies
Class Number & Section Details

19146 SHUM 6819 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- T 11:20am - 1:45pm Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Goffe, T
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.
Additional Information

Instruction Mode: Online

Instructor Consent Required (Add)

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SHUM 1930 A Global History of Love

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SHUM 2247 Controversy and Debate in Islam

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SHUM 2350 Literature and Medicine

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SHUM 2650 Introduction to African American Literature

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SHUM 2675 Cultures of the Cold War

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SHUM 2701 Music and Digital Gameplay

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SHUM 2750 Introduction to Humanities

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SHUM 1930

A Global History of Love

SHUM 2247

Controversy and Debate in Islam

SHUM 2350

Literature and Medicine

SHUM 2650

Introduction to African American Literature

SHUM 2675

Cultures of the Cold War

SHUM 2701

Music and Digital Gameplay

SHUM 2750

Introduction to Humanities

SHUM 2792

Monuments, Museums, and Memory: An Introduction to Public History

SHUM 2812

Hieroglyphs to HTML: History of Writing

SHUM 3230

Humans and Animals

SHUM 3315

Music and Money

SHUM 3620

Dissent and Protest in U.S. History

SHUM 3651

Women in New Media Art

SHUM 3655

Minorities of the Middle East

SHUM 3721

Playing God: Medieval and Early Renaissance Drama